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Willie Montanez

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Full Name: Guillermo (Naranjo) Montanez Primary Position: 1B,OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: April 12, 1966
Birthdate: April 1, 1948 Final Game: October 2, 1982
Birthplace: Catano, Puerto Rico MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Willie Montanez (Guillermo (Naranjo) Montanez) was born on April 1, 1948 in Catano, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1966 for the California Angels. In 1971, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 30 home runs and 99 RBI. Montanez played for the California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Montreal Expos and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Willie Montanez's best season was 1971, when he slugged 30 home runs and knocked in 99 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1966 CAL A 8 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
1970 PHI N 18 25 3 6 0 3 .240 .269 .240 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
1971 PHI N 158 599 78 153 30 99 .255 .327 .471 27 6 67 105 3 1 4 14 18
1972 PHI N 147 531 60 131 13 64 .247 .320 .405 39 3 58 108 1 2 1 13 5
1973 PHI N 146 552 69 145 11 65 .263 .324 .370 16 5 46 80 6 1 2 7 11
1974 PHI N 143 527 55 160 7 79 .304 .343 .410 33 1 32 57 3 2 3 6 9
1975 SF N 135 518 52 158 8 85 .305 .359 .409 26 2 45 50 4 1 5 8 23
1975 PHI N 21 84 9 24 2 16 .286 .315 .452 8 0 4 12 0 1 1 0 3
1975 TOT N 156 602 61 182 10 101 .302 .353 .415 34 2 49 62 4 2 6 8 26
1976 SF N 60 230 22 71 2 20 .309 .351 .417 15 2 15 15 1 1 2 5 10
1976 ATL N 103 420 52 135 9 64 .321 .353 .419 14 0 21 32 0 0 0 6 16
1976 TOT N 163 650 74 206 11 84 .317 .352 .418 29 2 36 47 1 1 2 11 26
1977 ATL N 136 544 70 156 20 68 .287 .328 .458 31 1 35 60 0 0 1 3 18
1978 NY N 159 609 66 156 17 96 .256 .320 .392 32 0 60 92 1 0 9 19 13
1979 TEX A 38 144 19 46 8 24 .319 .357 .528 6 0 8 14 1 0 0 1 4
1979 NY N 109 410 36 96 5 47 .234 .277 .317 19 0 25 48 1 1 0 7 15
1979 Total 147 554 55 142 13 71 .256 .297 .372 25 0 33 62 2 1 0 8 19
1980 SD N 128 481 39 132 6 63 .274 .325 .353 12 4 36 52 3 0 3 9 9
1980 MON N 14 19 1 4 0 1 .211 .318 .211 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
1980 TOT N 142 500 40 136 6 64 .272 .325 .348 12 4 39 55 3 0 3 10 9
1981 PIT N 29 38 2 10 1 1 .263 .282 .342 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
1981 MON N 26 62 6 11 0 5 .177 .227 .210 0 1 4 9 0 0 0 0 5
1981 TOT N 55 100 8 21 1 6 .210 .248 .260 0 1 5 11 0 0 0 0 6
1982 PIT N 36 32 4 9 0 1 .281 .343 .313 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 2
1982 PHI N 18 16 0 1 0 1 .063 .118 .063 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TOT N 54 48 4 10 0 2 .208 .269 .229 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 3 2
Total NL 1586 5697 624 1558 131 778 .273 .327 .399 273 25 457 735 23 10 31 102 158
Total AL 46 146 21 46 8 24 .315 .353 .521 6 0 8 16 1 0 1 1 4
Total 1632 5843 645 1604 139 802 .275 .327 .402 279 25 465 751 24 10 32 103 162

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1966 CAL A 1B 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 PHI N RF 9 3 39.1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 PHI N 1B 5 0 7 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 PHI N OF 10 3 42.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 PHI N LF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 PHI N OF 158 157 1407 364 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1971 PHI N 1B 9 0 18 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 PHI N CF 137 133 1200.2 326 7 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1971 PHI N RF 24 24 206.1 34 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1972 PHI N CF 130 127 1110.2 317 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1972 PHI N 1B 14 14 113.2 111 7 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1972 PHI N OF 130 127 1110.2 318 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1973 PHI N RF 52 47 389 69 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1973 PHI N OF 52 47 389 67 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1973 PHI N 1B 99 93 825.2 785 52 5 87 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1974 PHI N RF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 PHI N OF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 PHI N 1B 137 136 1186.1 1216 79 10 126 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1975 SF N 1B 134 134 1166.2 1150 81 8 114 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1975 PHI N 1B 21 21 183 183 17 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1975 TOT N 1B 155 155 1349.2 1333 98 10 134 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1976 SF N 1B 58 57 514.2 583 51 7 54 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1976 ATL N 1B 103 103 911.1 986 56 15 87 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1976 TOT N 1B 161 160 1426 1569 107 22 141 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1977 ATL N 1B 134 134 1172 1129 70 10 88 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1978 NY N 1B 158 158 1417.2 1350 104 8 138 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1979 TEX A 1B 19 19 170 191 16 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1979 TEX A DH 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 NY N 1B 108 104 949 905 76 11 95 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1979 Total 1B 127 123 1119 1096 92 12 109 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1980 SD N 1B 124 122 1094.1 1185 84 8 105 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1980 MON N 1B 4 3 31 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 TOT N 1B 128 125 1125.1 1214 86 8 105 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1981 PIT N 1B 11 4 52.1 56 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 MON N 1B 15 12 113.1 117 12 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1981 TOT N 1B 26 16 165.2 173 13 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1982 PIT N OF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 PIT N LF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 PIT N 1B 2 0 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 PHI N 1B 6 0 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOT N 1B 8 0 20 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 86 74 635.2 112 11 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total 1B 1163 1114 9947 10006 714 87 962 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total LF 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total CF 267 260 2311.1 643 21 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total OF 353 334 2952 758 33 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 .979

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (March 1, 1965).
  • Selected by California Angels from St. Louis Cardinals in the first-year minor league draft (November 29, 1965).
  • Returned to St. Louis Cardinals (May 5, 1966).
  • Sent by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies (April 8, 1970) with Bob Browning (August 30, 1970) to complete trade in which Philadelphia Phillies traded Jerry Johnson, Dick Allen and Cookie Rojas to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Curt Flood (October 7, 1969) when Curt Flood refused to report. Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Garry Maddox (May 4, 1975).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Craig Robinson, Mike Eden and Jake Brown to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Darrell Evans and Marty Perez (June 13, 1976).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves to New York Mets as part of 4-team trade in which Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to Atlanta Braves; Texas Rangers sent Tom Grieve to New York Mets; New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to Texas Rangers; New York Mets sent John Milner to Pittsburgh Pirates; Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to Pittsburgh Pirates; Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to Texas Rangers (December 8, 1977); and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to New York Mets (March 15, 1978).
  • Traded by New York Mets to Texas Rangers in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 12, 1979); New York Mets received Ed Lynch (September 18, 1979) and Mike Jorgensen (October 23, 1979).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres in exchange for Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll (February 15, 1980).
  • Traded by San Diego Padres to Montreal Expos in exchange for Tony Phillips and cash (August 31, 1980).
  • Granted free agency (October 26, 1980).
  • Signed by Montreal Expos (December 12, 1980).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for John Milner (August 20, 1981).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 1, 1982).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (August 10, 1982).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (November 4, 1982).

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