Ed
Montague
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: July 24, 1905 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 SLB NL     36 36 36 13 13 13 38 38 38 58 56 57 65 63 64
1931 25 SLB NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 7
1932 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 7
1933 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 7
1934 28 SEM AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1935 29 SEM AL $ 368,571   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1936 30 SEM AL $ 368,571   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7
1937 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1938 32 SEM AL $ 900,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1939 33 SEM AL $ 900,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1940 34 SEM AL $ 450,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1941 35 BRK NL $ 999,999   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1942 36 BRK NL $ 999,999   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 999,999   36 36 36 13 13 13 38 38 38 58 56 57 65 63 64
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 24 AA   136 490 60 141 13 4 7 67 13 13 91 46 .288 .399 .373 .773 77.7  
1931 25 SLB NL 64 103 16 21 5 0 2 10 1 2 11 9 .204 .287 .311 .598 8.7 0.2
    AA   40 169 16 50 5 1 1 16 3 5 16 11 .296 .357 .355 .712 20.5  
1932 26 SEM AL 143 443 38 109 10 3 2 51 0 0 46 45 .246 .316 .296 .612 40.3 2.2
1933 27 SEM AL 66 99 17 28 4 0 1 7 1 0 11 10 .283 .360 .354 .714 11.8 1.0
    AAA   27 97 15 31 2 0 1 11 3 4 13 5 .320 .400 .371 .771 14.2  
1934 28 SEM AL 64 127 13 34 1 1 0 10 0 0 11 16 .268 .326 .291 .617 11.6 0.7
    AAA   13 54 11 19 3 1 2 5 1 2 11 4 .352 .462 .556 1.017 12.5  
1935 29 SEM AL 101 215 29 50 7 1 3 24 0 0 21 25 .233 .304 .316 .620 21.4 1.6
1936 30 SEM AL 82 188 23 45 7 1 3 24 0 0 18 25 .239 .313 .335 .648 20.8 2.2
1937 31 SEM AL 111 326 41 86 11 3 3 30 0 0 29 57 .264 .327 .344 .670 36.2 5.4
1938 32 SEM AL 159 507 52 121 16 6 3 58 0 0 54 94 .239 .315 .312 .627 53.1 6.7
1939 33 SEM AL 113 339 35 76 17 4 1 34 0 0 27 62 .224 .287 .307 .594 27.7 0.1
1940 34 SEM AL 80 109 14 29 2 0 0 17 0 0 14 15 .266 .347 .284 .631 11.8 1.1
1941 35 BRK NL 24 61 6 15 2 0 1 8 1 0 7 11 .246 .324 .328 .651 6.8 0.9
    AAA   56 201 22 54 5 1 1 17 4 3 29 28 .269 .361 .318 .679 25.1  
1942 36 AAA   137 521 65 152 23 7 7 58 8 7 75 84 .292 .381 .403 .784 80.7  
11 Years Sim 1007 2517 284 614 82 19 19 273 3 2 249 369 .244 .315 .314 .629 250.2 22.3
4 Years AAA 233 873 113 256 33 9 11 91 16 16 128 121 .293 .387 .389 .776 132.5  
2 Years AA 176 659 76 191 18 5 8 83 16 18 107 57 .290 .391 .369 .760 98.3  
6 Years Minors 409 1532 189 447 51 14 19 174 32 34 235 178 .292 .389 .381 .769 230.8  
162 Game Average 404 45 98 13 3 3 43 0 0 40 59 .244 .315 .314 .629 40.3  
Career Highs 159 507 52 121 17 6 3 58 1 2 54 94 .283 .360 .354 .714 53.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1563 177 381 47 11 12 164 3 2 145 220 .244 .311 .311 .622 153.8
vs LH   954 107 233 35 8 7 109 0 0 104 149 .244 .321 .320 .641 101.2
Home 490 1198 137 277 36 11 9 128 1 0 130 179 .231 .309 .302 .612 116.8
Away 517 1319 147 337 46 8 10 145 2 2 119 190 .255 .320 .325 .645 138.2
RISP   678 0 156 22 6 6 236 0 0 81 108 .230 .309 .307 .616 69.1
Pinch Hitting   37 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .243 .300 .243 .543 2.8
Close/Late   244 40 59 10 1 1 19 0 0 22 30 .242 .301 .303 .604 22.9
Mar/Apr 170 480 41 112 13 4 4 40 0 0 33 74 .233 .283 .302 .585 40.7
May 195 505 64 110 21 4 1 53 1 1 52 67 .218 .295 .281 .576 42.3
June 178 474 57 130 16 5 5 63 2 0 48 71 .274 .342 .361 .703 59.6
July 161 390 41 96 13 1 4 42 0 0 40 66 .246 .321 .315 .636 40.5
August 162 368 39 84 7 1 3 48 0 0 41 60 .228 .308 .277 .585 33.6
Sep/Oct 141 300 42 82 12 4 2 27 0 1 35 31 .273 .355 .360 .715 38.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1931 25 SLB NL 1B 13 13 109.0 145 12 4 11 .975 12.96   0.2
    3B 14 6 64.3 7 20 1 7 .964 3.78   0.3
    SS 11 0 22.3 5 8 0 1 1.000 5.24   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1932 26 SEM AL SS 130 123 1041.3 160 464 42 95 .937 5.39   3.9
    3B 11 2 35.7 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.2
    2B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1933 27 SEM AL SS 36 7 114.0 28 60 4 18 .957 6.95   0.9
    3B 16 8 86.7 4 24 1 0 .966 2.91   0.4
    2B 9 6 57.0 8 31 4 1 .907 6.16   0.1
1934 28 SEM AL 3B 19 18 155.0 8 43 3 6 .944 2.96   1.0
    SS 32 13 148.0 24 64 5 9 .946 5.35   0.8
    2B 8 0 16.0 1 6 1 0 .875 3.94   0.0
1935 29 SEM AL 2B 52 50 432.7 140 202 6 63 .983 7.11   2.8
    SS 43 3 104.0 20 49 3 12 .958 5.97   0.5
    3B 5 5 43.0 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.72   0.2
1936 30 SEM AL 2B 56 46 398.7 110 200 1 43 .997 7.00   2.5
    SS 22 10 97.0 17 44 3 8 .953 5.66   0.3
1937 31 SEM AL 2B 56 52 424.3 123 194 6 51 .981 6.72   2.0
    SS 52 52 415.0 81 206 13 40 .957 6.22   2.0
1938 32 SEM AL 2B 158 157 1315.7 332 600 16 125 .983 6.38   5.5
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1939 33 SEM AL 2B 108 97 809.3 206 387 11 90 .982 6.59   5.3
    SS 4 4 35.0 9 14 3 4 .885 5.91   0.2
1940 34 SEM AL 2B 59 10 198.0 53 94 3 20 .980 6.68   1.2
    SS 11 11 95.7 19 39 2 3 .967 5.46   0.5
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 35 BRK NL 2B 14 12 98.3 21 41 2 6 .969 5.67   0.2
    SS 9 8 66.0 17 29 4 7 .920 6.27   0.5
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
  2B 521 430 3752.6 994 1755 50 399 .982 6.59   19.7
  SS 350 231 2138.3 380 977 79 197 .945 5.71   9.7
  3B 68 39 389.6 22 110 5 13 .964 3.05   2.1
  1B 13 13 109.0 145 12 4 11 .975 12.96   0.2
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   953 713 6390.6 1542 2854 138 620 .970 6.19   31.8
Career Highs   159 157 1318.7 332 600 42 125 .989 9.06    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1935 29 SEM AL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452
1936 30 SEM AL 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1938 32 SEM AL 9 25 4 9 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 4 .360 .429 .520 .949
1939 33 SEM AL 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
1940 34 SEM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 18 39 5 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 6 .333 .395 .436 .831
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1938-1-159
Strikeouts
1938-4-94
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 5/19/1931, off Dan Dugan (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1931, off Frank Shellenback (SEP)
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/1/1932 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $368,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $368,571 through salary arbitration
3/3/1936: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Injured on 4/7/1936 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with Seattle (M), $900,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Injured on 4/12/1939 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
7/31/1939: Signed a contract extension with Seattle (M), $450,000 per year, for 1 years
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/4/1941 to a 2-year deal worth $999,999 per year
Injured on 5/11/1941 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/18/1941 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/1/1942 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
7/1/1942: Signed a minor league contract extension with Brooklyn
Injured on 9/2/1942 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week