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Willie Montanez	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 203   Born: April 1, 1948 in P.R., , CATANO

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1979
All-Star Selections	1978

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1966	18	SEM	AL					5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	6	3	4	4	7	8	8
1967	19	SEM	AL					6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	6	3	4	3	7	7	7
1968	20	SEM	AL					6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	3	4	4	6	7	6
1969	21	SEM	AL					6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	3	4	4	6	7	6
1970	22	SEM	AL					6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	3	4	4	6	7	6
1971	23	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	3	4	4	6	7	6
1972	24	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	4	4	4	6	7	6
1973	25	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	4	4	4	6	7	6
1974	26	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	6	7	6
1975	27	SEM	AL	$ 3,430,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	5	4	6	7	6
1976	28	SEM	AL	$ 3,430,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	4	5	5	6	6	6
1977	29	SEM	AL	$ 3,430,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	5	5	6	6	6
1978	30	SEM	AL	$ 4,000,000				8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	4	5	5	6	6	6
1979	31	SEM	AL	$ 4,000,000				8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	5	5	5	5	6	6
1980	32	OAK	AL	$ 4,000,000				8	8	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6
1981	33	OAK	AL	$ 5,330,000				8	8	7	7	8	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
1982	34	OAK	AL	$ 5,330,000				6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	4
1983	35	MIN	AL	$ 1,412,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	6	6	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,330,000				8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	5	6	6	7	8	8

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
1966	18	AAA		137	523	75	153	14	2	21	82	1	1	47	63	.293	.351	.447	.798	80.7
1967	19	AAA		136	579	82	162	23	5	18	79	2	0	38	59	.280	.324	.430	.754	78.9
1968	20	AAA		137	536	77	165	35	1	17	78	1	0	52	84	.308	.369	.472	.841	89.0
1969	21	AAA		135	527	72	162	22	2	34	123	2	0	56	76	.307	.374	.550	.924	103.2
1970	22	AAA		97	381	67	122	41	3	19	64	1	1	36	46	.320	.379	.593	.972	76.7
1971	23	SEM	AL	98	338	49	87	25	0	12	53	0	1	26	40	.257	.308	.438	.746	43.7	6.9
		AAA		26	116	27	41	9	1	11	33	1	1	7	11	.353	.390	.733	1.123	28.4
1972	24	SEM	AL	131	411	63	121	24	1	14	60	1	1	43	64	.294	.362	.460	.822	66.6	13.9
1973	25	SEM	AL	129	447	74	121	27	1	17	113	0	1	40	59	.271	.324	.450	.774	63.8	9.6
1974	26	SEM	AL	130	443	62	139	25	2	14	74	1	3	44	54	.314	.373	.474	.847	70.3	13.9
1975	27	SEM	AL	139	484	59	119	17	2	13	80	0	0	30	71	.246	.287	.370	.657	49.8	4.1
1976	28	SEM	AL	143	494	67	134	29	3	13	71	0	1	40	66	.271	.322	.421	.743	67.8	12.2
1977	29	SEM	AL	147	517	67	149	24	1	13	93	0	0	29	78	.288	.323	.414	.737	64.0	9.6
1978	30	SEM	AL	149	548	80	192	38	1	21	121	0	0	35	67	.350	.387	.538	.925	100.5	24.6
1979	31	SEM	AL	137	472	56	129	22	1	15	87	0	1	45	65	.273	.335	.419	.755	63.1	10.9
1980	32	SEM	AL	22	82	15	27	5	1	1	19	0	0	7	17	.329	.378	.451	.829	12.5	2.9
		OAK	AL	132	483	61	142	13	4	13	74	0	0	39	84	.294	.348	.418	.766	66.1	14.8
		TOT		154	565	76	169	18	5	14	93	0	0	46	101	.299	.352	.423	.775	78.6	17.7
1981	33	OAK	AL	149	558	56	142	16	0	20	74	0	0	59	72	.254	.324	.391	.714	70.2	17.1
1982	34	OAK	AL	145	494	61	135	20	3	14	72	0	1	49	86	.273	.338	.411	.749	66.0	12.5
1983	35	MIN	AL	71	212	19	41	3	2	3	14	0	2	18	51	.193	.255	.269	.524	12.5	0.0
		AAA		25	102	14	37	3	0	5	18	0	0	10	20	.363	.420	.539	.959	21.0
13 Years Sim				1722	5983	789	1678	288	22	183	1005	2	11	504	874	.280	.334	.428	.762	816.9	153.3
7 Years AAA				693	2764	414	842	147	14	125	477	8	3	246	359	.305	.360	.504	.863	478.0
162 Game Average					562	74	157	27	2	17	94	0	1	47	82	.280	.334	.428	.762	76.8
Career Highs				154	565	80	192	38	5	21	121	1	3	59	101	.350	.387	.538	.925	100.5

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4892	666	1441	253	17	144	827	2	10	432	671	.295	.350	.442	.791	733.4
vs LH		1091	123	237	35	5	39	178	0	1	72	203	.217	.263	.366	.628	107.7
Home	843	2909	355	800	114	12	72	451	0	6	223	442	.275	.324	.397	.720	370.7
Away	879	3074	434	878	174	10	111	554	2	5	281	432	.286	.344	.457	.801	470.5
RISP		1732	0	496	77	5	46	770	0	0	187	248	.286	.345	.416	.761	255.8
Pinch Hitting		182	25	48	6	1	6	45	0	1	15	31	.264	.317	.407	.723	23.4
Close/Late		689	74	200	34	2	18	117	0	0	78	102	.290	.359	.424	.783	105.1
Mar/Apr	245	842	117	253	49	4	32	156	0	1	67	124	.300	.351	.482	.833	135.4
May	318	1112	148	308	58	3	32	181	0	1	86	165	.277	.328	.421	.748	150.2
June	296	1083	140	287	49	4	43	181	0	3	67	165	.265	.305	.437	.742	142.3
July	268	928	111	267	40	5	19	159	2	2	91	116	.288	.349	.403	.752	130.1
August	309	1080	136	296	45	4	30	176	0	3	93	160	.274	.330	.406	.736	143.7
Sep/Oct	286	938	137	267	47	2	27	152	0	1	100	144	.285	.349	.425	.774	139.6

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
1971	23	SEM	AL	1B	55	52	460.0	491	33	4	54	.992	10.25					0.4
				RF	5	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13					0.0
				LF	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1972	24	SEM	AL	RF	105	93	845.3	167	3	5	0	.971	1.81					2.5
				LF	7	3	32.0	6	1	0	0	1.000	1.97
				CF	3	3	27.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	4.00
				1B	10	0	21.0	27	1	1	2	.966	12.00					0.0
1973	25	SEM	AL	LF	112	97	886.7	170	6	2	2	.989	1.79					2.9
				CF	10	8	76.7	12	2	1	1	.933	1.64
				RF	2	1	14.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	3.86
				1B	2	0	7.0	7	1	0	0	1.000	10.29					0.0
1974	26	SEM	AL	LF	106	100	857.3	135	6	0	1	1.000	1.48					1.9
				1B	16	13	114.0	129	9	1	9	.993	10.89					0.2
				CF	9	4	44.0	7	1	1	0	.889	1.64
				RF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
1975	27	SEM	AL	LF	103	101	840.3	165	6	8	1	.955	1.83					2.7
				1B	19	19	170.0	175	15	3	21	.984	10.06					0.2
				CF	5	1	15.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.40
1976	28	SEM	AL	LF	127	119	1069.0	216	7	2	3	.991	1.88					2.0
				RF	5	4	38.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.42
				1B	2	0	3.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	12.00					0.0
1977	29	SEM	AL	LF	125	111	1016.7	200	7	4	1	.981	1.83					3.1
				RF	4	4	40.7	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.66
				1B	3	3	26.0	40	1	0	6	1.000	14.19					0.1
				CF	3	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
1978	30	SEM	AL	LF	123	112	1023.3	248	7	6	2	.977	2.24					3.7
				1B	15	13	119.7	134	8	0	10	1.000	10.68					0.2
				RF	5	5	39.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.54
				CF	3	2	18.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
1979	31	SEM	AL	LF	127	114	1037.0	216	2	4	1	.982	1.89					2.9
				1B	3	0	9.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.00					0.0
				RF	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
1980	32	SEM	AL	LF	3	3	26.6	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.71					0.1
				RF	0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				CF	0	0	0.8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		OAK	AL	LF	21	17	156.4	45	1	0	0	1.000	2.65					0.4
				RF	1	1	7.7	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.34					0.0
				CF	2	0	4.6	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.96					0.0
		TOT		LF	24	20	183.0	53	1	0	0	1.000	2.66					0.5
				RF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00					0.0
				CF	2	0	5.4	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.67					0.0
1981	33	OAK	AL	1B	147	147	1251.3	1535	139	18	157	.989	12.04					2.5
1982	34	OAK	AL	1B	92	86	730.0	851	54	10	88	.989	11.16					0.8
				CF	8	0	14.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.64					0.0
				LF	2	2	13.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.08
				RF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1983	35	MIN	AL	CF	18	16	132.0	55	1	0	0	1.000	3.82					0.9
				SS	16	12	116.0	28	49	2	18	.975	5.97					0.7
				RF	12	5	61.7	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.34
				1B	10	6	56.0	55	4	2	6	.967	9.48					0.1
				LF	6	6	49.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.20
				LF	864	785	7008.3	1423	44	26	11	.983	1.88					19.7
				1B	374	339	2967.0	3459	266	39	353	.990	11.30					4.6
				RF	142	114	1070.7	222	5	5	0	.978	1.91					2.5
				CF	61	34	337.1	97	5	2	1	.981	2.72					0.9
				SS	16	12	116.0	28	49	2	18	.975	5.97					0.7
Career Totals					1457	1284	11499.0	5229	369	74	383	.987	4.38					28.3
Career Highs					147	147	1251.3	1535	139	18	157	1.000	12.04

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
1971	23	SEM	AL	7	25	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.320	.393	.360	.753
1972	24	SEM	AL	13	43	3	15	5	0	0	4	0	1	4	6	.349	.408	.465	.873
1973	25	SEM	AL	3	9	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.333	.364	.444	.808
1974	26	SEM	AL	9	35	2	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	7	.229	.263	.400	.663
1975	27	SEM	AL	12	45	2	13	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	6	.289	.304	.378	.682
1976	28	SEM	AL	9	31	1	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.226	.273	.258	.531
1977	29	SEM	AL	13	53	8	12	3	0	3	10	0	0	4	10	.226	.281	.453	.734
1978	30	SEM	AL	17	68	10	19	5	0	2	8	0	0	6	16	.279	.333	.441	.775
1979	31	SEM	AL	15	52	7	10	1	0	3	5	0	0	4	7	.192	.246	.385	.630
Career Post-Season Batting				98	361	40	95	22	1	9	44	0	1	26	61	.263	.312	.404	.717

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.

Batting Average 1978-1-.350 On-Base Pct 1978-5-.387 Slugging Pct 1978-3-.538 OPS 1978-4-.925 XR 1978-8-100.5 Hits 1978-3-192 Total Bases 1978-6-295 Singles 1978-7-132 Doubles 1978-7-38 RBIs 1973-4-113 1978-4-121 1980-10-93

Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Seattle in 1966

Injured on 9/1/1967 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks

Injured on 4/4/1968 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week

Injured on 4/27/1970 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks

Had first career hit on 5/1/1971, off Tommie Sisk (DET)

Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1971, off Gaylord Perry (BSN)

Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1974, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 7 RBI

10/3/1974: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,430,000 per year, for 3 years

Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1976, hitting .563 with 2 HR, 8 RBI

6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years

Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game

Injured on 7/17/1979 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week

Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979

Traded from Seattle to Oakland on 5/1/1980 (Going to SEM: SS Tim Johnson. Going to OAK: 1B Willie Montanez)

10/4/1980: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,330,000 per year, for 2 years

Injured on 8/29/1981 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week

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