Ultimate Mets Database - Willie Montanez

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Willie Montanez
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 134 of 890 players

Guillermo Montanez
Born: April 1, 1948 at Catano, P.R.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.00 Weight: 185

First Mets game: April 7, 1978
Last Mets game: August 11, 1979

Willie Montanez also played for the following teams:

California Angels 1966; Philadelphia Phillies 1970 - 1975; San Francisco Giants 1975, 1976; Atlanta Braves 1976, 1977; Texas Rangers 1979; San Diego Padres 1980; Montreal Expos 1980, 1981; Pittsburgh Pirates 1981, 1982; Philadelphia Phillies 1982

Traded with Ken Henderson and Tom Grieve by the Texas Rangers to the New York Mets in exchange for Jon Matlack and John Milner on December 8, 1977.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Ed Lynch and Mike Jorgensen on August 12, 1979.

Established a Mets season record for Intentional Walks in 1978 with 19. Broken by Howard Johnson in 1988 with 25.
Tied Mets season record of 9 Sacrifice Flies in 1978. Record was previously set by Rusty Staub in 1975. Tied by Joel Youngblood in 1980 and by Keith Hernandez in 1984. Broken by Keith Hernandez in 1985 with 10.

Click the icon to see a graph of Willie Montanez's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1978 159 609 66 156 32 0 17 96 60 19 92 1 9 4 0 9 239 .256 .392 .320

1979 109 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 25 7 48 1 0 1 1 5 130 .234 .317 .277

2 years 268 1019 102 252 51 0 22 143 85 26 140 2 9 5 1 14 369 .247 .362 .303

Led Mets in games with 159 in 1978.
Led Mets in at bats with 609 in 1978.
Tied for Mets lead in hits with 156 in 1978.
Tied for Mets lead in singles with 107 in 1978.
Led Mets in doubles with 32 in 1978.
Led Mets in home runs with 17 in 1978.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 96 in 1978.
Led Mets in intentional walks with 19 in 1978. Tied for Mets lead in intentional walks with 7 in 1979.
Led Mets in total bases with 239 in 1978.
Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 9 in 1978.

Games where Willie Montanez had 2 or more Home Runs
At Pittsburgh (NL) 05/24/78.

Games played by position
1978: First Base 158
1979: First Base 108

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Willie Montanez was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1978 0 0 2 103 53 0 0 0 0
1979 0 2 0 20 52 30 0 0 0
Totals 0 2 2 123 105 30 0 0 0

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1978	0	0	2	103	53	0	0	0	0
1979	0	2	0	20	52	30	0	0	0
Totals	0	2	2	123	105	30	0	0	0