MLB / Players

Estéban Montalvo

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb
Born1896 · Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba
Seasons5 (1923–1928)

Cuban Stars West 1923–1925; New York Lincoln Giants 1927; Cuban Stars West 1928

Percentile snapshot

1928 season — qualified batters

G
47
29.6
PA
193
29.6
AB
169
29.6
R
11
15.6
H
23
17.6
2B
3
17.1
3B
3
38.2
HR
0
0
RBI
9
15.1
BB
16
32.7
SO
1
57.3
SB
2
27.6
CS
0
32.2
BA
.136
1.5
OBP
.219
4
SLG
.189
3.5
OPS
.409
3.5
wRC+
22.1
4
OPS+
12.4
4
wOBA
.204
4
sWAR
-1.3
2

of 200 qualified 1928 batters (min 167 PA)

1925 season — qualified pitchers

G
7
0.7
GS
6
3
W
3
8.9
L
3
88.9
SV
0
0
CG
6
18.5
SHO
0
0
H
61
98.5
ER
35
94.8
BB
17
96.3
SO
23
6.7
HR
0
54.8
IP
59.0
3.7
ERA
5.34
17
WHIP
1.322
72.6
K/9
3.51
65.9
FIP
5.10
18.5
FIP-
97.3
50.4
ERA+
98.3
37
sWAR
2.5
57.8

of 136 qualified 1925 pitchers (min 51 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
4.9
79.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
192360264236387214485718010.305.362.500.862117.1122.9.3901.8
192445206176345710573720130.324.408.557.965151.0162.8.4421.7
192543193166335394116023040.319.402.6201.023156.4170.7.4482.5
192793934111240085020.353.436.471.906135.8137.7.4250.3
1928471931691123330916120.136.219.189.40922.112.4.204-1.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
192384300103412146131.03.481.5481.744.77108.5126.21.8
19242202020191168116.06.191.5634.504.52105.669.21.7
1925763306061351723059.05.341.3223.515.1097.398.32.5
19282101010734108.33.241.3201.084.80112.4131.9-1.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
204
PA
895
AB
781
R
127
H
217
2B
40
3B
16
HR
26
RBI
171
BB
82
SO
2
SB
12
BA
.2778
OBP
.3540
SLG
.4699
OPS
.8239

Pitching

G (P)
19
GS
13
W
6
L
6
SV
0
CG
10
SHO
0
IP
114
SO (P)
38
BB allowed
41
ERA
4.802
WHIP
1.4169
K/9
2.99

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1923-07-24CUB @ ABC Gameday422002408
1923-09-08CUB @ SLS Gameday413001206
1923-07-04CUB @ DTS Gameday412101306
1923-08-14CUB @ CAG Gameday414100305
1923-06-04CUB @ CAG Gameday512001405

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1923-06-18CUB @ SLS Gameday3.0100130
1923-08-04CUB @ DTS Gameday7.01063311
1923-08-14CUB @ CAG Gameday3.0544210
1923-09-09CUB @ SLS Gameday3.0433310
1923-07-26CUB @ ABC Gameday9.0510400

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.