John Montague

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 213 lb

BornSeptember 12, 1947 · Newport News, VA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 9, 1973

Final gameAugust 28, 1980

Seasons7 (1973–1980)

Montreal Expos 1973–1975; Philadelphia Phillies 1975; Seattle Mariners 1977–1978; California Angels 1979; Seattle Mariners 1979; California Angels 1980

Percentile snapshot

1977 season — qualified pitchers

100

2.5

3.8

42.5

96.3

3.8

SHO

193

82.5

32.5

22.5

182.3

11.3

ERA

4.29

23.8

WHIP

1.470

8.8

K/9

4.84

43.8

FIP

4.39

11.3

FIP-

107.2

18.8

ERA+

95.4

23.8

sWAR

1.4

22.5

of 81 qualified 1977 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

0.9

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

Season	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1973	4	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-129.5	-100.0	.000	0.1
1974	46	12	10	1	2	4	.100	.250	.100	.350	8.3	-1.1	.206	1.4
1975	16	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-134.7	-100.0	.000	-0.5
1977	47	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1978	19	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8
1979	55	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1980	37	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1973	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	2	7	0	7.7	3.52	1.304	8.22	1.90	50.2	107.3	0.1
1974	46	1	3	4	3	0	73	29	38	43	5	82.7	3.16	1.343	4.68	3.86	101.6	120.3	1.4
1975	15	0	0	1	2	0	31	16	10	10	5	22.7	6.35	1.809	3.97	6.19	164.3	59.3	-0.5
1977	47	15	8	12	4	2	193	87	75	98	20	182.3	4.29	1.470	4.84	4.39	107.2	95.4	1.4
1978	19	0	1	3	2	0	52	30	24	14	2	43.7	6.18	1.740	2.89	4.16	109.1	61.6	-0.8
1979	55	1	8	4	7	0	141	82	56	66	17	134.0	5.51	1.470	4.43	4.73	109.9	78.3	-0.4
1980	37	0	4	2	3	0	97	42	21	22	8	73.7	5.13	1.602	2.69	4.47	113.5	76.7	-0.3

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

224

RBI

.0833

OBP

.2143

SLG

.0833

OPS

.2976

Pitching

G (P)

223

SHO

547

SO (P)

260

BB allowed

226

ERA

4.758

WHIP

1.5018

K/9

4.28

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

Date	Game	AB	H	TB
1974-07-02	WSH @ PIT Gameday	1	1	1
1973-09-09	NYM @ WSH Gameday	0	0	0
1973-09-18	STL @ WSH Gameday	1	0	0
1973-09-23	PIT @ WSH Gameday	0	0	0
1973-09-30	WSH @ PIT Gameday	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1977-07-24	LAA @ SEA Gameday	6.2	0	0	0	0	6	0
1977-09-23	CWS @ SEA Gameday	4.0	3	0	0	1	6	0
1977-08-22	CLE @ SEA Gameday	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	1
1977-09-03	SEA @ TOR Gameday	7.0	9	2	2	2	5	0
1979-04-04	LAA @ SEA Gameday	6.2	2	1	1	2	5	0

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.