MLB / Players

John Montefusco

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb
BornMay 25, 1950 · Long Branch, NJ, USA
MLB debutSeptember 3, 1974
Final gameMay 1, 1986
Seasons13 (1974–1986)

San Francisco Giants 1974–1980; Atlanta Braves 1981; San Diego Padres 1982; New York Yankees 1983; San Diego Padres 1983; New York Yankees 1984–1986

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
20.2
GS
32
49.4
W
10
19.1
L
11
47.2
SV
0
0
CG
1
2.2
SHO
0
0
H
177
79.8
ER
82
65.2
BB
41
92.1
SO
83
19.1
HR
17
53.9
IP
184.3
30.3
ERA
4.00
34.8
WHIP
1.183
87.6
K/9
4.05
23.6
FIP
3.76
47.2
FIP-
108.5
22.5
ERA+
86.6
14.6
sWAR
0.4
14.6

of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
102.4
48.5
sWAR
16.8
92.1

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
1974715145400231400.286.333.7141.048183.5182.4.4630.2
197535948047011254400.088.141.150.291-34.3-20.3.1464.8
197638917838100354200.103.165.115.280-29.3-20.1.1474.6
197726564916001432400.122.173.184.357-10.5-3.5.1712.2
197837857024100053210.057.132.071.203-46.9-40.6.1141.0
197924454237310311101.167.186.286.47223.531.0.2140.8
198022353011000011200.033.094.033.127-73.8-62.4.076-0.3
19812615151110000900.067.067.133.200-71.6-44.9.0890.7
198232685825100243000.086.145.103.249-32.5-27.6.1300.4
198337251911000121100.053.143.053.195-44.6-42.5.1161.7
1984110000000000000.7
19853000000000000-0.4
198640000000000000.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1974753201141211934339.34.811.5257.783.3087.378.60.2
197535341590104210788621511243.72.881.2157.942.6068.9130.94.8
1976373616140116224807417211253.32.841.1766.112.7877.3126.54.6
19772625712040170614611010157.33.491.3736.293.1079.6111.42.2
197836361190302331016817725238.73.811.2616.673.4198.590.81.0
197922223800014560517615137.03.941.4314.994.17118.089.60.8
198022174801012055398515113.34.371.4036.754.05115.280.5-0.3
19812692310075302734977.33.491.3193.964.35121.3102.70.7
19823232101101017782418317184.34.001.1834.053.76108.586.60.4
198337161444101334942679133.33.311.3134.523.5898.3110.01.7
198411115300055221323555.33.581.2293.743.85100.2107.40.7
198531000001282237.010.292.0002.578.60212.939.3-0.4
198640000009353212.32.191.1352.195.63136.8188.00.4

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
302
PA
529
AB
455
R
23
H
44
2B
7
3B
2
HR
4
RBI
18
BB
27
SO
219
SB
1
BA
.0967
OBP
.1523
SLG
.1473
OPS
.2996

Pitching

G (P)
298
GS
244
W
90
L
83
SV
5
CG
32
SHO
11
IP
1,652
SO (P)
1,081
495th-most career SO (P)
BB allowed
513
ERA
3.540
478th-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.2812
477th-lowest career WHIP
K/9
5.89
402nd-highest career K/9

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
1974-09-22CIN @ SF Gameday422001105
1974-09-03SF @ LAD Gameday321001214
1975-07-23CHC @ SF Gameday511001104
1977-05-21SF @ STL Gameday211001104
1975-08-31PHI @ SF Gameday311010103

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1975-08-27WSH @ SF Gameday9.07101140
1975-08-31PHI @ SF Gameday8.18443130
1975-08-13SF @ WSH Gameday10.18333120
1975-09-12CIN @ SF Gameday8.07543120
1976-04-28STL @ SF Gameday8.08110120

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.

Honors

Rookie of the Year All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.