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John Montefusco

Birthdate:

5/25/1950

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Long Branch, NJ, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Nicknamed the "Count," John Montefusco was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1975, after striking out a still Giants' rookie record 215 batters. The following year, 1976, Montefusco won a career high 16 games and made the NL All-Star team.

In his first major league game on September 3, 1974 at Dodger Stadium, Montefusco replaced starter Ron Bryant in the first innning. Working out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, Montefusco finished with a 6-hit, 9-5 victory, and hit a 2-run homer.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1974	SFG (NL)	7	5	3	2	0	1	1	39.1	41	22	21	3	19	0	34	0	0	0	4.81
1975	SFG (NL)	35	34	15	9	0	10	4	243.2	210	85	78	11	86	12	215	6	8	2	2.88
1976	SFG (NL)	37	36	16	14	0	11	6	253.1	224	90	80	11	74	8	172	3	4	1	2.84
1977	SFG (NL)	26	25	7	12	0	4	0	157.1	170	82	61	10	46	6	110	5	3	0	3.49
1978	SFG (NL)	36	36	11	9	0	3	0	238.2	233	110	101	25	68	6	177	4	4	3	3.81
1979	SFG (NL)	22	22	3	8	0	0	0	137.0	145	64	60	15	51	7	76	3	2	0	3.94
1980	SFG (NL)	22	17	4	8	0	1	0	113.1	120	61	55	15	39	6	85	2	2	1	4.37
1981	ATL (NL)	26	9	2	3	1	0	0	77.1	75	32	30	9	27	2	34	2	0	1	3.49
1982	SDP (NL)	32	32	10	11	0	1	0	184.1	177	93	82	17	41	2	83	2	3	1	4.00
1983	NYY (AL)	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	38.0	39	14	14	3	10	0	15	0	1	0	3.32
1983	SDP (NL)	31	10	9	4	4	1	0	95.1	94	38	35	6	32	6	52	1	1	1	3.30
1984	NYY (AL)	11	11	5	3	0	0	0	55.1	55	26	22	5	13	2	23	1	1	0	3.58
1985	NYY (AL)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	8	8	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	10.29
1986	NYY (AL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	9	3	3	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	2.19
14 years		298	244	90	83	5	32	11	1652.1	1604	728	650	135	513	57	1081	29	29	10	3.54

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1974	SFG (NL)	7	14	5	4	0	0	2	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	SLG
1975	SFG (NL)	35	80	4	7	0	1	1	2	5	44	0	0	0	0	9	0	.88	.141	SLG
1976	SFG (NL)	38	78	3	8	1	0	0	3	5	42	0	0	0	1	6	1	.103	.165	SLG
1977	SFG (NL)	26	49	1	6	0	0	1	4	3	24	0	0	0	0	4	0	.122	.173	SLG
1978	SFG (NL)	37	70	2	4	1	0	0	0	5	32	1	0	0	1	9	0	.57	.132	SLG
1979	SFG (NL)	24	42	3	7	3	1	0	3	1	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	.167	.186	SLG
1980	SFG (NL)	22	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	1	3	0	.33	.94	SLG
1981	ATL (NL)	26	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	.67	SLG
1982	SDP (NL)	32	58	2	5	1	0	0	2	4	30	0	0	0	0	6	0	.86	.145	SLG
1983	NYY (AL)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1983	SDP (NL)	31	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	.53	.143	SLG
1984	NYY (AL)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1985	NYY (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1986	NYY (AL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
14 years		302	455	23	44	7	2	4	18	27	219	1	1	0	3	43	1	.97	.152	.SLG

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