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Name Team Age
John Montague Retired (1976, Age 36) Died (2025, Age 85)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1961)
LF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League 0 4 years (51 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ D+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 6/17/1940
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (92.2 %) A- (76.5 %) C+ (49.2 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1961 Minors 9.00 0 / 0 2 / 2 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 9 / 9
1962 Minors 19.00 3 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 2 3 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 0 11 / 19
1963 Minors 27.00 3 / 3 3 / 4 5 / 6 1 / 3 4 / 5 2 / 2 3 / 4 21 / 27
1964 Minors 32.00 5 / 5 4 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 6 2 / 3 4 / 7 1 / 1 18 / 32
1965 Minors 17.00 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 6 0 / 0 4 / 6 9 / 17
1966 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1966 Majors 26.61 3 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 3 2 / 6 2 / 2 3 / 3 13 / 26
1967 Minors 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 9
1967 Majors 11.74 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 11
1968 Majors 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 8
1969 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1969 Majors 12.00 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 12
1970 Majors 14.00 1 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 14
1971 Majors 10.00 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 10
1972 Majors 16.00 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 16
1973 Minors 9.00 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 9
1974 Majors 46.20 162 107 0 -3 / 13 -1 / 2 0 / 8 -7 / 8 -2 / 5 -3 / 4 -3 / 6 -19 / 46
1975 Majors 55.25 158 105 0 -1 / 7 -4 / 9 -3 / 4 -1 / 9 -3 / 8 1 / 10 -3 / 8 -14 / 55
1976 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1976 Majors 21.02 138 14 0 -3 / 1 -2 / 5 -3 / 5 -8 / 1 -4 / 0 -3 / 7 -3 / 2 -26 / 21
Total 458 226 0 9 / 50 4 / 48 9 / 53 -6 / 51 6 / 54 7 / 48 5 / 41 34 / 345
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01John Montague has retired from the Cleveland Rocks
1976-04-28The Cleveland Rocks have promoted John Montague to the major league team. The Cleveland Rocks have sent Ken Morgan to the minors.
1976-03-07The Cleveland Rocks have promoted Al McClellan to the major league team. The Cleveland Rocks have designated John Montague for assignment.
1975-04-05The Cleveland Rocks have acquired John Montague from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01The Milwaukee Minors have promoted Everett Wilson to the major league team. The Milwaukee Minors have designated John Montague for assignment.
1974-03-03The Milwaukee Minors have promoted John Montague to the major league team. The Milwaukee Minors have designated Bert Frey for assignment.
1973-07-22The Milwaukee Minors have acquired John Montague from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Minors have waived Skip Birrer.
1969-04-08The Cincinnati Mustangs have waived John Montague.
1969-04-01The Cincinnati Mustangs have acquired John Montague from the waiver wire.
1968-03-01The New York Spiders have waived John Montague.
1967-09-07The New York Spiders have acquired John Montague from the waiver wire.
1967-07-16The New York Mets waive John Montague.
1967-05-30The New York Mets have promoted John Montague to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent Fernando Curtis to the minors.
1967-04-29The New York Mets have promoted Jerry Gilbert to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated John Montague for assignment.
1966-04-08The New York Mets have promoted John Montague to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Wickey Dihigo for assignment.
1966-04-05The New York Mets have acquired John Montague from the waiver wire.
1966-04-01The Chicago Contractors have waived John Montague.
1963-03-01The Chicago Contractors have renamed John Magnante to John Montague.