John Montefusco | Major Leaguer 1974-1986

Full Name: John Joseph Montefusco Jr.
Born: May 25,1950 in Long Branch, New Jersey
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Nov 6,1972] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Giants. [Dec 12,1980] - Traded by Giants with Craig Landis to Braves for Doyle Alexander. [Nov 13,1981] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 6,1982] - Signed as Free Agent by Padres. [Aug 26,1983] - Traded by Padres to Yankees for Edwin Rodriguez, Dennis Rasmussen and Cash. [Nov 12,1985] - Released by Yankees. [Mar 17,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1973	Decatur	Midw	23	Sf	A	9	2	2.18	24						120.0	94	40	29		44	126			7.05	---	3.30	9.45	1.15	--
1974	Amarillo	Tex	24	Sf	AA	8	9	3.13	19						144.0	143	61	50		37	107			8.94	---	2.31	6.69	1.25	--
	Phoenix	PCL	24	Sf	AAA	7	3	3.27	11						77.0	60	35	28		26	90			7.01	---	3.04	10.52	1.12	--
	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	3	2	4.81	7	5	1	1	1	0	39.1	41	22	21	3	19	34	0	0	9.38	0.69	4.35	7.78	1.53	35%
1975	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	15	9	2.88	35	34	10	4	1	0	243.2	210	85	78	11	86	215	6	2	7.76	0.41	3.18	7.94	1.21	46%
1976	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	16	14	2.84	37	36	11	6	0	0	253.1	224	90	80	11	74	172	3	1	7.96	0.39	2.63	6.11	1.18	43%
1977	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	7	12	3.49	26	25	4	0	0	0	157.1	170	82	61	10	46	110	5	0	9.72	0.57	2.63	6.29	1.37	55%
1978	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	11	9	3.81	36	36	3	0	0	0	238.2	233	110	101	25	68	177	4	3	8.79	0.94	2.56	6.67	1.26	46%
1979	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	3	8	3.94	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.0	145	64	60	15	51	76	3	0	9.53	0.99	3.35	4.99	1.43	53%
1980	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	4	8	4.37	22	17	1	0	0	0	113.1	120	61	55	15	39	85	2	1	9.53	1.19	3.10	6.75	1.40	49%
1981	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	2	3	3.49	26	9	0	0	4	1	77.1	75	32	30	9	27	34	2	1	8.73	1.05	3.14	3.96	1.32	57%
1982	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	10	11	4.00	32	32	1	0	0	0	184.1	177	93	82	17	41	83	2	1	8.64	0.83	2.00	4.05	1.18	54%
1983	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	9	4	3.30	31	10	1	0	9	4	95.1	94	38	35	6	32	52	1	1	8.87	0.57	3.02	4.91	1.32	61%
	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	5	0	3.32	6	6	0	0	0	0	38.0	39	14	14	3	10	15	0	0	9.24	0.71	2.37	3.55	1.29	33%
1984	Columbus	IL	34	Nyy	AAA	1	0	0.69	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	6	1	1	1	1	7	1		4.15	0.69	0.69	4.85	0.54	--
	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	5	3	3.58	11	11	0	0	0	0	55.1	55	26	22	5	13	23	1	0	8.95	0.81	2.11	3.74	1.23	53%
1985	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	0	0	10.29	3	1	0	0	1	0	7.0	12	8	8	3	2	2	0	0	15.43	3.86	2.57	2.57	2.00	22%
1986	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	0	0	2.19	4	0	0	0	1	0	12.1	9	3	3	2	5	3	0	0	6.57	1.46	3.65	2.19	1.14	41%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						90	83	3.54	298	244	32	11	17	5	1,652.1	1604	728	650	135	513	1081	29	10	8.74	0.74	2.79	5.89	1.28	49%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						25	14	2.75	57						354.0	303	137	108		108	330			7.70	---	2.75	8.39	1.16	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1974	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	p	9	7	14	5	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.714	1047	78%
1975	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	p	9	35	80	4	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	44	0	0	9	0	1	.088	.141	.150	291	47%
1976	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	p	9	38	78	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	42	1	0	6	1	1	.103	.165	.115	280	61%
1977	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	p	9	26	49	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	24	0	0	4	0	0	.122	.173	.184	357	56%
1978	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	p	9	37	70	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	32	1	0	9	0	2	.057	.132	.071	203	66%
1979	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	p	9	24	42	3	7	3	1	0	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	2	0	1	.167	.186	.286	472	40%
1980	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	p	9	22	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	1	0	3	0	0	.033	.094	.033	127	58%
1981	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	p	9	26	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.133	200	60%
1982	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	p	9	32	58	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	30	0	0	6	0	1	.086	.145	.103	248	59%
1983	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	p	9	31	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	0	0	4	0	0	.053	.143	.053	196	67%
	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								302	455	23	44	7	2	4	18	1	1	27	219	3	0	43	1	6	.097	.152	.147	299	57%

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1974	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	P	7		39.1	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.92

1975	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	P	35		243.2	11	25	1	37	0	-	-	-	.973	1.33

1976	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	P	37		253.1	12	21	3	36	0	-	-	-	.917	1.17

1977	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	P	26		157.1	10	12	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.26

1978	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	P	36		238.2	8	28	2	38	2	-	-	-	.947	1.36

1979	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	P	22		137	9	20	1	30	2	-	-	-	.967	1.91

1980	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	P	22		113.1	6	9	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.19

1981	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	P	26		77.1	6	12	1	19	1	-	-	-	.947	2.09

1982	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	P	32		184.1	11	29	3	43	0	-	-	-	.930	1.95

1983	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	6		38	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.18
1983	San Diego	NL	33	Sd	MLB	P	31		95.1	3	13	3	19	0	-	-	-	.842	1.51

1984	Columbus	IL	34	Nyy	AAA	P	3			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1984	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	P	11		55.1	1	7	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.30

1985	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	P	3		7	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.57

1986	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	P	4		12.1	2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.65

Awards

[1975] - National League Rookie of the Year, NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4) [1976] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	637,500		299,108	17
1986	716,667		325,466	18

Career:	$1,354,167	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1976)

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