Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1974
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1975
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1974
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1975
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 298
- W
- 90
- L
- 83
- ERA
- 3.54
- IP
- 1652.1
- K
- 1,081
- BB
- 513
- WHIP
- 1.28
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | SF | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4.81 | 39.1 | 34 | 19 | 1.53 |
| 1975 | SF | 35 | 15 | 9 | 2.88 | 243.2 | 215 | 86 | 1.21 |
| 1976 | SF | 37 | 16 | 14 | 2.84 | 253.1 | 172 | 74 | 1.18 |
| 1977 | SF | 26 | 7 | 12 | 3.49 | 157.1 | 110 | 46 | 1.37 |
| 1978 | SF | 36 | 11 | 9 | 3.81 | 238.2 | 177 | 68 | 1.26 |
| 1979 | SF | 22 | 3 | 8 | 3.94 | 137.0 | 76 | 51 | 1.43 |
| 1980 | SF | 22 | 4 | 8 | 4.37 | 113.1 | 85 | 39 | 1.40 |
| 1981 | ATL | 26 | 2 | 3 | 3.49 | 77.1 | 34 | 27 | 1.32 |
| 1982 | SD | 32 | 10 | 11 | 4.00 | 184.1 | 83 | 41 | 1.18 |
| 1983 |  SD/NYY | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3.31 | 133.1 | 67 | 42 | 1.31 |
| 1984 | NYY | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3.58 | 55.1 | 23 | 13 | 1.23 |
| 1985 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 1986 | NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.19 | 12.1 | 3 | 5 | 1.14 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 32
- SHO
- 11
- K/9
- 5.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | SF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | SF | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | SF | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SF | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | SF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SD/NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were John Montefusco's career stats?
John Montefusco played 13 seasons for the Giants, the Braves, the Padres and the Yankees. He had 90 wins and 1,081 strikeouts with a 3.54 ERA over 1,652.1 innings. His best season was 1976: 16 wins, a 2.84 ERA and 172 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1974 to 1986
John Montefusco finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Awards
Season top 10 finishes
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1975 (5th), 1978 (8th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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