Rafael Montero stats

Relief Pitcher · #43

Age 36 · 6' 0"

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Rafael Montero played 11 MLB seasons, 2014 to 2025.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
380
W
23
L
30
ERA
4.68
IP
522.2
K
517
BB
247
WHIP
1.45
Standard by season
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.
2014NYM10134.0644.142231.51
2015NYM5014.5010.01351.40
2016NYM9018.0519.020162.05
2017NYM345115.52119.0114671.75
2019TEX22202.4829.03450.97
2020TEX17014.0817.21961.02
2021SEA/HOU44546.3949.142171.54
2022HOU71522.3768.173231.02
2023HOU68335.0867.179291.53
2024HOU41124.7038.123191.41
2025HOU/ATL/DET59124.4860.158371.31

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
16
W
1
L
0
ERA
3.14
IP
14.1
K
18
BB
10
WHIP
1.33

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
9
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
8.9
GB
691
FB
800
G/F
0.90
WP
13

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
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.
2014NYM3008.547810.60
2015NYM00011.7141410
2016NYM0009.521360.62
2017NYM6008.618218216
2019TEX00010.629430.70
2020TEX0009.713320.40
2021SEA/HOU0007.790711.34
2022HOU0009.691811.11
2023HOU00010.6761110.70
2024HOU0005.451680.80
2025HOU/ATL/DET0008.7778110

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
36 yearsOct 17, 1990
Height
6' 0"
Debut
2014
Birthplace
Higuerito, Dominican Republic

Latest performance

Rafael Montero

Oct 04 · @ SEA · W 3-2 F/11

IP
0.0
H
2
R
1
ER
1
BB
1
K
0
HR
0
ERA
INF

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sat, Oct 04atSEAW 3-2 F/1102110
Sat, Sep 27atBOSW 2-11.11001
Wed, Sep 24atCLEL 5-101200
Tue, Sep 23atCLEL 5-20.10000
Sat, Sep 20vsATLL 6-50.10000
Fri, Sep 19vsATLL 10-11.21001

What were Rafael Montero's career stats?

Rafael Montero played 11 seasons for the Mets, the Rangers and the Astros. He had 23 wins and 517 strikeouts with a 4.68 ERA over 522.2 innings. His best season was 2017: 5 wins, a 5.52 ERA and 114 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2014 to 2025

Championships

More on Rafael Montero

Playoff series

Rafael Montero played 16 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 4 won, 2 lost.

Rafael Montero's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2025SEAWon 1-010.0210
2023MINLost 1-122.2105
2023TEXLost 1-232.1123
2022SEAWon 3-033.1103
2022NYYWon 3-032.0213
2022PHIWon 3-144.0214

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Rafael Montero’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.