Rafael Montero stats
Relief Pitcher · #43
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2014
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2014
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 380
- W
- 23
- L
- 30
- ERA
- 4.68
- IP
- 522.2
- K
- 517
- BB
- 247
- WHIP
- 1.45
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | NYM | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4.06 | 44.1 | 42 | 23 | 1.51 |
| 2015 | NYM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 10.0 | 13 | 5 | 1.40 |
| 2016 | NYM | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8.05 | 19.0 | 20 | 16 | 2.05 |
| 2017 | NYM | 34 | 5 | 11 | 5.52 | 119.0 | 114 | 67 | 1.75 |
| 2019 | TEX | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2.48 | 29.0 | 34 | 5 | 0.97 |
| 2020 | TEX | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4.08 | 17.2 | 19 | 6 | 1.02 |
| 2021 |  SEA/HOU | 44 | 5 | 4 | 6.39 | 49.1 | 42 | 17 | 1.54 |
| 2022 | HOU | 71 | 5 | 2 | 2.37 | 68.1 | 73 | 23 | 1.02 |
| 2023 | HOU | 68 | 3 | 3 | 5.08 | 67.1 | 79 | 29 | 1.53 |
| 2024 | HOU | 41 | 1 | 2 | 4.70 | 38.1 | 23 | 19 | 1.41 |
| 2025 |  HOU/ATL/DET | 59 | 1 | 2 | 4.48 | 60.1 | 58 | 37 | 1.31 |
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) 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | NYM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 47 | 81 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2015 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 21 | 36 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2017 | NYM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 182 | 182 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 29 | 43 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2020 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 13 | 32 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | SEA/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 90 | 71 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2022 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 91 | 81 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2023 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 76 | 111 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2024 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 51 | 68 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2025 | HOU/ATL/DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 77 | 81 | 1 | 0 |
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| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 04 | at SEAW 3-2 F/11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 27 | at BOSW 2-1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Sep 24 | at CLEL 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 23 | atCLEL 5-2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 20 | vs ATLL 6-5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 19 | vsATLL 10-1 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
- 2022 World Series with the Houston Astros
More on Rafael Montero
Playoff series
Rafael Montero played 16 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 4 won, 2 lost.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | SEA | Won 1-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 |  MIN | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 |  TEX | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 2.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | SEA | Won 3-0 | 3 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 |  NYY | Won 3-0 | 3 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 |  PHI | Won 3-1 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Rafael Montero against each club
- vs Texas Rangers (22)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (21)
- vs Seattle Mariners (19)
- vs Athletics (16)
- vs New York Yankees (15)
- vs Kansas City Royals (14)
- vs Minnesota Twins (14)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (12)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (10)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (10)
- vs Boston Red Sox (9)
- vs Chicago White Sox (9)
- vs Atlanta Braves (7)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (7)
- vs Detroit Tigers (7)
- vs New York Mets (7)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (7)
- vs Miami Marlins (6)
- vs San Francisco Giants (6)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (6)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (5)
- vs Washington Nationals (5)
- vs Chicago Cubs (4)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (4)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (3)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (2)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (2)
- vs Houston Astros (1)
- vs San Diego Padres (1)
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