Bob Montgomery

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: April 16, 1944 in Nashville, TN us

High School: Central HS (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 6, 1970 (Age 26-143d, 13,052nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 9, 1979 (Age 35-146d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Robert Edward Montgomery

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

1185

306

.258

125

RBI

156

OBP

.296

SLG

.372

OPS

.669

OPS+

Summary of 23 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 7 go ahead

1 Tm
BOS	23

Platoon
vs RHP	17
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	13
Away	10

Outs
1	9
0	8
2	6

9 Opps
MIL	5
DET	4
BAL	3
MIN	2
KCR	2
CLE	2
NYY	2
CHW	2
TEX	1

20 Pitchers
Doug Bird	2
Jim Palmer	2
Jim Colborn	2
Steve Kealey	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Larry Anderson	1
Bill Travers	1
Gaylord Perry	1
John Hiller	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Ron Schueler	1
Fernando Arroyo	1
Jim Slaton	1
Blue Moon Odom	1
Steve Foucault	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Mickey Lolich	1
Dave Goltz	1
Vince Colbert	1
Les Cain	1

7 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	13
County Stad (MIL)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	5
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	7
12-	2
123	2
-2-	2

42 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	10
1 on	9
2 on	2
3 on	2
Any on	13

Inning
2	5
3	2
4	3
5	3
7	2
8	2
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	7
4-6	6
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	6
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	3

Ahead	8
Tied	6
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	22
DH	1

OrderPos
9th	9
8th	7
7th	3
6th	3
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-09-11	BOS	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.113	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1971-07-08	BOS	@	CLE	Vince Colbert	tied 3-3	t 9	2	1--	2	8	2	0.488	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Conigliaro Scores
3	3	2	1	1971-08-09	BOS		DET	Les Cain	behind 2-7	b 4	1	123	4	8	2	0.234	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores; G. Scott Scores; J. Kennedy Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1972-07-28 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	Sparky Lyle	behind 3-5	t 9	1	12-	3	8	2	0.718	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Petrocelli Scores; D. Cater Scores
5	5	2	1	1972-08-12 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	Doyle Alexander	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.112	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1973-06-06	BOS		KCR	Doug Bird	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	---	1	9	2	0.114	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	2	2	1973-06-06	BOS		KCR	Doug Bird	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---	1	9	2	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1973-06-21	BOS		BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 1-5	b 4	0	1--	2	9	2	0.133	31%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Aparicio Scores
9	9	4	1	1973-07-08 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Steve Kealey	ahead 6-2	t 10	1	123	4	7	2	0.008	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores; R. Petrocelli Scores; R. Miller Scores
10	10	5	1	1973-09-02	BOS	@	MIL	Jim Colborn	tied 2-2	t 4	1	1--	2	6	2	0.224	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
11	11	6	1	1973-09-09	BOS		DET	Mickey Lolich	behind 3-5	b 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.068	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	7	1	1973-09-16	BOS		CLE	Gaylord Perry	behind 0-4	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.056	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1974-04-05	BOS	@	MIL	Jim Colborn	behind 0-3	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.165	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Carbo Scores
14	14	2	1	1974-07-10	BOS		TEX	Steve Foucault	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.079	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1974-09-15	BOS	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	behind 1-4	t 2	2	1--	2	9	2	0.165	35%		Home Run; D. Griffin Scores
16	16	4	1	1974-09-26	BOS	@	DET	John Hiller	behind 1-3	t 9	0	1--	2	9	2	0.358	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Griffin Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1975-09-10 (2)	BOS		DET	Fernando Arroyo	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2	9	2	0.169	76%		Home Run; R. Burleson Scores
18	18	2	1	1975-09-13 (2)	BOS		MIL	Larry Anderson	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.037	97%		Home Run
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1976-07-31 (1)	BOS		NYY	Ken Holtzman	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	1	9	2	0.144	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1976-08-17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Blue Moon Odom	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	12-	3	8	2	0.204	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Cooper Scores; D. Evans Scores
21	21	3	1	1976-09-23	BOS		MIL	Bill Travers	ahead 3-1	b 2	2	-2-	2	3	DH	0.127	87%		Home Run; R. Burleson Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1977-08-27	BOS		MIN	Ron Schueler	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	1	9	2	0.131	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1977-08-28	BOS		MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	9	2	0.152	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Miller Scores