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Jesús Montero

Positions: Designated Hitter, Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg)

Born: November 28, 1989 in Guacara, Venezuela ve

Debut: September 1, 2011 (Age 21-277d, 20,059th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2015 (Age 25-309d)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Jesús Alejandro Montero

Pronunciation: \heh-SOOS mohn-TAIR-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

806

204

.253

RBI

104

OBP

.295

SLG

.398

OPS

.693

OPS+

Summary of 28 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
SEA	24
NYY	4

Platoon
vs RHP	19
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	14

Outs
0	13
2	8
1	7

17 Opps
LAA	6
KCR	3
COL	2
TEX	2
BAL	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
TBR	1
SFG	1
OAK	1
SDP	1
NYY	1
PIT	1
BOS	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

22 Pitchers
Jered Weaver	5
Tommy Milone	2
Jim Johnson	2
Philip Humber	1
Tim Lincecum	1
Hiroki Kuroda	1
Yohan Flande	1
Colby Lewis	1
Chris Sale	1
Esmil Rogers	1
Joe Blanton	1
Bruce Chen	1
Miguel Almonte	1
Eric Stults	1
Jeremy Guthrie	1
Will Smith	1
Brad Peacock	1
Ricky Romero	1
Junichi Tazawa	1
Derek Holland	1
Wade Davis	1
A.J. Burnett	1

12 Parks
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	11
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	10
8	8
9	5
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	10
5	5
1	4
4	4
3	3
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	8
12-	1
--3	1
-2-	1
-23	1

42 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	16
1 on	10
2 on	2
Any on	12

Inning
1	1
2	5
3	3
4	6
5	1
6	6
7	4
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	9
4-6	13
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	11
-1	3
-2	2
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	11
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	6
0-0	4
1-0	4
1-2	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
2-1	2
2-2	2
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	13
DH	9
1B	6

OrderPos
5th	10
7th	6
4th	5
8th	5
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2011-09-05	NYY		BAL	Jim Johnson	tied 8-8	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	8	DH	0.138	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	2011-09-05	NYY		BAL	Jim Johnson	ahead 9-8	b 7	1	1--	6,(2-2) CB1F*BFX	2	8	DH	0.147	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Martin Scores
3	3	3	1	2011-09-09	NYY	@	LAA	Jered Weaver	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	8	DH	0.121	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2011-09-24	NYY		BOS	Junichi Tazawa	ahead 8-0	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBFBX	1	8	DH	0.002	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2012-04-14	SEA		OAK	Tommy Milone	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	6,(3-2) CBBBFX	1	5	2	0.117	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	2	1	2012-04-20	SEA		CHW	Chris Sale	behind 1-6	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	0.036	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	2012-04-27	SEA	@	TOR	Ricky Romero	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	5	DH	0.124	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	4	1	2012-04-30	SEA	@	TBR	Wade Davis	tied 1-1	t 11	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	0.345	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	5	1	2012-05-11	SEA	@	NYY	Hiroki Kuroda	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	4	2	0.159	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	6	1	2012-05-20	SEA	@	COL	Jeremy Guthrie	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	--3	3,(1-1) *BCX	2	5	2	0.165	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Suzuki Scores
11	11	7	1	2012-05-30	SEA	@	TEX	Derek Holland	ahead 6-0	t 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) 1S1X	2	4	DH	0.046	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Seager Scores
12	12	8	1	2012-06-16	SEA		SFG	Tim Lincecum	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	5,(1-2) FFBFX	1	4	2	0.099	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	2012-07-19	SEA	@	KCR	Will Smith	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	4	DH	0.105	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	10	1	2012-07-28	SEA		KCR	Bruce Chen	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	0.250	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Wells Scores
15	15	11	1	2012-08-12	SEA	@	LAA	Jered Weaver	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	2	0.111	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	12	2	2012-08-12	SEA	@	LAA	Jered Weaver	tied 1-1	t 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	2	0.305	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Jaso Scores
17	17	13	1	2012-08-21	SEA		CLE	Esmil Rogers	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	-23	4,(2-1) .B*BCX	3	5	DH	0.069	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Seager Scores; J. Jaso Scores
18	18	14	1	2012-08-24	SEA	@	CHW	Philip Humber	behind 2-7	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) .BCBBX	1	5	2	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	15	1	2012-09-02	SEA		LAA	Jered Weaver	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	2	0.143	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2013-04-22	SEA	@	HOU	Brad Peacock	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.070	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Ackley Scores
21	21	2	1	2013-04-27	SEA		LAA	Joe Blanton	behind 0-2	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.279	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ibañez Scores
22	22	3	1	2013-05-08	SEA	@	PIT	A.J. Burnett	tied 1-1	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.233	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2014-06-17	SEA		SDP	Eric Stults	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) FBB+1>X	2	8	3	0.214	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Gillespie Scores/unER
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2015-07-31	SEA	@	MIN	Tommy Milone	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	7	3	0.089	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	2	1	2015-08-09	SEA		TEX	Colby Lewis	behind 1-2	b 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) TX	2	6	3	0.277	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Smith Scores
26	26	3	1	2015-09-12	SEA		COL	Yohan Flande	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	3	0.079	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	4	1	2015-09-16	SEA		LAA	Jered Weaver	tied 0-0	b 4	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	3	0.305	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); N. Cruz Scores; S. Smith Scores
28	28	5	1	2015-09-22	SEA	@	KCR	Miguel Almonte	ahead 9-0	t 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	3	0.007	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); S. Smith Scores