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Willie Montanez
Guillermo (Naranjo) Montanez

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 193 lb.

Debut April 12, 1966
  vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 1 SB
Final Game October 2, 1982
Born April 1, 1948 in Catano, P.R.

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)

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        My first game: Padres at Phils, 1974, Willie Montanez Bat Day. Cemented my Phandom and began my habit of flipping the Wiffle bat before each at-bat, a la Willie. I never quite mastered the wrist snap at first base though. Hot dog? Perhaps, but a fun one.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 18 CAL AL   8    2    2    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 22 PHI NL  18   25    3    6   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   4  .240  .269  .240   39    6   0   0   1   0   0
 1971 23 PHI NL 158  599   78  153  27  6  30   99   4  7  67 105  .255  .327  .471  124  282   1  13  14   3  18 RoY-2
 1972 24 PHI NL 147  531   60  131  39  3  13   64   1  3  58 108  .247  .320  .405  104  215   2   4  13   1   5
 1973 25 PHI NL 146  552   69  145  16  5  11   65   2  6  46  80  .263  .324  .370   91  204   1   4   7   6  11
 1974 26 PHI NL 143  527   55  160  33  1   7   79   3  6  32  57  .304  .343  .410  107  216   2   7   6   3   9
 1975 27 TOT NL 156  602   61  182  34  2  10  101   6  3  49  62  .302  .353  .415  110  250   2  10   8   4  26 MVP-24
         PHI NL  21   84    9   24   8  0   2   16   1  0   4  12  .286  .315  .452  108   38   1   1   0   0   3
         SFG NL 135  518   52  158  26  2   8   85   5  3  45  50  .305  .359  .409  110  212   1   9   8   4  23
 1976 28 TOT NL 163  650   74  206  29  2  11   84   2  5  36  47  .317  .352  .418  114  272   1   3  11   1  26 MVP-24
         SFG NL  60  230   22   71  15  2   2   20   2  1  15  15  .309  .351  .417  115   96   1   2   5   1  10
         ATL NL 103  420   52  135  14  0   9   64   0  4  21  32  .321  .353  .419  114  176   0   1   6   0  16
 1977 29 ATL NL 136  544   70  156  31  1  20   68   1  1  35  60  .287  .328  .458   99  249   0   3   3   0  18 AS
 1978 30 NYM NL 159  609   66  156  32  0  17   96   9  4  60  92  .256  .320  .392  102  239   0   9  19   1  13
 1979 31 TOT    147  554   55  142  25  0  13   71   0  2  33  62  .256  .297  .372   84  206   1   6   8   2  19
         NYM NL 109  410   36   96  19  0   5   47   0  1  25  48  .234  .277  .317   65  130   1   5   7   1  15
         TEX AL  38  144   19   46   6  0   8   24   0  1   8  14  .319  .357  .528  137   76   0   1   1   1   4
 1980 32 TOT NL 142  500   40  136  12  4   6   64   3  5  39  55  .272  .325  .348   93  174   0   6  10   3   9
         SDP NL 128  481   39  132  12  4   6   63   3  4  36  52  .274  .325  .353   95  170   0   6   9   3   9
         MON NL  14   19    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  1   3   3  .211  .318  .211   51    4   0   0   1   0   0
 1981 33 TOT NL  55  100    8   21   0  1   1    6   0  0   5  11  .210  .248  .260   43   26   0   0   0   0   6
         MON NL  26   62    6   11   0  1   0    5   0  0   4   9  .177  .227  .210   25   13   0   0   0   0   5
         PIT NL  29   38    2   10   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   2  .263  .282  .342   74   13   0   0   0   0   1
 1982 34 TOT NL  54   48    4   10   1  0   0    2   0  0   4   6  .208  .269  .229   39   11   0   0   3   0   2
         PIT NL  36   32    4    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   3  .281  .343  .313   82   10   0   0   3   0   2
         PHI NL  18   16    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .063  .118  .063  -49    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1632 5843  645 1604 279 25 139  802  32 42 465 751  .275  .327  .402  102 2350  10  65 103  24 162
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        580   64  159  28  2  14   80   3  4  46  75  .275  .327  .402  102  233   1   6  10   2  16
 Career High    163  650   78  206  39  6  30  101   9  7  67 108  .317  .353  .471  124  282   2  13  19   6  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 18 CAL AL    2    2    0   0.0    87| .000  .244| .000  .311| .000  .378| .000  .688|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1 100%
 1970 22 PHI NL   26   19    2   2.8   102| .240  .265| .269  .337| .240  .404| .509  .741|  39  .287  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1971 23 PHI NL  683  485   89   5.0    92| .255  .260| .327  .326| .471  .380| .798  .706| 124  .588  18.8   2.0  36%
 1972 24 PHI NL  596  414   70   4.6    93| .247  .259| .320  .327| .405  .382| .725  .710| 104  .554   3.2   0.3  25%
 1973 25 PHI NL  609  429   65   4.1    98| .263  .265| .324  .334| .370  .394| .694  .728|  91  .478  -7.8  -0.8  25%
 1974 26 PHI NL  571  391   72   5.0    98| .304  .267| .343  .340| .410  .386| .753  .725| 107  .570   4.8   0.5  33%
 1975 27 TOT NL  667  461   83   4.8    99| .302  .270| .353  .342| .415  .390| .768  .732| 110  .553   8.8   0.9  66%
         PHI NL   90   65   11   4.6    99| .286  .270| .315  .342| .452  .390| .767  .732| 108  .525   0.7   0.1 100%
         SFG NL  577  396   72   4.9    99| .305  .270| .359  .342| .409  .390| .768  .732| 110  .557   8.0   0.8  62%
 1976 28 TOT NL  691  479   87   4.9    96| .317  .268| .352  .335| .418  .382| .770  .718| 114  .581  10.7   1.1  28%
         SFG NL  249  173   31   4.8    94| .309  .266| .351  .333| .417  .379| .768  .712| 115  .576   4.6   0.5  66%
         ATL NL  442  306   56   4.9    97| .321  .269| .353  .337| .419  .384| .772  .721| 114  .585   6.1   0.6   0%
 1977 29 ATL NL  582  410   77   5.1   113| .287  .283| .328  .352| .458  .431| .786  .783|  99  .542  -2.3  -0.2  50%
 1978 30 NYM NL  679  479   76   4.2    91| .256  .257| .320  .325| .392  .378| .712  .703| 102  .508   2.6   0.3  69%
 1979 31 TOT     596  440   59   3.6    97| .256  .265| .297  .330| .372  .396| .669  .726|  84  .401 -12.7  -1.3   0%
         NYM NL  442  336   33   2.6    96| .234  .264| .277  .329| .317  .392| .594  .721|  65  .281 -19.5  -2.0   0%
         TEX AL  154  104   26   6.7   101| .319  .268| .357  .333| .528  .407| .885  .740| 137  .653   6.8   0.7   0%
 1980 32 TOT NL  548  384   56   3.9    90| .272  .260| .325  .321| .348  .377| .673  .699|  93  .466  -4.0  -0.4  37%
         SDP NL  526  368   55   4.0    90| .274  .260| .325  .321| .353  .377| .678  .698|  95  .478  -2.9  -0.3  42%
         MON NL   22   16    1   1.7    95| .211  .267| .318  .329| .211  .387| .529  .716|  51  .157  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1981 33 TOT NL  105   85    5   1.6    94| .210  .265| .248  .331| .260  .380| .508  .710|  43  .149  -8.1  -0.9   0%
         MON NL   66   56    2   1.0    93| .177  .264| .227  .329| .210  .378| .437  .707|  25  .066  -6.5  -0.7   0%
         PIT NL   39   29    3   2.8    95| .263  .267| .282  .333| .342  .383| .624  .716|  74  .330  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1982 34 TOT NL   52   40    3   2.0    98| .208  .270| .269  .333| .229  .392| .498  .725|  39  .207  -4.0  -0.4   0%
         PIT NL   35   25    3   3.2    98| .281  .270| .343  .334| .313  .393| .656  .726|  82  .382  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         PHI NL   17   15    0   0.0    97| .063  .269| .118  .333| .063  .391| .181  .723| -49  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     6407 4518  744   4.4    97| .275  .265| .327  .333| .402  .389| .729  .723| 102  .519   7.2   0.8  43%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1966 18 CAL AL  1B    2      1    0    0    1 1.000 1.000  0.50  8.20  9.00  9.90    0    1.0
 1970 22 PHI NL  OF   10      8    1    0    0 1.000  .978  0.90  1.78  1.91  2.06    3   42.3
                 RF    9      8    1    0    1 1.000  .978  1.00  1.68  2.06  1.99    3   39.3
                 1B    5      7    2    0    3 1.000  .989  1.80  8.36 11.57  9.64    0    7.0
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.40  0.00  1.80    0    3.0
 1971 23 PHI NL  OF  158    364   11   11    3  .972  .979  2.37  1.92  2.40  2.19  157 1407.0
                 CF  137    326    7   10    1  .971  .982  2.43  2.30  2.50  2.64  133 1200.7
                 RF   24     34    5    1    3  .975  .982  1.62  1.80  1.70  2.07   24  206.3
                 1B    9     13    1    0    1 1.000  .993  1.56  8.58  7.00  9.90    0   18.0
 1972 24 PHI NL  CF  130    317   14    5    2  .985  .980  2.55  2.34  2.68  2.60  127 1110.7
                 1B   14    111    7    1   16  .992  .992  8.43  8.42  9.34  9.73   14  113.7
 1973 25 PHI NL  1B   99    785   52    5   87  .994  .992  8.45  8.40  9.12  9.83   93  825.7
                 RF   52     69    5    1    2  .987  .972  1.42  1.77  1.71  2.01   47  389.0
 1974 26 PHI NL  1B  137   1216   79   10  126  .992  .991  9.45  7.30  9.82  7.59  136 1186.3
                 RF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.70  9.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1975 27 TOT NL  1B  155   1333   98   10  134  .993  .990  9.23  7.61  9.54  8.02  155 1349.7
         PHI NL  1B   21    183   17    2   20  .990  .990  9.52  8.52  9.84  9.97   21  183.0
         SFG NL  1B  134   1150   81    8  114  .994  .990  9.19  7.46  9.50  7.71  134 1166.7
 1976 28 TOT NL  1B  161   1569  107   22  141  .987  .991 10.41  8.61 10.58  9.90  160 1426.0
         SFG NL  1B   58    583   51    7   54  .989  .991 10.93  8.61 11.09  9.95   57  514.7
         ATL NL  1B  103    986   56   15   87  .986  .991 10.12  8.61 10.29  9.88  103  911.3
 1977 29 ATL NL  1B  134   1129   70   10   88  .992  .991  8.95  7.46  9.21  7.68  134 1172.0 AS
 1978 30 NYM NL  1B  158   1350  104    8  138  .995  .992  9.20  6.33  9.23  6.35  158 1417.7
 1979 31 TOT     1B  127   1096   92   12  109  .990  .992  9.35  8.63  9.55  9.57  123 1119.0
         NYM NL  1B  108    905   76   11   95  .989  .992  9.08  8.59  9.30  9.48  104  949.0
         TEX AL  1B   19    191   16    1   14  .995  .992 10.89  8.85 10.96 10.08   19  170.0
                 DH   17
 1980 32 TOT NL  1B  128   1214   86    8  105  .994  .992 10.16  8.09 10.40  8.28  125 1125.3
         SDP NL  1B  124   1185   84    8  105  .994  .992 10.23  8.06 10.44  8.22  122 1094.3
         MON NL  1B    4     29    2    0    0 1.000  .990  7.75  8.97  9.00 10.16    3   31.0
 1981 33 TOT NL  1B   27    173   13    1   12  .995  .992  6.89  8.68 10.11 10.22   16  165.6
         MON NL  1B   16    117   12    1    8  .992  .992  8.06  8.68 10.25 10.22   12  113.3
         PIT NL  1B   11     56    1    0    4 1.000  .991  5.18  8.68  9.81 10.22    4   52.3
 1982 34 TOT NL  1B    8      9    3    0    1 1.000 1.000  1.50  8.89  5.40 10.26    0   20.0
         PIT NL  1B    2      5    1    0    1 1.000 1.000  3.00  8.90  7.71 10.29    0    7.0
                 LF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.60  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
         PHI NL  1B    6      4    2    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.88  4.15 10.25    0   13.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1966 18 CAL AL  1B    2      1    0    0    1 1.000 1.000  0.50  8.20  9.00  9.90    0    1.0
 1970 22 PHI NL  1B    5      7    2    0    3 1.000  .989  1.80  8.36 11.57  9.64    0    7.0
 1971 23 PHI NL  1B    9     13    1    0    1 1.000  .993  1.56  8.58  7.00  9.90    0   18.0
 1972 24 PHI NL  1B   14    111    7    1   16  .992  .992  8.43  8.42  9.34  9.73   14  113.7
 1973 25 PHI NL  1B   99    785   52    5   87  .994  .992  8.45  8.40  9.12  9.83   93  825.7
 1974 26 PHI NL  1B  137   1216   79   10  126  .992  .991  9.45  7.30  9.82  7.59  136 1186.3
 1975 27 TOT NL  1B  155   1333   98   10  134  .993  .990  9.23  7.61  9.54  8.02  155 1349.7
         PHI NL  1B   21    183   17    2   20  .990  .990  9.52  8.52  9.84  9.97   21  183.0
         SFG NL  1B  134   1150   81    8  114  .994  .990  9.19  7.46  9.50  7.71  134 1166.7
 1976 28 TOT NL  1B  161   1569  107   22  141  .987  .991 10.41  8.61 10.58  9.90  160 1426.0
         SFG NL  1B   58    583   51    7   54  .989  .991 10.93  8.61 11.09  9.95   57  514.7
         ATL NL  1B  103    986   56   15   87  .986  .991 10.12  8.61 10.29  9.88  103  911.3
 1977 29 ATL NL  1B  134   1129   70   10   88  .992  .991  8.95  7.46  9.21  7.68  134 1172.0
 1978 30 NYM NL  1B  158   1350  104    8  138  .995  .992  9.20  6.33  9.23  6.35  158 1417.7
 1979 31 TOT     1B  127   1096   92   12  109  .990  .992  9.35  8.63  9.55  9.57  123 1119.0
         NYM NL  1B  108    905   76   11   95  .989  .992  9.08  8.59  9.30  9.48  104  949.0
         TEX AL  1B   19    191   16    1   14  .995  .992 10.89  8.85 10.96 10.08   19  170.0
 1980 32 TOT NL  1B  128   1214   86    8  105  .994  .992 10.16  8.09 10.40  8.28  125 1125.3
         SDP NL  1B  124   1185   84    8  105  .994  .992 10.23  8.06 10.44  8.22  122 1094.3
         MON NL  1B    4     29    2    0    0 1.000  .990  7.75  8.97  9.00 10.16    3   31.0
 1981 33 TOT NL  1B   27    173   13    1   12  .995  .992  6.89  8.68 10.11 10.22   16  165.6
         MON NL  1B   16    117   12    1    8  .992  .992  8.06  8.68 10.25 10.22   12  113.3
         PIT NL  1B   11     56    1    0    4 1.000  .991  5.18  8.68  9.81 10.22    4   52.3
 1982 34 TOT NL  1B    8      9    3    0    1 1.000 1.000  1.50  8.89  5.40 10.26    0   20.0
         PIT NL  1B    2      5    1    0    1 1.000 1.000  3.00  8.90  7.71 10.29    0    7.0
         PHI NL  1B    6      4    2    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.88  4.15 10.25    0   13.0

 1971 23 PHI NL  CF  137    326    7   10    1  .971  .982  2.43  2.30  2.50  2.64  133 1200.7
 1972 24 PHI NL  CF  130    317   14    5    2  .985  .980  2.55  2.34  2.68  2.60  127 1110.7

 1979 31 TEX AL  DH   17

 1970 22 PHI NL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.40  0.00  1.80    0    3.0
 1982 34 PIT NL  LF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.60  0.00  2.25    0    2.0

 1970 22 PHI NL  OF   10      8    1    0    0 1.000  .978  0.90  1.78  1.91  2.06    3   42.3
 1971 23 PHI NL  OF  158    364   11   11    3  .972  .979  2.37  1.92  2.40  2.19  157 1407.0
 1972 24 PHI NL  OF  130    318   15    5    2  .985  .978  2.56  1.96  2.70  2.18  127 1110.7
 1973 25 PHI NL  OF   51     67    6    1    2  .986  .977  1.43  1.96  1.69  2.23   47  389.0
 1974 26 PHI NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.00  9.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1982 34 PIT NL  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  2.25    0    2.0

 1970 22 PHI NL  RF    9      8    1    0    1 1.000  .978  1.00  1.68  2.06  1.99    3   39.3
 1971 23 PHI NL  RF   24     34    5    1    3  .975  .982  1.62  1.80  1.70  2.07   24  206.3
 1973 25 PHI NL  RF   52     69    5    1    2  .987  .972  1.42  1.77  1.71  2.01   47  389.0
 1974 26 PHI NL  RF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.70  9.00  1.80    0    1.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1164  10006  714   87  962  .992  .991  9.21  7.81  9.70  8.38 1114 9947.0
                 OF* 352    758   33   17    7  .979  .978  2.25  1.94  2.41  2.19  334 2952.0    3  267   86#
                 CF* 267    643   21   15    3  .978  .981  2.49  2.32  2.59  2.62  260 2311.3
                 RF*  86    112   11    2    6  .984  .976  1.43  1.77  1.74  2.03   74  635.7
                 DH   17   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
                 LF*   3      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.53  0.00  1.98    0    5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1516  10764  747  104  969  .991  .990  7.59  6.44  8.03  6.96 1448  12899
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1977   ATL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1977 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1975-NL-24-0.00
1976-NL-24-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Batting Average
1976 NL-.317-7

Games
1971 NL-158-7
1975 NL-156-10
1976 NL-163-1
1978 NL-159-4

At Bats
1975 NL-602-9
1976 NL-650-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1971 NL-683-10
1976 NL-691-5
1978 NL-679-10

Hits
1975 NL-182-6
1976 NL-206-2

Total Bases
1971 NL-282-9
1976 NL-272-5

Doubles
1972 NL-39-1
1974 NL-33-7
1975 NL-34-10

Home Runs
1971 NL-30-7

RBI
1971 NL-99-5
1975 NL-101-5
1978 NL-96-8

Singles
1975 NL-136-10
1976 NL-164-1

Extra-Base Hits
1971 NL-63-5

Times on Base
1976 NL-243-8

Hit By Pitch
1973 NL-6-9

Sac. Flies
1971 NL-13-1
1975 NL-10-3
1978 NL-9-6

Intentional Walks
1971 NL-14-7
1972 NL-13-7
1976 NL-11-8
1978 NL-19-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1975 NL-26-1
1976 NL-26-1
1977 NL-18-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1976 NL-13.8-10

At Bats per Home Run
1971 NL-20.0-8

Outs
1971 NL-485-5
1976 NL-479-4

Youngest Player
1966 AL-18-1

    

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.3 (1910) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 22.5 (714) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 1, 1965: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1965: Drafted by the California Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.

May 5, 1966: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 8, 1970: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on October 7, 1969. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner, and Curt Flood to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Johnson, Dick Allen, and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montanez (April 8, 1970) and Bob Browning (minors) (August 30, 1970) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

May 4, 1975: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Garry Maddox.

June 13, 1976: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jake Brown, Mike Eden, and Craig Robinson to the Atlanta Braves for Darrell Evans and Marty Perez.

December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Atlanta Braves to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

August 12, 1979: Traded by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers for players to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Ed Lynch (September 18, 1979) and Mike Jorgensen (October 23, 1979) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

February 15, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford, and Joe Carroll (minors).

August 31, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Montreal Expos for Tony Phillips and cash.

October 26, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

August 20, 1981: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Milner.

July 1, 1982: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 10, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 4, 1982: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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