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Willie Montanez played 14 major-league seasons (1966-1982) as a 1B (1,164), OF (352). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 18 | CAL | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1970 | 22 | PHI | 18 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .509 | 43 |
| 1971 | 23 | PHI | 158 | 599 | 78 | 153 | 30 | 99 | 4 | 67 | 105 | .255 | .798 | 132 |
| 1972 | 24 | PHI | 147 | 531 | 60 | 131 | 13 | 64 | 1 | 58 | 108 | .247 | .725 | 113 |
| 1973 | 25 | PHI | 146 | 552 | 69 | 145 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 46 | 80 | .263 | .694 | 99 |
| 1974 | 26 | PHI | 143 | 527 | 55 | 160 | 7 | 79 | 3 | 32 | 57 | .304 | .753 | 117 |
| 1975 | 27 | PHI|SFN | 156 | 602 | 61 | 182 | 10 | 101 | 6 | 49 | 62 | .302 | .769 | 121 |
| 1976 | 28 | SFN|ATL | 163 | 650 | 74 | 206 | 11 | 84 | 2 | 36 | 47 | .317 | .771 | 126 |
| 1977 | 29 | ATL | 136 | 544 | 70 | 156 | 20 | 68 | 1 | 35 | 60 | .287 | .786 | 116 |
| 1978 | 30 | NYN | 159 | 609 | 66 | 156 | 17 | 96 | 9 | 60 | 92 | .256 | .712 | 105 |
| 1979 | 31 | TEX | 38 | 144 | 19 | 46 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .319 | .885 | 136 |
| 1979 | 31 | NYN | 109 | 410 | 36 | 96 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 25 | 48 | .234 | .594 | 68 |
| 1980 | 32 | SDN|MON | 142 | 500 | 40 | 136 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 39 | 55 | .272 | .673 | 94 |
| 1981 | 33 | MON|PIT | 55 | 100 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .210 | .508 | 49 |
| 1982 | 34 | PIT|PHI | 54 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .208 | .498 | 46 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | OF | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1971 | OF | 158 | 157 | 364 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| 1971 | 1B | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 130 | 127 | 318 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 1972 | 1B | 14 | 14 | 111 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 1973 | 1B | 99 | 93 | 785 | 52 | 5 | 87 |
| 1973 | OF | 51 | 47 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1B | 137 | 136 | 1216 | 79 | 10 | 126 |
| 1974 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1B | 155 | 155 | 1333 | 98 | 10 | 134 |
| 1976 | 1B | 161 | 160 | 1569 | 107 | 22 | 141 |
| 1977 | 1B | 134 | 134 | 1129 | 70 | 10 | 88 |
| 1978 | 1B | 158 | 158 | 1350 | 104 | 8 | 138 |
| 1979 | 1B | 127 | 123 | 1096 | 92 | 12 | 109 |
| 1980 | 1B | 128 | 125 | 1214 | 86 | 8 | 105 |
| 1981 | 1B | 27 | 16 | 173 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 1982 | 1B | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Willie Montanez won: TSN All-Star 1976 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1975, 1971.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 2 | 6 / 24 | 6 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 25 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.