Willie Montanez

First base 1966–1982 1× All-Star

1,604H

139HR

.275AVG

802RBI

.729OPS

Willie Montanez, born in Catano, Puerto Rico, played 17 seasons (1966–1982) primarily as a first baseman, mostly with the Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets. He collected 1,604 hits and 139 home runs with a .275 batting average, ranking 18th in hits among Puerto Rican-born players. He was selected to 1 All-Star game.

Born: April 1, 1948 · Catano, Puerto Rico · 3 major leaguers from Catano
Bats / Throws: L / L
Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1966	California Angels	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000
1970	Philadelphia Phillies	18	25	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	.240
1971	Philadelphia Phillies	158	599	78	153	27	6	30	99	4	67	105	.255
1972	Philadelphia Phillies	147	531	60	131	39	3	13	64	1	58	108	.247
1973	Philadelphia Phillies	146	552	69	145	16	5	11	65	2	46	80	.263
1974	Philadelphia Phillies	143	527	55	160	33	1	7	79	3	32	57	.304
1975	Philadelphia Phillies / San Francisco Giants	156	602	61	182	34	2	10	101	6	49	62	.302
1976	San Francisco Giants / Atlanta Braves	163	650	74	206	29	2	11	84	2	36	47	.317
1977	Atlanta Braves	136	544	70	156	31	1	20	68	1	35	60	.287
1978	New York Mets	159	609	66	156	32	0	17	96	9	60	92	.256
1979	New York Mets / Texas Rangers	147	554	55	142	25	0	13	71	0	33	62	.256
1980	San Diego Padres / Montreal Expos	142	500	40	136	12	4	6	64	3	39	55	.272
1981	Montreal Expos / Pittsburgh Pirates	55	100	8	21	0	1	1	6	0	5	11	.210
1982	Pittsburgh Pirates / Philadelphia Phillies	54	48	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	4	6	.208
Career		1,632	5,843	645	1,604	279	25	139	802	32	465	751	.275

More Puerto Rican first basemen of his era

Orlando Cepeda1958–1974 · 2,351 H, 379 HR Vic Power1954–1965 · 1,716 H, 126 HR Santiago Rosario1965 · 20 H, 2 HR Luis Rosado1977–1980 · 5 H, 0 HR