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Mike Montgomery

Age
31
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 5"
Weight
220 lb
Born
July 1, 1989 in Mission Hills, CA, United States
MLB debut
June 2, 2015
dbWAR
4.2
11 season(s)
IP
5.1
ERA
5.06
FIP
4.69
K/9
6.8
FIP−
105
100 = avg

Mike Montgomery was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2020 he struck out 4 batters over 5.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.06 was 13.7% higher than the league average of 4.45. Stripping out defence, his 4.69 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.0% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.4%. His 0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2020.

FIP4.69
K/96.8
WHIP1.31
WAR.0

WAR by season

1.60.6-0.3151617181920

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2020KC315.100063415.064.691.316.81.71141050.0
2019CHC/KC331391.03901135069344.955.521.626.83.4110123-0.3
2018CHC3819124.05601315586393.993.931.376.22.896951.5
2017CHC4414130.278310349100553.384.071.216.93.877931.6
2016SEA/CHC497100.0450792892382.523.791.178.33.460901.1
2015SEA161690.0460924664374.604.671.436.43.71161180.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2019CHC/KC56100003.167.167.167.000.3330.0%50.0%.145-0.9-210.0
2018CHC18353010120.091.118.091.000.2312.9%57.1%.098-6.2-51-0.1
2017CHC19305130010.185.185.333.148.2500.0%33.3%.218-2.7260.2
2016CHC711101005.091.091.091.000.1670.0%45.5%.080-2.1-66-0.1
2015SEA13000002.000.000.000.000.0000.0%66.7%.000-0.8-127-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB330002.000.000.000.00066.7%
vs RHB20186112.333.350.611.39110.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Mike Montgomery throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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CutterFour-seamChangeupSinkerCurveball

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Cutter29.9%2985.01,98441.4%25.0%5——
Four-Seam Fastball22.7%2289.21,86931.8%0.0%4——
Changeup21.6%2182.41,71347.6%25.0%6——
Sinker15.5%1590.21,82220.0%20.0%5——
Curveball10.3%1076.72,17050.0%0.0%1——
Mike Montgomery's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.