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Rafael Montero
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 193 lb
- Number
- #43
- Born
- October 17, 1990 in Higuerito, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- May 14, 2014
- High school
- Escuela Francisco Sergio Castillo
- Salary, 2025
- $11.5M
- dbWAR
- 3.2 13 season(s)
- IP
- 60.1
- ERA
- 4.48
- FIP
- 4.13
- K/9
- 8.7
- FIP−
- 99 100 = avg
Rafael Montero was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2025 he struck out 58 batters over 60.1 innings across 59 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.48 was 7.6% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 14th of 17 on his team, and 348th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.13 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 29.3% of swings (13.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.9%. His 0.4 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, 2025.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ATL/DET/HOU | 59 | 0 | 60.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 30 | 58 | 37 | 4.48 | 4.13 | 1.31 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 108 | 99 | 0.4 | |
| 2024 | HOU | 41 | 0 | 38.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 4.70 | 6.40 | 1.41 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 115 | 157 | -0.8 | |
| 2023 | HOU | 68 | 0 | 67.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 38 | 79 | 29 | 5.08 | 4.46 | 1.53 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 117 | 103 | 0.3 | |
| 2022 | HOU | 71 | 0 | 68.1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 18 | 73 | 23 | 2.37 | 2.64 | 1.02 | 9.6 | 3.0 | 60 | 67 | 1.5 | |
| 2021 | SEA/HOU | 44 | 0 | 49.1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 35 | 42 | 17 | 6.39 | 3.86 | 1.54 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 150 | 90 | 0.5 | |
| 2020 | TEX | 17 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 4.08 | 3.70 | 1.02 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 92 | 83 | 0.3 | |
| 2019 | TEX | 22 | 0 | 29.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 2.48 | 3.83 | 0.97 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 55 | 85 | 0.4 | |
| 2017 | NYM | 34 | 18 | 119.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 141 | 73 | 114 | 67 | 5.52 | 4.37 | 1.75 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 127 | 100 | 1.0 | |
| 2016 | NYM | 9 | 3 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 8.05 | 6.30 | 2.05 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 192 | 150 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | NYM | 5 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4.50 | 2.03 | 1.40 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 114 | 51 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 108 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 20 | .187 | .315 | .330 | .290 | 18.5% |
| vs RHB | 145 | 124 | 25 | 2 | 20 | 38 | .202 | .310 | .306 | .286 | 26.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Rafael Montero throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Splitter | 511 | 87.9 | 1,617 | 44.4% | 36.1% | 114 | .167 | .581 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 442 | 95.1 | 2,384 | 50.0% | 24.4% | 71 | .239 | .762 | |
| Slider | 82 | 85.1 | 2,401 | 35.4% | 23.3% | 17 | .000 | .000 | |
| Sinker | 53 | 95.0 | 2,301 | 49.1% | 7.7% | 14 | — | — |
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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.