Rafael Montero

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 193lb (183cm, 87kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors)

Born: October 17, 1990 in Higuerito, Dominican Republic do

High School: Francisco Sergio Castillo (Sabana Higuero, Dominican Republic)

Debut: May 14, 2014 (Age 23-209d, 20,615th in major league history)
vs. NYY 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 3 yrs/$34.5M (23-25), 3 yrs/$34.5M (23-25)

Service Time (01/2024): 7.138 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: GSE Worldwide

Full Name: Rafael Montero

Nicknames: Fugarra or Monte

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2022 World Series

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

0.2

ERA

1.64

4.63

291

11.0

435.0

442

WHIP

0.909

1.455

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-24 / in Starts: 8-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 2

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	25	2	Apr 5	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	11-12	L(0-1)	99	1.2	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	10.80	7.36	10			6	2	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.92	-0.296	4.21	-0.19%	-1.62	11t --- 0 out tie	12t -23 2 out d2
2	26	4	Apr 7	NYM		MIA	L,2-7	5-7		1	2.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.15	5.23	10	35	23	7	4	3	3	1	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.025	.09	0.02%	2.53	5t 123 1 out d6	7t 3 out d6
3	27	5	Apr 8	NYM		MIA	L,1-8	9-9		0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.71	5.73	5			2	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.02	0.00%	-2.41	9t --- 0 out d5	9t 12- 1 out d7
4	28	10	Apr 13	NYM	@	MIA	W,9-8	6-7		4	1.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.00	4.99	8			2	3	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.016	1.45	0.01%	0.06	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d1
5	29	11	Apr 14	NYM	@	MIA	L,2-3	7-7		0	0.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.68	5.05	4	16	10	3	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.41	-0.153	3.23	-0.12%	-1.06	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 123 1 out tie
6	30	14	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	L,2-6	10-10	L(0-2)	3	0.1	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	9.45	4.96	5	17	15	2	2	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.07	-0.456	2.41	-0.32%	-2.90	10t --- 0 out tie	10t -23 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	31	28	May 5	NYM		MIA	W,8-7	GS-4		16	3.2	7	5	5	3	4	0	1	10.45	4.71	22			17	6	5	10	3	2	0	28			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.207	1.19	-0.11%	-1.65	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d2
8	32	33	May 10	NYM		SFG	L,5-6	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.82	4.43	2	7	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.011	.20	0.01%	0.67	9t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
9	33	34	May 12	NYM	@	MIL	L,4-7	7-7		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.75	5.24	5	16	10	2	1	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.012	.07	-0.01%	-0.48	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
10	34	35	May 13	NYM	@	MIL	L,4-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	4.93	3	13	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
11	35	39	May 17	NYM	@	ARI	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	L(0-3)	3	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	9.69	5.93	1	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.351	1.57	-0.14%	-1.00	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
12	36	42	May 21	NYM		LAA	L,5-12	2-5		3	3.2	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	8.10	5.50	16			15	2	4	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.71	2t --- 1 out d8	5t 3 out d8
13	37	45	May 25	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	GS-3	L(0-4)	3	3.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	8.24	5.19	17	87	57	15	11	6	4	3	0	0	38			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.184	.78	-0.07%	-1.54	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	38	65	Jun 15	NYM		WSN	L,3-8	7-GF		20	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.15	4.66	9	47	32	6	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.006	.03	0.00%	1.46	7t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 5
15	39	69	Jun 19	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-10	3-6		3	3.2	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	6.49	4.30	16	64	39	11	12	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.003	.11	0.00%	0.75	3b --- 0 out d6	6b 1-- 2 out d4
16	40	75	Jun 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-2	GS-6	W(1-4)	5	5.2	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	5.63	3.85	22			19	12	5	8	5	2	0	60			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.175	.31	0.03%	1.81	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	41	81	Jul 2	NYM		PHI	L,1-7	GS-7	L(1-5)	6	6.1	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	5.63	3.58	29	104	74	16	9	12	9	4	0	0	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.203	.35	-0.07%	-1.11	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
18	42	85	Jul 8	NYM	@	STL	L,1-4	8-8		5	0.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.77	3.54	4	24	14	2	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.032	.09	-0.01%	-0.82	8b --- 0 out d2	8b -2- 2 out d3
19	43	91	Jul 18	NYM		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(1-6)	9	6.0	8	4	3	1	5	0	1	5.60	3.40	28	96	66	16	10	9	12	3	2	0	46			2	0	1	25	3	0	0	0	1	1	.76	-0.209	.15	-0.03%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
20	44	96	Jul 23	NYM		OAK	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	3	0	5.37	4.02	26	99	61	17	5	9	12	5	2	0	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.085	.21	-0.01%	0.40	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	45	101	Jul 28	NYM	@	SEA	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.2	3	5	5	5	5	1	0	5.72	4.27	22	93	52	17	13	5	7	3	1	0	38			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.40	-0.132	.27	-0.02%	-1.27	1b start a 2	5b 123 2 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	46	106	Aug 3	NYM	@	COL	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.2	10	4	4	1	6	2	0	5.78	4.44	26			21	9	10	9	5	1	0	38			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.94	-0.178	.18	-0.02%	-0.64	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d1
23	47	111	Aug 9	NYM		TEX	L,1-5	GS-3	L(1-8)	5	3.0	5	4	4	3	5	1	2	6.06	4.66	20	87	54	15	12	6	4	3	0	0	35			2	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.265	.04	-0.01%	-2.54	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
24	48	116	Aug 14	NYM	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	5.80	4.63	24	104	60	15	12	8	8	2	2	0	58			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	0.099	.09	0.00%	1.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
25	49	121	Aug 19	NYM		MIA	W,8-1	GS-6	W(2-8)	4	6.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.47	4.50	23	91	55	10	11	8	7	6	0	0	58			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.35	0.164	.01	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
26	50	126	Aug 24	NYM		ARI	L,2-3	GS-6	L(2-9)	4	5.1	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.44	4.37	24			19	11	6	11	4	3	0	45			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.60	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
27	51	129	Aug 27(1)	NYM	@	WSN	W,6-5	6-6		2	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.64	4.40	4	16	9	4	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-1.69	6b --- 0 out a4	6b 1-3 1 out a3
28	52	132	Aug 30	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS-9	W(3-9)	2	8.1	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	5.12	4.24	30			20	14	8	10	3	1	0	81			0	0	1	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.305	.00	0.00%	3.10	1b start a 2	9b 123 1 out a2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	53	137	Sep 4	NYM		PHI	W,11-7	GS-6	W(4-9)	4	5.1	5	4	4	5	3	0	0	5.21	4.28	24	97	61	17	6	9	7	1	2	0	40			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	1	.69	0.181	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a9
30	54	142	Sep 9	NYM		CIN	W,6-1	GS-5	W(5-9)	4	5.0	4	1	1	5	5	0	0	5.05	4.27	24			16	9	6	8	2	1	0	55			1	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.45	0.171	.00	0.00%	1.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
31	55	147	Sep 15	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-5	L(5-10)	5	4.2	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	5.08	4.16	23			13	17	9	6	3	0	0	42			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.35	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d1
32	56	152	Sep 20	NYM	@	MIA	L,2-9	GS-4	L(5-11)	4	4.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.30	4.26	21	78	51	12	7	12	5	4	0	0	28			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.261	.00	0.00%	-3.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
33	57	158	Sep 26	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	1	5.26	4.23	28	102	64	16	9	14	8	6	1	0	45			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
34	58	162	Oct 1	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-11	6-8		4	2.2	4	5	5	4	3	1	0	5.52	4.37	15	64	33	11	6	3	5	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	-3.59	6b --- 0 out d6	8b --- 2 out d11
							10-24		W-L:5-11	3.5	119.0	141	75	73	67	114	12	5	5.52	4.37	550	1364	63%	27%	17%	1.01		23%	6%	0	46	4	0%	14	2	2	461	25	0	5	15	8	2	.99	-2.463	.30	-1.05%	-13.44

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