Mike Montgomery
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 220LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2008 | Rd: C-A, #36, Kansas City Royals | Hart HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 5 6 3.99 38 19 0 124 86 1.37
2019 3 9 4.95 33 13 0 91 69 1.62
2020 0 0 5.06 3 1 0 5.1 4 1.31
6 Seasons 23 34 3.84 183 70 3 541 415 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 38 5-6 3.99 124 86 1.37
2019 33 3-9 4.95 91 69 1.62
2020 3 0-0 5.06 5.1 4 1.31
6 Seasons 183 23-34 3.84 541 415 1.35
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 25 1453 289 17 5.9 4.3 89.2 112.0 7.8 31.8 .268 .435 .330 .344 .372 36.3 16.2 9.4 4.60 5.03
2016 26 1513 274 12 4.4 2.9 89.4 112.4 2.8 27.0 .247 .364 .289 .313 .355 34.7 22.2 9.2 2.52 4.13
2017 27 2075 377 12 3.2 2.2 86.0 114.1 3.8 30.5 .238 .352 .280 .301 .319 28.5 18.5 10.2 3.38 3.87
2018 28 1947 402 15 3.7 2.8 87.9 112.9 7.7 31.1 .273 .406 .315 .325 .356 38.7 16.1 7.3 3.99 4.51
2019 29 1579 294 24 8.2 6.0 90.4 112.6 7.1 35.0 .307 .525 .382 .382 .433 44.7 17.2 8.5 4.95 6.83
2020 30 97 18 2 11.1 8.7 90.1 109.8 8.0 38.9 .353 .621 .338 .425 .505 38.9 17.4 4.3 5.06 8.58
Player 8664 1654 82 5.0 3.6 88.4 114.1 5.9 31.2 .266 .414 .317 .331 .366 36.3 18.0 8.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Montgomery relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(29.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.7%) ,
Changeup
(21.6%) ,
Sinker
(15.5%) ,
Curveball
(10.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 52.9 17.3 24.2 5.5 42.6 36.3 20.8 2.8 40.8 18.7 24.2 6.2 5.9 4.3
2016 59.9 14.2 23.0 2.9 45.3 35.0 19.3 1.8 47.1 13.1 28.1 2.9 4.4 2.9
2017 58.9 15.1 23.1 2.9 34.0 45.1 21.0 6.6 41.6 17.5 24.4 4.5 3.2 2.2
2018 53.0 16.2 26.1 4.7 38.8 33.8 26.4 4.5 36.6 17.9 27.6 7.7 3.7 2.8
2019 49.7 19.0 28.6 2.7 39.1 39.1 21.8 3.4 36.1 16.3 28.9 6.1 8.2 6.0
2020 55.6 11.1 33.3 0.0 50.0 38.9 11.1 5.6 33.3 16.7 22.2 11.1 11.1 8.7
Player 54.9 16.3 25.1 3.7 39.6 38.0 22.0 4.1 40.1 16.9 26.5 5.7 5.0 3.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2020 Curveball KC L 10 76.7 50.5 -8.4 3.1GLV -5.5 -4.3 -4.5 3.1GLV -5.1
2020 Cutter KC L 29 85.0 31.7 -1.5 1.1GLV -2.2 6.0 -1.7 1.1GLV -0.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball KC L 22 89.2 23.0 -6.0 9.0ARM 3.3 11.3 -4.7 9.0ARM 1.5
2020 Changeup KC L 21 82.4 33.9 3.8 14.9ARM 2.6 6.4 1.4 14.9ARM 1.3
2020 Sinker KC L 15 90.2 23.9 1.1 13.9ARM -0.4 9.8 -1.1 13.9ARM -0.6
2019 Sinker KC L 422 92.3 21.9 0.3 13.4ARM -0.7 10.3 -0.8 13.4ARM -0.7
2019 Cutter KC L 268 87.7 28.9 -1.4 1.7GLV -0.3 6.8 -1.3 1.7GLV 0.4
2019 Changeup KC L 334 84.3 31.5 1.7 14.7ARM 2.1 7.1 0.8 14.7ARM 0.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball KC L 217 91.6 20.3 -4.2 6.3ARM 0.2 12.4 -3.3 6.3ARM -1.4
2019 Curveball KC L 334 77.7 54.2 -2.3 6.7GLV -1.5 -8.2 -0.5 6.7GLV -1.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2020 Cutter 3.8 1 29 29.9 6 .000 .000 .150 25.0 16.7 20.0 .159 .166 .194 20.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -5.2 -1 22 22.7 5 .500 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 .521 .593 .530 25.0
2020 Changeup -6.1 -1 21 21.6 6 .333 .833 .483 25.0 16.7 12.5 .476 1.176 .677 60.0
2020 Sinker 3.6 1 15 15.5 5 .200 .200 .180 20.0 40.0 40.0 .215 .321 .232 33.3
2020 Curveball -6.2 -1 10 10.3 1 1.000 3.000 1.600 0.0 0.0 -- .607 1.188 .746 100.0
2019 Sinker -1.3 -5 422 26.7 134 .365 .626 .462 12.1 11.2 16.7 .370 .656 .467 57.8
2019 Changeup -0.8 -3 334 21.2 98 .253 .368 .300 27.0 17.3 13.1 .246 .379 .274 27.8
2019 Curveball -1.6 -5 334 21.2 62 .310 .638 .413 34.4 30.6 19.8 .268 .491 .334 37.5
2019 Cutter -1.3 -3 268 17.0 55 .294 .431 .342 24.4 25.5 17.3 .279 .467 .337 45.9
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -1 217 13.7 51 .359 .667 .515 13.4 7.8 7.8 .367 .617 .480 51.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 21 82.4 98 16.6 9:45 9:30 15
2020 Cutter 24 84.7 36 5.1 10:45 12:30 -105
2020 4-Seam Fastball 22 89.2 86 14.1 10:45 10:30 15
2020 Sinker 15 90.2 92 16.9 10:30 10:00 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 393 1,448 -2 10 -6 -8 -4
2016 475 1,733 8 22 -9 -10 12
2017 566 2,195 9 27 -14 -13 9
2018 529 1,944 10 14 -10 -11 2
2019 400 1,575 1 -1 -11 -8 -18
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,453 46.5 67.1 85.4 28.2 63.9 39.6 63.0 46.3 20.5 8.3 77.5
2016 1,513 46.6 63.4 82.3 29.1 52.3 40.4 55.8 45.0 27.2 7.1 61.1
2017 2,075 48.2 64.1 85.8 24.7 59.8 42.0 60.0 43.7 20.5 6.4 77.4
2018 1,947 50.6 65.3 83.0 27.1 62.7 42.4 61.6 46.4 21.6 5.8 74.3
2019 1,579 42.9 64.9 88.6 30.3 59.7 41.3 62.8 45.2 21.9 5.9 76.3
2020 97 43.3 64.3 96.3 27.3 53.3 37.1 43.5 43.3 19.0 4.1 75.0
Player 8,664 47.1 64.9 85.0 27.7 59.6 41.3 60.5 45.2 22.1 6.6 73.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 12 17 16 21 9 41 27 18 20 21 15 30 36 36 4 63 62
2016 48 49 72 83 22 61 79 26 50 61 29 79 51 72 4 54 69
2017 64 60 80 87 38 57 93 80 85 26 21 20 20 41 1 30 77
2018 30 10 39 70 21 53 95 63 22 10 66 27 37 28 2 27 51
2019 2 1 4 10 3 34 27 9 2 13 43 22 64 31 2 20 66
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.1 8 7.4 1 3 3 5 62.5
2017 23.2 13 10.3 3 6 11 3 23.1
2018 21.1 10 11.5 -2 10 9 4 40.0
2019 24.2 18 16.2 2 5 10 8 44.4
2020 22.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.1 50 46.4 4 24 33 21 42.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 8 7 7 8 6 7 7 8 8 7 8 10 8 8 7 9 8 8 6
2017 13 12 6 11 11 10 14 10 7 6 9 14 9 9 11 10 10 9 15 10 11 14 14 13 9 6 8 12 12 9 8
2018 10 16 6 13 10 9 11 11 9 7 10 18 13 10 9 14 9 10 13 16 15 10 17 15 8 8 11 12 15 11 9
2019 18 19 13 15 17 16 17 19 13 11 14 15 18 16 16 18 16 15 15 17 18 17 19 20 17 15 13 17 20 16 15
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 50 56 33 47 46 43 50 48 36 32 41 54 49 43 44 51 42 42 51 52 53 49 59 59 43 38 40 51 56 45 39
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.7 93.4 2.7 ↑ 91.6 -1.8 ↓ 90.9 -0.7 ↓ 90.8 -0.1 ↓ 87.6 -3.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 81.5 84.4 2.9 ↑ 83.3 -1.1 ↓ 83.1 -0.2 ↓ 84.3 1.2 ↑ 82.4 -1.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 75.7 77.5 1.8 ↑ 77.2 -0.3 ↓ 77.2 0.0 77.7 0.5 ↑ 76.7 -1.0 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.2 89.4 0.2 ↑ 86.0 -3.4 ↓ 87.9 1.9 ↑ 90.4 2.5 ↑ 90.1 -0.3 ↓
Launch Angle 7.8 2.8 -5.0 ↓ 3.8 1.0 ↑ 7.7 3.9 ↑ 7.1 -0.6 ↓ 8.0 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 5.9 4.4 -1.5 ↓ 3.2 -1.2 ↓ 3.7 0.5 ↑ 8.2 4.5 ↑ 11.1 2.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.3 34.7 -1.6 ↓ 28.5 -6.2 ↓ 38.7 10.2 ↑ 44.7 6.0 ↑ 38.9 -5.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.8 27.0 -4.8 ↓ 30.5 3.5 ↑ 31.1 0.6 ↑ 35.0 3.9 ↑ 38.9 3.9 ↑
xBA .268 .247 -0.021 ↓ .238 -0.009 ↓ .273 0.035 ↑ .307 0.034 ↑ .353 0.046 ↑
BA .261 .219 -0.042 ↓ .219 0.000 .272 0.053 ↑ .315 0.043 ↑ .286 -0.029 ↓
xwOBA .344 .313 -0.031 ↓ .301 -0.012 ↓ .325 0.024 ↑ .382 0.057 ↑ .425 0.043 ↑
wOBA .330 .289 -0.041 ↓ .280 -0.009 ↓ .315 0.035 ↑ .382 0.067 ↑ .338 -0.044 ↓
xSLG .435 .364 -0.071 ↓ .352 -0.012 ↓ .406 0.054 ↑ .525 0.119 ↑ .621 0.096 ↑
SLG .416 .343 -0.073 ↓ .321 -0.022 ↓ .391 0.070 ↑ .535 0.144 ↑ .524 -0.011 ↓
K% 16.2 22.2 6.0 ↑ 18.5 -3.7 ↓ 16.1 -2.4 ↓ 17.2 1.1 ↑ 17.4 0.2 ↑
BB% 9.4 9.2 -0.2 ↓ 10.2 1.0 ↑ 7.3 -2.9 ↓ 8.5 1.2 ↑ 4.3 -4.2 ↓
Swing % 46.3 45.0 -1.3 ↓ 43.7 -1.3 ↓ 46.4 2.7 ↑ 45.2 -1.2 ↓ 43.3 -1.9 ↓
Whiff% 20.5 27.2 6.7 ↑ 20.5 -6.7 ↓ 21.6 1.1 ↑ 21.9 0.3 ↑ 19.0 -2.9 ↓
In Zone % 46.5 46.6 0.1 ↑ 48.2 1.6 ↑ 50.6 2.4 ↑ 42.9 -7.7 ↓ 43.3 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.5 53.4 -0.1 ↓ 51.8 -1.6 ↓ 49.4 -2.4 ↓ 57.1 7.7 ↑ 56.7 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.2 29.1 0.9 ↑ 24.7 -4.4 ↓ 27.1 2.4 ↑ 30.3 3.2 ↑ 27.3 -3.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 27.8 0.2 ↑ 29.4 1.6 ↑ 27.2 -2.2 ↓ 29.2 2.0 ↑ 21.7 -7.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.0 55.8 -7.2 ↓ 60.0 4.2 ↑ 61.6 1.6 ↑ 62.8 1.2 ↑ 43.5 -19.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 399 .294 273 19 7.0 126 40 31.7
2017 Shifts 535 .279 386 1 0.3 149 11 7.4
2018 Shifts 530 .315 382 9 2.4 148 6 4.1
2019 Shifts 401 .382 310 26 8.4 91 18 19.8
2020 Shifts 23 .338 20 4 20.0 3 1 33.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 433 15.5 46.0% 1.8% 218 22.1 11.9% 15.1%
2016 442 16.4 36.0% 2.7% 254 20.8 9.8% 12.2%
2017 668 16.8 24.7% 0.7% 332 21.5 0.9% 9.0%
2018 557 17.1 21.4% 1.4% 315 22.4 1.0% 11.4%
2019 499 17.7 17.8% 1.8% 232 22.7 0.0% 4.3%
2020 32 15.9 40.6% 0.0% 14 21.2 0.0% 7.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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