Bob Montgomery
1970–1979 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox
387G
.258AVG
.296OBP
.372SLG
More career statistics
306H
23HR
156RBI
6SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | 1,285 | 1,185 | 125 | 306 | 50 | 8 | 23 | 156 | 64 | 268 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 441 | .258 | .296 | .372 | .668 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1973-07-04 to 1973-08-08
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1971-08-09 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1973-06-06 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1978-05-21 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 181 | 573 | 147 | 13 | 72 | 30 | 111 | .283 | .309 | .423 |
| Away | 206 | 712 | 159 | 10 | 84 | 34 | 157 | .239 | .271 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 45 | 163 | 44 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 26 | .291 | .325 | .384 |
| May | 51 | 181 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 45 | .213 | .238 | .254 |
| June | 45 | 144 | 42 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 18 | .333 | .361 | .476 |
| July | 81 | 250 | 64 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 51 | .272 | .276 | .396 |
| August | 77 | 258 | 55 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 56 | .226 | .267 | .342 |
| September | 87 | 288 | 65 | 9 | 34 | 19 | 72 | .250 | .292 | .400 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 53 | 175 | 38 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 45 | .235 | .263 | .333 |
| new-york-yankees | 49 | 160 | 33 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 32 | .224 | .256 | .306 |
| baltimore-orioles | 42 | 147 | 40 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 23 | .282 | .299 | .423 |
| detroit-tigers | 41 | 146 | 41 | 4 | 36 | 9 | 23 | .308 | .342 | .459 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 39 | 140 | 31 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 33 | .240 | .264 | .411 |
| kansas-city-royals | 33 | 112 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 21 | .236 | .268 | .321 |
| athletics | 31 | 97 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 32 | .184 | .258 | .207 |
| chicago-white-sox | 24 | 84 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 9 | .333 | .345 | .480 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  Boston Red Sox | 22 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 4 | – | .179 | – | – |
| 1971 | Boston Red Sox | 67 | 205 | 49 | 2 | 24 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1972 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 77 | 22 | 2 | 7 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1973 | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 128 | 41 | 7 | 25 | – | .320 | – | – |
| 1974 | Boston Red Sox | 88 | 254 | 64 | 4 | 38 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1975 | Boston Red Sox | 62 | 195 | 44 | 2 | 26 | 1 | .226 | – | – |
| 1976 | Boston Red Sox | 31 | 93 | 23 | 3 | 13 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1977 | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 7 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1978 | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 29 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1979 | Boston Red Sox | 32 | 86 | 30 | – | 7 | 1 | .349 | – | – |