Monty Montgomery

Career

A right-hander, he stood 6 feet 3 inches (191 m) atll and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). Montgomery was drafted by the Royals in the ninth round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft out of Pfeiffer University. In 1972, he started and finished the season in the Majors, while playing most of the campaign for the Triple-A Omaha Royals.

However, on September 7, 1972, he threw his only MLB complete game and shutout, a four-hit, 6–0 blanking of the California Angels at Municipal Stadium.

Achievements

• Recalled from the minor leagues by Kansas City in September 1971, he appeared in three games, two as a starting pitcher, in the season"s final weeks — and won all three of them. Altogether, Montgomery worked in 12 MLB games, ten as a starter, and won six of nine decisions, allowing 71 hits and 20 bases on balls, with 36 strikeouts, in 77⅔ innings pitched.