Montanez, Lou
		Lou Montanez #21 Position: OF Resides: Miami, FL DOB: December 15, 1981 Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180 lbs Pro Experience: 9 Seasons College: None

Bio ::

2008: Won the Eastern League Triple Crown, batting .335 with 26 home runs and 95 RBI...Promoted to Baltimore on 8/6/2008. 2007: Batted .288 (96-333) in 100 games in stops at Bowie (31) and Norfolk (69)...Hit safely in 10 straight games for the Baysox, 8/25-9/3, batting .381 (16-42) during the streak. 2006: Split the season between AA West Tennessee and AAA Iowa in the Cubs organizationm combining to bat .277 (107-386) with 23 doubles, 10 home runs and 56 RBI...Hit safely in 29 of 38 games for West Tennessee, with 15 multi-hit games...Had a season-high 9-game hitting streak, 5/4-5/12, in which he batted .611 (22-36) with 12 runs scored and 12 RBI...Finished the streak with two 3-hit games sandwiched around back-to-back 4-hit games, goine 14-for-18 with 4 doubles, a home run, 7 runs and 10 RBI...Played a day game for West Tennessee on April 25 in Chatanooga, going 2-for-4, and was promoted to AAA Iowa that day because of injury, arrived in time to make a pinch-hit appearance that night before returning to AA...Was leading the Southern League in batting when he was promoted to Iowa on May 18 for the remainder of the season...After going 1-for-9 in his first 4 games in Iowa, had 2 hits in 4 of his next 5 games, raising his average to .300...Was batting .250 through his first 27 games at Iowa, but hit just .211 (34-161) the rest of the season...Hit a grand slam on August 12 at Memphis...Also drove in 4 runs and had his only 3-hit game for Iowa on July 16 at Albuquerque...Played primarily right field with West Tennessee and almost exclusively in left field with Iowa. 2005: Split the season between Class A Peoria and AA West Tennessee to bat .293 (137-468) with 37 doubles, 3 triples, 16 home runs and 62 RBI...Spent the first half of the season at Peoria and was named to the Midwest League All-Star team after batting .305...Finished 3rd on the Chiefs with 28 doubles despite playing only 82 games there...Was batting .235 before hitting safely 8 of 9 games, 5/6-5/14...Went 17-for-38 with 8 doubles to raise his average to .294...After slipping to .277 on 5/20 he hit safely in 20 of his next 22 games, batting .375 (36-96) with 19 RBI to raise his average to .315...Went 5-for-6 on 5/23 vs. SW Michigan...Went 3-for5 with 3 doubles on 7/5 at Kane County...Was selected to play for the World squad in the All-Star Futures game in Detroit, going 1-for3...Was promoted to West Tennessee following the break, and after hitting .111 in his first 6 games, hit safely in 13 of 15 games (.469 23-49) from 7/21-8/6 to raise his average to .325...Batted just .211 (16-76) over his last 24 games. 2004: Was selected as a Northwest League mid-season and post-season All-Star...Began the season for the 3rd straight year at Daytona before being sent to Short-A Boise in June...Combined to bat .278 (96-345) between the teams...Played second base to start the year at Daytona but hit only .215 in 21 games before being sent to extended spring training in early May...Was moved to the outfield there and played primarily left field and DH after going to Boise...Was batting .400 (50-125) through 34 games at Boise, with 16 multi-hit games...Batted just .206 (29-141) the rest of the season. 2003: Spent his second season with Daytona...Again got off to a slow start, batting just .195 (17-87) through his first 20 games...Went 4-for-6 on 4.24 vs. Palm Beach, a season-high for hits, and went on to bat .266 the rest of the season...Had a season-high 9-game hitting streak, 5/23-6/1, batting .467 (14-33) to raise his average from .227 to .256...Average reached a season-high .260 five times between 6/4 and 6/24...Went hitless in back-to-back games only 8 times...Hit .264 (33-125) off lefties and .249 (90-361) off right-handers. 2002: Spent the season at Class A Daytona...Hit just .173 (14-79) through his first 20 games, but batted .282 the rest of the season starting April 27...Hit safely in 23 of 26 games, 6/12-7/15 batting .345 (38-110) to raise his average from .240 to a season-high .274...Played 101 games at shortstop and 22 games at second base...Batted .233 (30-129) vs. left-handed pitchers and .277 (99-358) off right-handers...Went hitless in 2 or more consecutive games just 10 times, including a season-high 3 game hitless stretch 7/27-7/30. 2001: Was named to the Midwest League’s mid-season All-Star team and while spending the season at Class A Lansing...Was batting .210 through his first 20 games, then hit safely in 15 of 18 games, 4/30-5/24, hitting .348 (24-69) with 15 RBI, to raise his average to a season-high .273...After his average fell to .238 in mid-August, he hit safely in 17 of his last 19 games with an at-bat, batting .342 (27-79) to raise his average to final .255. 2000: Spent most of the season with the Cubs’ rookie-level entry in the Arizona League before being promoted to Class A Lansing for the final week of the minor league season...Was selected by Baseball America as the best prospect in the Arizona League and was named to the publication’s Rookie League All-Star team after hitting safely in 38 of 50 games for the Rookie League Cubs...Earned Arizona League MVP and post-season All-Star honors...Had 20 multi-hit games, including 6 of his first 9 pro outings...Average declined each month...Combined to bat .317 (70-221) between the two teams. Personal: Graduated from Coral Park HS in Miami in 2000...Was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the first round of the 2000 First Year Player Draft with the 3rd overall pick.