Frank Montieth

{{short description|Cuban baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{family name hatnote|Montieth|Herrera|lang=Spanish}}

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| caption = Montieth playing for Athletics Bologna

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| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|11|df=yes}}

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| bats = Right

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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Olympics}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Athens | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Baseball World Cup}}

{{MedalGold| 2005 Rotterdam | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Intercontinental Cup}}

{{MedalGold| 2006 Taichung | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2006 Cartagena | Team}}

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Frank Andy Montieth Herrera (born 11 January 1985{{Cite web|title=Cuban Baseball to Beijing Olympics |date=September 4, 2006 |work=Granma |url=http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/2006/septiembre/lun4/37beijing.html |accessdate=2006-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104191419/http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/septiembre/lun4/37beijing.html |archivedate=November 4, 2006 }}) is a Cuban baseball pitcher.

He pitches for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series.

He has also competed extensively for the Cuban national baseball team, winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Montieth bats and throws right-handed.

Career

Montieth debuted in the Cuban National Series in the 2003–04 season.

He went 2–3 with 13 saves and a 2.34 ERA for the Industriales. That year, Montieth won the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award, beating out Yoenis Céspedes.

During the regular season of the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, Montieth was 7–5 with a 3.13 ERA.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inder.co.cu/indernet/competencias/sinfo/SNacional45/beil1al1.htm#IND |title=45 Serie Nacional de Béisbol – Clasificatoria – Pitcheo |language=Spanish |accessdate=2006-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163649/http://www.inder.co.cu/indernet/competencias/sinfo/SNacional45/beil1al1.htm |archivedate=September 30, 2007 }} During the three-round playoffs, he went 4–2, leading the team in wins as Industriales went on to win the title.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inder.co.cu/indernet/competencias/sinfo/SNacional45/BEIPRALA.htm#IND|title=45 Serie Nacional de Béisbol – Playoffs – Industriales – Lanzadores|language=Spanish|accessdate=2006-10-21}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2015, he played for the Cuban national baseball team at the 2015 WBSC Premier12.

In the seasons 2016, 2017 and 2018, besides still pitching for the Industriales and Cuban national baseball team,{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseballdecuba.com/Rays-Cuba_Aunciada_preseleccion_cubana.html|title=Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cuba'2016: Anunciada preselección cubana|language=Spanish|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311183822/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/Rays-Cuba_Aunciada_preseleccion_cubana.html|archive-date=March 11, 2016|url-status=dead}} Montieth also play in Italy in the Italian Baseball Championship Serie A Federale for Athletics Bologna.{{Cite web|url=http://athleticsbaseball.it/|title=Athletics Bologna Baseball|language=Italian}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseballdecuba.com/Frank-Montieh-es-alta-con-Industriales.html|title=Frank Montieh es alta con Industriales|language=Spanish|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918214042/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/Frank-Montieh-es-alta-con-Industriales.html|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Baseball Statistics 2016 and 2017 with Athletics Bologna – Italy – Serie A Federale League :

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! Year

! Era

! W-L

! Gs

! Cg

! Sho

! Ip

! H

! R

! Er

! Bb

! So

! 2B

! 3B

! Hr

! Ab

! B/Avg

! Wp

! Hbp

! Bk

! Sfa

! Sha

|20161.51|7–2|13|1|1|95.2|53201631110240328.162670011
|20170.84|7–1|12|4|3|96.0|50159171321212330.15241007

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