Steve Montgomery

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1970)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Steve Montgomery

| team = Sioux City Explorers

| number = 55

| position = Pitcher / Manager

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|12|25}}

| birth_place = Westminster, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 3

| debutyear = 1996

| debutteam = Oakland Athletics

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 17

| finalyear = 2000

| finalteam = San Diego Padres

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 2–8

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 4.98

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 67

| teams =

• Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1999}})
• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|2000}})

}}

Steven Lewis Montgomery (born December 25, 1970) is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher who is currently the manager for the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He played for the Oakland Athletics from {{baseball year|1996}} to {{baseball year|1997}}, Philadelphia Phillies in {{baseball year|1999}}, and San Diego Padres in {{baseball year|2000}}.

A 1999 single in his only at-bat left Montgomery with a rare MLB career batting average of 1.000. He was traded along with Adam Eaton and Carlton Loewer from the Phillies to the Padres for Andy Ashby on November 10, 1999.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/padres-send-ashby-to-philly/ "Padres Send Ashby To Philly," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, November 11, 1999.] Retrieved January 16, 2023.

In 2014, Montgomery was hired as the manager of the Sioux City Explorers, an American Association of Professional Baseball team from Sioux City, Iowa. He has surpassed over 400 career wins with the team.