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1978 Montreal Expos season

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1978 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersCharlie Fox
ManagersDick Williams
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
← 1977 Seasons 1979 →

The 1978 Montreal Expos season was the tenth season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 76–86, 14 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

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Spring training

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The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was their sixth season there.

Regular season

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During the season, Ross Grimsley became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Expos.[6]

Highlights

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  • May 5, 1978: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the 13th and youngest player in major league history to collect his 3,000th career hit with a single off Expos pitcher Steve Rogers.
  • July 20, 1978: Shortstop Chris Speier (hitting in the number eight slot) hit for the cycle at Olympic Stadium in Montreal in front of a crowd of 14,108. Speier is the second in Expos history to hit for the cycle. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory. Coincidentally, Fryman also got the victory when Expos shortstop Tim Foli hit for the cycle in 1976.
  • July 30, 1978: The Expos set a team record (never broken while the team was in Montreal) in hits in a game when they picked up 28 as they beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 19-0. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, and Gary Carter led the way with 4 hits each. A crowd of 10,834 was on hand at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory.

First Pearson Cup

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The Pearson Cup was an annual mid-season exhibition between former Canadian rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Expos. Named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, it was originally created to raise money for minor league baseball in Canada. In later years, it was incorporated into the interleague baseball schedule.

The series began in 1978, and Canadian Bill Atkinson was the winning pitcher and scored the winning run for the Expos in the first-ever Pearson Cup game at the Olympic Stadium on June 29.[citation needed]

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 90 72 .556 54‍–‍28 36‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 73 .547 55‍–‍26 33‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 79 83 .488 11 44‍–‍38 35‍–‍45
Montreal Expos 76 86 .469 14 41‍–‍39 35‍–‍47
St. Louis Cardinals 69 93 .426 21 37‍–‍44 32‍–‍49
New York Mets 66 96 .407 24 33‍–‍47 33‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–7 6–12 8–10 5–13 5–7 6–6 8–4 2–10 8–10 11–7 5–7
Chicago 7–5 7–5 6–6 4–8 7–11 11–7 4–14 7–11 7–5 4–8 15–3
Cincinnati 12–6 5–7 11–7 9–9 8–4 7–5 7–5 4–7 9–9 12–6 8–4
Houston 10–8 6–6 7–11 7–11 6–6 7–5 6–6 4–8 8–10 6–12 7–5
Los Angeles 13–5 8–4 9–9 11–7 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 9–9 11–7 5–7
Montreal 7–5 11–7 4–8 6–6 4–8 8–10 9–9 7–11 6–6 5–7 9–9
New York 6–6 7–11 5–7 5–7 5–7 10–8 6–12 7–11 5–7 3–9 7–11
Philadelphia 4-8 14–4 5–7 6–6 5–7 9–9 12–6 11–7 8–4 6–6 10–8
Pittsburgh 10–2 11–7 7–4 8–4 5–7 11–7 11–7 7–11 5–7 4–8 9–9
San Diego 10–8 5–7 9–9 10–8 9–9 6–6 7–5 4–8 7–5 8–10 9–3
San Francisco 7–11 8–4 6–12 12–6 7–11 7–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 10–8 9–3
St. Louis 7–5 3–15 4–8 5–7 7–5 9–9 11–7 8–10 9–9 3–9 3–9


Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1978 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Gary Carter 157 533 136 .255 20 72
1B Tony Pérez 148 544 158 .290 14 78
2B Dave Cash 159 658 166 .252 3 43
SS Chris Speier 150 501 126 .251 5 51
3B Larry Parrish 144 520 144 .277 15 70
LF Warren Cromartie 159 607 180 .297 10 56
CF Andre Dawson 157 609 154 .253 25 72
RF Ellis Valentine 151 570 165 .289 25 76

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Del Unser 130 179 35 .196 2 15
Stan Papi 67 152 35 .230 0 11
Wayne Garrett 49 69 12 .174 1 2
Tommy Hutton 39 59 12 .203 0 5
Sam Mejías 67 56 13 .232 0 6
Ed Herrmann 19 40 7 .175 0 3
Pepe Frías 73 15 4 .267 0 5
Bob Reece 9 11 2 .182 0 3
Jerry White 18 10 2 .200 0 0
Jerry Fry 4 9 0 .000 0 0
Bobby Ramos 2 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ross Grimsley 36 263.0 20 11 3.05 84
Steve Rogers 30 219.0 13 10 2.47 126
Rudy May 27 144.0 8 10 3.88 87
Woodie Fryman 19 94.2 5 7 3.61 53
Scott Sanderson 10 61.0 4 2 2.51 50

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Schatzeder 29 143.2 7 7 3.07 69
Wayne Twitchell 33 112.0 4 12 5.38 69
Hal Dues 25 99.0 5 6 2.36 36
David Palmer 5 9.2 0 1 2.79 7
Bob James 4 4.0 0 1 9.00 3

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Garman 47 4 6 13 4.40 23
Darold Knowles 60 3 3 6 2.38 34
Stan Bahnsen 44 1 5 7 3.84 44
Bill Atkinson 29 2 2 3 4.37 32
Gerry Pirtle 19 0 2 0 5.96 14
Fred Holdsworth 6 0 0 0 7.27 3
Randy Miller 5 0 1 0 10.29 6
Sam Mejías 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

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All-Stars

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1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Doc Edwards
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Felipe Alou
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Larry Bearnarth
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Pat Daugherty

Notes

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  1. ^ Bombo Rivera at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Darold Knowles at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Joe Kerrigan at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Will McEnaney at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ^ Mike Garman at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dave Hostetler at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Jim Deshaies at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Razor Shines at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Woodie Fryman at Baseball Reference

References

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