1969 Montreal Expos season

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1969 Montreal Expos
Inaugural Season
Major league affiliations
Location
1969 Information
Owner(s) Charles Bronfman
Manager(s) Gene Mauch
Local television CBC Television
(Hal Kelly, Jim Hearne)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio CKGM (AM)
(Dave Van Horne)
HRD
(Jean-Pierre Roy)

The Montreal Expos participated in their first season in Major League Baseball.

Even though the Expos, as typical for first-year expansion teams, finished in the cellar of the National League East Division with a 52-110 record, 48 games behind the eventual World Series Champion New York Mets, the year also featured a surprise no-hitter in just the ninth regular-season game they ever played. Their home attendance of 1,212,608, an average of 14,970 per game, was good for 7th in the N.L.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Expansion Draft

The Montreal Expos participated in the Expansion Draft on October 14, 1968.

Player Former Team Pick
Manny Mota [1] Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd pick
Mack Jones Cincinnati Reds 4th pick
John Bateman Houston Astros 6th pick
Gary Sutherland Philadelphia Phillies 8th pick
Donn Clendenon Pittsburgh Pirates 11th pick
Bill Stoneman Chicago Cubs 19th pick
Maury Wills Pittsburgh Pirates 21st pick
Bobby Wine Philadelphia Phillies 23rd pick
Jose Herrera Houston Astros 29th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Remy Hermoso Atlanta Braves 34th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Mudcat Grant Los Angeles Dodgers 36th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Jerry Robertson St. Louis Cardinals 38th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Ty Cline San Francisco Giants 41st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Carl Morton Atlanta Braves 45th pick
Jim Fairey Los Angeles Dodgers 52nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Coco Laboy St. Louis Cardinals 54th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
John Boccabella Chicago Cubs 56th pick
Ron Brand Houston Astros 58th pick

[edit] Other transactions

  • October 16, 1968: Don Bosch was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the New York Mets.
  • October 21, 1968: Bob Bailey was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • December 2, 1968: Floyd Wicker was drafted by the Montreal Expos from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
  • January 22, 1969: Rusty Staub was traded by the Houston Astros to the Montreal Expos for Donn Clendenon and Jesus Alou. Donn Clendenon refused to report to his new team on April 8, 1969. The Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham (April 8, 1969), Skip Guinn (April 8, 1969), and $100,000 (April 8, 1969) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] The First Game

[edit] Scorecard

April 8, Shea Stadium, New York City, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 11 12 0
New York 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 15 3
W: Shaw (1-0)  L: Koonce (0-1)  SV: Sembera (1)   
HRs: McGinn (1), Staub (1), Laboy (1), Dyer (1)

[edit] Historic games

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
New York Mets 100 62 .617 --
Chicago Cubs 92 70 .568 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 .543 12
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 .537 13
Philadelphia Phillies 63 99 .389 37
Montreal Expos 52 110 .321 48

[edit] Transactions

  • April 27, 1969: Roy Face was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
  • June 3, 1969: Mudcat Grant was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gary Waslewski.
  • June 11, 1969: Maury Wills was traded by the Montreal Expos with Manny Mota to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich.[2]
  • June 11, 1969: Adolfo Phillips was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jack Lamabe to the Montreal Expos for Paul Popovich.
  • June 15, 1969: Kevin Collins was traded by the New York Mets with Bill Carden (minors), Dave Colon (minors), and Steve Renko to the Montreal Expos for Donn Clendenon.
  • August 15, 1969: Roy Face was released by the Montreal Expos.
  • September 13, 1969: Marv Staehle was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Seattle Pilots.

[edit] Game log

Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162

[edit] Roster

1969 Montreal Expos roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Award Winners

1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] Team Leaders

  • Home Runs – Rusty Staub (29)
  • RBI - Rusty Staub, Mack Jones (79)
  • Batting Average - Rusty Staub (.302)
  • Hits - Rusty Staub (166)
  • Stolen Bases - Maury Wills (15)
  • Walks - Rusty Staub (110)
  • Wins - Bill Stoneman (11)
  • Earned Run Average - Carroll Sembera (3.55)
  • Strikeouts – Bill Stoneman (185)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/motama01.shtml
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/motama01.shtml
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