1972 Montreal Expos season

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1972 Montreal Expos
Major league affiliations
Location
1972 Information
Owner(s) Charles Bronfman
Manager(s) Gene Mauch
Local television CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio CFCF
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKLM
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacques Doucet)

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

  • On October 2, 1972 - Bill Stoneman pitched his second career no-hitter (the final score of this one was also 7–0) in the first game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets at Olympic Stadium. The no-hitter was the first ever pitched outside the United States. Future broadcaster Tim McCarver was Stoney's catcher.

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 59 .619 0
Chicago Cubs 85 70 .548 11.0
New York Mets 83 73 .532 13.5
St. Louis Cardinals 75 81 .481 21.5
Montreal Expos 70 86 .449 26.5
Philadelphia Phillies 59 97 .378 37.5


[edit] Notable Transactions

  • April 5, 1972: Rusty Staub was traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Mets for Ken Singleton, Mike Jorgensen, and Tim Foli.
  • June 6, 1972: Ellis Valentine was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. [1]
  • June 6, 1972: Gary Carter was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

[edit] Roster

1972 Montreal Expos roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[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

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References