1979 Montreal Expos season

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1979 Montreal Expos
Major league affiliations
Location
1979 Information
Owner(s) Charles Bronfman
Manager(s) Dick Williams
Local television CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio CFCF
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (AM)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • December 7, 1978: Spaceman Bill Lee was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Montreal Expos for Stan Papi.
  • December 14, 1978: Rodney Scott was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jerry White to the Montreal Expos for Sam Mejias.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 64 .605 0
Montreal Expos 95 65 .594 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 .531 12.0
Philadelphia Phillies 84 78 .519 14.0
Chicago Cubs 80 82 .494 18.0
New York Mets 63 99 .389 35.0

[edit] Transactions

  • July 20, 1979: Rusty Staub was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Randy Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

[edit] Youppi!

Youppi!, a creation of Acme Mascots, Inc. (a division of Harrison/Erickson, Inc.), was commissioned by Expos vice-president Roger D. Landry. Originally leased by the team in 1979, the mascot was eventually purchased by the Montreal Expos baseball and represented the team.

[edit] Player Stats

[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 HR RBI Avg.
Gary Carter

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Rogers

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

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

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Dick Williams, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

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1979 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
NL East
NL West
1979 All-Star Game • 1979 World Series
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Montreal Expos
Now the Washington Nationals • Based in Montreal, Quebec (1969-2004)
The Franchise
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Jarry Park • Olympic Stadium • Hiram Bithorn Stadium (44 games in 2003-2004) • Labatt Park (never built)
Culture
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Important Figures
Retired Numbers
8 • 10 • 10 • 30 • 42
National League Eastern
Division Championships (1)
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