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1946 Montreal Expos
Record: 63-99
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 668
Runs Allowed: 928
Exp W-L: 57-105
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,490,387
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the NL
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the NL
A: 76-61, 2nd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Dick Wakefield 25 146 460 72 141 34 7 7 72 0 0 94 44 .307 .423 .457 .879 88.5 24.9 2.0
3B  Bill Rigney 28 144 495 62 108 11 1 11 50 9 3 43 55 .218 .279 .311 .590 40.4 1.8 3.6
1B  Lennie Merullo 29 145 471 54 122 23 2 7 48 0 0 37 32 .259 .311 .361 .672 52.0 9.0 2.6
2B *Sherry Robertson 27 148 414 52 93 20 4 8 56 24 8 77 84 .225 .344 .350 .694 55.4 10.3 2.3
C  Tom Turner 29 130 448 35 102 17 1 0 40 0 0 39 53 .228 .288 .270 .558 31.9 0.9 6.4
1B *Mickey Vernon 28 144 405 69 120 25 4 5 48 7 3 45 23 .296 .367 .415 .782 59.4 14.3 1.7
CF  Danny Litwhiler 29 133 344 40 90 19 2 12 63 0 0 25 48 .262 .316 .433 .749 45.7 9.6 1.4
CF *Danny Gardella 26 119 322 52 86 6 1 15 54 0 0 51 35 .267 .362 .432 .794 51.6 11.3 1.2
CF *Pat Mullin 28 139 334 46 82 17 5 4 39 6 2 43 54 .246 .332 .362 .694 39.8 7.3 1.2
RF  Bill Burgo 26 135 348 57 107 15 5 9 44 8 6 21 9 .307 .348 .457 .805 52.1 12.2 1.1
CF  Erv Dusak 25 117 291 39 57 8 1 5 29 3 0 38 70 .196 .289 .282 .571 25.3 1.4 1.9
C  Jim Hegan 25 75 222 24 39 13 3 3 21 0 0 16 58 .176 .233 .302 .535 13.4 0.0 3.2
1B  Don Kolloway 27 85 222 15 59 14 0 2 29 0 0 7 9 .266 .287 .356 .643 20.3 3.0 1.1
CF *Ernie Sulik 35 81 122 16 33 3 0 2 16 0 0 7 10 .270 .321 .344 .665 12.7 1.9 0.4
P *Howie Pollet 25 34 78 5 12 0 0 1 6 0 1 2 17 .154 .173 .192 .365 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 20 31 74 6 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 22 .081 .128 .081 .209 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 28 33 68 3 14 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 20 .206 .229 .221 .449 3.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Fabian Gaffke 32 30 75 5 10 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 23 .133 .156 .200 .356 0.0 0.0 0.4
P  Bill Voiselle 27 28 65 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .077 .091 .077 .168 -2.8 0.0 0.0
CF  Ford Garrison 30 15 52 8 17 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 .327 .340 .404 .743 5.8 1.3 0.3
RF *Marv Rickert 25 17 45 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 .289 .313 .333 .646 4.4 0.6 0.2
P  Van Mungo 35 25 38 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .132 .150 .158 .308 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Orval Grove 26 77 22 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .091 .125 .091 .216 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Gornicki 35 63 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Wally Holborow 32 68 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Bill Clemensen 27 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Bowman 36 43 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Al Jurisich 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Charlie Bowles 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 2237 5443 668 1326 239 36 91 644 59 23 559 704 .244 .314 .351 .665 599.6 110.2 31.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 7 5 4 8 6 3 5 6 8 8 7 8 8 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Howie Pollet 25 10 15 .400 34 34 0 228.3 208 127 16 179 123 5.01 8.6
 Ralph Branca 20 9 16 .360 31 31 0 222.7 246 126 18 112 86 5.09 6.8
 Bill Sayles 28 9 17 .346 33 33 0 217.0 210 142 33 162 157 5.89 2.3
 Bill Voiselle 27 7 11 .389 28 28 0 209.3 178 85 19 94 132 3.65 16.6
 Van Mungo 35 6 13 .316 25 25 0 141.7 148 84 16 106 60 5.34 1.4
 Orval Grove 26 12 9 .571 77 8 4 133.7 148 72 18 86 34 4.85 7.3
 Hank Gornicki 35 3 3 .500 63 1 10 94.7 101 61 10 66 16 5.80 3.0
 Wally Holborow 32 4 7 .364 68 0 7 85.0 108 66 10 50 26 6.99 0.0
 Joe Bowman 36 1 3 .250 43 0 5 56.3 78 37 2 33 13 5.91 0.8
 Bill Clemensen 27 2 4 .333 29 1 6 38.7 33 34 2 50 14 7.92 0.0
 Al Jurisich 24 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.7
 Charlie Bowles 29 0 1 .000 1 1 0 2.3 5 5 2 0 1 19.31 0.0
Team Totals 28.7 63 99 .389 434 162 32 1433.3 1465 839 146 938 663 5.27 47.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 3 8 8 5 6 8 8 2 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 30.8
T.Turner 1047.3 119 120 493 42 5 1 .991 34.9
J.Hegan 386.0 43 45 211 16 3 0 .987 40.0
Team Total 1433.3 162 165 704 58 8 1 .990 36.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.25
M.Vernon 725.0 80 97 862 66 3 88 .997 11.52
E.Dusak 423.0 52 53 545 48 2 53 .997 12.62
D.Litwhiler 84.0 9 13 89 4 1 16 .989 9.96
M.Rickert 51.0 6 7 64 5 0 9 1.000 12.18
F.Garrison 43.0 6 6 57 5 0 7 1.000 12.98
S.Robertson 38.0 4 9 44 3 0 5 1.000 11.13
T.Turner 25.0 4 4 28 2 0 4 1.000 10.80
D.Gardella 21.7 0 13 19 3 0 3 1.000 9.14
D.Kolloway 12.7 0 5 15 2 0 1 1.000 12.09
L.Merullo 10.0 1 2 7 1 0 2 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1433.3 162 209 1730 139 6 188 .997 11.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.18
S.Robertson 695.0 79 85 179 301 15 73 .970 6.22
D.Kolloway 373.3 43 48 86 178 10 35 .964 6.36
E.Dusak 106.3 12 17 33 46 1 13 .988 6.69
B.Rigney 78.0 9 10 26 34 1 17 .984 6.92
L.Merullo 77.0 9 9 18 30 0 5 1.000 5.61
D.Litwhiler 72.0 7 15 20 36 0 10 1.000 7.00
M.Rickert 22.7 2 3 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.97
J.Hegan 9.0 1 1 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 188 369 635 27 155 .974 6.30
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 3.00
B.Rigney 1057.0 132 132 72 254 15 29 .956 2.78
E.Dusak 166.3 12 36 11 42 1 7 .981 2.87
J.Hegan 109.0 11 19 14 35 1 6 .980 4.05
S.Robertson 58.7 5 16 1 15 2 1 .889 2.45
L.Merullo 16.7 0 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.24
T.Turner 15.0 2 4 4 5 0 2 1.000 5.40
M.Rickert 6.0 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
F.Gaffke 4.7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1433.3 162 224 104 361 19 47 .961 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.53
L.Merullo 1049.0 126 127 182 454 33 90 .951 5.46
S.Robertson 139.7 14 22 30 44 1 11 .987 4.77
D.Kolloway 123.3 13 18 22 42 1 11 .985 4.67
D.Litwhiler 107.3 8 30 16 55 1 10 .986 5.95
E.Dusak 9.0 1 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 7.00
D.Gardella 3.0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1.000 9.00
E.Sulik 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Rigney 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 203 252 605 36 125 .960 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.08
B.Burgo 472.7 54 71 121 6 2 2 .984 2.42
D.Gardella 347.0 42 49 83 3 5 2 .945 2.23
D.Wakefield 323.3 34 45 70 3 3 1 .961 2.03
E.Sulik 84.0 11 12 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
F.Garrison 66.0 8 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
F.Gaffke 47.0 7 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
M.Vernon 32.7 0 19 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.03
P.Mullin 31.7 2 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.41
S.Robertson 29.0 4 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 4.03
Team Total 1433.3 162 224 361 13 10 5 .974 2.35
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
D.Litwhiler 445.0 54 55 99 4 1 0 .990 2.08
D.Wakefield 369.0 41 44 107 4 1 1 .991 2.71
P.Mullin 336.7 37 52 91 2 2 1 .979 2.49
F.Gaffke 99.7 12 12 32 4 0 1 1.000 3.25
E.Sulik 77.0 10 14 21 0 1 0 .955 2.45
B.Burgo 45.0 3 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
S.Robertson 39.0 4 6 7 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Gardella 9.0 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
M.Rickert 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Garrison 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Dusak 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1433.3 162 207 371 16 5 3 .987 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.11
D.Wakefield 403.7 45 52 98 1 2 0 .980 2.21
P.Mullin 385.7 46 48 75 3 3 0 .963 1.82
D.Gardella 364.3 44 47 85 1 5 0 .945 2.12
B.Burgo 130.3 14 23 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.73
M.Vernon 70.3 5 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
S.Robertson 33.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.09
M.Rickert 16.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
E.Sulik 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
F.Gaffke 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Dusak 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hegan 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Litwhiler 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 200 306 6 10 0 .969 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.35
H.Pollet 228.3 34 34 19 46 2 5 .970 2.56
R.Branca 222.7 31 31 14 56 3 5 .959 2.83
B.Sayles 217.0 33 33 8 35 3 1 .935 1.78
B.Voiselle 209.3 28 28 16 39 2 2 .965 2.36
V.Mungo 141.7 25 25 5 31 1 2 .973 2.29
O.Grove 133.7 8 77 12 24 3 2 .923 2.42
H.Gornicki 94.7 1 63 4 16 0 1 1.000 1.90
W.Holborow 85.0 0 68 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.01
J.Bowman 56.3 0 43 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.24
B.Clemensen 38.7 1 29 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.56
A.Jurisich 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.46
C.Bowles 2.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1433.3 162 434 88 283 14 22 .964 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wakefield .307
On-Base Pct Wakefield .423
Slugging Pct Wakefield .457
OPS Wakefield .879
XR Wakefield 88.5
Games Robertson 148
At-Bats Rigney 495
Runs Wakefield 72
Hits Wakefield 141
Total Bases Wakefield 210
Singles Wakefield 93
Doubles Wakefield 34
Triples Wakefield 7
Homeruns Gardella 15
RBIs Wakefield 72
Stolen Bases Robertson 24
Caught Stealing Robertson 8
Walks Wakefield 94
Strikeouts Robertson 84
ERA Voiselle 3.65
Wins Grove 12
Losses Sayles 17
Winning Pct Grove .571
Saves Gornicki 10
Games Pitched Grove 77
Games Started Pollet 34
Complete Games Branca 10
Shutouts Voiselle 1
Innings Pitched Pollet 228.3
Hits Allowed Branca 246
Homeruns Allowed Sayles 33
Strikeouts Sayles 157
Walks Allowed Pollet 179
Walks per 9IP Voiselle 4.0
Hits per 9IP Voiselle 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Sayles 6.5
WHiP Voiselle 1.30
OAVG Voiselle .230
OOBP Voiselle .313
OSLG Voiselle .365
OOPS Voiselle .678
Team All-Stars
Dick Wakefield
Player Salaries
Van Mungo $ 8,100,000
Joe Bowman $ 7,090,000
Bill Sayles $ 5,658,266
Ernie Sulik $ 4,500,000
Mickey Vernon $ 3,564,286
Dick Wakefield $ 3,364,286
Bill Voiselle $ 3,135,714
Pat Mullin $ 1,405,714
Howie Pollet $ 1,182,857
Danny Litwhiler $ 350,000
Don Kolloway $ 350,000
Hank Gornicki $ 300,000
Tom Turner $ 300,000
Ralph Branca $ 300,000
Bill Burgo $ 300,000
Bill Clemensen $ 300,000
Erv Dusak $ 300,000
Zeb Eaton $ 300,000
Fabian Gaffke $ 300,000
Al Jurisich $ 300,000
Ford Garrison $ 300,000
Marv Rickert $ 300,000
Orval Grove $ 300,000
Jim Hegan $ 300,000
Wally Holborow $ 300,000
Charlie Bowles $ 300,000
Ken Trinkle $ 300,000
Sherry Robertson $ 300,000
Lennie Merullo $ 300,000
Bill Rigney $ 300,000
Danny Gardella $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Eddie Basinski Detroit Bill Sayles
2/1 Traded Gene Corbett St. Louis Ralph Branca
2/1 Traded Lynn Myers Boston (A) Gene Mauch
2/1 Traded Early Wynn
Hal Kelleher
$3,000,000		 Seattle Van Mungo
2/9 Signed     Norm Branch
3/3 Traded Al Javery
Newt Kimball		 Boston (A) Howie Fox
10/3 Released Norm Branch    
 
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