1943 Montreal Expos
Record: 80-82
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 834
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,972,242
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the NL
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the NL
A: 95-42, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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 22 159 600 100 163 28 5 12 63 0 0 86 56 .272 .362 .395 .757 86.6 16.5 2.9
1B  Merv Connors 29 155 576 120 161 26 6 38 116 0 0 92 92 .280 .379 .543 .922 107.2 22.8 5.3
SS  Joe Cronin 36 150 535 70 145 19 4 7 51 0 1 26 75 .271 .303 .361 .664 55.1 7.0 4.1
C *Joe Schultz 24 137 439 68 148 17 2 7 75 1 0 63 12 .337 .419 .433 .852 77.9 17.8 2.6
CF *Milt Byrnes 26 129 414 71 129 28 10 5 57 2 0 68 42 .312 .408 .464 .872 74.5 17.5 2.3
1B *Mickey Vernon 25 117 380 66 115 24 6 9 74 6 1 42 19 .303 .370 .468 .838 60.8 12.2 3.0
RF *George Selkirk 35 119 328 56 95 11 4 6 51 5 1 67 46 .290 .409 .402 .811 57.8 12.2 1.3
SS  Al Cuccinello 28 109 322 30 91 15 1 8 49 0 0 11 33 .283 .311 .410 .721 37.1 5.6 3.4
RF  Frank Demaree 33 115 263 25 83 13 2 3 32 0 1 10 20 .316 .338 .414 .753 35.2 6.8 0.7
2B *Sherry Robertson 24 78 227 38 53 10 1 5 35 13 5 37 28 .233 .336 .352 .688 29.6 3.9 0.9
C  Frankie Hayes 28 68 228 33 59 13 0 8 38 0 0 22 18 .259 .325 .421 .746 29.4 4.6 2.1
RF *Jo-Jo White 34 102 195 23 60 7 4 1 30 0 2 23 16 .308 .381 .400 .781 28.6 5.9 1.1
SS *Benny McCoy 27 81 179 22 39 2 3 2 22 0 0 25 9 .218 .314 .296 .610 17.5 1.5 0.8
CF  Danny Litwhiler 26 66 165 18 39 7 2 6 22 0 1 17 22 .236 .304 .412 .716 20.1 2.7 0.6
CF *Pat Mullin 25 65 160 25 51 11 2 4 37 0 0 21 28 .319 .398 .488 .885 26.7 6.0 0.6
1B  Don Kolloway 24 49 134 12 32 5 1 1 9 0 0 6 8 .239 .270 .313 .583 9.9 0.2 0.5
P *Vito Tamulis 31 41 117 10 12 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 15 .103 .117 .120 .236 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 24 42 85 5 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .165 .165 .176 .341 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 28 25 67 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 17 .134 .169 .164 .333 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 28 26 57 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .105 .121 .123 .243 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Wilshere 30 27 41 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .122 .163 .146 .309 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 22 29 43 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .116 .116 .116 .233 -1.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Gee Walker 35 22 19 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 .105 .190 .211 .401 0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Lennie Merullo 26 7 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0 0.1
P *Joe Bowman 33 63 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Archie McKain 32 88 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Al Javery 25 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 23 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 2114 5617 809 1520 244 54 122 780 28 13 627 629 .271 .343 .398 .741 751.4 143.1 32.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 4 6 5 1 4 4 6 3 3 7 6 4 3 4 4  
* - 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
*Vito Tamulis 31 20 14 .588 41 41 0 313.7 364 163 26 81 116 4.68 13.8
 Bill Voiselle 24 14 18 .438 42 42 0 274.7 306 160 25 120 140 5.24 6.9
*Marius Russo 28 13 9 .591 25 25 0 196.3 207 82 7 38 74 3.76 13.8
 Newt Kimball 28 6 11 .353 26 26 0 150.0 193 103 16 67 70 6.18 0.0
*Howie Pollet 22 8 8 .500 29 15 0 125.7 134 61 4 69 43 4.37 6.0
*Whitey Wilshere 30 5 6 .455 27 13 1 124.7 115 61 8 65 65 4.40 6.0
*Archie McKain 32 5 4 .556 88 0 10 111.3 118 53 12 41 34 4.28 8.7
 Joe Bowman 33 4 4 .500 63 0 6 83.3 84 42 8 44 35 4.54 5.4
 Al Javery 25 4 5 .444 35 0 3 47.3 56 24 7 16 14 4.56 3.0
 Early Wynn 23 1 2 .333 10 0 1 17.0 17 9 3 7 4 4.76 0.9
 Danny Litwhiler 26 0 1 .000 1 0 0 2.0 5 4 0 2 0 18.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.5 80 82 .494 387 162 21 1446.0 1599 762 116 550 595 4.74 64.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 3 6  
* - 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 .991 31.0
J.Schultz 929.7 102 120 371 34 7 0 .983 14.3
F.Hayes 516.3 60 62 254 25 2 0 .993 50.0
Team Total 1446.0 162 182 625 59 9 0 .987 26.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
M.Vernon 820.0 94 94 1012 78 7 90 .994 11.96
M.Connors 565.7 64 65 671 67 4 54 .995 11.74
B.McCoy 34.3 4 5 37 2 0 6 1.000 10.22
A.Cuccinello 13.0 0 2 21 0 1 1 .955 14.54
D.Litwhiler 12.0 0 4 10 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
G.Walker 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 171 1752 149 12 152 .994 11.83
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.25
S.Robertson 580.0 71 75 133 223 10 56 .973 5.52
B.McCoy 409.0 48 61 93 162 7 31 .973 5.61
D.Kolloway 332.7 39 43 84 130 11 26 .951 5.79
J.White 60.0 0 35 25 23 0 8 1.000 7.20
L.Merullo 36.0 4 5 14 17 1 3 .969 7.75
M.Connors 15.0 0 6 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.80
D.Litwhiler 12.3 0 10 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.65
A.Cuccinello 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 236 357 561 29 124 .969 5.71
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 3.16
M.Connors 707.0 79 80 53 211 17 21 .940 3.36
A.Cuccinello 551.7 65 66 29 170 6 9 .971 3.25
J.White 170.0 18 26 22 32 1 3 .982 2.86
F.Hayes 8.0 0 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Schultz 7.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
S.Robertson 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Merullo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 183 105 419 24 34 .956 3.26
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.61
J.Cronin 1208.3 142 149 214 489 31 89 .958 5.24
A.Cuccinello 184.3 17 37 31 70 1 11 .990 4.93
B.McCoy 36.0 3 10 8 16 0 2 1.000 6.00
D.Kolloway 8.3 0 5 2 3 1 1 .833 5.40
S.Robertson 4.0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1.000 9.00
M.Connors 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
L.Merullo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 206 257 583 33 105 .962 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.02
G.Selkirk 676.3 75 88 154 6 2 0 .988 2.13
F.Demaree 410.3 49 57 98 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
P.Mullin 325.0 38 38 78 2 4 1 .952 2.22
M.Vernon 24.3 0 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
F.Hayes 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Walker 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Byrnes 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Wakefield 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 206 337 8 6 1 .983 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.63
M.Byrnes 978.7 112 115 283 5 9 2 .970 2.65
D.Wakefield 396.0 45 46 120 3 0 1 1.000 2.80
J.White 42.0 5 8 8 2 2 0 .833 2.14
F.Demaree 9.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Litwhiler 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Walker 6.0 0 6 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00
P.Mullin 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
S.Robertson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 188 417 10 12 3 .973 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.18
D.Wakefield 896.0 98 111 238 5 1 1 .996 2.44
D.Litwhiler 323.0 39 39 76 2 3 2 .963 2.17
J.White 117.0 15 15 31 0 1 0 .969 2.38
G.Selkirk 50.3 5 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.25
M.Byrnes 42.3 4 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.98
G.Walker 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Vernon 5.3 0 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69
F.Demaree 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Hayes 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 187 370 8 6 3 .984 2.35
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.31
V.Tamulis 313.7 41 41 26 58 2 6 .977 2.41
B.Voiselle 274.7 42 42 23 58 2 2 .976 2.65
M.Russo 196.3 25 25 12 39 0 4 1.000 2.34
N.Kimball 150.0 26 26 7 25 1 2 .970 1.92
H.Pollet 125.7 15 29 7 28 1 4 .972 2.51
W.Wilshere 124.7 13 27 9 22 0 1 1.000 2.24
A.McKain 111.3 0 88 9 23 0 1 1.000 2.59
J.Bowman 83.3 0 63 5 18 1 1 .958 2.48
A.Javery 47.3 0 35 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.28
E.Wynn 17.0 0 10 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.71
D.Litwhiler 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 387 102 286 7 21 .982 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Schultz .337
On-Base Pct Schultz .419
Slugging Pct Connors .543
OPS Connors .922
XR Connors 107.2
Games Wakefield 159
At-Bats Wakefield 600
Runs Connors 120
Hits Wakefield 163
Total Bases Connors 313
Singles Schultz 122
Doubles Wakefield, Byrnes 28
Triples Byrnes 10
Homeruns Connors 38
RBIs Connors 116
Stolen Bases Robertson 13
Caught Stealing Robertson 5
Walks Connors 92
Strikeouts Connors 92
ERA Russo 3.76
Wins Tamulis 20
Losses Voiselle 18
Winning Pct Russo .591
Saves McKain 10
Games Pitched McKain 88
Games Started Voiselle 42
Complete Games Tamulis 16
Shutouts Tamulis 3
Innings Pitched Tamulis 313.7
Hits Allowed Tamulis 364
Homeruns Allowed Tamulis 26
Strikeouts Voiselle 140
Walks Allowed Voiselle 120
Walks per 9IP Russo 1.7
Hits per 9IP Russo 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Voiselle 4.6
WHiP Russo 1.25
OAVG Russo .267
OOBP Russo .303
OSLG Russo .354
OOPS Russo .657
Team All-Stars
Joe Bowman
Merv Connors
Marius Russo
Joe Schultz
Bill Voiselle
Player Salaries
Vito Tamulis $ 14,300,000
Merv Connors $ 7,500,000
Joe Bowman $ 5,087,000
George Selkirk $ 4,370,000
Newt Kimball $ 3,757,143
Joe Cronin $ 3,350,000
Marius Russo $ 2,550,000
Jo-Jo White $ 2,550,000
Gee Walker $ 2,140,000
Benny McCoy $ 1,528,571
Frank Demaree $ 1,500,000
Frankie Hayes $ 1,297,143
Al Cuccinello $ 650,000
Johnny Murphy $ 635,000
Archie McKain $ 470,000
Don Kolloway $ 300,000
Al Javery $ 300,000
Milt Byrnes $ 300,000
Danny Litwhiler $ 300,000
Pat Mullin $ 300,000
Early Wynn $ 300,000
Howie Pollet $ 300,000
Sherry Robertson $ 300,000
Joe Schultz $ 300,000
Mickey Vernon $ 300,000
Bill Voiselle $ 300,000
Dick Wakefield $ 300,000
Lennie Merullo $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Johnny Murphy
10/22 Released Whitey Wilshere