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1945 Montreal Expos
Record: 67-95
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 671
Runs Allowed: 829
Exp W-L: 66-96
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,742,378
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 8th in the NL
AA: 63-74, 6th in the NL
A: 90-47, 1st 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 24 146 416 75 112 22 2 13 73 0 0 87 42 .269 .393 .425 .819 70.1 12.4 2.4
1B *Mickey Vernon 27 140 417 66 133 30 6 12 61 10 3 48 31 .319 .389 .506 .895 76.4 15.2 2.0
1B  Lennie Merullo 28 139 422 38 94 17 2 2 40 0 0 25 36 .223 .263 .287 .549 29.1 0.0 5.3
2B *Sherry Robertson 26 139 339 61 79 12 0 9 38 23 6 61 67 .233 .352 .348 .700 49.4 7.2 3.1
SS  Pinky Higgins 36 128 362 45 102 19 0 6 38 1 0 37 42 .282 .352 .384 .736 47.4 7.6 4.0
CF *Danny Gardella 25 116 322 43 85 9 3 6 37 0 0 48 44 .264 .366 .366 .733 44.0 6.8 1.0
C *Joe Schultz 26 91 323 45 97 14 2 3 37 0 0 47 15 .300 .388 .384 .772 46.7 7.9 1.9
RF  Bill Burgo 25 126 341 54 106 15 6 7 34 0 2 26 11 .311 .366 .452 .817 50.7 9.1 1.1
2B  Joe Chamberlain 35 106 328 20 60 1 2 0 18 1 0 14 75 .183 .216 .198 .415 7.5 0.0 2.1
3B *Lou Chiozza 35 101 299 33 89 21 0 2 44 1 2 31 14 .298 .364 .388 .752 41.6 7.2 3.0
CF *Pat Mullin 27 104 259 38 62 13 1 9 50 2 2 44 38 .239 .348 .402 .749 36.6 5.3 1.4
1B  Don Kolloway 26 80 251 18 62 13 3 2 29 0 3 8 12 .247 .267 .347 .614 20.6 1.2 1.8
C  Tom Turner 28 67 245 18 37 7 0 3 13 0 0 15 33 .151 .200 .216 .416 5.7 0.0 1.3
CF  Danny Litwhiler 28 78 232 29 67 23 2 7 44 0 0 12 25 .289 .325 .496 .821 33.7 6.1 1.4
RF  Frank Demaree 35 88 224 27 67 4 1 3 29 1 0 11 21 .299 .329 .366 .695 25.1 3.3 1.2
CF *Ernie Sulik 34 96 166 20 47 7 3 7 32 2 0 9 7 .283 .318 .488 .806 24.0 4.0 0.7
P #Early Wynn 25 33 90 9 24 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .267 .290 .278 .568 7.2 0.4 0.0
C  Jim Hegan 24 27 90 8 18 6 1 0 10 0 0 9 16 .200 .267 .289 .556 7.4 0.1 0.6
P  Al Javery 27 33 84 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 26 .119 .149 .143 .292 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 26 33 82 2 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .171 .181 .171 .351 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Kelleher 32 29 52 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .135 .151 .154 .305 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 30 38 52 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .192 .192 .192 .385 1.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Marv Rickert 24 17 51 6 13 2 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .255 .296 .392 .688 5.3 0.7 0.2
P *Howie Pollet 24 53 37 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .054 .079 .054 .133 -1.7 0.0 0.0
CF  Fabian Gaffke 31 11 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .034 .097 .034 .131 -1.8 0.0 0.3
P  Hank Gornicki 34 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Lohrman 32 42 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Orval Grove 25 38 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P *Joe Bowman 35 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Clemensen 26 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2142 5539 671 1400 240 35 92 654 41 18 547 655 .253 .320 .359 .679 626.9 94.7 34.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 5 6 5 8 6 6 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Early Wynn 25 10 19 .345 33 33 0 255.7 292 144 23 102 66 5.07 7.9
 Bill Voiselle 26 11 15 .423 33 33 0 251.3 243 127 27 93 150 4.55 11.4
 Al Javery 27 11 19 .367 33 33 0 249.0 271 127 27 98 112 4.59 8.9
 Newt Kimball 30 10 8 .556 38 21 1 177.3 148 57 9 64 73 2.89 18.6
 Hal Kelleher 32 13 8 .619 29 21 0 161.0 142 70 12 95 82 3.91 11.9
*Howie Pollet 24 4 13 .235 53 16 8 152.3 150 88 9 104 89 5.20 4.6
 Bill Lohrman 32 1 4 .200 42 0 6 56.3 71 28 6 21 13 4.47 3.1
 Orval Grove 25 2 3 .400 38 0 1 45.7 60 27 5 33 16 5.32 1.7
 Joe Bowman 35 4 2 .667 34 0 5 42.7 55 25 2 22 11 5.27 1.9
 Hank Gornicki 34 0 2 .000 5 5 0 29.7 35 24 2 23 15 7.28 0.0
 Wally Holborow 31 0 2 .000 9 0 0 13.3 14 9 2 5 3 6.08 0.0
 Bill Clemensen 26 1 0 1.000 4 0 1 5.0 5 0 0 1 3 0.00 1.4
Team Totals 28.9 67 95 .414 351 162 22 1439.3 1486 726 124 661 633 4.54 71.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 7 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 .990 27.3
J.Schultz 706.1 81 87 329 30 5 0 .986 15.6
T.Turner 508.7 58 64 229 15 3 1 .988 17.4
J.Hegan 214.7 26 27 114 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
S.Robertson 8.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1437.4 165 179 678 48 8 1 .989 16.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
M.Vernon 707.0 77 90 923 73 6 81 .994 12.68
J.Chamberlain 527.3 64 66 654 59 5 62 .993 12.17
D.Gardella 64.7 6 14 82 9 3 12 .968 12.67
D.Litwhiler 54.0 6 10 61 8 1 5 .986 11.50
D.Kolloway 26.0 3 5 28 2 0 4 1.000 10.38
E.Sulik 22.3 3 3 35 3 0 1 1.000 15.32
S.Robertson 20.0 1 3 31 0 0 5 1.000 13.95
T.Turner 10.0 1 2 13 0 0 2 1.000 11.70
P.Mullin 8.0 1 1 7 1 1 1 .889 9.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 194 1834 155 16 173 .992 12.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.20
S.Robertson 635.0 71 86 149 290 17 63 .963 6.22
D.Kolloway 508.0 61 61 118 201 8 41 .976 5.65
J.Chamberlain 104.7 12 15 22 53 2 8 .974 6.45
L.Chiozza 97.7 10 16 22 55 3 17 .963 7.10
L.Merullo 51.0 6 8 14 20 0 5 1.000 6.00
D.Litwhiler 38.0 2 10 12 19 1 6 .969 7.34
M.Rickert 5.0 0 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1439.3 162 198 339 642 31 142 .969 6.13
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.98
P.Higgins 747.3 87 96 60 205 21 17 .927 3.19
L.Chiozza 558.3 64 70 46 140 13 12 .935 3.00
S.Robertson 41.3 2 11 5 9 2 1 .875 3.05
F.Gaffke 39.7 5 7 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.72
J.Chamberlain 25.0 2 6 1 5 1 1 .857 2.16
L.Merullo 15.0 2 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Rickert 5.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.18
T.Turner 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.Schultz 1.9 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.47
Team Total 1438.2 162 200 116 378 37 33 .930 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.49
L.Merullo 987.3 121 123 164 446 29 80 .955 5.56
S.Robertson 164.0 16 28 26 76 0 15 1.000 5.60
J.Chamberlain 117.3 13 21 21 41 2 11 .969 4.76
P.Higgins 91.7 7 24 12 42 0 8 1.000 5.30
D.Kolloway 35.0 3 9 5 19 0 3 1.000 6.17
L.Chiozza 25.0 2 5 4 16 0 2 1.000 7.20
D.Litwhiler 19.0 0 10 4 11 1 4 .938 7.11
Team Total 1439.3 162 220 236 651 32 123 .965 5.55
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.98
D.Gardella 644.7 82 82 128 1 15 0 .896 1.80
B.Burgo 444.3 54 68 72 3 2 1 .974 1.52
D.Wakefield 116.3 7 31 32 0 3 0 .914 2.48
M.Vernon 81.7 6 22 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
E.Sulik 45.0 2 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Kolloway 32.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Mullin 27.0 2 9 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
F.Demaree 16.3 1 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.96
M.Rickert 14.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Litwhiler 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Merullo 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Gaffke 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 244 284 6 20 2 .935 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.68
D.Wakefield 719.0 81 87 174 4 1 2 .994 2.23
F.Demaree 408.7 48 51 108 4 3 1 .974 2.47
E.Sulik 173.0 19 23 56 0 1 0 .982 2.91
P.Mullin 44.0 6 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
S.Robertson 30.0 3 5 9 1 1 0 .909 3.00
F.Gaffke 25.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Burgo 18.7 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
M.Rickert 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.Chiozza 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Gardella 4.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Litwhiler 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Merullo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 192 372 9 6 3 .984 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.21
P.Mullin 504.7 57 65 122 9 4 0 .970 2.34
D.Litwhiler 400.0 47 50 96 5 3 1 .971 2.27
B.Burgo 200.3 21 28 48 1 1 0 .980 2.20
D.Wakefield 127.0 15 15 42 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
M.Vernon 84.3 8 15 17 0 1 0 .944 1.81
M.Rickert 79.0 10 10 15 0 1 0 .938 1.71
D.Gardella 15.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Sulik 15.0 2 3 4 0 1 0 .800 2.40
L.Merullo 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Demaree 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 195 350 16 11 1 .971 2.29
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.40
E.Wynn 255.7 33 33 13 53 4 4 .943 2.32
B.Voiselle 251.3 33 33 23 50 3 4 .961 2.61
A.Javery 249.0 33 33 26 55 1 4 .988 2.93
N.Kimball 177.3 21 38 5 44 2 2 .961 2.49
H.Kelleher 161.0 21 29 5 19 0 0 1.000 1.34
H.Pollet 152.3 16 53 14 33 0 4 1.000 2.78
B.Lohrman 56.3 0 42 6 11 2 1 .895 2.72
O.Grove 45.7 0 38 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.97
J.Bowman 42.7 0 34 2 8 2 1 .833 2.11
H.Gornicki 29.7 5 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.12
W.Holborow 13.3 0 9 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Clemensen 5.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1439.3 162 351 102 288 14 20 .965 2.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Vernon .299
On-Base Pct Wakefield .393
Slugging Pct Vernon .474
OPS Vernon .841
XR Vernon 76.4
Games Wakefield 146
At-Bats Merullo 422
Runs Wakefield 75
Hits Vernon 133
Total Bases Vernon 211
Singles Vernon 85
Doubles Vernon 30
Triples Burgo, Vernon 6
Homeruns Wakefield 13
RBIs Wakefield 73
Stolen Bases Robertson 23
Caught Stealing Robertson 6
Walks Wakefield 87
Strikeouts Chamberlain 75
ERA Kimball 2.89
Wins Kelleher 13
Losses Javery, Wynn 19
Winning Pct Kelleher .619
Saves Pollet 8
Games Pitched Pollet 53
Games Started Javery, Voiselle, Wynn 33
Complete Games Javery 17
Shutouts Javery 2
Innings Pitched Wynn 255.7
Hits Allowed Wynn 292
Homeruns Allowed Javery, Voiselle 27
Strikeouts Voiselle 150
Walks Allowed Pollet 104
Walks per 9IP Kimball 3.2
Hits per 9IP Kimball 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Voiselle 5.4
WHiP Kimball 1.20
OAVG Kimball .228
OOBP Kimball .296
OSLG Kimball .325
OOPS Kimball .620
Team All-Stars
Joe Schultz
Player Salaries
Joe Bowman $ 7,090,000
Ernie Sulik $ 4,500,000
Newt Kimball $ 4,100,000
Lou Chiozza $ 3,500,000
Mickey Vernon $ 2,635,714
Frank Demaree $ 2,500,000
Pinky Higgins $ 2,139,762
Al Javery $ 1,892,857
Pat Mullin $ 1,405,714
Howie Pollet $ 1,182,857
Joe Chamberlain $ 650,000
Hal Kelleher $ 500,000
Tom Turner $ 300,000
Bill Burgo $ 300,000
Dick Wakefield $ 300,000
Bill Clemensen $ 300,000
Bill Voiselle $ 300,000
Fabian Gaffke $ 300,000
Danny Gardella $ 300,000
Hank Gornicki $ 300,000
Jim Hegan $ 300,000
Wally Holborow $ 300,000
Sherry Robertson $ 300,000
Marv Rickert $ 300,000
Early Wynn $ 300,000
Don Kolloway $ 300,000
Danny Litwhiler $ 300,000
Lennie Merullo $ 300,000
Orval Grove $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Vito Tamulis
Marius Russo
Milt Byrnes
Joe Cronin		 San Diego Ernie Sulik
2/3 Traded Benny Mccoy
Frankie Hayes
Archie Mckain		 San Diego Bill Lohrman
2/13 Traded Joe Gallagher Oakland Jim Hegan
Pinky Higgins
3/3 Traded Merv Connors New York (A) Lou Chiozza
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
4/2 Traded Al Cuccinello Cleveland Hal Kelleher
7/31 Traded Joe Schultz Brooklyn Hal Kleine
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
10/4 Released Bill Lohrman    
 
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