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1948 Montreal Expos
Record: 91-71
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 909
Runs Allowed: 846
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,845,555
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 6th in the NL
AA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
A: 71-66, 5th 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 27 151 554 107 160 31 3 22 107 0 0 97 45 .289 .391 .475 .865 100.7 20.3 3.6
LF  Monte Irvin 29 149 554 110 173 31 10 15 84 29 6 86 27 .312 .403 .486 .889 101.8 21.5 3.4
3B  Al Rosen 24 132 459 99 147 29 1 36 113 1 1 96 36 .320 .434 .623 1.057 115.0 28.3 2.6
2B *Hank Thompson 22 142 416 65 99 7 4 16 71 2 0 94 39 .238 .375 .389 .765 68.4 11.3 4.4
1B *Ferris Fain 27 112 406 79 116 22 3 5 56 0 0 96 27 .286 .418 .392 .810 73.8 14.8 2.5
2B *Sherry Robertson 29 142 393 88 107 24 4 10 55 19 6 92 69 .272 .410 .430 .840 74.6 15.3 3.3
2B  Alex Kampouris 35 119 382 61 92 16 3 11 67 1 0 64 87 .241 .351 .385 .736 54.4 8.2 4.2
C  Rudy York 34 86 304 48 79 15 2 5 44 1 1 41 45 .260 .346 .372 .717 39.9 5.5 3.2
SS  Bobby Adams 26 113 276 33 84 19 1 3 42 1 0 35 15 .304 .383 .413 .796 41.7 8.3 2.4
C  Sherm Lollar 23 86 263 41 59 5 2 10 35 0 1 36 12 .224 .317 .373 .690 33.0 3.0 3.1
RF  Joe Gallagher 34 94 273 38 85 18 4 6 40 1 0 13 21 .311 .342 .473 .815 39.9 7.3 1.5
CF  Danny Litwhiler 31 61 168 25 44 11 0 7 22 0 0 19 18 .262 .344 .452 .796 25.4 4.7 1.0
RF *Dale Mitchell 26 86 141 22 41 5 0 2 39 0 0 12 2 .291 .338 .369 .706 17.8 2.1 0.6
RF *Spider Jorgensen 28 51 123 19 30 10 2 4 21 0 0 13 10 .244 .314 .455 .769 16.9 2.5 1.0
1B *Mickey Vernon 30 88 123 14 33 5 0 3 23 2 2 13 5 .268 .336 .382 .718 14.1 1.5 0.5
P *Bill Wight 26 42 115 6 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 41 .061 .085 .078 .163 -4.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Burgo 28 84 122 18 43 5 0 3 23 0 0 10 6 .352 .406 .467 .873 19.3 4.1 0.5
P #Ted Gray 23 43 95 6 11 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 35 .116 .158 .126 .285 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Monte Kennedy 26 27 63 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .143 .169 .175 .344 0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Kuzava 25 27 64 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .031 .060 .031 .091 -3.4 0.0 0.0
C  Wes Westrum 25 21 50 9 12 2 1 1 3 0 0 12 11 .240 .381 .380 .761 8.9 1.6 0.7
1B  Lennie Merullo 31 15 39 4 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 6 .256 .302 .333 .636 3.7 0.2 0.3
1B *Cliff Mapes 26 10 33 7 10 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 7 .303 .395 .636 1.031 7.8 2.1 0.3
P *Howie Pollet 27 61 23 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .087 .154 .130 .284 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Johnson 25 50 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .190 .190 .238 .429 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Lee Stine 34 58 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ned Garver 22 18 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .375 .444 .375 .819 1.5 0.4 0.0
P  Spec Shea 27 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Astroth 25 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.1
3B  Bill Rigney 30 9 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200 1.3 0.5 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 30 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Pat Mullin 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 31 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 2172 5500 909 1467 267 41 162 883 57 17 853 627 .267 .363 .419 .782 853.5 163.7 39.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 2 8 3 4 2 2 2 4 1 3 5 1 2 2 2  
* - 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
*Bill Wight 26 26 9 .743 42 42 0 322.7 308 113 12 121 96 3.15 29.3
*Ted Gray 23 17 16 .515 43 43 0 297.7 299 176 38 150 192 5.32 8.2
*Bob Kuzava 25 8 10 .444 27 26 0 188.7 199 114 18 103 85 5.44 3.2
*Monte Kennedy 26 13 5 .722 27 27 0 179.3 163 88 18 105 106 4.42 11.0
*Howie Pollet 27 7 7 .500 61 11 7 129.3 112 62 13 98 80 4.31 9.4
*Ken Johnson 25 3 6 .333 50 7 5 90.3 83 52 5 75 59 5.18 3.3
 Bill Sayles 30 7 9 .438 62 1 9 83.3 83 55 14 53 64 5.94 2.9
 Lee Stine 34 7 2 .778 58 1 6 76.0 98 50 9 41 33 5.92 1.5
 Ned Garver 22 1 3 .250 18 4 0 39.3 57 40 7 20 13 9.15 0.0
 Spec Shea 27 2 2 .500 21 0 3 25.7 22 17 2 17 3 5.96 1.4
*Bill Donovan 31 0 1 .000 4 3 0 7.0 6 4 0 7 1 5.14 0.0
 Hank Thompson 22 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 2 0 5.42 0.0
Team Totals 26.5 91 71 .562 414 165 30 1441.0 1431 772 136 792 732 4.82 70.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 3 4 8 4 6 8 8 3 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 .990 30.9
R.York 710.3 80 83 370 24 4 0 .990 22.2
S.Lollar 610.3 69 74 311 30 2 0 .994 31.0
W.Westrum 117.3 13 18 73 4 0 0 1.000 37.5
J.Astroth 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 162 176 754 59 6 0 .993 28.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.13
F.Fain 918.5 106 110 1110 78 15 116 .988 11.64
D.Litwhiler 198.7 23 26 230 16 0 16 1.000 11.14
M.Vernon 137.0 14 21 165 15 0 20 1.000 11.82
M.Irvin 119.0 13 23 146 15 0 11 1.000 12.18
S.Lollar 34.7 4 6 37 4 0 3 1.000 10.65
S.Robertson 20.0 0 4 30 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
W.Westrum 19.0 3 3 20 2 0 5 1.000 10.42
C.Mapes 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1448.8 163 194 1742 130 15 172 .992 11.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.10
A.Kampouris 940.0 115 117 240 413 19 95 .972 6.25
S.Robertson 181.0 20 28 46 70 4 15 .967 5.77
H.Thompson 147.0 15 27 40 77 1 22 .992 7.16
S.Jorgensen 83.0 8 17 18 36 0 6 1.000 5.86
B.Adams 64.0 4 26 12 24 3 7 .923 5.06
D.Litwhiler 10.0 0 3 5 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
A.Rosen 9.0 0 4 6 6 0 3 1.000 12.00
B.Rigney 6.0 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Merullo 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 228 368 632 27 148 .974 6.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 3.04
A.Rosen 1062.7 119 124 79 267 14 19 .961 2.93
S.Jorgensen 200.0 24 24 9 66 6 8 .926 3.38
L.Merullo 99.0 13 13 9 29 1 4 .974 3.45
B.Adams 42.0 4 9 2 8 1 0 .909 2.14
S.Robertson 15.0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Lollar 11.0 0 6 1 2 1 0 .750 2.45
B.Rigney 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
H.Thompson 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
Team Total 1440.7 162 181 102 377 24 31 .952 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.50
S.Robertson 778.7 88 91 104 319 7 66 .984 4.89
B.Adams 606.3 72 76 112 259 10 46 .974 5.51
H.Thompson 28.7 1 11 5 13 0 6 1.000 5.65
S.Jorgensen 15.0 1 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Litwhiler 10.3 0 8 4 6 1 1 .909 8.71
A.Rosen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 193 225 602 18 119 .979 5.17
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.03
M.Irvin 1095.7 124 125 251 3 2 1 .992 2.09
D.Mitchell 172.3 19 23 45 0 1 0 .978 2.35
D.Wakefield 90.0 10 12 23 0 1 0 .958 2.30
B.Burgo 44.0 5 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Mapes 22.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
S.Robertson 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Gallagher 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Vernon 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 176 343 3 4 1 .989 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
H.Thompson 813.7 94 95 239 12 2 3 .992 2.78
D.Wakefield 319.0 35 39 87 1 0 0 1.000 2.48
D.Litwhiler 147.0 18 19 28 0 1 0 .966 1.71
B.Burgo 91.3 9 16 23 2 0 0 1.000 2.46
C.Mapes 46.0 6 6 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
D.Mitchell 10.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Astroth 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.Robertson 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1441.0 162 187 401 15 3 3 .993 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
D.Wakefield 840.0 94 98 176 9 2 2 .989 1.98
J.Gallagher 552.0 67 67 117 10 8 3 .941 2.07
D.Mitchell 11.7 0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 2.32
B.Burgo 9.7 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Vernon 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Mapes 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Robertson 4.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Litwhiler 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Astroth 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jorgensen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 190 302 20 11 5 .967 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.29
B.Wight 322.7 42 42 13 41 4 5 .931 1.51
T.Gray 297.7 43 43 23 52 1 2 .987 2.27
B.Kuzava 188.7 26 27 11 38 0 5 1.000 2.34
M.Kennedy 179.3 27 27 9 33 1 4 .977 2.11
H.Pollet 129.3 11 61 7 21 3 3 .903 1.95
K.Johnson 90.3 7 50 5 17 2 1 .917 2.19
B.Sayles 83.3 1 62 5 15 0 3 1.000 2.16
L.Stine 76.0 1 58 8 15 0 1 1.000 2.72
N.Garver 39.3 4 18 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.97
S.Shea 25.7 0 21 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.75
B.Donovan 7.0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Thompson 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 165 414 85 247 11 25 .968 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rosen .320
On-Base Pct Rosen .434
Slugging Pct Rosen .623
OPS Rosen 1.057
XR Rosen 115.0
Games Wakefield 151
At-Bats Wakefield, Irvin 554
Runs Irvin 110
Hits Irvin 173
Total Bases Rosen 286
Singles Irvin 117
Doubles Irvin, Wakefield 31
Triples Irvin 10
Homeruns Rosen 36
RBIs Rosen 113
Stolen Bases Irvin 29
Caught Stealing Irvin, Robertson 6
Walks Wakefield 97
Strikeouts Kampouris 87
ERA Wight 3.15
Wins Wight 26
Losses Gray 16
Winning Pct Wight .743
Saves Sayles 9
Games Pitched Sayles 62
Games Started Gray 43
Complete Games Wight 10
Shutouts Gray, Wight 2
Innings Pitched Wight 322.7
Hits Allowed Wight 308
Homeruns Allowed Gray 38
Strikeouts Gray 192
Walks Allowed Gray 150
Walks per 9IP Wight 3.4
Hits per 9IP Kennedy 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 5.8
WHiP Wight 1.33
OAVG Kennedy .246
OOBP Wight .320
OSLG Wight .343
OOPS Wight .663
Team All-Stars
Monte Irvin
Dick Wakefield
Bill Wight
Player Salaries
Alex Kampouris $ 5,000,000
Dick Wakefield $ 4,750,000
Monte Irvin $ 4,742,857
Mickey Vernon $ 2,190,000
Sherry Robertson $ 1,900,000
Danny Litwhiler $ 1,703,571
Lee Stine $ 1,320,000
Ralph Branca $ 1,285,714
Joe Gallagher $ 1,060,000
Hal Newhouser $ 800,000
Pat Mullin $ 500,000
Bill Burgo $ 462,857
Howie Pollet $ 350,000
Ferris Fain $ 300,000
Ted Gray $ 300,000
Joe Astroth $ 300,000
Ken Johnson $ 300,000
Spider Jorgensen $ 300,000
Ned Garver $ 300,000
Monte Kennedy $ 300,000
Bob Kuzava $ 300,000
Bobby Adams $ 300,000
Cliff Mapes $ 300,000
Bill Wight $ 300,000
Dale Mitchell $ 300,000
Bill Rigney $ 300,000
Al Rosen $ 300,000
Spec Shea $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
Hank Thompson $ 300,000
Wes Westrum $ 300,000
Sherm Lollar $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jimmy Bloodworth Boston (A) Monte Irvin
2/1 Traded Jim Russell New York (A) Rudy York
Alex Kampouris
2/2 Signed     Joe Gallagher
2/2 Signed     Lee Stine
5/1 Traded Harry Shuman Seattle Ferris Fain
5/1 Traded Tiny Bonham
Al Epperly		 Pittsburgh Hal White
7/1 Released Tom Turner    
7/31 Traded Rudy York
Bill Sayles		 Cleveland Bill Donovan
10/14 Released Bill Donovan    
10/14 Released Lennie Merullo    
 
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