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1952 Montreal Expos
Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 975
Runs Allowed: 689
Exp W-L: 106-56
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,374,066
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the NL
AA: 72-65, 4th in the NL
A: 67-70, 7th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Pittsburgh Pirates
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
2B  Pee Wee Reese 33 155 616 110 208 29 6 13 77 22 6 83 46 .338 .417 .468 .885 113.5 23.6 6.4
1B *Ferris Fain 31 151 559 119 174 48 4 6 58 0 0 118 49 .311 .430 .444 .874 106.5 22.0 3.3
LF  Monte Irvin 33 155 578 115 174 32 6 27 144 14 5 77 44 .301 .383 .517 .900 104.2 19.3 2.9
RF *Dick Wakefield 31 155 559 106 164 27 3 24 100 0 0 97 46 .293 .398 .481 .879 98.7 18.4 3.2
3B  Al Rosen 28 143 470 85 122 23 0 36 95 0 1 66 71 .260 .355 .538 .893 86.3 15.1 1.7
2B *Hank Thompson 26 135 419 83 101 7 1 32 100 0 0 77 46 .241 .359 .492 .851 76.4 12.8 3.3
2B *Sherry Robertson 33 143 404 73 112 9 4 26 88 11 6 72 80 .277 .383 .512 .895 80.0 14.7 5.1
SS  Bobby Adams 30 115 342 52 112 18 4 2 41 0 0 30 23 .327 .379 .421 .800 50.3 9.0 3.1
C *Paul Gillespie 31 86 303 43 90 7 0 13 52 0 0 34 13 .297 .367 .449 .816 49.5 8.4 6.5
CF  Minnie Minoso 29 111 278 46 86 15 3 7 53 1 0 30 24 .309 .380 .460 .840 46.6 8.5 1.9
C  Wes Westrum 29 77 222 30 41 3 0 10 33 0 0 52 56 .185 .339 .333 .673 30.4 3.1 6.0
P *Earl Johnson 33 43 122 11 18 4 0 0 12 0 0 1 39 .148 .154 .180 .335 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 30 41 114 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 41 .061 .078 .088 .165 -5.5 0.0 0.0
P #Ted Gray 27 38 104 10 15 1 1 2 7 0 0 3 32 .144 .168 .231 .399 2.6 0.0 0.0
RF *Dale Mitchell 30 68 101 24 45 3 1 3 23 0 0 12 0 .446 .500 .584 1.084 25.2 6.5 0.3
RF  Hank Sauer 35 51 100 16 29 3 1 7 19 0 0 8 12 .290 .339 .550 .889 18.1 3.3 0.3
C  Sherm Lollar 27 25 82 12 20 2 0 3 11 0 0 6 9 .244 .289 .378 .667 8.9 0.7 1.3
P  Roger Bowman 24 31 68 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .059 .086 .074 .159 -2.6 0.0 0.0
SS *Moon Mullen 35 32 39 8 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 .256 .348 .282 .630 5.0 0.6 0.5
1B *Luke Easter 36 22 36 5 10 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 3 .278 .366 .472 .838 6.5 1.2 0.2
LF  Jim Greengrass 24 6 20 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 3 .350 .440 .500 .940 5.0 1.0 0.1
LF *Tom Wright 28 6 21 7 7 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 .333 .364 .476 .840 3.1 0.4 0.1
P  Monte Kennedy 30 30 12 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.1 0.0 0.0
C *Hal Naragon 23 4 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.7 0.1 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 26 77 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1 0.0
1B *George Shuba 27 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 0.9 0.2 0.0
P #Bob Kuzava 29 92 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 36 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Johnson 29 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Ross 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2066 5601 975 1566 237 34 215 943 48 18 788 677 .280 .368 .449 .818 912.3 169.2 46.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 1 1 6 4 1 1 5 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Earl Johnson 33 24 9 .727 43 43 0 320.3 295 98 7 92 142 2.75 33.3
*Bill Wight 30 24 8 .750 41 41 0 303.7 287 112 5 125 111 3.32 24.9
*Ted Gray 27 21 9 .700 38 38 0 278.0 219 106 36 134 240 3.43 23.6
*Roger Bowman 24 15 10 .600 31 31 0 200.7 206 114 20 87 118 5.11 6.3
*Bob Kuzava 29 8 7 .533 92 2 7 107.0 117 60 14 70 62 5.05 5.0
*Dick Littlefield 26 4 4 .500 77 0 19 93.7 93 52 8 55 69 5.00 7.2
*Ken Johnson 29 5 6 .455 59 0 4 71.0 68 47 8 48 35 5.96 1.9
*Monte Kennedy 30 2 2 .500 30 6 1 59.7 65 40 6 32 35 6.03 0.5
*Harry Eisenstat 36 3 0 1.000 9 0 1 14.7 12 8 3 9 6 4.91 1.4
*Bob Ross 23 1 0 1.000 3 1 0 6.7 6 2 0 7 5 2.70 0.9
 Hank Sauer 35 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 29.3 107 55 .660 424 162 33 1456.3 1368 639 107 659 823 3.95 105.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 1 2  
* - 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 31.5
P.Gillespie 700.0 79 83 421 33 2 0 .996 41.9
W.Westrum 611.0 67 75 347 32 0 2 1.000 47.1
S.Lollar 144.3 16 17 88 4 0 0 1.000 28.6
H.Naragon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.3 162 176 857 69 2 2 .998 42.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.90
F.Fain 1252.7 141 144 1438 92 15 148 .990 10.99
S.Robertson 74.0 9 10 85 6 0 6 1.000 11.07
L.Easter 64.7 6 15 86 10 0 3 1.000 13.36
S.Lollar 30.0 4 4 36 1 2 3 .949 11.10
M.Irvin 24.0 1 8 30 2 0 3 1.000 12.00
H.Naragon 8.0 1 1 9 3 0 2 1.000 13.50
W.Westrum 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 184 1686 114 17 165 .991 11.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.98
S.Robertson 904.7 104 105 200 369 20 87 .966 5.66
P.Reese 469.7 52 55 105 198 4 36 .987 5.81
M.Mullen 48.0 4 9 11 26 2 4 .949 6.94
H.Thompson 20.0 2 4 7 10 1 3 .944 7.65
B.Adams 12.0 0 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 6.00
A.Rosen 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 178 326 610 27 132 .972 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.03
A.Rosen 1156.7 135 136 89 269 16 27 .957 2.79
B.Adams 163.7 17 26 11 40 1 3 .981 2.80
H.Thompson 82.3 6 23 6 22 0 2 1.000 3.06
M.Mullen 24.7 2 8 2 6 1 1 .889 2.92
S.Robertson 14.0 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
H.Naragon 9.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00
S.Lollar 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1456.3 162 201 110 341 19 33 .960 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.40
P.Reese 824.0 91 94 117 337 16 70 .966 4.96
B.Adams 575.7 66 66 87 226 3 39 .991 4.89
M.Mullen 30.7 3 6 1 14 1 2 .938 4.40
H.Thompson 21.0 2 4 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.57
A.Rosen 3.0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
S.Robertson 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1456.3 162 175 208 591 20 114 .976 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.01
M.Irvin 1243.7 139 144 279 4 5 1 .983 2.05
H.Sauer 101.0 12 12 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
T.Wright 33.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
D.Mitchell 33.0 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
M.Minoso 22.7 2 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.37
D.Wakefield 11.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
G.Shuba 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
S.Robertson 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1456.3 162 179 337 4 5 1 .986 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.57
H.Thompson 848.3 100 103 240 8 0 2 1.000 2.63
M.Minoso 498.0 52 71 147 7 1 4 .994 2.78
B.Adams 30.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
J.Greengrass 25.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
D.Mitchell 23.0 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.57
S.Robertson 21.0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Wakefield 10.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Wright 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 194 413 17 1 6 .998 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
D.Wakefield 1263.7 141 143 302 3 5 0 .984 2.17
H.Sauer 76.0 9 9 6 1 1 0 .875 0.83
D.Mitchell 69.7 8 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Greengrass 26.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
T.Wright 12.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
M.Irvin 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Adams 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Shuba 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 169 339 5 6 0 .983 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
E.Johnson 320.3 43 43 18 43 4 6 .938 1.71
B.Wight 303.7 41 41 12 48 3 4 .952 1.78
T.Gray 278.0 38 38 18 44 2 3 .969 2.01
R.Bowman 200.7 31 31 12 40 0 3 1.000 2.33
B.Kuzava 107.0 2 92 3 23 0 3 1.000 2.19
D.Littlefield 93.7 0 77 3 16 1 1 .950 1.83
K.Johnson 71.0 0 59 3 17 0 0 1.000 2.54
M.Kennedy 59.7 6 30 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.36
H.Eisenstat 14.7 0 9 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.07
B.Ross 6.7 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05
H.Sauer 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 424 76 242 10 20 .970 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reese .338
On-Base Pct Fain .430
Slugging Pct Rosen .538
OPS Irvin .900
XR Reese 113.5
Games Reese, Irvin, Wakefield 155
At-Bats Reese 616
Runs Fain 119
Hits Reese 208
Total Bases Irvin 299
Singles Reese 160
Doubles Fain 48
Triples Irvin, Reese 6
Homeruns Rosen 36
RBIs Irvin 144
Stolen Bases Reese 22
Caught Stealing Reese, Robertson 6
Walks Fain 118
Strikeouts Robertson 80
ERA Johnson 2.75
Wins Johnson, Wight 24
Losses Bowman 10
Winning Pct Wight .750
Saves Littlefield 19
Games Pitched Kuzava 92
Games Started Johnson 43
Complete Games Wight 12
Shutouts Wight 4
Innings Pitched Johnson 320.3
Hits Allowed Johnson 295
Homeruns Allowed Gray 36
Strikeouts Gray 240
Walks Allowed Gray 134
Walks per 9IP Johnson 2.6
Hits per 9IP Gray 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 7.8
WHiP Johnson 1.21
OAVG Gray .212
OOBP Johnson .300
OSLG Wight .315
OOPS Johnson .626
Team All-Stars
Monte Irvin
Pee Wee Reese
Dick Wakefield
Bill Wight
Player Salaries
Earl Johnson $ 9,500,000
Monte Irvin $ 8,300,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 6,650,000
Sherry Robertson $ 6,500,000
Ferris Fain $ 5,900,000
Dick Wakefield $ 4,400,000
Hank Thompson $ 3,978,571
Bill Wight $ 3,785,714
Ted Gray $ 3,228,571
Bob Kuzava $ 2,582,857
Bobby Adams $ 2,564,286
Al Rosen $ 2,321,429
Ken Johnson $ 1,662,857
Hank Sauer $ 1,200,000
Dale Mitchell $ 1,039,286
Luke Easter $ 980,000
Monte Kennedy $ 500,000
Paul Gillespie $ 410,000
Wes Westrum $ 400,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 310,000
Minnie Minoso $ 300,000
George Crowe $ 300,000
Roger Bowman $ 300,000
Jim Greengrass $ 300,000
Sherm Lollar $ 300,000
Tom Wright $ 300,000
Moon Mullen $ 300,000
Hal Naragon $ 300,000
Bob Ross $ 300,000
Johnny Schmitz $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
Dick Littlefield $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Luke Easter
4/2 Released Jim Hegan    
4/2 Traded Ernie White
$5,000,000		 Minnesota Chuck Connors
4/2 Traded Chuck Connors Cincinnati Ted Gray
$6,000,000
7/1 Traded Johnny Gee
Bill Burgo
Al Jurisich		 New York (N) Whitey Wietelmann
7/31 Traded Don Johnson New York (N) George Crowe
Johnny Schmitz
 
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