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1953 Montreal Expos
Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 916
Runs Allowed: 700
Exp W-L: 101-61
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,426,830
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 6th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the NL
A: 79-58, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won NL League Series 4-2 over St. Louis Cardinals
 
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 34 152 580 119 189 21 1 13 81 20 10 91 46 .326 .416 .433 .849 105.6 24.4 5.3
1B *Ferris Fain 32 152 579 105 175 44 3 15 77 0 0 96 47 .302 .400 .466 .867 106.7 25.4 3.4
LF  Monte Irvin 34 155 558 114 160 22 7 27 108 19 4 90 58 .287 .385 .496 .881 109.0 24.2 2.7
RF *Dick Wakefield 32 158 561 101 160 32 8 30 123 0 0 86 60 .285 .377 .531 .908 106.2 24.0 3.1
3B  Al Rosen 29 146 522 68 130 38 3 22 110 0 0 56 83 .249 .322 .460 .782 72.7 12.8 3.4
2B *Sherry Robertson 34 130 383 55 81 14 2 7 34 13 5 65 92 .211 .325 .313 .638 44.2 5.5 4.3
RF *Dale Mitchell 31 124 275 39 84 12 1 7 43 0 0 32 5 .305 .375 .433 .808 41.1 8.5 1.8
C *Paul Gillespie 32 79 278 36 80 10 0 14 56 0 0 24 24 .288 .341 .475 .816 42.4 8.3 4.6
CF  Minnie Minoso 30 119 257 49 74 10 2 7 48 0 0 37 27 .288 .384 .424 .808 39.8 7.7 1.5
C  Wes Westrum 30 76 235 35 43 5 0 12 41 0 0 47 64 .183 .317 .357 .674 30.6 3.4 4.9
1B *Eddie Lukon 32 75 244 50 70 11 2 12 55 1 0 34 27 .287 .371 .496 .867 41.9 8.9 1.2
SS  Bobby Adams 31 84 210 29 62 14 2 2 31 0 0 19 20 .295 .348 .410 .757 29.3 5.5 1.8
SS *Moon Mullen 36 73 113 21 37 6 1 0 10 0 0 11 7 .327 .387 .398 .785 16.5 3.6 1.0
P *Bill Wight 31 43 101 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 38 .050 .059 .069 .128 -5.3 0.0 0.0
P #Ted Gray 28 40 99 10 21 1 1 1 10 0 0 2 35 .212 .228 .273 .500 6.3 0.0 0.0
P *Earl Johnson 34 33 90 9 17 6 0 0 8 0 0 1 30 .189 .207 .256 .462 4.0 0.0 0.0
C  Sherm Lollar 28 54 91 18 27 6 2 1 10 0 0 10 8 .297 .363 .440 .802 14.1 3.0 1.4
SS  Johnny Logan 26 32 81 17 23 2 0 3 15 0 0 6 4 .284 .337 .420 .757 11.9 2.3 1.0
P  Roger Bowman 25 35 57 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .140 .169 .140 .310 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Tom Wright 29 47 61 12 18 1 2 1 8 0 0 4 9 .295 .358 .426 .784 9.0 1.9 0.2
C *Hal Naragon 24 19 47 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .234 .245 .255 .500 3.2 0.0 1.0
LF  Jim Greengrass 25 26 46 4 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .174 .208 .283 .491 1.5 0.0 0.3
P #Bob Kuzava 30 41 41 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .171 .190 .171 .361 0.9 0.0 0.0
LF *George Crowe 32 18 38 7 10 1 0 5 11 0 0 3 8 .263 .317 .684 1.001 8.0 1.7 0.2
3B  Hector Rodriguez 33 7 15 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .333 .600 1.2 0.0 0.1
P  Bob Ross 24 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.4 0.0 0.0
1B *George Shuba 28 3 9 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .556 .856 1.0 0.1 0.1
P  Monte Kennedy 31 32 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ned Garver 27 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.8 0.2 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 27 84 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Gene Mauch 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2058 5593 916 1510 263 38 180 896 53 19 723 738 .270 .353 .427 .780 842.9 171.4 43.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 1 3 2 1 4 1 2 5 1 2 3 2 3 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 31 22 11 .667 43 43 0 316.3 292 122 14 140 135 3.47 20.9
*Ted Gray 28 19 5 .792 40 40 0 299.3 222 115 40 162 314 3.46 23.5
*Earl Johnson 34 18 9 .667 33 33 0 261.3 235 90 12 74 128 3.10 23.0
*Roger Bowman 25 13 6 .684 35 24 2 183.0 163 79 16 74 127 3.89 12.6
*Bob Kuzava 30 9 5 .643 41 16 0 143.3 134 76 15 83 93 4.77 4.8
*Dick Littlefield 27 10 11 .476 84 0 22 81.7 93 65 12 42 69 7.16 1.1
*Ken Johnson 30 7 7 .500 74 0 8 79.7 75 34 1 50 52 3.84 7.4
*Monte Kennedy 31 3 2 .600 32 3 4 50.0 52 30 5 48 24 5.40 1.1
*Bob Ross 24 3 1 .750 18 1 2 33.7 25 9 4 22 20 2.41 4.3
 Ned Garver 27 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 17.0 15 6 2 6 8 3.18 1.6
Team Totals 28.7 105 57 .648 402 162 38 1465.3 1306 626 121 701 970 3.84 100.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 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 .993 30.8
W.Westrum 642.0 73 74 431 28 2 0 .996 30.3
P.Gillespie 610.3 67 72 408 24 1 0 .998 32.0
H.Naragon 119.0 13 18 84 6 0 0 1.000 75.0
S.Lollar 94.0 9 17 71 5 0 1 1.000 60.0
Team Total 1465.3 162 181 994 63 3 1 .997 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
F.Fain 1244.3 141 144 1382 97 15 122 .990 10.70
S.Lollar 96.0 12 13 132 8 0 13 1.000 13.13
G.Crowe 67.0 8 10 76 2 0 7 1.000 10.48
E.Lukon 24.9 1 8 35 2 1 2 .974 13.37
M.Irvin 17.0 0 9 21 1 1 3 .957 11.65
S.Robertson 11.0 1 2 10 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
H.Naragon 5.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1465.2 163 187 1660 111 17 149 .990 10.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
S.Robertson 867.3 100 102 201 343 9 75 .984 5.64
P.Reese 311.3 33 37 62 111 6 24 .966 5.00
J.Logan 171.7 20 27 35 74 3 17 .973 5.71
M.Mullen 82.7 7 21 22 26 1 6 .980 5.23
B.Adams 23.0 2 5 6 8 0 3 1.000 5.48
A.Rosen 8.0 0 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Greengrass 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.3 162 196 328 566 19 125 .979 5.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
A.Rosen 1221.0 142 142 85 311 14 29 .966 2.92
M.Mullen 97.3 8 27 5 21 2 4 .929 2.40
S.Lollar 51.0 3 19 4 14 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Adams 49.0 5 8 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.02
H.Rodriguez 36.0 4 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.75
S.Robertson 11.0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
E.Lukon 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.9 162 209 97 361 17 34 .964 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
P.Reese 974.0 106 113 137 384 22 69 .959 4.81
B.Adams 300.0 36 37 50 117 7 19 .960 5.01
M.Mullen 119.0 15 17 15 49 2 8 .970 4.84
S.Robertson 44.0 2 10 9 15 1 4 .960 4.91
J.Logan 28.3 3 5 2 14 0 1 1.000 5.08
Team Total 1465.3 162 182 213 579 32 101 .961 4.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
M.Irvin 1260.3 138 141 262 3 2 1 .993 1.89
D.Mitchell 150.0 19 21 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.98
E.Lukon 90.6 10 10 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.39
T.Wright 36.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
M.Minoso 14.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Wakefield 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Crowe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1555.9 172 187 321 5 2 2 .994 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
D.Wakefield 528.7 58 67 140 2 1 0 .993 2.42
M.Minoso 494.3 54 64 130 3 1 0 .993 2.42
D.Mitchell 316.0 35 44 113 1 0 0 1.000 3.25
B.Adams 91.3 11 13 29 0 1 0 .967 2.86
J.Greengrass 26.0 3 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
E.Lukon 17.2 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.14
T.Wright 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
S.Robertson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1481.5 163 199 426 7 3 0 .993 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
D.Wakefield 752.0 83 85 151 2 2 1 .987 1.83
E.Lukon 420.8 45 47 86 1 0 0 1.000 1.86
D.Mitchell 65.7 6 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
J.Greengrass 58.0 7 7 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.79
G.Shuba 24.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Robertson 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
T.Wright 14.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Adams 8.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
M.Irvin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1363.5 147 164 283 4 2 2 .993 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
B.Wight 316.3 43 43 15 47 2 3 .969 1.76
T.Gray 299.3 40 40 11 49 0 4 1.000 1.80
E.Johnson 261.3 33 33 16 51 2 7 .971 2.31
R.Bowman 183.0 24 35 9 24 0 2 1.000 1.62
B.Kuzava 143.3 16 41 8 27 2 3 .946 2.20
D.Littlefield 81.7 0 84 9 9 1 0 .947 1.98
K.Johnson 79.7 0 74 6 16 0 0 1.000 2.49
M.Kennedy 50.0 3 32 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.26
B.Ross 33.7 1 18 0 4 1 1 .800 1.07
N.Garver 17.0 2 2 1 7 0 1 1.000 4.24
Team Total 1465.3 162 402 76 240 8 22 .975 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reese .326
On-Base Pct Reese .416
Slugging Pct Wakefield .531
OPS Wakefield .908
XR Irvin 109.0
Games Wakefield 158
At-Bats Reese 580
Runs Reese 119
Hits Reese 189
Total Bases Wakefield 298
Singles Reese 154
Doubles Fain 44
Triples Wakefield 8
Homeruns Wakefield 30
RBIs Wakefield 123
Stolen Bases Reese 20
Caught Stealing Reese 10
Walks Fain 96
Strikeouts Robertson 92
ERA Johnson 3.10
Wins Wight 22
Losses Littlefield, Wight 11
Winning Pct Gray .792
Saves Littlefield 22
Games Pitched Littlefield 84
Games Started Wight 43
Complete Games Johnson 13
Shutouts Gray 2
Innings Pitched Wight 316.3
Hits Allowed Wight 292
Homeruns Allowed Gray 40
Strikeouts Gray 314
Walks Allowed Gray 162
Walks per 9IP Johnson 2.5
Hits per 9IP Gray 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 9.4
WHiP Johnson 1.18
OAVG Gray .207
OOBP Johnson .295
OSLG Johnson .332
OOPS Johnson .627
Team All-Stars
Ferris Fain
Ted Gray
Monte Irvin
Pee Wee Reese
Al Rosen
Dick Wakefield
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
Bill Wight $ 5,228,571
Ted Gray $ 4,578,571
Dick Wakefield $ 4,400,000
Al Rosen $ 3,328,571
Minnie Minoso $ 2,931,429
Bobby Adams $ 2,809,286
Eddie Lukon $ 2,800,000
Bob Kuzava $ 2,582,857
Dale Mitchell $ 1,108,571
Monte Kennedy $ 500,000
Ken Johnson $ 460,000
Paul Gillespie $ 410,000
Wes Westrum $ 400,000
Sherm Lollar $ 350,000
Howie Fox $ 300,000
Jim Greengrass $ 300,000
George Crowe $ 300,000
Roger Bowman $ 300,000
Ned Garver $ 300,000
Spider Jorgensen $ 300,000
Johnny Logan $ 300,000
Tom Wright $ 300,000
Gene Mauch $ 300,000
Moon Mullen $ 300,000
Hal Naragon $ 300,000
Hector Rodriguez $ 300,000
Bob Ross $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
Dick Littlefield $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Hank Sauer Cincinnati Gus Keriazakos
3/3 Traded Hank Thompson Cincinnati Johnny Logan
7/1 Traded Johnny Schmitz Cincinnati Eddie Lukon
 
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