1955 Montreal Expos
Record: 59-103
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 577
Runs Allowed: 892
Exp W-L: 50-112
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,784,325
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the NL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
A: 73-64, 4th 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
SS  Bob Kennedy 34 151 557 56 119 16 4 14 53 0 0 46 54 .214 .272 .332 .604 50.7 2.9 2.6
SS  Lou Klein 36 144 470 33 98 18 6 1 40 2 2 29 98 .209 .256 .279 .535 27.7 0.0 5.9
1B *George Shuba 30 141 394 51 88 14 1 15 49 0 0 52 74 .223 .318 .378 .696 50.0 6.8 1.9
LF *Dusty Rhodes 28 138 367 46 97 7 1 16 53 1 0 49 68 .264 .349 .420 .769 54.1 10.2 1.0
CF  Clyde Vollmer 33 136 364 46 88 15 0 7 40 1 2 46 64 .242 .328 .341 .668 44.0 6.4 2.0
2B *Sherry Robertson 36 125 336 53 69 11 3 13 34 6 5 45 90 .205 .297 .372 .669 41.0 4.4 3.5
3B  Andy Carey 23 143 341 46 106 21 7 9 47 0 1 27 39 .311 .365 .493 .857 53.8 12.0 1.7
C *Hal Naragon 26 111 346 29 69 7 2 1 31 0 0 19 11 .199 .242 .240 .482 16.0 0.0 4.6
SS  Jerry Priddy 35 107 301 27 58 14 0 3 24 0 0 32 73 .193 .269 .269 .539 21.7 0.0 3.8
1B *Joe Cunningham 23 96 238 30 73 10 1 9 29 0 0 39 15 .307 .404 .471 .874 43.2 10.0 0.8
C  Wes Westrum 32 98 227 24 31 1 0 7 18 0 0 42 73 .137 .271 .233 .505 17.2 0.0 2.1
C  Hank Foiles 26 82 220 29 57 10 0 8 37 0 0 29 52 .259 .343 .414 .756 30.2 5.0 2.5
LF *George Crowe 34 112 226 17 64 10 2 3 22 0 0 16 41 .283 .331 .385 .716 26.9 4.6 1.1
RF  Stan Rojek 36 84 212 26 52 9 0 1 20 0 0 13 29 .245 .295 .302 .597 16.8 0.9 0.9
CF *Pete Reiser 36 84 217 13 38 9 0 1 15 1 0 9 45 .175 .208 .230 .438 5.7 0.0 1.2
LF *Tom Wright 31 50 132 22 39 4 1 3 18 0 0 18 20 .295 .377 .409 .787 19.6 3.8 0.7
P  Ed Hanyzewski 34 44 92 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 42 .054 .083 .076 .159 -3.5 0.0 0.1
P  Gus Keriazakos 23 34 61 4 9 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 18 .148 .148 .213 .361 1.0 0.0 0.0
RF *Marv Rickert 34 30 57 5 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 9 12 .333 .424 .368 .793 9.1 2.3 0.4
P *Don Mossi 26 44 58 3 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .224 .237 .241 .479 3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Koufax 19 24 47 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .085 .140 .128 .268 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Don Gross 24 48 39 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .154 .175 .154 .329 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Bill Virdon 24 17 19 2 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .368 .368 .526 .895 3.0 0.5 0.1
P *Billy Pierce 28 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Coleman 32 62 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Aguirre 24 68 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 36 67 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Byerly 34 29 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Burnside 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Ken Boyer 24 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 1.7 0.5 0.0
P  Ned Garver 29 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2288 5380 577 1216 184 28 114 557 12 10 529 999 .226 .296 .334 .630 531.0 70.5 37.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Ed Hanyzewski 34 7 24 .226 41 41 0 273.3 275 146 39 178 142 4.81 8.7
*Don Mossi 26 6 17 .261 44 28 1 207.7 246 132 34 53 95 5.72 4.7
 Gus Keriazakos 23 6 21 .222 34 34 0 204.7 219 138 36 124 134 6.07 0.0
*Sandy Koufax 19 8 8 .500 24 24 0 176.7 135 67 17 85 169 3.41 18.6
*Don Gross 24 6 10 .375 48 17 5 156.0 165 65 15 49 73 3.75 14.4
 Joe Coleman 32 7 4 .636 62 5 5 102.0 99 58 18 56 66 5.12 7.9
*Hank Aguirre 24 6 7 .462 68 1 6 88.7 94 52 8 48 40 5.28 5.2
 Vic Raschi 36 7 5 .583 67 0 6 86.7 103 55 7 37 35 5.71 4.5
*Billy Pierce 28 2 3 .400 7 7 0 45.3 41 17 6 17 30 3.38 4.0
 Bud Byerly 34 3 0 1.000 29 0 1 40.3 60 30 7 16 11 6.69 0.5
*Pete Burnside 24 0 1 .000 2 2 0 14.0 14 7 2 7 9 4.50 0.4
 Ned Garver 29 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 9.3 15 6 0 5 4 5.79 0.1
 Herb Moford 26 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.0 2 3 0 3 1 9.00 0.0
 Dick Brodowski 22 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 3 1 1 1 1 3.38 0.3
Team Totals 27.2 59 100 .371 438 159 24 1410.3 1471 777 190 679 810 4.96 69.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 7 6 5 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 .995 29.9
H.Naragon 802.7 93 95 491 17 2 1 .996 20.8
H.Foiles 458.0 50 61 256 17 2 1 .993 39.1
W.Westrum 173.3 18 30 97 6 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Carey 9.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Rickert 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1444.0 162 188 850 40 4 2 .996 28.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
G.Shuba 545.7 63 70 646 46 4 66 .994 11.41
W.Westrum 456.7 56 56 552 45 3 56 .995 11.77
G.Crowe 351.7 40 50 471 36 0 43 1.000 12.98
J.Cunningham 39.0 0 16 43 2 0 5 1.000 10.38
M.Rickert 27.7 3 5 32 1 0 0 1.000 10.74
A.Carey 15.0 0 9 21 1 0 4 1.000 13.20
H.Foiles 6.0 0 3 9 0 1 0 .900 13.50
S.Robertson 1.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
J.Priddy 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.0 162 214 1776 131 8 175 .996 11.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
S.Robertson 671.3 81 93 150 298 13 67 .972 6.01
J.Priddy 654.3 78 81 162 296 14 69 .970 6.30
A.Carey 75.3 0 38 15 44 1 6 .983 7.05
M.Rickert 36.0 3 10 5 17 0 2 1.000 5.50
B.Kennedy 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
L.Klein 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Crowe 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
K.Boyer 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.0 162 226 335 659 28 145 .973 6.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
B.Kennedy 752.7 87 88 47 206 20 16 .927 3.03
A.Carey 492.0 55 60 37 120 7 9 .957 2.87
H.Naragon 87.7 9 14 5 23 0 2 1.000 2.87
J.Priddy 57.0 6 8 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.05
M.Rickert 44.7 5 6 5 15 0 2 1.000 4.03
S.Robertson 6.0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Boyer 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Reiser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Wright 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.8 162 185 96 377 27 29 .946 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
L.Klein 1168.0 141 142 170 508 21 104 .970 5.22
J.Priddy 100.3 11 16 27 39 1 12 .985 5.92
S.Robertson 79.0 4 25 13 35 0 7 1.000 5.47
P.Reiser 42.7 3 9 12 19 0 4 1.000 6.54
E.Hanyzewski 22.0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1.000 2.45
S.Rojek 21.0 0 10 2 12 0 2 1.000 6.00
B.Kennedy 11.0 0 6 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1444.0 159 208 224 622 22 133 .975 5.27
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
D.Rhodes 768.7 80 114 143 4 14 1 .913 1.72
B.Kennedy 453.7 58 59 95 6 4 0 .962 2.00
G.Shuba 67.0 8 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
A.Carey 61.3 5 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
G.Crowe 46.0 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
P.Reiser 42.3 5 8 8 0 1 0 .889 1.70
C.Vollmer 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Foiles 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Wright 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.8 162 213 280 10 19 1 .939 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
C.Vollmer 737.0 83 100 209 4 0 1 1.000 2.60
P.Reiser 374.0 48 49 101 0 6 0 .944 2.43
T.Wright 244.4 19 28 73 2 3 1 .962 2.76
B.Virdon 22.0 0 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
S.Robertson 12.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
W.Westrum 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Rojek 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Kennedy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1394.7 150 195 391 6 9 2 .978 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
J.Cunningham 502.7 55 63 99 0 2 0 .980 1.77
S.Rojek 494.0 61 63 95 2 1 1 .990 1.77
G.Shuba 330.7 38 49 66 0 1 0 .985 1.80
P.Reiser 61.0 7 10 7 2 1 1 .900 1.33
T.Wright 18.8 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.87
A.Carey 16.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
D.Rhodes 13.7 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66
B.Kennedy 11.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Rickert 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Vollmer 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Crowe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.8 163 210 279 4 5 2 .983 1.74
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
E.Hanyzewski 273.3 41 41 14 41 0 3 1.000 1.81
D.Mossi 207.7 28 44 14 40 1 3 .982 2.34
G.Keriazakos 204.7 34 34 14 39 1 3 .981 2.33
S.Koufax 176.7 24 24 8 34 1 0 .977 2.14
D.Gross 156.0 17 48 8 33 2 3 .953 2.37
J.Coleman 102.0 5 62 3 23 0 1 1.000 2.29
H.Aguirre 88.7 1 68 3 16 1 2 .950 1.93
V.Raschi 86.7 0 67 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.77
B.Pierce 45.3 7 7 2 7 1 1 .900 1.79
B.Byerly 40.3 0 29 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.90
P.Burnside 14.0 2 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.21
N.Garver 9.3 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89
H.Moford 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Brodowski 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.3 159 438 75 262 7 17 .980 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carey .227
On-Base Pct Rhodes .291
Slugging Pct Carey .360
OPS Rhodes .634
XR Rhodes 54.1
Games Kennedy 151
At-Bats Kennedy 557
Runs Kennedy 56
Hits Kennedy 119
Total Bases Kennedy 185
Singles Kennedy 85
Doubles Carey 21
Triples Carey 7
Homeruns Rhodes 16
RBIs Kennedy, Rhodes 53
Stolen Bases Robertson 6
Caught Stealing Robertson 5
Walks Shuba 52
Strikeouts Klein 98
ERA Koufax 3.41
Wins Koufax 8
Losses Hanyzewski 24
Winning Pct Koufax .500
Saves Aguirre, Raschi 6
Games Pitched Aguirre 68
Games Started Hanyzewski 41
Complete Games Koufax 4
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Hanyzewski 273.3
Hits Allowed Hanyzewski 275
Homeruns Allowed Hanyzewski 39
Strikeouts Koufax 169
Walks Allowed Hanyzewski 178
Walks per 9IP Mossi 2.3
Hits per 9IP Koufax 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 8.6
WHiP Koufax 1.25
OAVG Koufax .210
OOBP Koufax .301
OSLG Koufax .348
OOPS Koufax .649
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Pete Reiser $ 11,000,000
Bob Kennedy $ 4,100,000
Joe Coleman $ 3,000,000
Clyde Vollmer $ 2,800,000
Lou Klein $ 2,200,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 800,000
Jerry Priddy $ 660,000
Vic Raschi $ 400,000
Stan Rojek $ 365,000
Wes Westrum $ 310,000
Andy Carey $ 300,000
Pete Burnside $ 300,000
Dick Brodowski $ 300,000
George Crowe $ 300,000
Joe Cunningham $ 300,000
Hank Foiles $ 300,000
Ned Garver $ 300,000
Ken Boyer $ 300,000
Don Gross $ 300,000
Hank Aguirre $ 300,000
Sandy Koufax $ 300,000
Herb Moford $ 300,000
Don Mossi $ 300,000
Hal Naragon $ 300,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 300,000
Marv Rickert $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
Bill Virdon $ 300,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Minnie Minoso Boston (N) Joe Coleman
2/5 Signed     Stan Rojek
2/8 Signed     Clyde Vollmer
2/14 Signed     Bob Kennedy
3/3 Traded George Schmees
$10,000,000
Tampa Bay Joe Dobson
George Freese
George Susce
3/3 Traded Ted Gray
Russ Kemmerer
Oakland Dusty Rhodes
5/1 Traded Billy Pierce Cincinnati Pete Burnside
6/1 Traded Tom Wright Cincinnati Bud Byerly
7/14 Released Joe Dobson    
10/20 Released Sherry Robertson    
10/20 Released Bud Byerly