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1956 Montreal Expos
Record: 67-95
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 607
Runs Allowed: 749
Exp W-L: 66-96
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,266,472
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 2nd in the NL
AA: 81-56, 1st in the NL
A: 72-65, 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
3B  Andy Carey 24 158 548 70 145 24 10 12 74 1 0 48 61 .265 .323 .411 .733 73.6 10.4 3.7
2B  Pee Wee Reese 37 153 525 47 108 8 0 6 48 1 1 58 154 .206 .285 .255 .540 38.0 0.0 7.6
1B *Joe Cunningham 24 145 445 61 111 24 0 8 35 1 3 54 63 .249 .339 .357 .697 56.6 7.5 2.5
SS  Gene Freese 22 129 443 59 130 24 3 16 62 3 1 31 54 .293 .338 .470 .808 66.3 11.0 7.7
LF *Bill Virdon 25 135 428 62 116 11 4 17 45 0 0 34 29 .271 .324 .435 .759 59.8 9.2 3.4
1B *George Shuba 31 129 346 39 64 17 2 5 35 0 0 58 85 .185 .301 .289 .590 33.7 1.2 1.8
LF  Jackie Brandt 22 140 368 45 98 21 5 9 43 2 2 19 34 .266 .303 .424 .727 42.8 5.3 1.8
LF *George Crowe 35 102 329 36 88 4 1 11 51 0 0 15 51 .267 .299 .386 .685 36.2 3.8 2.0
C  Hank Foiles 27 113 289 29 63 10 1 10 39 0 0 32 55 .218 .294 .363 .658 33.0 2.8 3.0
CF  Clyde Vollmer 34 115 271 38 77 18 0 8 32 1 0 37 56 .284 .372 .439 .811 43.0 7.6 1.3
SS  Ken Boyer 25 100 284 40 74 10 1 15 40 1 2 21 38 .261 .310 .461 .772 37.0 4.6 2.4
SS  Bob Kennedy 35 94 268 23 60 16 2 2 23 0 0 26 34 .224 .295 .321 .616 23.1 1.1 2.4
C *Hal Naragon 27 81 259 18 61 9 1 0 21 0 0 13 15 .236 .272 .278 .550 18.4 0.0 2.9
3B  George Freese 29 63 96 12 26 7 0 2 12 1 0 9 12 .271 .336 .406 .743 13.7 2.1 1.1
P  Sandy Koufax 20 37 90 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 32 .044 .055 .044 .099 -5.5 0.0 0.0
C  Wes Westrum 33 37 87 9 10 0 0 3 9 0 0 15 26 .115 .245 .218 .463 5.4 0.0 0.9
P  Kent Peterson 30 34 71 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 .042 .081 .056 .137 -4.0 0.0 0.0
P *Don Gross 25 37 69 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 .058 .057 .087 .144 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Aguirre 25 36 42 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .119 .178 .143 .321 0.6 0.0 0.0
CF *Chuck Tanner 26 40 40 6 12 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .425 .725 4.1 0.5 0.0
P  Pete Burnside 25 31 29 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .103 .103 .138 .241 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Gus Keriazakos 24 29 29 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .138 .138 .310 .448 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Marv Rickert 35 20 27 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .185 .214 .296 .511 1.2 0.0 0.6
P *Mickey McDermott 27 5 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.9 0.1 0.0
LF  Jim Piersall 26 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0.2 0.0 0.1
P  Ernie White 39 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Perkowski 33 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Saul Rogovin 32 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Bob Speake 25 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Don Mossi 27 112 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Coleman 33 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2171 5415 607 1275 213 31 126 586 11 9 480 899 .235 .298 .356 .654 575.6 67.2 45.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 4 7 8 5 5 8 6 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
*Sandy Koufax 20 12 18 .400 37 37 0 275.0 234 128 33 147 246 4.19 14.6
*Don Gross 25 8 21 .276 37 37 0 241.3 262 123 30 71 140 4.59 9.1
*Kent Peterson 30 10 15 .400 34 34 0 235.7 178 91 26 112 238 3.48 18.4
*Hank Aguirre 25 9 9 .500 36 19 0 159.0 170 81 23 65 78 4.58 8.2
*Don Mossi 27 10 8 .556 112 0 18 145.7 128 46 13 43 65 2.84 24.2
*Pete Burnside 25 1 10 .091 31 17 0 118.0 135 76 11 77 47 5.80 0.0
 Gus Keriazakos 24 5 5 .500 29 12 2 105.0 90 55 18 58 89 4.71 6.2
 Saul Rogovin 32 7 5 .583 50 0 5 57.0 74 42 14 28 32 6.63 0.3
*Mickey McDermott 27 1 2 .333 5 3 0 27.7 23 12 3 9 17 3.90 2.2
*Ernie White 39 1 1 .500 8 2 0 20.7 17 11 2 10 16 4.79 0.9
*Harry Perkowski 33 2 0 1.000 14 1 0 20.7 19 9 2 15 9 3.92 1.9
 Joe Coleman 33 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 16.3 8 4 0 8 14 2.20 2.4
 Vic Raschi 37 0 1 .000 10 0 1 9.7 19 15 1 8 11 13.98 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 67 95 .414 413 162 26 1431.6 1357 693 176 651 1002 4.36 88.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 6 6 8 4 6 5 7 3 5  
* - 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 31.3
H.Naragon 661.3 75 76 458 27 4 1 .992 25.0
H.Foiles 562.7 64 70 430 15 1 1 .998 30.8
W.Westrum 206.7 23 28 129 9 0 0 1.000 16.7
G.Freese 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1431.7 162 175 1018 51 5 2 .995 25.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
G.Shuba 783.7 92 96 884 64 7 80 .993 10.89
C.Vollmer 332.7 41 41 389 19 10 52 .976 11.04
H.Foiles 156.0 17 22 184 19 4 25 .981 11.71
J.Cunningham 92.7 6 30 133 11 0 12 1.000 13.99
W.Westrum 33.0 3 7 35 2 2 3 .949 10.09
G.Crowe 19.0 2 4 24 1 1 0 .962 11.84
M.Rickert 8.0 1 2 14 2 0 1 1.000 18.00
P.Reese 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Speake 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
H.Naragon 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.6 162 206 1667 118 24 173 .987 11.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
P.Reese 1286.3 151 152 296 534 21 116 .975 5.81
K.Boyer 74.0 6 11 15 26 2 9 .953 4.99
M.Rickert 56.7 4 16 13 29 0 8 1.000 6.67
J.Piersall 9.0 1 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00
G.Freese 4.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
A.Carey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 162 184 326 594 23 134 .976 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
A.Carey 1277.0 145 148 83 306 19 27 .953 2.74
G.Freese 54.7 6 10 1 14 0 0 1.000 2.47
K.Boyer 44.0 5 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.02
B.Kennedy 38.0 4 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.61
H.Naragon 8.0 1 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
M.Rickert 7.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 5.14
G.Freese 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
G.Shuba 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 162 177 93 340 19 28 .958 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
G.Freese 997.3 120 122 166 422 12 103 .980 5.31
G.Freese 174.3 17 30 21 58 2 12 .975 4.08
B.Kennedy 158.3 18 23 20 61 3 7 .964 4.60
K.Boyer 89.7 6 26 9 41 1 5 .980 5.02
J.Piersall 12.0 1 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.25
Team Total 1431.7 162 205 219 586 18 128 .978 5.06
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
G.Crowe 715.7 89 92 141 1 2 1 .986 1.79
B.Kennedy 464.7 60 60 91 5 5 0 .950 1.86
J.Brandt 121.0 8 33 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.Virdon 57.3 4 16 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
C.Vollmer 30.0 1 16 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
G.Shuba 30.0 0 14 4 0 1 0 .800 1.20
C.Tanner 7.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Foiles 4.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Speake 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Carey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 162 243 280 6 8 1 .973 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
B.Virdon 852.7 94 101 208 3 2 0 .991 2.23
K.Boyer 396.7 46 47 88 2 0 0 1.000 2.04
C.Vollmer 138.0 18 18 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
J.Brandt 40.0 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Tanner 2.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
G.Freese 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Crowe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 162 177 338 5 2 0 .994 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
J.Cunningham 847.7 99 103 163 1 5 0 .970 1.74
J.Brandt 557.0 62 80 105 1 3 1 .972 1.71
G.Shuba 12.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Tanner 5.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Carey 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Virdon 5.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1431.7 162 195 277 2 8 1 .972 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
S.Koufax 275.0 37 37 14 49 2 6 .969 2.06
D.Gross 241.3 37 37 18 51 0 8 1.000 2.57
K.Peterson 235.7 34 34 9 32 2 0 .953 1.57
H.Aguirre 159.0 19 36 8 24 1 0 .970 1.81
D.Mossi 145.7 0 112 4 32 1 2 .973 2.22
P.Burnside 118.0 17 31 3 25 2 3 .933 2.14
G.Keriazakos 105.0 12 29 3 24 1 1 .964 2.31
S.Rogovin 57.0 0 50 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.21
M.McDermott 27.7 3 5 3 3 1 0 .857 1.95
H.Perkowski 20.7 1 14 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.48
E.White 20.7 2 8 1 2 1 0 .750 1.31
J.Coleman 16.3 0 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.20
V.Raschi 9.7 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86
Team Total 1431.6 162 413 70 263 11 21 .968 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Freese .280
On-Base Pct Cunningham .339
Slugging Pct Freese .447
OPS Freese .771
XR Carey 73.6
Games Carey 158
At-Bats Carey 548
Runs Carey 70
Hits Carey 145
Total Bases Carey 225
Singles Carey 99
Doubles Cunningham, Carey, Freese 24
Triples Carey 10
Homeruns Virdon 17
RBIs Carey 74
Stolen Bases Freese 3
Caught Stealing Cunningham 3
Walks Reese, Shuba 58
Strikeouts Reese 154
ERA Peterson 3.48
Wins Koufax 12
Losses Gross 21
Winning Pct Mossi .556
Saves Mossi 18
Games Pitched Mossi 112
Games Started Gross, Koufax 37
Complete Games Koufax 6
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Koufax 275.0
Hits Allowed Gross 262
Homeruns Allowed Koufax 33
Strikeouts Koufax 246
Walks Allowed Koufax 147
Walks per 9IP Gross 2.6
Hits per 9IP Peterson 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 9.1
WHiP Peterson 1.23
OAVG Peterson .208
OOBP Peterson .302
OSLG Peterson .347
OOPS Peterson .649
Team All-Stars
Don Mossi
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 21,730,000
Bob Kennedy $ 4,100,000
Clyde Vollmer $ 2,800,000
Saul Rogovin $ 2,340,000
Joe Coleman $ 1,000,000
Bud Byerly $ 630,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 610,000
Ernie White $ 520,000
Mickey McDermott $ 400,000
Windy McCall $ 400,000
Vic Raschi $ 400,000
George Shuba $ 350,000
Wes Westrum $ 310,000
Don Gross $ 300,000
Ken Boyer $ 300,000
Jackie Brandt $ 300,000
Pete Burnside $ 300,000
Andy Carey $ 300,000
Bill Virdon $ 300,000
Joe Cunningham $ 300,000
Hank Foiles $ 300,000
Sandy Koufax $ 300,000
George Freese $ 300,000
Chuck Tanner $ 300,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 300,000
Hank Aguirre $ 300,000
Bob Speake $ 300,000
Don Mossi $ 300,000
Hal Naragon $ 300,000
Marv Rickert $ 300,000
Jim Piersall $ 300,000
Gene Freese $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Pee Wee Reese
2/3 Signed     Saul Rogovin
2/3 Signed     Bud Byerly
2/5 Signed     Ernie White
2/5 Signed     Mickey Mcdermott
2/10 Signed     Windy Mccall
2/13 Traded Dusty Rhodes New York (A) Dave Jolly
2/13 Traded $11,000,000
Sal Yvars		 Oakland Russ Kemmerer
2/15 Signed     Kent Peterson
2/17 Signed     Harry Perkowski
3/3 Traded Russ Kemmerer Oakland Sal Yvars
10/13 Released George Crowe    
10/13 Released Harry Perkowski    
 
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