1957 Montreal Expos
Record: 87-75
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 762
Runs Allowed: 754
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,347,765
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 2nd in the NL
AA: 83-54, 2nd in the NL
A: 60-77, 8th 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
1B  Joe Adcock 29 157 598 104 181 33 1 40 99 0 0 60 97 .303 .365 .562 .927 111.4 24.0 3.5
SS  Ken Boyer 26 155 584 87 161 37 3 27 88 5 0 52 95 .276 .334 .488 .822 91.9 17.6 8.0
3B  Andy Carey 25 156 555 73 153 30 5 17 87 1 0 52 75 .276 .343 .440 .783 80.4 14.7 2.3
SS  Gene Freese 23 151 538 72 131 24 5 17 75 3 2 37 83 .243 .295 .401 .696 60.8 7.4 6.2
C  Hank Foiles 28 135 429 62 100 27 3 18 70 0 0 46 89 .233 .308 .436 .744 58.9 9.0 4.2
LF  Jackie Brandt 23 121 422 69 116 26 6 14 55 4 4 28 28 .275 .320 .464 .785 58.4 9.8 2.5
LF *Bill Virdon 26 88 314 48 96 15 1 18 50 0 0 14 23 .306 .333 .532 .865 51.9 10.4 2.1
CF *Roger Maris 22 78 271 43 85 9 2 14 35 0 0 31 37 .314 .382 .517 .898 51.0 11.0 2.0
1B *George Shuba 32 113 261 36 65 15 1 11 32 1 0 37 55 .249 .342 .441 .783 37.3 6.1 1.5
CF *Wes Covington 25 81 246 39 72 11 2 13 39 0 0 19 38 .293 .342 .512 .854 39.1 7.7 1.3
C  Joe Pignatano 27 68 180 23 41 4 1 6 23 1 2 29 47 .228 .338 .361 .699 22.7 2.5 2.1
LF  Jim Piersall 27 64 163 19 44 11 1 4 18 2 0 13 39 .270 .324 .423 .747 21.0 3.6 1.0
LF *Bob Speake 26 90 154 31 35 6 4 7 14 0 0 14 33 .227 .292 .455 .746 20.0 2.9 0.9
P  Sandy Koufax 21 36 92 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 37 .109 .118 .109 .227 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 31 35 91 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 .055 .055 .077 .132 -5.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Marv Throneberry 23 36 90 12 20 4 0 6 15 1 0 6 21 .222 .263 .467 .729 13.0 1.6 0.5
3B  George Freese 30 57 88 11 23 6 0 1 7 2 0 7 14 .261 .330 .364 .694 10.1 1.5 0.3
3B  Eddie Bressoud 25 35 80 6 15 2 0 2 8 0 0 10 21 .188 .278 .288 .565 6.8 0.3 0.9
1B  Ron Jackson 23 25 80 6 10 1 0 2 5 1 0 6 23 .125 .186 .213 .399 1.0 0.0 0.6
P  Pete Burnside 26 47 63 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .048 .077 .048 .125 -3.2 0.0 0.0
C *Paul Gillespie 36 17 40 3 9 2 1 1 4 0 0 8 12 .225 .354 .400 .754 6.3 1.2 0.3
P  Gus Keriazakos 25 38 36 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .028 .054 .056 .110 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Woodeshick 24 17 37 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .027 .027 .027 .054 -2.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Jerry Kindall 22 24 37 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 .108 .214 .162 .376 1.1 0.0 0.3
CF *Chuck Tanner 27 21 30 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .167 .219 .167 .385 0.9 0.0 0.1
P *Don Gross 26 67 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .120 .154 .160 .314 -0.3 0.0 0.0
C *Hal Naragon 28 13 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .130 .167 .130 .297 -0.3 0.0 0.2
P *Earl Johnson 38 11 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Don Mossi 28 96 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Aguirre 26 46 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Johnson 34 22 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Dick Brodowski 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Coleman 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Saul Rogovin 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.1 2107 5567 762 1395 269 36 218 741 21 8 482 991 .251 .311 .429 .740 727.2 131.5 40.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 5 7 2 5 2 5 4 4 6 6 7 7 2 4 5  
* - 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 21 18 11 .621 36 36 0 276.7 235 117 25 126 246 3.81 20.3
*Kent Peterson 31 16 11 .593 35 35 0 263.3 173 90 25 95 246 3.08 24.5
*Pete Burnside 26 12 14 .462 47 28 3 209.0 209 108 29 86 123 4.65 7.6
 Gus Keriazakos 25 8 11 .421 38 20 1 149.3 141 85 16 79 147 5.12 4.1
*Don Gross 26 5 7 .417 67 10 5 143.7 140 59 21 37 72 3.70 11.5
*Don Mossi 28 11 9 .550 96 5 17 132.7 152 68 23 40 73 4.61 8.6
*Hal Woodeshick 24 7 3 .700 17 17 0 116.7 114 49 5 57 58 3.78 7.4
*Hank Aguirre 26 4 5 .444 46 3 5 69.7 75 42 7 37 25 5.43 2.4
*Earl Johnson 38 4 3 .571 11 5 0 42.3 53 24 4 17 14 5.10 1.0
*Ken Johnson 34 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 27.0 25 17 1 27 10 5.67 0.1
 Dick Brodowski 24 1 1 .500 3 2 0 11.7 14 7 1 7 10 5.40 0.4
 Saul Rogovin 33 0 0 .000 2 0 0 5.7 2 1 1 1 6 1.59 0.8
 Joe Coleman 34 0 0 .000 2 1 0 5.3 9 7 0 5 3 11.82 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 87 75 .537 422 162 31 1452.9 1342 674 158 614 1033 4.17 88.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 2 4 6 4 4 5 6 2 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 .996 33.9
H.Foiles 813.0 90 97 593 36 2 1 .997 25.0
J.Pignatano 487.7 55 61 367 22 1 0 .997 45.5
P.Gillespie 104.3 12 15 62 2 1 0 .985 0.0
H.Naragon 48.0 5 9 33 0 0 1 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.0 162 182 1055 60 4 2 .996 28.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.44
J.Adcock 895.7 99 105 1063 80 9 85 .992 11.49
H.Foiles 257.0 30 32 314 24 1 29 .997 11.84
G.Shuba 116.3 12 20 135 12 0 19 1.000 11.37
R.Jackson 90.0 11 12 107 5 3 6 .974 11.20
B.Speake 61.0 7 10 64 11 1 4 .987 11.07
E.Bressoud 12.0 1 3 15 5 0 3 1.000 15.00
P.Gillespie 10.0 1 2 15 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
H.Naragon 9.0 1 1 8 2 0 1 1.000 10.00
A.Carey 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1453.0 162 187 1724 139 14 147 .993 11.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
G.Freese 1254.7 143 148 280 485 15 96 .981 5.49
E.Bressoud 68.7 9 10 15 34 1 4 .980 6.42
J.Piersall 61.3 4 13 15 29 0 7 1.000 6.46
J.Kindall 58.0 6 11 10 18 0 4 1.000 4.34
K.Boyer 8.3 0 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.48
A.Carey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 162 186 321 571 16 112 .982 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.84
A.Carey 1288.0 145 146 82 333 15 19 .965 2.90
G.Freese 88.0 10 14 6 17 3 0 .885 2.35
E.Bressoud 49.0 6 6 1 12 1 2 .929 2.39
J.Kindall 13.0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Freese 6.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Boyer 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Maris 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Naragon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 162 175 91 368 19 21 .960 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.96
K.Boyer 1280.3 145 146 195 560 17 99 .978 5.31
G.Freese 78.7 8 15 10 16 0 5 1.000 2.97
E.Bressoud 64.7 7 11 7 29 2 3 .947 5.01
J.Kindall 25.3 2 5 2 6 1 2 .889 2.84
J.Piersall 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Speake 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 162 181 214 612 20 109 .976 5.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.90
J.Adcock 392.3 43 47 60 2 5 1 .925 1.42
G.Shuba 253.7 29 33 43 3 1 0 .979 1.63
J.Brandt 215.7 23 28 46 0 2 0 .958 1.92
B.Speake 156.7 18 20 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.67
W.Covington 155.0 17 19 20 0 1 0 .952 1.16
B.Virdon 150.3 17 20 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.68
R.Jackson 97.7 12 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Piersall 11.7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
H.Foiles 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
C.Tanner 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38
A.Carey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 162 185 250 10 9 2 .967 1.61
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.41
J.Brandt 573.0 65 69 119 2 2 0 .984 1.90
B.Virdon 464.7 53 56 113 0 2 0 .983 2.19
R.Maris 291.7 34 36 71 1 1 0 .986 2.22
W.Covington 66.3 4 18 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.85
J.Piersall 22.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Speake 18.0 2 4 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00
C.Tanner 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Boyer 7.3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68
G.Freese 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 162 192 333 3 6 0 .982 2.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.91
R.Maris 323.0 36 40 66 1 1 1 .985 1.87
J.Piersall 288.0 35 35 38 1 2 0 .951 1.22
W.Covington 286.7 33 35 56 1 1 1 .983 1.79
M.Throneberry 211.3 27 27 33 3 0 1 1.000 1.53
G.Shuba 174.3 18 28 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
J.Brandt 66.3 5 14 12 0 1 0 .923 1.63
B.Speake 44.0 5 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
B.Virdon 28.3 1 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
C.Tanner 19.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
A.Carey 11.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Adcock 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1453.0 162 203 261 6 5 3 .982 1.65
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.24
S.Koufax 276.7 36 36 22 49 1 7 .986 2.31
K.Peterson 263.3 35 35 19 28 1 5 .979 1.61
P.Burnside 209.0 28 47 7 36 1 1 .977 1.85
G.Keriazakos 149.3 20 38 11 33 0 3 1.000 2.65
D.Gross 143.7 10 67 10 30 0 4 1.000 2.51
D.Mossi 132.7 5 96 13 25 2 4 .950 2.58
H.Woodeshick 116.7 17 17 9 31 1 3 .976 3.09
H.Aguirre 69.7 3 46 2 16 2 1 .900 2.33
E.Johnson 42.3 5 11 3 14 0 1 1.000 3.61
K.Johnson 27.0 0 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Brodowski 11.7 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
S.Rogovin 5.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Coleman 5.3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.9 162 422 99 266 8 29 .979 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Adcock .303
On-Base Pct Adcock .365
Slugging Pct Adcock .562
OPS Adcock .927
XR Adcock 111.4
Games Adcock 157
At-Bats Adcock 598
Runs Adcock 104
Hits Adcock 181
Total Bases Adcock 336
Singles Adcock 107
Doubles Boyer 37
Triples Brandt 6
Homeruns Adcock 40
RBIs Adcock 99
Stolen Bases Boyer 5
Caught Stealing Brandt 4
Walks Adcock 60
Strikeouts Adcock 97
ERA Peterson 3.08
Wins Koufax 18
Losses Burnside 14
Winning Pct Koufax .621
Saves Mossi 17
Games Pitched Mossi 96
Games Started Koufax 36
Complete Games Koufax 8
Shutouts Peterson 3
Innings Pitched Koufax 276.7
Hits Allowed Koufax 235
Homeruns Allowed Burnside 29
Strikeouts Koufax, Peterson 246
Walks Allowed Koufax 126
Walks per 9IP Peterson 3.2
Hits per 9IP Peterson 5.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 8.4
WHiP Peterson 1.02
OAVG Peterson .187
OOBP Peterson .266
OSLG Peterson .319
OOPS Peterson .584
Team All-Stars
Joe Adcock
Kent Peterson
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 23,165,000
Kent Peterson $ 21,730,000
Saul Rogovin $ 2,340,000
Joe Coleman $ 1,000,000
Vic Raschi $ 400,000
Hal Naragon $ 350,000
Earl Johnson $ 310,000
Wes Westrum $ 310,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 305,000
Ken Johnson $ 304,000
Paul Gillespie $ 302,000
Hank Aguirre $ 300,000
Ken Boyer $ 300,000
Jackie Brandt $ 300,000
Eddie Bressoud $ 300,000
Dick Brodowski $ 300,000
Pete Burnside $ 300,000
Andy Carey $ 300,000
Bill Virdon $ 300,000
Wes Covington $ 300,000
Hank Foiles $ 300,000
Gene Freese $ 300,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 300,000
Don Gross $ 300,000
Joe Pignatano $ 300,000
Marv Throneberry $ 300,000
Ron Jackson $ 300,000
Chuck Tanner $ 300,000
Bob Speake $ 300,000
Hal Woodeshick $ 300,000
Jerry Kindall $ 300,000
Sandy Koufax $ 300,000
Roger Maris $ 300,000
Don Mossi $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
Marv Rickert $ 300,000
Jim Piersall $ 300,000
George Freese $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Joe Adcock
2/2 Signed     Earl Johnson
2/3 Traded Joe Cunningham
Clyde Vollmer
Bob Kennedy
Boston (A) Luis Aparicio
2/4 Signed     Ken Johnson
2/4 Signed     Ed Hanyzewski
2/19 Signed     Paul Gillespie
10/16 Released Mickey Mcdermott