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1959 Montreal Expos
Record: 99-63
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 791
Runs Allowed: 575
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,426,377
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the NL
AA: 73-64, 4th in the NL
A: 68-69, 6th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won NL League Series 4-3 over New York (N) Giants
 
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
1B  Joe Adcock 31 155 586 112 162 27 3 40 109 0 0 48 139 .276 .332 .538 .870 92.6 15.5 2.9
CF  Bobby Del Greco 26 151 535 90 136 29 1 14 57 0 0 82 133 .254 .354 .391 .745 77.6 12.3 4.9
SS  Ken Boyer 28 148 518 90 138 23 6 23 60 0 0 59 58 .266 .341 .467 .809 77.0 12.5 6.7
CF *Roger Maris 24 134 434 82 132 18 3 25 73 0 0 45 63 .304 .371 .532 .903 76.8 14.7 3.1
CF *Wes Covington 27 135 420 63 135 10 1 32 89 0 0 44 64 .321 .389 .579 .968 89.7 18.6 2.7
LF *Bill Virdon 28 123 415 59 135 26 2 15 79 0 0 19 37 .325 .351 .506 .857 65.9 12.0 2.1
SS  Gene Freese 25 126 358 39 103 28 2 13 42 1 0 22 62 .288 .328 .486 .814 52.8 9.1 4.2
LF  Jackie Brandt 25 131 356 53 106 15 5 10 53 0 0 21 24 .298 .336 .452 .788 51.2 8.5 2.4
RF  Gus Zernial 36 111 282 40 77 12 1 17 56 0 0 25 62 .273 .332 .504 .836 44.8 7.8 1.7
2B  Jim Davenport 25 109 263 28 60 8 1 7 24 0 0 14 33 .228 .265 .346 .611 23.0 1.2 3.2
CF  Felix Mantilla 24 95 263 28 58 6 0 8 31 0 0 13 33 .221 .263 .335 .598 22.6 0.9 3.0
C  Jim Pagliaroni 21 73 239 23 46 7 0 8 26 0 0 27 74 .192 .280 .322 .602 21.7 1.0 4.6
C *Charlie Lau 26 75 199 29 64 17 1 6 26 0 0 28 28 .322 .402 .508 .909 38.0 7.8 3.8
C *Joe Ginsberg 32 53 175 22 54 5 0 3 23 0 0 14 11 .309 .361 .389 .750 22.9 3.4 2.8
P *Billy Hoeft 27 39 106 7 21 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 49 .198 .194 .236 .430 4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 33 41 106 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 37 .075 .101 .094 .195 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Koufax 23 35 88 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 38 .057 .078 .057 .135 -3.8 0.0 0.0
P #Jim O'Toole 22 28 52 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 20 .019 .056 .058 .113 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  George Brunet 24 17 45 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .133 .130 .178 .308 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF *Bob Speake 28 27 32 9 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .188 .289 .188 .477 2.7 0.0 0.2
1B  Ron Jackson 25 10 28 5 8 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 7 .286 .310 .714 1.025 6.1 1.1 0.1
P  Pete Burnside 28 68 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0 0.0
3B  Eddie Bressoud 27 15 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.2
P  Hank Aguirre 28 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Don Gross 28 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Don Mossi 30 74 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Woodeshick 26 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C *Hal Naragon 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.0 2015 5537 791 1464 239 29 224 770 1 0 474 1009 .264 .323 .439 .762 758.6 126.5 48.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 2 2 5 7 1 1 8 1 5 3 2 4 2 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
*Billy Hoeft 27 20 12 .625 39 39 0 303.0 298 108 25 57 241 3.21 25.3
*Kent Peterson 33 18 15 .545 41 41 0 298.0 213 109 36 137 337 3.29 22.1
*Sandy Koufax 23 24 5 .828 35 35 0 281.7 196 66 6 82 312 2.11 33.2
*Jim O'Toole 22 14 9 .609 28 23 0 181.3 171 84 21 58 107 4.17 9.4
*George Brunet 24 9 5 .643 17 17 0 128.3 88 26 9 40 113 1.82 15.4
*Pete Burnside 28 5 6 .455 68 6 14 102.0 105 55 18 44 67 4.85 5.0
*Don Mossi 30 4 6 .400 74 0 13 82.3 88 34 9 21 52 3.72 8.0
*Hank Aguirre 28 2 5 .286 24 1 0 38.3 38 20 6 15 28 4.70 1.1
*Don Gross 28 3 0 1.000 10 0 0 17.0 18 8 2 8 3 4.24 1.6
*Hal Woodeshick 26 0 0 .000 7 0 0 10.3 8 3 1 7 8 2.61 0.7
Team Totals 26.9 99 63 .611 343 162 27 1442.3 1223 513 133 469 1268 3.20 121.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 7 1 5 1 1 1 4 1 1  
* - 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 .997 31.5
J.Pagliaroni 602.3 68 69 516 26 1 0 .998 40.0
C.Lau 434.0 49 50 419 13 0 0 1.000 33.3
J.Ginsberg 398.6 39 42 332 15 1 0 .997 35.7
Team Total 1434.9 156 161 1267 54 2 0 .998 36.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.09
J.Adcock 1259.3 141 146 1443 96 16 115 .990 11.00
R.Jackson 72.0 9 9 68 9 1 8 .987 9.63
C.Lau 70.0 8 8 75 8 0 2 1.000 10.67
B.Speake 37.0 4 5 42 1 1 3 .977 10.46
F.Mantilla 4.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Ginsberg 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 170 1634 114 18 129 .990 10.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.50
G.Freese 872.7 104 111 173 330 12 59 .977 5.19
J.Davenport 526.7 58 83 98 186 3 34 .990 4.85
E.Bressoud 17.0 0 7 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.29
F.Mantilla 16.0 0 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 5.06
K.Boyer 10.0 0 4 4 4 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1442.3 162 214 281 533 15 96 .982 5.08
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.66
R.Maris 856.7 97 102 42 181 10 7 .957 2.34
F.Mantilla 530.0 63 66 28 138 8 8 .954 2.82
C.Lau 27.0 1 9 0 7 0 3 1.000 2.33
J.Davenport 14.7 1 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.30
G.Freese 11.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Pagliaroni 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Boyer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 184 73 331 18 18 .957 2.52
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 4.73
K.Boyer 1206.3 138 141 148 463 17 76 .973 4.56
J.Davenport 129.7 13 21 21 50 2 10 .973 4.93
F.Mantilla 67.3 8 12 14 25 3 1 .929 5.21
G.Freese 33.0 3 7 4 14 1 2 .947 4.91
E.Bressoud 6.0 0 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 186 189 556 23 90 .970 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.74
B.Virdon 871.3 99 104 122 2 1 0 .992 1.28
J.Brandt 516.0 60 65 81 2 3 0 .965 1.45
G.Zernial 24.0 2 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
W.Covington 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Adcock 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Speake 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Del Greco 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.Mantilla 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 188 213 4 4 0 .982 1.35
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.36
B.Del Greco 1135.7 143 145 263 4 9 2 .967 2.12
J.Brandt 204.3 15 51 52 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
R.Maris 45.3 1 20 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.18
W.Covington 24.0 0 12 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
F.Mantilla 17.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71
B.Speake 9.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
B.Virdon 4.0 0 4 2 0 1 0 .667 4.50
G.Zernial 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 237 340 6 11 2 .969 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.76
W.Covington 868.3 98 102 142 2 0 0 1.000 1.49
G.Zernial 535.3 62 65 90 4 4 1 .959 1.58
B.Speake 14.0 1 4 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.93
J.Brandt 9.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Adcock 5.7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Virdon 5.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Maris 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1442.3 162 185 238 7 4 2 .984 1.53
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
B.Hoeft 303.0 39 39 12 53 3 5 .956 1.93
K.Peterson 298.0 41 41 9 39 0 3 1.000 1.45
S.Koufax 281.7 35 35 10 58 1 4 .986 2.17
J.O'Toole 181.3 23 28 15 30 1 3 .978 2.23
G.Brunet 128.3 17 17 8 22 1 2 .968 2.10
P.Burnside 102.0 6 68 4 21 0 2 1.000 2.21
D.Mossi 82.3 0 74 4 19 0 2 1.000 2.51
H.Aguirre 38.3 1 24 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.23
D.Gross 17.0 0 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.65
H.Woodeshick 10.3 0 7 0 3 1 1 .750 2.61
Team Total 1442.3 162 343 64 249 7 22 .978 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Covington .301
On-Base Pct Covington .367
Slugging Pct Covington .541
OPS Covington .908
XR Adcock 92.6
Games Adcock 155
At-Bats Adcock 586
Runs Adcock 112
Hits Adcock 162
Total Bases Adcock 315
Singles Adcock, Del Greco, Covington, Virdon 92
Doubles Del Greco 29
Triples Boyer 6
Homeruns Adcock 40
RBIs Adcock 109
Stolen Bases Freese 1
Caught Stealing No Qualifiers
Walks Del Greco 82
Strikeouts Adcock 139
ERA Koufax 2.11
Wins Koufax 24
Losses Peterson 15
Winning Pct Koufax .828
Saves Burnside 14
Games Pitched Mossi 74
Games Started Peterson 41
Complete Games Koufax 16
Shutouts Koufax 5
Innings Pitched Hoeft 303.0
Hits Allowed Hoeft 298
Homeruns Allowed Peterson 36
Strikeouts Peterson 337
Walks Allowed Peterson 137
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.7
Hits per 9IP Koufax 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 10.2
WHiP Koufax 0.99
OAVG Koufax .195
OOBP Koufax .255
OSLG Koufax .282
OOPS Koufax .538
Team All-Stars
Joe Adcock
Wes Covington
Sandy Koufax
Roger Maris
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 23,165,000
Kent Peterson $ 21,730,000
Gus Zernial $ 6,600,000
Sandy Koufax $ 5,192,857
Billy Hoeft $ 2,500,000
Rex Barney $ 1,400,000
Don Mossi $ 1,250,000
Dale Mitchell $ 450,000
Hank Aguirre $ 330,000
George Brunet $ 300,000
Eddie Bressoud $ 300,000
Jackie Brandt $ 300,000
Wes Covington $ 300,000
Jim Davenport $ 300,000
Bobby Del Greco $ 300,000
Gene Freese $ 300,000
Ken Boyer $ 300,000
Gary Geiger $ 300,000
Pete Burnside $ 300,000
Charlie Lau $ 300,000
Lyle Luttrell $ 300,000
Felix Mantilla $ 300,000
Roger Maris $ 300,000
Bill Mazeroski $ 300,000
Hal Naragon $ 300,000
Jim O'Toole $ 300,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 300,000
Bob Speake $ 300,000
Marv Throneberry $ 300,000
Bill Virdon $ 300,000
Hal Woodeshick $ 300,000
Ron Jackson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Hank Foiles Detroit Jim Mcanany
2/1 Traded Andy Carey Cleveland Leo Burke
2/1 Traded Don Demeter Pittsburgh Billy Hoeft
2/3 Traded Saul Rogovin San Diego Gus Zernial
2/14 Signed     Rex Barney
5/1 Traded Ron Samford St. Louis Dale Mitchell
7/31 Traded Joe Ginsberg
Luis Aparicio		 Oakland Sammy White
Lyle Luttrell
7/31 Traded Sammy White
Jerry Walker		 Seattle Troy Herriage
10/21 Released Don Gross    
 
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