1962 Montreal Expos
Record: 112-50
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 840
Runs Allowed: 508
Exp W-L: 116-46
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,222
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 7th in the National League
AA: 67-70, 5th in the National League
A: 75-62, 3rd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 0-4 to Pittsburgh Pirates
Won Divisional Series 4-0 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
CF  Bobby Del Greco 29 154 568 92 153 32 3 14 66 0 0 73 119 .269 .357 .410 .768 84.8 18.2 4.6
SS  Ken Boyer 31 158 580 105 178 27 6 31 93 0 0 45 64 .307 .357 .534 .891 99.5 23.6 6.8
1B  Steve Bilko 33 153 528 93 130 20 3 33 96 0 0 74 117 .246 .337 .483 .820 82.8 16.5 2.1
CF *Roger Maris 27 151 526 64 168 24 4 15 72 0 1 50 61 .319 .380 .466 .846 86.6 20.8 2.8
CF *Wes Covington 30 138 460 90 130 15 3 31 86 0 0 53 56 .283 .355 .530 .885 81.5 18.4 3.1
LF *Bill Virdon 31 135 447 82 157 29 9 22 78 0 0 31 34 .351 .392 .604 .996 89.4 24.0 2.2
SS  Gene Freese 28 129 400 48 114 24 4 13 70 0 0 28 49 .285 .327 .463 .790 60.6 12.9 4.7
C *Charlie Lau 29 121 373 54 114 20 5 6 50 0 0 31 33 .306 .360 .434 .795 55.0 12.7 6.0
LF  Jackie Brandt 28 132 348 62 113 27 4 10 61 0 0 16 23 .325 .351 .511 .862 55.6 13.1 2.3
2B  Jim Davenport 28 104 309 33 74 20 3 9 39 0 0 12 49 .239 .273 .411 .684 32.8 4.9 3.0
C  Bobby Hofman 36 115 286 56 94 9 1 10 49 0 0 24 48 .329 .384 .472 .856 46.6 11.1 4.0
P #Jim O'Toole 25 40 112 6 17 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 36 .152 .159 .179 .338 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Koufax 26 41 118 3 5 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 43 .042 .050 .076 .126 -6.0 0.0 0.0
LF  Dick Gernert 33 44 123 12 21 1 0 3 16 0 0 6 33 .171 .214 .252 .466 6.5 0.0 0.7
P  George Brunet 27 40 96 6 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 26 .063 .100 .094 .194 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Charlie Beamon 27 40 90 5 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 34 .133 .141 .167 .308 0.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Eddie Bressoud 30 50 105 12 23 6 0 3 10 0 0 3 25 .219 .241 .362 .603 7.6 0.4 0.7
1B *Ted Kluszewski 37 50 88 7 27 2 0 1 16 0 0 6 8 .307 .351 .364 .715 10.9 2.3 0.3
1B *Marv Throneberry 28 12 9 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .444 .500 .889 1.389 3.0 0.8 0.0
SS  Ken Hamlin 27 11 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 0.8 0.2 0.2
1B  Joe Gaines 25 22 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0 0.1
P *Don Mossi 33 66 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Burnside 31 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Chris Short 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Harvey Haddix 36 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Haywood Sullivan 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1957 5592 840 1546 266 46 203 819 0 1 458 865 .276 .332 .449 .781 797.8 179.9 43.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Jim O'Toole 25 23 10 .697 40 40 0 340.7 271 90 15 78 187 2.38 29.3
*Sandy Koufax 26 25 8 .758 41 41 0 337.7 250 91 11 95 334 2.43 27.1
*George Brunet 27 24 8 .750 40 40 0 295.0 244 94 18 74 263 2.87 20.4
 Charlie Beamon 27 20 8 .714 40 40 0 279.7 234 87 10 112 246 2.80 20.3
*Don Mossi 33 5 5 .500 66 0 12 78.7 65 30 10 16 42 3.43 8.1
*Joe Grzenda 25 10 8 .556 62 0 11 61.0 62 33 10 23 27 4.87 3.5
*Harvey Haddix 36 3 2 .600 30 0 6 35.3 45 14 4 10 21 3.57 1.7
*Pete Burnside 31 1 1 .500 17 0 0 21.3 29 8 1 4 8 3.38 0.9
*Chris Short 24 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 9.0 4 1 1 1 8 1.00 1.3
Team Totals 28.2 112 50 .691 337 162 29 1458.3 1204 448 80 413 1136 2.76 112.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 7 1 5 1 2 1 5 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 .996 33.7
C.Lau 919.0 100 106 716 34 2 0 .997 36.4
B.Hofman 537.3 62 63 438 17 0 0 1.000 45.5
H.Sullivan 2.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.3 162 171 1156 52 2 0 .998 38.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
S.Bilko 839.7 93 98 996 59 5 84 .995 11.31
T.Kluszewski 151.0 17 22 212 11 1 16 .996 13.29
D.Gernert 121.6 16 17 147 11 2 12 .988 11.69
E.Bressoud 112.0 13 14 129 7 0 9 1.000 10.93
J.Davenport 23.0 3 3 29 2 0 2 1.000 12.13
C.Lau 11.3 0 6 11 2 0 3 1.000 10.33
B.Hofman 10.3 0 3 17 0 0 0 1.000 14.81
K.Hamlin 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75
J.Gaines 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Throneberry 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1275.9 142 168 1547 92 8 127 .995 11.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
G.Freese 977.0 117 121 185 393 15 80 .975 5.32
J.Davenport 312.0 37 44 65 123 1 24 .995 5.42
B.Hofman 77.0 2 32 20 31 4 10 .927 5.96
E.Bressoud 65.0 6 16 15 23 2 6 .950 5.26
K.Boyer 21.3 0 8 5 11 0 1 1.000 6.75
J.Gaines 5.0 0 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
K.Hamlin 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 227 290 585 22 122 .975 5.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.83
R.Maris 1138.0 129 137 48 289 13 11 .963 2.67
J.Davenport 276.0 32 36 16 70 2 7 .977 2.80
B.Hofman 15.0 0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.80
E.Bressoud 14.0 1 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Lau 11.0 0 3 1 4 1 0 .833 4.09
G.Freese 4.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1458.3 162 186 65 370 17 18 .962 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
K.Boyer 1243.0 137 142 143 532 24 93 .966 4.89
J.Davenport 141.0 18 19 17 60 4 11 .951 4.91
E.Bressoud 66.0 7 12 5 31 5 2 .878 4.91
K.Hamlin 6.3 0 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 8.53
G.Freese 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 178 165 629 33 106 .960 4.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.85
B.Virdon 912.7 103 113 139 2 4 1 .972 1.39
J.Brandt 491.3 59 60 92 3 0 2 1.000 1.74
D.Gernert 178.4 23 24 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
S.Bilko 33.3 0 12 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
W.Covington 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Gaines 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
K.Hamlin 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1635.7 185 220 277 5 4 3 .986 1.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
B.Del Greco 1209.7 145 148 281 3 9 1 .969 2.11
J.Brandt 166.0 17 22 41 1 1 0 .977 2.28
W.Covington 37.3 0 18 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
B.Virdon 25.3 0 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
K.Boyer 12.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Gaines 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Hamlin 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Maris 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 213 347 4 10 1 .972 2.17
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.89
W.Covington 998.7 110 112 179 3 2 2 .989 1.64
S.Bilko 347.3 39 40 48 1 1 0 .980 1.27
R.Maris 102.3 13 13 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Brandt 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Virdon 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Gaines 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Throneberry 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 174 249 4 3 2 .988 1.56
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
J.O'Toole 340.7 40 40 17 62 2 6 .975 2.09
S.Koufax 337.7 41 41 20 53 1 5 .986 1.95
G.Brunet 295.0 40 40 22 49 1 5 .986 2.17
C.Beamon 279.7 40 40 10 37 2 0 .959 1.51
D.Mossi 78.7 0 66 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Grzenda 61.0 0 62 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.33
H.Haddix 35.3 0 30 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.76
P.Burnside 21.3 0 17 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.80
C.Short 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 337 79 233 6 17 .981 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Virdon .337
On-Base Pct Maris .380
Slugging Pct Virdon .579
OPS Virdon .956
XR Boyer 99.5
Games Boyer 158
At-Bats Boyer 580
Runs Boyer 105
Hits Boyer 178
Total Bases Boyer 310
Singles Maris 125
Doubles Del Greco 32
Triples Virdon 9
Homeruns Bilko 33
RBIs Bilko 96
Stolen Bases No Qualifiers
Caught Stealing Maris 1
Walks Bilko 74
Strikeouts Del Greco 119
ERA O'Toole 2.38
Wins Koufax 25
Losses O'Toole 10
Winning Pct Koufax .758
Saves Mossi 12
Games Pitched Mossi 66
Games Started Koufax 41
Complete Games Koufax, O'Toole 21
Shutouts Koufax 8
Innings Pitched O'Toole 340.7
Hits Allowed O'Toole 271
Homeruns Allowed Brunet 18
Strikeouts Koufax 334
Walks Allowed Beamon 112
Walks per 9IP O'Toole 2.1
Hits per 9IP Koufax 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 8.9
WHiP Koufax 1.02
OAVG Koufax .203
OOBP Koufax .260
OSLG Koufax .293
OOPS Koufax .553
Team All-Stars
Charlie Beamon
Ken Boyer
George Brunet
Wes Covington
Bobby Hofman
Roger Maris
Jim O'Toole
Bill Virdon
Player Salaries
Bobby Hofman $ 8,170,000
Sandy Koufax $ 8,000,000
Steve Bilko $ 7,000,000
Bill Virdon $ 5,800,000
Ken Boyer $ 4,900,000
Wes Covington $ 4,642,857
Roger Maris $ 4,521,429
Ted Kluszewski $ 4,320,000
Jackie Brandt $ 4,300,000
Bobby Del Greco $ 3,407,143
Gene Freese $ 3,278,571
Jim O'Toole $ 3,165,714
Charlie Lau $ 2,635,714
Harvey Haddix $ 1,650,000
Don Mossi $ 1,250,000
Jim Davenport $ 1,163,571
Pete Burnside $ 550,000
Eddie Bressoud $ 300,000
George Brunet $ 300,000
Joe Gaines $ 300,000
Charlie Beamon $ 300,000
Ken Hamlin $ 300,000
Lyle Luttrell $ 300,000
Chris Short $ 300,000
Haywood Sullivan $ 300,000
Marv Throneberry $ 300,000
Joe Grzenda $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Dick Gernert
2/7 Traded Craig Anderson
Round Draft Pick.
New York (A) Bobby Hofman
2/7 Signed     Ted Kluszewski
7/31 Traded Dick Gernert
Leo Burke
Worcester Pete Whisenant
9/1 Released Pete Whisenant