1981 Montreal Expos
Record: 62-98
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 569
Runs Allowed: 718
Exp W-L: 63-97
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,916,622
Manager: Jason Spiegel II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 11th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 10th in the National League
A: 60-77, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF  Bill Sample 26 155 611 55 160 21 5 8 61 9 3 28 31 .262 .297 .352 .649 58.0 7.1 2.7
C *Ron Blomberg 32 155 589 72 178 39 1 31 107 0 0 48 55 .302 .354 .530 .883 99.8 22.6 3.4
CF  Bobby Brooks 35 145 463 42 99 16 1 1 22 0 0 75 120 .214 .325 .259 .585 45.2 4.7 3.3
2B #Derrel Thomas 30 141 481 47 110 23 3 4 30 8 7 25 90 .229 .268 .314 .582 38.1 2.2 2.9
C #Alan Ashby 29 129 438 50 109 23 1 10 48 0 0 42 36 .249 .314 .374 .688 46.6 6.6 2.6
1B  Tim Wallach 23 129 435 42 89 24 0 12 51 1 0 32 69 .205 .258 .343 .601 36.1 1.8 1.3
RF *Reggie Jackson 35 78 273 25 51 7 3 9 28 1 0 30 66 .187 .268 .333 .601 24.6 1.5 0.4
C *Charlie Sands 33 73 217 31 54 10 2 12 34 0 1 60 56 .249 .407 .479 .886 43.8 9.8 4.4
RF  Bobby Bonds 35 50 197 35 59 6 0 9 30 18 5 25 38 .299 .378 .467 .845 33.8 7.5 0.7
LF  Hal McRae 35 52 201 26 62 13 1 7 27 2 1 10 26 .308 .341 .488 .829 30.2 6.5 0.8
SS  Jose Baez 27 73 183 18 38 4 1 0 13 5 1 8 24 .208 .240 .240 .480 7.2 0.0 1.4
LF  Jim Cox 31 65 179 22 33 9 1 5 19 1 0 14 26 .184 .242 .330 .572 13.8 0.3 1.1
C  John Ellis 32 49 179 12 43 7 1 3 15 0 0 11 27 .240 .284 .341 .625 16.6 1.9 2.9
2B *Von Joshua 33 62 168 9 34 1 1 1 8 0 2 7 23 .202 .233 .238 .471 5.8 0.0 2.4
SS *Richie Hebner 33 41 160 23 44 8 0 3 17 4 2 14 20 .275 .337 .381 .718 19.7 3.7 2.1
2B  Mike Champion 26 51 141 10 38 12 0 0 13 0 1 6 22 .270 .304 .355 .659 14.4 2.4 1.2
2B #Tito Fuentes 37 43 136 14 49 5 1 0 15 2 0 7 10 .360 .389 .412 .801 21.0 5.2 1.0
1B  Mike Tyson 31 48 136 11 17 3 1 1 4 0 2 7 13 .125 .168 .184 .352 -1.0 0.0 1.2
C  Tim Laudner 23 24 87 7 14 4 1 1 4 0 0 9 18 .161 .240 .264 .504 5.4 0.0 0.8
C *Jerry Narron 25 25 64 6 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 8 .172 .209 .219 .428 2.6 0.0 0.8
LF  Andres Mora 26 20 51 5 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .118 .167 .157 .324 -0.4 0.0 0.1
RF  Carlos Lezcano 25 24 33 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 .061 .162 .061 .223 -0.7 0.0 0.2
C  Keith Moreland 27 9 32 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .219 .242 .313 .555 2.0 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 30.0 1641 5454 569 1307 238 25 118 554 51 26 469 800 .240 .300 .357 .657 562.7 83.7 37.9
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 9 11 6 11 6 9 7 5 8 8 10 9 10 9 9  
* - 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
*Frank Tanana 27 13 16 .448 35 35 0 235.3 255 121 31 62 115 4.63 8.2
 Terry Leach 27 11 17 .393 37 29 0 227.7 252 88 15 51 76 3.48 13.8
*Bill Butler 34 3 18 .143 36 36 0 210.3 216 118 13 102 124 5.05 2.8
*Bob Lacey 27 11 4 .733 33 16 1 164.0 124 41 13 36 85 2.25 19.1
*Frank Riccelli 28 5 11 .313 42 16 0 149.0 148 88 17 109 107 5.32 0.7
 Doug Corbett 28 3 4 .429 69 0 4 102.7 101 44 16 29 54 3.86 6.6
*Tom Hall 33 3 7 .300 43 4 5 91.7 85 56 12 75 73 5.50 0.7
*Tom Underwood 27 5 4 .556 11 11 0 87.7 72 28 7 27 63 2.87 7.8
*Les Cain 33 4 7 .364 13 7 0 82.3 68 46 9 51 46 5.03 1.7
 Mark Clear 25 3 8 .273 63 0 17 70.0 68 42 6 45 73 5.40 2.4
*Al Holland 28 1 2 .333 18 0 3 11.3 12 7 1 6 8 5.56 0.5
Team Totals 28.8 62 98 .388 400 154 30 1432.0 1401 679 140 593 824 4.27 64.4
Rank among 12 NL teams 10 10 11 10 6 6 12 10 11 4 10  
* - 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 .990 33.3
C.Sands 598.0 64 71 369 40 1 1 .998 39.4
J.Ellis 416.7 47 48 278 20 1 0 .997 36.7
A.Ashby 183.0 20 22 122 11 3 0 .978 34.6
T.Laudner 133.7 16 16 82 2 0 0 1.000 18.2
J.Narron 119.7 15 18 44 9 0 0 1.000 46.2
R.Blomberg 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1457.0 162 178 897 82 5 1 .995 37.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
T.Wallach 619.0 70 74 754 51 7 72 .991 11.70
H.McRae 425.7 48 52 486 36 6 46 .989 11.04
J.Cox 129.0 14 15 156 16 1 12 .994 12.00
A.Ashby 97.7 11 13 100 11 2 11 .982 10.23
B.Brooks 66.0 8 9 81 8 1 6 .989 12.14
M.Tyson 45.0 4 7 58 1 1 2 .983 11.80
J.Narron 33.0 4 7 41 8 0 3 1.000 13.36
R.Blomberg 2.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50
J.Ellis 0.7 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 25.71
Team Total 1418.1 159 178 1683 131 18 152 .990 11.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
D.Thomas 552.0 62 69 133 212 4 48 .989 5.63
J.Baez 407.0 48 48 94 176 13 39 .954 5.97
M.Champion 181.7 22 22 52 72 1 18 .992 6.14
J.Cox 93.7 10 15 26 37 1 12 .984 6.05
K.Moreland 74.0 8 8 11 21 0 6 1.000 3.89
M.Tyson 45.0 4 8 17 19 1 7 .973 7.20
B.Brooks 43.3 3 9 9 20 3 4 .906 6.02
T.Fuentes 11.4 0 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 5.53
R.Hebner 5.6 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.82
V.Joshua 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1415.7 158 184 346 564 23 134 .975 5.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
A.Ashby 660.7 73 83 50 177 4 17 .983 3.09
D.Thomas 370.0 41 44 30 95 3 8 .977 3.04
T.Fuentes 155.7 14 16 9 40 2 4 .961 2.83
R.Jackson 73.4 8 9 7 18 0 1 1.000 3.07
J.Cox 68.7 7 13 2 19 0 2 1.000 2.75
M.Tyson 56.0 7 9 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.57
B.Sample 10.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Wallach 9.7 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.73
J.Baez 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1405.1 151 182 105 366 9 33 .981 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
V.Joshua 458.0 53 54 69 202 4 33 .985 5.33
R.Hebner 367.5 38 40 59 166 2 32 .991 5.51
M.Tyson 203.3 24 24 26 79 4 12 .963 4.65
T.Fuentes 162.0 13 19 24 64 5 15 .946 4.89
D.Thomas 112.0 12 15 20 43 1 9 .984 5.06
M.Champion 75.0 7 9 15 28 1 4 .977 5.16
J.Cox 69.0 8 9 13 26 0 6 1.000 5.09
B.Sample 62.0 7 7 17 23 3 7 .930 5.81
R.Blomberg 41.7 5 5 7 11 1 3 .947 3.89
J.Baez 38.7 2 15 5 17 0 3 1.000 5.12
Team Total 1589.2 169 197 255 659 21 124 .978 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
B.Sample 1092.3 123 125 206 5 2 4 .991 1.74
B.Brooks 197.7 22 22 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
A.Mora 52.0 6 8 9 1 1 0 .909 1.73
C.Lezcano 34.0 4 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
J.Cox 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
T.Fuentes 13.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
D.Thomas 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
V.Joshua 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.McRae 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.4 159 172 264 7 3 4 .989 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
B.Brooks 836.3 97 97 233 4 0 4 1.000 2.55
R.Blomberg 426.0 47 49 105 3 3 0 .973 2.28
M.Champion 61.0 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.Thomas 55.0 6 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
C.Lezcano 32.3 3 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
T.Fuentes 9.1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
B.Sample 6.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
V.Joshua 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Wallach 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Mora 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.McRae 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.0 159 181 377 7 3 4 .992 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
R.Blomberg 842.0 94 96 196 5 0 2 1.000 2.15
B.Bonds 375.6 41 42 76 0 2 0 .974 1.82
R.Jackson 179.4 21 21 30 1 2 0 .939 1.56
B.Sample 119.7 13 13 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
T.Laudner 70.0 8 8 6 0 1 0 .857 0.77
M.Champion 51.3 6 8 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.98
J.Cox 42.0 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
C.Lezcano 26.0 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
B.Brooks 26.0 3 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38
T.Wallach 17.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
D.Thomas 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
V.Joshua 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Fuentes 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1762.2 197 206 369 7 6 3 .984 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
F.Tanana 235.3 35 35 17 25 1 2 .977 1.61
T.Leach 227.7 29 37 11 46 1 2 .983 2.25
B.Butler 210.3 36 36 12 41 1 4 .981 2.27
B.Lacey 164.0 16 33 9 27 1 3 .973 1.98
F.Riccelli 149.0 16 42 11 33 0 3 1.000 2.66
D.Corbett 102.7 0 69 11 21 0 1 1.000 2.81
T.Hall 91.7 4 43 4 22 0 1 1.000 2.55
T.Underwood 87.7 11 11 3 17 0 1 1.000 2.05
L.Cain 82.3 7 13 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.97
M.Clear 70.0 0 63 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.54
A.Holland 11.3 0 18 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.38
Team Total 1432.0 154 400 86 257 4 18 .988 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Blomberg .302
On-Base Pct Blomberg .354
Slugging Pct Blomberg .530
OPS Blomberg .883
XR Blomberg 99.8
Games Blomberg, Sample 155
At-Bats Sample 611
Runs Blomberg 72
Hits Blomberg 178
Total Bases Blomberg 312
Singles Sample 126
Doubles Blomberg 39
Triples Sample 5
Homeruns Blomberg 31
RBIs Blomberg 107
Stolen Bases Bonds 18
Caught Stealing Thomas 7
Walks Brooks 75
Strikeouts Brooks 120
ERA Lacey 2.25
Wins Tanana 13
Losses Butler 18
Winning Pct Tanana .448
Saves Clear 17
Games Pitched Corbett 69
Games Started Butler 36
Complete Games Lacey, Tanana 5
Shutouts Lacey 3
Innings Pitched Tanana 235.3
Hits Allowed Tanana 255
Homeruns Allowed Tanana 31
Strikeouts Butler 124
Walks Allowed Riccelli 109
Walks per 9IP Lacey 2.0
Hits per 9IP Lacey 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Butler 5.3
WHiP Lacey 0.98
OAVG Lacey .211
OOBP Lacey .259
OSLG Lacey .308
OOPS Lacey .567
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bill Butler $ 10,000,000
Frank Tanana $ 10,000,000
Bobby Brooks $ 7,900,000
Reggie Jackson $ 6,250,000
Ron Blomberg $ 5,200,000
Charlie Sands $ 1,600,000
Les Cain $ 1,600,000
Terry Puhl $ 1,440,000
Derrel Thomas $ 1,100,000
Felix Millan $ 1,000,000
Tom Hall $ 874,286
Frank Riccelli $ 816,000
Tim Nordbrook $ 350,000
Alan Ashby $ 350,000
Charlie Leibrandt $ 300,000
Mike Champion $ 300,000
Mark Clear $ 300,000
Doug Corbett $ 300,000
Jim Cox $ 300,000
Jose Baez $ 300,000
Von Joshua $ 300,000
Bob Lacey $ 300,000
Terry Leach $ 300,000
Tim Wallach $ 300,000
Carlos Lezcano $ 300,000
Andres Mora $ 300,000
Keith Moreland $ 300,000
Jerry Narron $ 300,000
Bill Sample $ 300,000
Mike Tyson $ 300,000
Tim Laudner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Tito Fuentes Pittsburgh Andres Mora
6/1 Traded Richie Hebner
Al Holland
$1,350,000
New York (N) Mike Tyson
6/1 Traded Bobby Bonds Philadelphia Charlie Leibrandt
Lloyd Moseby
Pete Ladd
Gary Serum
Terry Puhl
6/1 Traded John Ellis
Tom Underwood
Hal Mcrae
Philadelphia Jerry Narron
Reggie Jackson
Felix Millan
Les Cain
Charlie Sands