1950 Montreal Expos
Record: 106-56
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 966
Runs Allowed: 703
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,303,737
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 2nd in the NL
AA: 65-72, 7th in the NL
A: 68-69, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to San Diego Padres
 
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
2B  Pee Wee Reese 31 155 586 123 192 28 3 17 97 28 10 131 45 .328 .447 .473 .920 124.5 27.2 4.3
LF  Monte Irvin 31 155 537 111 144 17 2 23 108 31 3 107 41 .268 .388 .436 .824 95.8 17.4 2.6
RF *Dick Wakefield 29 156 535 93 140 29 5 17 100 0 0 91 68 .262 .365 .430 .795 84.1 14.4 2.7
3B  Al Rosen 26 147 516 97 144 23 1 38 124 1 1 75 75 .279 .368 .548 .916 100.0 19.6 3.7
1B *Ferris Fain 29 150 408 95 131 25 0 9 62 1 0 112 29 .321 .467 .449 .916 87.7 19.7 2.7
2B *Hank Thompson 24 142 403 78 120 16 2 20 76 1 1 80 31 .298 .413 .496 .909 80.5 16.8 2.5
2B *Sherry Robertson 31 135 353 72 95 12 4 20 75 16 15 73 62 .269 .396 .496 .892 67.4 12.9 3.7
RF  Hank Sauer 33 112 304 54 78 11 0 18 56 1 0 48 46 .257 .361 .470 .831 51.3 9.4 1.0
CF  Minnie Minoso 27 108 271 48 76 14 0 5 50 2 0 45 18 .280 .383 .387 .770 44.0 7.3 1.7
C *Aaron Robinson 35 83 247 36 57 11 0 3 32 0 0 51 19 .231 .360 .312 .672 29.7 3.4 7.4
C  Wes Westrum 27 74 220 30 45 3 0 9 32 1 0 51 50 .205 .353 .341 .694 33.2 4.4 6.6
SS  Bobby Adams 28 73 204 23 55 8 1 3 30 0 0 27 16 .270 .352 .363 .715 27.1 4.1 1.0
RF *Dale Mitchell 28 76 137 24 49 5 0 4 26 1 0 15 0 .358 .418 .482 .900 26.0 5.9 0.7
P *Earl Johnson 31 44 119 12 24 6 0 0 14 0 0 0 39 .202 .202 .252 .454 5.0 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 28 44 101 9 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 35 .069 .087 .069 .156 -4.0 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Kuzava 27 35 86 3 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 27 .058 .080 .116 .196 -2.5 0.0 0.0
C *Paul Gillespie 29 32 96 19 29 3 0 4 15 0 0 7 8 .302 .350 .458 .808 13.3 2.3 1.1
P *Howie Pollet 29 55 80 6 16 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 14 .200 .220 .238 .457 3.4 0.0 0.0
3B *Hillis Layne 32 28 66 11 20 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 3 .303 .378 .348 .727 6.8 0.9 0.7
SS *Moon Mullen 33 38 70 12 19 3 1 0 15 0 0 3 4 .271 .311 .343 .654 7.1 0.9 0.6
C  Rudy York 36 27 53 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 .151 .250 .208 .458 3.0 0.0 0.5
P *Johnny Gee 34 24 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .125 .118 .125 .243 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie White 33 4 8 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 2.4 0.3 0.0
SS  Gene Mauch 24 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.0 0.2 0.1
P  Monte Kennedy 28 39 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3 0.4 0.0
P *Ken Johnson 27 94 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
1B *George Shuba 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Bowman 22 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2076 5433 966 1464 222 21 193 936 83 30 938 650 .269 .376 .425 .801 888.8 167.6 43.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 1 4 5 8 1 1 3 6 1 4 3 1 3 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
*Earl Johnson 31 26 10 .722 44 44 0 341.7 310 110 7 120 158 2.90 34.5
*Bill Wight 28 18 13 .581 44 44 0 307.0 331 142 11 152 115 4.16 16.4
*Bob Kuzava 27 21 8 .724 35 32 1 255.7 246 116 27 104 124 4.08 15.9
*Howie Pollet 29 21 7 .750 55 31 2 248.0 210 105 16 172 182 3.81 20.4
*Ken Johnson 27 8 6 .571 94 0 11 108.3 96 54 5 79 57 4.49 9.8
*Johnny Gee 34 4 3 .571 24 6 3 62.7 62 27 5 26 25 3.88 5.1
*Monte Kennedy 28 4 3 .571 39 1 5 53.3 56 41 9 46 23 6.92 0.1
*Roger Bowman 22 2 5 .286 40 0 5 48.3 47 26 8 31 25 4.84 2.4
*Ernie White 33 2 1 .667 4 4 0 27.7 19 11 6 7 22 3.58 2.4
Team Totals 28.8 106 56 .654 379 162 27 1452.6 1377 632 94 737 731 3.92 106.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 2  
* - 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 .993 33.4
A.Robinson 624.3 69 77 309 31 1 1 .997 55.2
W.Westrum 597.0 68 69 320 21 2 0 .994 27.3
P.Gillespie 52.4 7 8 28 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
R.York 17.7 1 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Mullen 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1292.4 145 161 672 54 3 1 .996 40.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.04
F.Fain 891.0 92 129 1033 87 9 102 .992 11.31
M.Irvin 451.0 58 59 483 50 10 48 .982 10.64
P.Gillespie 154.2 21 22 197 18 2 23 .991 12.55
R.York 91.3 11 16 113 7 1 9 .992 11.83
W.Westrum 13.0 1 3 15 3 0 1 1.000 12.46
S.Robertson 6.3 0 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 12.80
Team Total 1606.9 183 233 1850 165 22 183 .989 11.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.13
S.Robertson 860.7 98 98 196 329 13 66 .976 5.49
P.Reese 550.0 62 62 128 246 3 56 .992 6.12
G.Mauch 15.0 2 2 5 4 0 1 1.000 5.40
H.Thompson 11.0 0 5 6 2 0 0 1.000 6.55
B.Adams 8.0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63
H.Layne 4.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Rosen 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Mullen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 173 339 586 16 124 .983 5.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
A.Rosen 1197.7 136 142 95 277 20 26 .949 2.80
H.Layne 121.7 14 17 6 35 1 2 .976 3.03
M.Mullen 119.7 12 27 9 29 1 2 .974 2.86
B.Adams 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Robertson 4.7 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.86
H.Thompson 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.6 162 194 110 344 22 31 .954 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
P.Reese 774.7 88 89 130 280 19 60 .956 4.76
B.Adams 478.3 57 60 90 162 6 36 .977 4.74
H.Thompson 95.7 7 21 15 35 1 1 .980 4.70
M.Mullen 45.0 5 5 8 21 0 8 1.000 5.80
H.Layne 43.3 5 7 8 18 1 3 .963 5.40
S.Robertson 15.7 0 9 2 10 0 3 1.000 6.90
Team Total 1452.6 162 191 253 526 27 111 .967 4.83
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
M.Irvin 767.7 87 88 174 1 0 1 1.000 2.05
H.Sauer 602.0 68 73 132 1 6 0 .957 1.99
D.Mitchell 48.7 5 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.66
M.Minoso 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Wakefield 9.0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
S.Robertson 7.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68
Team Total 1452.7 162 182 324 2 8 1 .976 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.51
H.Thompson 829.3 94 103 243 8 0 0 1.000 2.72
M.Minoso 594.7 68 77 177 6 1 4 .995 2.77
D.Wakefield 12.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Mitchell 6.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Adams 5.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Robertson 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1452.7 162 198 426 14 1 4 .998 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.07
D.Wakefield 1196.7 138 143 313 5 4 0 .988 2.39
D.Mitchell 197.0 24 24 63 4 2 1 .971 3.06
H.Sauer 28.0 0 14 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
M.Irvin 21.0 0 9 4 0 1 0 .800 1.71
G.Shuba 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Robertson 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.7 162 196 389 9 7 1 .983 2.47
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.37
E.Johnson 341.7 44 44 22 62 1 3 .988 2.21
B.Wight 307.0 44 44 13 52 3 5 .956 1.91
B.Kuzava 255.7 32 35 15 52 1 9 .985 2.36
H.Pollet 248.0 31 55 18 42 2 3 .968 2.18
K.Johnson 108.3 0 94 11 23 0 0 1.000 2.82
J.Gee 62.7 6 24 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.30
M.Kennedy 53.3 1 39 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.86
R.Bowman 48.3 0 40 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.61
E.White 27.7 4 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.95
Team Total 1452.6 162 379 90 267 7 21 .981 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reese .328
On-Base Pct Fain .467
Slugging Pct Rosen .548
OPS Reese .920
XR Reese 124.5
Games Wakefield 156
At-Bats Reese 586
Runs Reese 123
Hits Reese 192
Total Bases Rosen 283
Singles Reese 144
Doubles Wakefield 29
Triples Wakefield 5
Homeruns Rosen 38
RBIs Rosen 124
Stolen Bases Irvin 31
Caught Stealing Robertson 15
Walks Reese 131
Strikeouts Rosen 75
ERA Johnson 2.90
Wins Johnson 26
Losses Wight 13
Winning Pct Pollet .750
Saves Johnson 11
Games Pitched Johnson 94
Games Started Johnson, Wight 44
Complete Games Kuzava 13
Shutouts Johnson 2
Innings Pitched Johnson 341.7
Hits Allowed Wight 331
Homeruns Allowed Kuzava 27
Strikeouts Pollet 182
Walks Allowed Pollet 172
Walks per 9IP Johnson 3.2
Hits per 9IP Pollet 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Pollet 6.6
WHiP Johnson 1.26
OAVG Pollet .231
OOBP Johnson .306
OSLG Johnson .312
OOPS Johnson .619
Team All-Stars
Earl Johnson
Howie Pollet
Pee Wee Reese
Player Salaries
Hank Sauer $ 10,000,000
Earl Johnson $ 7,500,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 6,650,000
Sherry Robertson $ 6,500,000
Ernie White $ 5,280,000
Rudy York $ 5,000,000
Dick Wakefield $ 4,750,000
Monte Irvin $ 4,742,857
Aaron Robinson $ 1,800,000
Johnny Gee $ 1,600,000
Paul Gillespie $ 1,400,000
Hillis Layne $ 700,000
Bill Burgo $ 517,143
Pat Mullin $ 500,000
Dale Mitchell $ 457,143
Howie Pollet $ 350,000
Moon Mullen $ 350,000
Ken Johnson $ 300,000
Roger Bowman $ 300,000
Bill Wight $ 300,000
Ferris Fain $ 300,000
Wes Westrum $ 300,000
Hank Thompson $ 300,000
Minnie Minoso $ 300,000
Al Rosen $ 300,000
Monte Kennedy $ 300,000
Bob Kuzava $ 300,000
Sherm Lollar $ 300,000
Gene Mauch $ 300,000
Bobby Adams $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Hillis Layne
2/10 Signed     Rudy York
7/1 Traded Tom Poholsky Cincinnati Paul Gillespie