1961 Montreal Expos
Record: 114-48
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 831
Runs Allowed: 534
Exp W-L: 112-50
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,899
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
AA: 79-58, 2nd in the NL
A: 84-53, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Oakland Athletics
Won NL League Series 4-2 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
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 *Roger Maris 26 152 559 94 168 17 4 25 78 1 0 74 68 .301 .383 .479 .862 97.3 21.5 4.3
1B  Steve Bilko 32 153 535 115 151 24 3 51 111 0 0 94 126 .282 .389 .624 1.013 122.9 29.8 3.2
SS  Ken Boyer 30 153 588 107 170 32 6 34 106 0 0 43 70 .289 .337 .537 .874 99.4 21.8 6.1
CF  Bobby Del Greco 28 126 470 82 121 23 0 20 52 0 0 62 111 .257 .351 .434 .785 73.2 14.9 2.7
CF *Wes Covington 29 147 493 80 136 32 1 37 105 0 0 38 82 .276 .326 .570 .896 86.9 19.0 2.1
SS  Gene Freese 27 136 462 53 133 23 5 20 72 0 0 29 55 .288 .333 .489 .823 66.6 13.3 8.9
LF  Jackie Brandt 27 139 413 58 122 28 4 13 66 0 0 16 23 .295 .323 .477 .800 59.1 12.2 1.8
2B  Jim Davenport 27 128 374 34 91 21 0 9 43 0 0 16 60 .243 .273 .372 .645 37.8 4.7 5.0
C *Charlie Lau 28 120 346 46 106 21 6 4 40 0 0 35 35 .306 .371 .436 .807 53.3 12.0 3.6
LF *Bill Virdon 30 86 278 35 85 15 3 10 40 0 0 17 35 .306 .345 .489 .834 42.0 9.2 1.1
RF *Larry Doby 37 94 195 35 44 5 2 9 25 0 0 24 60 .226 .311 .410 .721 25.2 4.0 0.7
C  Stan Lopata 35 61 122 23 22 3 0 6 23 0 0 17 36 .180 .277 .352 .629 14.2 1.5 0.9
3B  Dick Williams 32 62 109 17 24 2 0 3 10 0 0 9 23 .220 .280 .321 .601 9.5 0.6 2.0
P  Sandy Koufax 25 37 104 2 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 45 .077 .086 .096 .182 -4.4 0.0 0.0
P  George Brunet 26 37 95 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 .053 .053 .063 .116 -4.9 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Hoeft 29 36 100 6 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 36 .140 .149 .150 .299 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P #Jim O'Toole 24 36 100 7 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 45 .110 .119 .130 .249 -1.7 0.0 0.0
C  Jim Pagliaroni 23 36 87 10 20 5 0 2 13 0 0 15 24 .230 .350 .356 .706 10.8 1.7 1.1
1B  Ron Jackson 27 47 82 7 20 4 0 3 10 0 0 8 29 .244 .308 .402 .710 10.2 1.6 0.3
LF *Bob Speake 30 38 46 8 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .130 .149 .174 .323 -0.7 0.0 0.3
P  Charlie Beamon 26 16 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .075 .098 .075 .173 -1.8 0.0 0.0
C  Hank Foiles 32 13 23 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 .174 .367 .217 .584 2.2 0.1 0.3
1B *Marv Throneberry 27 6 17 3 7 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 5 .412 .444 .882 1.327 5.1 1.6 0.1
2B  Rocky Bridges 33 10 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 0.9 0.2 0.2
P  Joe Grzenda 24 55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C *Hal Naragon 32 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P *Harvey Haddix 35 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Joe Gaines 24 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Don Mossi 32 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2067 5655 831 1475 263 37 247 811 2 0 510 1044 .261 .323 .451 .774 802.8 170.0 44.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 8 1 2 5 4 2 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
*Sandy Koufax 25 23 9 .719 37 37 0 296.0 220 80 9 96 333 2.43 28.2
*Billy Hoeft 29 19 5 .792 36 36 0 285.7 270 86 15 38 218 2.71 24.1
*Jim O'Toole 24 22 6 .786 36 36 0 281.3 286 99 12 91 178 3.17 20.2
*George Brunet 26 19 6 .760 37 37 0 280.0 194 81 15 76 261 2.60 24.4
 Charlie Beamon 26 8 5 .615 16 16 0 110.7 90 43 6 44 92 3.50 6.5
*Don Mossi 32 7 5 .583 67 0 11 72.0 80 22 4 17 47 2.75 9.2
*Harvey Haddix 35 10 5 .667 64 0 14 69.0 69 31 9 28 44 4.04 7.0
*Joe Grzenda 24 3 5 .375 55 0 9 65.3 72 33 2 22 33 4.55 3.4
*Pete Burnside 30 2 2 .500 21 0 2 26.3 24 6 1 6 24 2.05 3.7
 Jim Pagliaroni 23 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.6
Team Totals 27.4 114 48 .704 370 162 36 1488.3 1306 481 73 418 1230 2.91 127.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 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 31.6
C.Lau 885.7 95 104 747 35 5 0 .994 29.0
S.Lopata 295.4 35 39 237 4 3 0 .988 8.3
J.Pagliaroni 238.0 27 28 211 13 0 1 1.000 50.0
H.Foiles 58.5 4 8 51 3 0 0 1.000 40.0
H.Naragon 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Doby 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1485.6 161 182 1248 55 8 1 .994 31.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
S.Bilko 1248.3 139 140 1506 102 18 134 .989 11.59
R.Jackson 93.7 10 13 102 8 1 11 .991 10.57
B.Speake 93.3 9 17 102 6 0 18 1.000 10.41
M.Throneberry 36.0 4 4 31 2 0 5 1.000 8.25
D.Williams 9.0 0 4 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.00
C.Lau 5.0 0 2 7 0 0 2 1.000 12.60
J.Gaines 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1488.3 162 181 1761 119 19 171 .990 11.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
G.Freese 1105.7 128 129 234 481 10 100 .986 5.82
J.Davenport 200.0 20 32 43 111 4 25 .975 6.93
D.Williams 170.0 14 34 34 62 0 13 1.000 5.08
R.Bridges 5.7 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.36
K.Boyer 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Maris 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1488.3 162 203 312 660 14 138 .986 5.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
R.Maris 832.0 92 98 37 223 6 16 .977 2.81
J.Davenport 596.3 70 75 24 164 7 19 .964 2.84
C.Lau 25.7 0 11 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.51
D.Williams 12.7 0 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.84
J.Pagliaroni 7.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
K.Boyer 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
R.Bridges 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Naragon 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Freese 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1488.3 162 202 66 402 13 38 .973 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
K.Boyer 1260.0 140 140 160 479 16 86 .976 4.56
J.Davenport 117.3 13 14 22 44 1 9 .985 5.06
D.Williams 100.0 9 14 26 39 2 14 .970 5.85
R.Bridges 10.0 0 2 2 6 0 2 1.000 7.20
G.Freese 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1488.3 162 171 210 568 19 111 .976 4.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
B.Virdon 600.3 65 69 83 3 0 1 1.000 1.29
J.Brandt 568.7 65 71 90 3 3 1 .969 1.47
W.Covington 287.7 32 34 50 2 5 0 .912 1.63
S.Bilko 12.0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.75
D.Williams 7.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
R.Jackson 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Del Greco 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Speake 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Foiles 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1488.1 162 189 232 9 8 2 .968 1.46
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
B.Del Greco 1021.0 119 123 208 3 4 2 .981 1.86
J.Brandt 160.0 18 21 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
W.Covington 157.3 12 35 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
L.Doby 57.0 4 9 13 0 1 0 .929 2.05
R.Maris 45.0 5 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.80
K.Boyer 27.0 2 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Speake 15.0 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
B.Virdon 3.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Freese 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1488.3 162 212 297 4 6 2 .980 1.82
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
W.Covington 619.3 68 72 93 4 2 1 .980 1.41
R.Maris 407.3 46 46 83 3 1 2 .989 1.90
L.Doby 307.7 33 38 44 1 0 1 1.000 1.32
J.Brandt 97.0 10 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.39
R.Jackson 45.0 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
S.Bilko 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Virdon 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Speake 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1488.3 162 186 245 8 3 4 .988 1.53
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
S.Koufax 296.0 37 37 18 45 5 5 .926 1.92
B.Hoeft 285.7 36 36 19 42 3 5 .953 1.92
J.O'Toole 281.3 36 36 21 60 4 4 .953 2.59
G.Brunet 280.0 37 37 14 52 1 6 .985 2.12
C.Beamon 110.7 16 16 1 9 0 1 1.000 0.81
D.Mossi 72.0 0 67 4 15 0 3 1.000 2.38
H.Haddix 69.0 0 64 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.Grzenda 65.3 0 55 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.93
P.Burnside 26.3 0 21 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.34
J.Pagliaroni 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1488.3 162 370 86 244 13 25 .962 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Maris .301
On-Base Pct Bilko .389
Slugging Pct Bilko .624
OPS Bilko 1.013
XR Bilko 122.9
Games Boyer, Bilko 153
At-Bats Boyer 588
Runs Bilko 115
Hits Boyer 170
Total Bases Bilko 334
Singles Maris 122
Doubles Covington, Boyer 32
Triples Boyer, Lau 6
Homeruns Bilko 51
RBIs Bilko 111
Stolen Bases Gaines, Maris 1
Caught Stealing No Qualifiers
Walks Bilko 94
Strikeouts Bilko 126
ERA Koufax 2.43
Wins Koufax 23
Losses Koufax 9
Winning Pct Hoeft .792
Saves Haddix 14
Games Pitched Mossi 67
Games Started Brunet, Koufax 37
Complete Games Hoeft 11
Shutouts Hoeft 4
Innings Pitched Koufax 296.0
Hits Allowed O'Toole 286
Homeruns Allowed Brunet, Hoeft 15
Strikeouts Koufax 333
Walks Allowed Koufax 96
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.2
Hits per 9IP Brunet 6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 10.1
WHiP Brunet 0.96
OAVG Brunet .193
OOBP Brunet .253
OSLG Koufax .287
OOPS Brunet .545
Team All-Stars
Steve Bilko
Ken Boyer
George Brunet
Wes Covington
Billy Hoeft
Sandy Koufax
Don Mossi
Jim O'Toole
Player Salaries
Larry Doby $ 13,000,000
Steve Bilko $ 7,000,000
Sandy Koufax $ 6,585,714
Bill Virdon $ 5,535,714
Ken Boyer $ 4,900,000
Wes Covington $ 4,521,429
Roger Maris $ 4,521,429
Jackie Brandt $ 2,640,000
Billy Hoeft $ 2,500,000
Gene Freese $ 1,960,714
Harvey Haddix $ 1,650,000
Don Mossi $ 1,250,000
Hank Foiles $ 836,000
Rocky Bridges $ 792,857
Pete Burnside $ 550,000
Hank Aguirre $ 470,000
George Brunet $ 300,000
Jim Davenport $ 300,000
Charlie Beamon $ 300,000
Bobby Del Greco $ 300,000
Joe Grzenda $ 300,000
Ron Jackson $ 300,000
Charlie Lau $ 300,000
Lyle Luttrell $ 300,000
Hal Naragon $ 300,000
Jim O'Toole $ 300,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 300,000
Chris Short $ 300,000
Bob Speake $ 300,000
Marv Throneberry $ 300,000
Joe Gaines $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Joe Adcock
Felix Mantilla
Chuck Tanner
Detroit Larry Doby
Chris Short
Rocky Bridges
Dick Williams
6/1 Released Loren Babe    
6/1 Released Jim Piersall    
6/1 Released Troy Herriage    
6/1 Released Cuno Barragan    
7/31 Traded Stan Lopata Tampa Bay Hank Foiles
10/19 Released Dick Williams