1977 Montreal Expos
Record: 106-54
Finish: 1st in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 927
Runs Allowed: 628
Exp W-L: 107-53
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,188,764
Manager: Jason Spiegel II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 8th in the National League
AA: 52-85, 12th in the National League
A: 59-78, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to Colorado Rockies
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
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 Brooks 31 153 573 98 158 29 1 11 76 0 0 93 108 .276 .375 .387 .763 86.8 18.3 5.7
RF  Bobby Bonds 31 154 553 119 162 23 4 42 144 32 13 102 87 .293 .402 .577 .978 124.6 31.7 0.3
SS *Richie Hebner 29 149 586 104 202 32 7 3 64 3 9 58 45 .345 .405 .439 .844 91.4 22.6 8.1
LF  Hal McRae 31 154 592 97 207 35 3 13 99 3 1 42 32 .350 .392 .485 .876 103.4 26.7 3.6
C *Ron Blomberg 28 152 574 103 169 32 6 21 108 1 0 59 28 .294 .358 .481 .839 88.3 19.0 4.5
1B *Dave Parker 26 155 579 74 162 32 2 13 97 1 3 31 78 .280 .314 .409 .724 70.3 12.8 4.1
3B  Davey Johnson 34 149 515 68 127 38 3 11 93 0 1 54 66 .247 .321 .396 .717 61.1 10.4 6.9
C  John Ellis 28 131 501 61 146 24 0 5 57 2 1 21 74 .291 .319 .369 .689 57.0 10.1 2.4
3B  Bob Bailey 34 94 310 42 92 7 4 3 35 0 1 36 49 .297 .370 .374 .744 41.5 8.6 2.6
2B #Tito Fuentes 33 98 322 48 103 9 1 4 43 1 0 19 17 .320 .358 .391 .749 40.2 8.0 3.2
RF  Merv Rettenmund 34 84 204 31 52 2 4 3 25 1 0 37 45 .255 .369 .348 .717 29.5 6.1 0.8
2B #Derrel Thomas 26 68 154 29 41 5 3 3 16 2 3 10 15 .266 .311 .396 .707 17.9 3.2 2.0
C #Bob Stinson 31 58 126 14 25 2 0 2 13 0 1 17 20 .198 .292 .262 .554 10.7 0.3 0.7
3B  Bobby Floyd 33 33 85 13 23 5 1 3 11 0 0 3 15 .271 .292 .459 .751 11.7 2.4 1.2
C #Alan Ashby 25 13 30 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 7 .200 .250 .233 .483 1.3 0.0 0.2
3B  Tim Nordbrook 27 49 10 19 4 0 0 1 2 11 2 0 0 .400 .400 .700 1.100 3.7 1.1 0.3
C  Jerry Moses 30 7 9 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .444 .444 .667 1.111 2.0 0.8 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1701 5723 927 1683 278 39 138 890 57 35 584 687 .294 .359 .429 .788 841.4 182.1 46.7
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 6 7 6 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
*Bill Butler 30 22 6 .786 41 32 1 238.0 181 64 5 105 160 2.42 21.4
*Frank Tanana 23 16 10 .615 33 29 1 237.3 232 105 26 38 128 3.98 10.9
*Vida Blue 27 12 10 .545 34 32 1 230.0 227 104 28 83 105 4.07 9.3
*Frank Riccelli 24 14 5 .737 30 30 0 203.3 163 76 10 132 131 3.36 11.9
*Al Holland 24 18 6 .750 40 19 4 164.3 161 64 12 70 82 3.51 12.1
*Les Cain 29 5 10 .333 43 8 8 113.7 114 69 10 58 87 5.46 1.8
*Tom Underwood 23 10 2 .833 45 5 8 106.3 100 44 7 48 63 3.72 8.0
*Bob Lacey 23 8 3 .727 29 5 7 94.0 69 30 10 29 35 2.87 9.1
*Jim Merritt 33 1 1 .500 24 0 1 33.0 52 19 5 13 15 5.18 0.2
*Fritz Peterson 35 0 1 .000 19 0 4 28.7 17 3 1 10 5 0.94 4.3
Team Totals 27.1 106 54 .663 338 160 35 1448.6 1316 578 114 586 811 3.59 89.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 1 1 5 2 6 3 10 3 3  
* - 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 .989 35.3
J.Ellis 1169.0 130 131 681 42 10 0 .986 27.4
B.Stinson 198.0 21 28 112 8 1 0 .992 20.0
A.Ashby 43.3 5 6 29 6 0 1 1.000 40.0
R.Blomberg 19.3 2 3 8 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Moses 19.0 2 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1448.7 160 173 845 58 11 1 .988 27.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.01
H.McRae 1308.3 147 148 1582 99 12 156 .993 11.56
B.Stinson 108.0 11 21 128 10 0 15 1.000 11.50
A.Ashby 13.0 1 2 19 2 1 0 .955 14.54
R.Hebner 9.3 1 2 11 1 0 1 1.000 11.58
R.Blomberg 7.0 0 3 13 0 0 1 1.000 16.71
B.Brooks 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1448.7 160 177 1757 112 13 173 .993 11.61
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.23
D.Johnson 1226.0 142 146 298 528 13 133 .985 6.06
T.Fuentes 98.0 10 15 21 38 0 4 1.000 5.42
D.Thomas 72.3 7 15 21 30 0 7 1.000 6.35
B.Floyd 21.0 1 4 5 9 1 2 .933 6.00
B.Brooks 16.3 0 8 6 8 1 1 .933 7.72
T.Nordbrook 15.0 0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1448.7 160 197 355 618 15 147 .985 6.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.92
B.Bailey 589.1 67 69 44 167 12 19 .946 3.22
T.Fuentes 487.7 57 62 28 138 7 12 .960 3.06
D.Thomas 98.0 10 17 9 30 0 5 1.000 3.58
R.Hebner 43.0 2 11 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.51
B.Floyd 32.0 3 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.97
D.Johnson 12.0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Stinson 11.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Nordbrook 6.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Ashby 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.1 141 176 85 354 19 37 .959 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.58
R.Hebner 1155.3 130 135 172 511 17 98 .976 5.32
B.Floyd 130.0 15 19 16 66 4 13 .953 5.68
T.Fuentes 75.7 8 12 10 38 1 3 .980 5.71
D.Thomas 65.0 7 14 10 28 0 8 1.000 5.26
T.Nordbrook 13.3 0 5 3 8 0 4 1.000 7.43
D.Johnson 7.0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43
B.Bailey 2.3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.83
J.Ellis 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1450.0 160 190 214 656 22 126 .975 5.40
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
D.Parker 1300.3 147 148 256 12 5 0 .982 1.85
B.Bailey 172.6 20 20 36 0 4 0 .900 1.88
M.Rettenmund 102.3 10 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
D.Thomas 20.0 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
B.Bonds 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Brooks 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Fuentes 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1621.3 180 195 314 12 9 0 .973 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
B.Brooks 1269.0 147 150 333 7 1 1 .997 2.41
M.Rettenmund 49.3 3 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
T.Fuentes 49.0 6 7 22 0 0 0 1.000 4.04
B.Bonds 28.3 1 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.49
D.Thomas 26.0 3 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
R.Blomberg 15.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Parker 9.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
H.McRae 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1448.7 160 197 393 7 1 1 .998 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.02
R.Blomberg 1212.3 135 139 274 7 1 2 .996 2.09
M.Rettenmund 116.0 12 16 32 0 1 0 .970 2.48
D.Thomas 85.0 11 13 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
B.Bonds 14.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
T.Fuentes 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Floyd 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.McRae 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brooks 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 160 179 334 7 2 2 .994 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
B.Butler 238.0 32 41 9 35 0 4 1.000 1.66
F.Tanana 237.3 29 33 12 33 1 2 .978 1.71
V.Blue 230.0 32 34 14 32 3 3 .939 1.80
F.Riccelli 203.3 30 30 18 34 0 1 1.000 2.30
A.Holland 164.3 19 40 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.75
L.Cain 113.7 8 43 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.66
T.Underwood 106.3 5 45 4 15 1 3 .950 1.61
B.Lacey 94.0 5 29 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.34
J.Merritt 33.0 0 24 0 8 1 1 .889 2.18
F.Peterson 28.7 0 19 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.26
Team Total 1448.6 160 338 71 214 6 17 .979 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McRae .350
On-Base Pct Hebner .405
Slugging Pct Bonds .577
OPS Bonds .978
XR Bonds 124.6
Games Parker 155
At-Bats McRae 592
Runs Bonds 119
Hits McRae 207
Total Bases Bonds 319
Singles Hebner 160
Doubles Johnson 38
Triples Hebner 7
Homeruns Bonds 42
RBIs Bonds 144
Stolen Bases Bonds 32
Caught Stealing Bonds 13
Walks Bonds 102
Strikeouts Brooks 108
ERA Butler 2.42
Wins Butler 22
Losses Blue, Cain, Tanana 10
Winning Pct Butler .786
Saves Cain, Underwood 8
Games Pitched Underwood 45
Games Started Blue, Butler 32
Complete Games Tanana 9
Shutouts Tanana 3
Innings Pitched Butler 238.0
Hits Allowed Tanana 232
Homeruns Allowed Blue 28
Strikeouts Butler 160
Walks Allowed Riccelli 132
Walks per 9IP Tanana 1.4
Hits per 9IP Butler 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Butler 6.1
WHiP Tanana 1.14
OAVG Butler .213
OOBP Tanana .280
OSLG Butler .281
OOPS Butler .579
Team All-Stars
Ron Blomberg
Bobby Bonds
Bill Butler
Richie Hebner
Player Salaries
Bobby Bonds $ 9,500,000
Richie Hebner $ 6,460,000
Bobby Brooks $ 6,400,000
Bill Butler $ 5,428,571
Ron Blomberg $ 5,100,000
Hal McRae $ 5,100,000
Davey Johnson $ 4,000,000
Merv Rettenmund $ 3,650,000
Tito Fuentes $ 3,100,000
Vida Blue $ 2,100,000
Frank Tanana $ 1,892,857
Jim Merritt $ 684,000
John Ellis $ 580,000
Fritz Peterson $ 560,000
Les Cain $ 350,000
Bobby Floyd $ 300,000
Alan Ashby $ 300,000
Bob Lacey $ 300,000
Tom Underwood $ 300,000
Jerry Moses $ 300,000
Tim Nordbrook $ 300,000
Dave Parker $ 300,000
Frank Riccelli $ 300,000
Bob Stinson $ 300,000
Derrel Thomas $ 300,000
Al Holland $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Released Bill Denehy    
3/3 Released Tom Griffin    
3/3 Released Ken Holtzman    
3/3 Released Mike Kekich    
3/3 Released Dick Such    
3/3 Released Don Carrithers    
3/3 Released Al Severinsen    
3/3 Released Jim Crawford    
3/3 Released Doug Konieczny    
3/3 Released Bill Moran    
3/3 Released Don Werner    
3/3 Released Rob Belloir    
3/3 Released Mike Compton    
3/3 Released Tom Egan    
3/3 Released Terry Humphrey    
3/3 Released John Vukovich    
3/3 Released Bob Schroder    
7/31 Released Bob Bailey