1939 Montreal Expos
Record: 91-71
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 733
Runs Allowed: 664
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,251,090
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 1st in the NL
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
A: 97-40, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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
1B  Merv Connors 25 150 560 75 136 25 4 22 86 0 0 72 126 .243 .327 .420 .746 74.6 12.8 4.8
SS  Odell Hale 30 153 535 65 158 40 7 10 76 5 3 42 54 .295 .345 .452 .798 75.0 15.9 8.9
LF *Goody Rosen 26 127 431 53 130 17 6 4 55 5 0 47 29 .302 .372 .397 .769 60.8 13.0 4.1
RF *Jo-Jo White 30 137 417 72 116 11 4 2 45 14 10 55 29 .278 .362 .338 .700 52.0 9.3 3.1
LF *Phil Weintraub 31 139 399 56 116 30 4 10 67 0 0 74 79 .291 .398 .461 .859 72.3 17.0 2.7
C  Frankie Hayes 24 127 421 64 114 32 3 14 68 0 0 41 48 .271 .334 .461 .795 60.3 12.2 5.9
SS *Benny McCoy 23 115 397 60 98 22 2 5 48 8 6 45 42 .247 .321 .350 .671 42.8 5.9 3.0
1B *Joe Kuhel 33 125 356 46 108 14 4 6 45 12 5 34 34 .303 .365 .416 .780 52.7 11.0 1.7
RF  Myril Hoag 31 111 331 40 96 12 4 4 35 6 4 21 36 .290 .331 .387 .717 39.5 7.0 2.2
SS  Al Cuccinello 24 93 269 30 80 12 1 10 47 0 0 13 19 .297 .324 .461 .785 39.2 7.6 1.7
C  Shanty Hogan 33 84 227 19 57 8 1 0 27 0 0 14 14 .251 .298 .295 .593 16.1 0.9 2.3
1B  Lyn Lary 33 71 179 27 46 11 4 1 17 4 2 22 14 .257 .337 .380 .717 21.4 3.7 0.9
2B #Mark Koenig 34 87 188 19 62 14 1 2 24 0 2 5 6 .330 .345 .447 .792 22.1 4.4 1.4
2B #Bernie James 33 88 130 27 37 3 2 5 15 4 4 5 11 .285 .309 .454 .763 16.6 2.8 1.2
LF *Milt Galatzer 32 41 111 23 26 4 2 1 9 2 0 7 11 .234 .280 .333 .613 10.2 1.3 1.2
P *Joe Bowman 29 38 96 7 19 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 17 .198 .220 .229 .449 5.0 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Wilshere 26 32 96 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 .031 .041 .052 .093 -6.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Tony Lazzeri 35 24 92 9 31 3 1 1 7 0 0 8 12 .337 .386 .424 .810 13.9 3.1 0.8
P  Newt Kimball 24 35 82 7 13 3 1 1 6 0 0 2 32 .159 .179 .256 .435 3.2 0.0 0.0
CF #Jim Gleeson 27 23 58 8 15 5 0 1 4 3 1 3 8 .259 .295 .397 .692 6.5 1.1 0.4
P  Clay Bryant 27 22 55 4 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .218 .218 .236 .455 2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 29 56 48 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 14 .083 .083 .167 .250 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 19 10 30 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .267 .281 .300 .581 2.9 0.4 0.0
C  Denny Sothern 35 19 25 3 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .320 .370 .360 .730 3.0 0.5 0.3
RF *Barney McCosky 22 6 24 3 12 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167 6.0 1.9 0.0
1B *Mickey Vernon 21 7 19 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 .263 .375 .316 .691 2.5 0.2 0.1
P *Hub Pruett 38 6 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Fischer 33 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Al Hollingsworth 31 64 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Julio Bonetti 27 19 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Archie McKain 28 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2099 5605 733 1515 276 54 100 713 63 37 521 684 .270 .331 .392 .723 693.8 132.1 46.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 4 5 3 2 2 4 3 6 2 7 6 4 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Joe Bowman 29 16 13 .552 38 38 0 290.3 343 137 21 96 108 4.25 13.5
*Whitey Wilshere 26 15 13 .536 32 25 0 262.7 220 98 16 107 182 3.36 15.7
 Newt Kimball 24 14 11 .560 35 35 0 231.7 234 69 8 82 94 2.68 19.2
 Johnny Broaca 29 7 13 .350 56 17 8 170.7 197 90 16 51 69 4.75 5.2
 Clay Bryant 27 12 4 .750 22 22 0 149.3 134 56 5 64 68 3.38 11.6
*Archie McKain 28 8 6 .571 66 1 14 86.7 86 36 5 18 30 3.74 10.2
*Al Hollingsworth 31 7 6 .538 64 1 14 81.3 87 42 7 40 24 4.65 5.4
 Early Wynn 19 6 2 .750 10 10 0 79.0 80 28 1 30 31 3.19 6.6
*Hub Pruett 38 3 0 1.000 6 1 0 37.7 30 10 2 11 32 2.39 4.0
*Carl Fischer 33 1 0 1.000 24 0 2 36.3 40 25 1 15 7 6.19 0.2
 Julio Bonetti 27 2 3 .400 19 0 3 29.7 33 10 0 10 7 3.03 2.8
Team Totals 28.3 91 71 .562 372 150 41 1455.3 1484 601 82 524 652 3.72 94.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 1 3 3 3 1 3 7 4 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 .991 35.4
F.Hayes 969.3 111 115 488 33 6 2 .989 35.5
S.Hogan 436.7 46 62 195 13 1 0 .995 41.2
D.Sothern 49.3 5 9 21 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1455.3 162 186 704 47 7 2 .991 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.19
J.Kuhel 858.0 98 111 965 67 3 104 .997 10.83
L.Lary 413.7 48 54 479 28 3 42 .994 11.03
A.Cuccinello 87.0 11 11 100 8 3 12 .973 11.17
M.Vernon 44.0 5 6 45 7 0 3 1.000 10.64
P.Weintraub 24.7 0 9 36 5 0 2 1.000 14.96
B.McCoy 11.0 0 6 10 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.Hoag 10.0 0 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90
M.Connors 3.0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Gleeson 1.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.85
D.Sothern 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
M.Galatzer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.6 162 209 1656 116 9 164 .995 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
B.McCoy 908.3 113 113 210 354 11 80 .981 5.59
B.James 262.7 27 50 82 122 7 33 .967 6.99
T.Lazzeri 203.6 22 24 52 85 2 18 .986 6.06
M.Koenig 39.0 1 17 5 17 0 1 1.000 5.08
M.Hoag 17.0 0 11 5 7 0 1 1.000 6.35
J.White 16.7 0 9 3 6 1 1 .900 4.86
A.Cuccinello 10.0 0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1457.3 163 230 360 594 21 135 .978 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.16
M.Connors 1251.7 142 143 107 306 24 18 .945 2.97
M.Koenig 180.7 19 26 16 41 4 3 .934 2.84
A.Cuccinello 13.0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77
G.Rosen 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Gleeson 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Hayes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.5 162 177 126 351 28 21 .945 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.46
O.Hale 1281.7 149 149 222 554 24 103 .970 5.45
M.Koenig 146.7 13 26 19 54 8 11 .901 4.48
L.Lary 11.0 0 5 4 5 0 3 1.000 7.36
A.Cuccinello 11.0 0 5 4 4 0 3 1.000 6.55
M.Connors 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
F.Hayes 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 188 251 619 32 121 .965 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
P.Weintraub 849.3 96 106 214 3 0 2 1.000 2.30
M.Hoag 555.7 66 71 134 4 1 1 .993 2.24
J.White 14.0 0 9 4 0 1 0 .800 2.57
M.Galatzer 10.7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
F.Hayes 10.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
G.Rosen 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gleeson 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.9 162 197 355 7 2 3 .995 2.25
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.67
G.Rosen 929.7 103 113 282 17 1 2 .997 2.89
M.Galatzer 258.7 31 35 90 1 1 0 .989 3.17
J.Gleeson 109.8 20 20 35 0 1 0 .972 2.87
M.Hoag 97.3 11 13 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
J.White 72.0 7 12 24 2 1 0 .963 3.25
D.Sothern 10.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
L.Lary 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.1 172 199 466 21 4 2 .992 2.96
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.07
J.White 857.0 98 101 220 10 9 0 .962 2.42
A.Cuccinello 507.3 58 61 122 0 3 0 .976 2.16
B.McCosky 54.0 6 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Hoag 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
P.Weintraub 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Kuhel 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
F.Hayes 5.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
G.Rosen 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Galatzer 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Lary 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gleeson 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 187 356 10 12 0 .968 2.27
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.28
J.Bowman 290.3 38 38 15 50 1 4 .985 2.01
W.Wilshere 262.7 25 32 13 41 0 5 1.000 1.85
N.Kimball 231.7 35 35 15 51 0 8 1.000 2.56
J.Broaca 170.7 17 56 12 22 2 0 .944 1.79
C.Bryant 149.3 22 22 6 27 2 0 .943 1.99
A.McKain 86.7 1 66 3 18 1 2 .955 2.18
A.Hollingsworth 81.3 1 64 7 13 0 4 1.000 2.21
E.Wynn 79.0 10 10 5 16 1 1 .955 2.39
H.Pruett 37.7 1 6 2 5 1 1 .875 1.67
C.Fischer 36.3 0 24 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.23
J.Bonetti 29.7 0 19 2 6 1 1 .889 2.43
Team Total 1455.3 150 372 83 255 9 27 .974 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hale .295
On-Base Pct Weintraub .379
Slugging Pct Hale .452
OPS Weintraub .814
XR Hale 75.0
Games Hale 153
At-Bats Connors 560
Runs Connors 75
Hits Hale 158
Total Bases Hale 242
Singles Rosen 103
Doubles Hale 40
Triples Hale 7
Homeruns Connors 22
RBIs Connors 86
Stolen Bases White 14
Caught Stealing White 10
Walks Weintraub 74
Strikeouts Connors 126
ERA Kimball 2.68
Wins Bowman 16
Losses Bowman, Broaca, Wilshere 13
Winning Pct Bryant .750
Saves Hollingsworth, McKain 14
Games Pitched McKain 66
Games Started Bowman 38
Complete Games Wilshere 12
Shutouts Wilshere 4
Innings Pitched Bowman 290.3
Hits Allowed Bowman 343
Homeruns Allowed Bowman 21
Strikeouts Wilshere 182
Walks Allowed Wilshere 107
Walks per 9IP Broaca 2.7
Hits per 9IP Wilshere 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilshere 6.2
WHiP Wilshere 1.24
OAVG Wilshere .229
OOBP Wilshere .311
OSLG Wilshere .354
OOPS Wilshere .665
Team All-Stars
Goody Rosen
Player Salaries
Clay Bryant $ 5,571,429
Joe Bowman $ 5,087,000
Shanty Hogan $ 5,000,000
Odell Hale $ 3,270,000
Jo-Jo White $ 3,221,429
Whitey Wilshere $ 3,207,143
Johnny Broaca $ 3,078,571
Bernie James $ 2,600,000
Phil Weintraub $ 2,370,000
Lyn Lary $ 2,000,700
Mark Koenig $ 1,400,000
Denny Sothern $ 1,100,000
Myril Hoag $ 1,100,000
Joe Kuhel $ 750,000
Al Hollingsworth $ 350,000
Julio Bonetti $ 300,000
Early Wynn $ 300,000
Barney McCosky $ 300,000
Frankie Hayes $ 300,000
Benny McCoy $ 300,000
Milt Galatzer $ 300,000
Carl Fischer $ 300,000
Al Cuccinello $ 300,000
Merv Connors $ 300,000
Archie McKain $ 300,000
Goody Rosen $ 300,000
Mickey Vernon $ 300,000
Newt Kimball $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bill Swift San Diego Benny Mccoy
2/1 Traded Roy Johnson Boston (N) Euel Moore
2/2 Signed     Denny Sothern
2/4 Signed     Joe Bowman
2/7 Traded Ed Baecht Detroit Frank Gabler
2/8 Signed     Lyn Lary
5/1 Traded Jim Gleeson Detroit Whitey Wilshere
5/1 Traded Tony Lazzeri
Hub Pruett
New York (A) Milt Galatzer