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1951 Montreal Expos
Record: 103-59
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 954
Runs Allowed: 689
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,397,614
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 8th in the NL
AA: 63-74, 8th in the NL
A: 68-69, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Detroit Tigers
Won NL League Series 4-2 over 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 32 148 556 132 176 33 3 22 81 24 6 111 32 .317 .429 .505 .934 115.1 23.2 5.6
RF *Dick Wakefield 30 151 555 93 172 37 6 20 117 1 0 87 53 .310 .401 .506 .908 105.6 20.5 3.4
LF  Monte Irvin 32 144 543 105 164 23 3 26 116 19 5 85 26 .302 .396 .499 .895 103.5 18.6 2.9
3B  Al Rosen 27 152 527 82 123 25 3 31 102 1 0 60 99 .233 .309 .469 .777 72.9 8.7 5.0
1B *Ferris Fain 30 135 424 105 134 36 3 6 38 2 0 93 27 .316 .440 .458 .898 83.9 17.4 1.2
2B *Hank Thompson 25 136 414 67 106 13 5 18 89 0 0 79 38 .256 .374 .442 .816 70.0 11.1 3.9
2B *Sherry Robertson 32 135 388 75 97 13 3 23 76 11 4 49 77 .250 .333 .477 .810 62.4 9.5 3.1
C *Paul Gillespie 30 106 359 46 90 7 0 8 42 0 0 36 27 .251 .317 .337 .654 39.8 3.0 8.3
SS  Bobby Adams 29 117 371 47 121 18 5 3 44 1 0 29 29 .326 .374 .426 .800 54.7 9.7 4.2
CF  Minnie Minoso 28 118 309 61 96 13 2 18 77 2 0 48 30 .311 .404 .540 .944 65.0 12.9 2.2
RF  Hank Sauer 34 93 247 42 65 8 0 16 59 0 0 37 42 .263 .362 .490 .852 43.2 7.3 2.0
C  Wes Westrum 28 53 155 30 28 3 0 10 25 0 0 49 39 .181 .376 .394 .769 26.1 3.2 4.0
P  Ernie White 34 42 111 7 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 15 .162 .184 .180 .364 2.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 29 43 114 8 17 5 0 0 11 0 0 3 46 .149 .168 .193 .361 2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Earl Johnson 32 42 108 10 19 6 1 1 6 0 0 2 38 .176 .191 .278 .469 5.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Dale Mitchell 29 67 113 24 31 3 0 4 18 0 0 13 3 .274 .346 .407 .754 15.7 2.2 0.7
P #Bob Kuzava 28 33 93 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 .075 .075 .086 .161 -4.1 0.0 0.0
C  Sherm Lollar 26 32 51 8 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 5 .157 .254 .235 .490 3.6 0.0 1.1
SS *Moon Mullen 34 29 29 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .345 .367 .414 .780 3.7 0.5 0.7
RF  Bill Burgo 31 9 14 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 .286 .375 .500 .875 2.7 0.5 0.1
P *Ken Johnson 28 84 7 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1 0.0
1B *George Shuba 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 35 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Spider Jorgensen 31 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Bowman 23 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 25 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1946 5498 954 1488 249 34 208 923 61 15 794 665 .271 .362 .442 .803 873.2 148.5 48.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 1 3 4 3 1 1 4 2 2 4 2 3 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
*Earl Johnson 32 21 10 .677 42 42 0 324.0 297 118 3 127 159 3.28 29.5
*Ernie White 34 22 9 .710 42 42 0 320.0 294 127 42 103 191 3.57 26.5
*Bill Wight 29 23 13 .639 43 43 0 318.3 312 133 13 136 114 3.76 23.9
*Bob Kuzava 28 13 13 .500 33 33 0 259.0 254 124 23 119 128 4.31 13.8
*Ken Johnson 28 14 7 .667 84 2 11 92.0 68 45 1 72 56 4.40 11.1
*Roger Bowman 23 1 3 .250 49 0 9 56.3 67 27 5 27 31 4.31 4.2
*Monte Kennedy 29 4 2 .667 41 0 4 44.3 51 33 6 36 23 6.70 0.6
*Dick Littlefield 25 2 0 1.000 14 0 1 16.0 13 11 4 12 7 6.19 0.7
*Johnny Gee 35 2 2 .500 14 0 1 11.0 20 15 4 5 1 12.27 0.0
*Harry Eisenstat 35 1 0 1.000 7 0 1 5.7 4 0 0 1 4 0.00 1.7
Team Totals 29.8 103 59 .636 369 162 27 1446.7 1380 633 101 638 714 3.94 112.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 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 .992 30.0
P.Gillespie 870.7 97 102 454 44 2 0 .996 50.0
W.Westrum 450.0 52 52 226 21 2 0 .992 40.7
S.Lollar 125.0 13 21 64 6 1 0 .986 33.3
D.Mitchell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1446.7 162 176 744 71 5 0 .994 45.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.01
F.Fain 896.3 100 111 1050 64 15 99 .987 11.19
M.Irvin 513.3 59 60 560 38 3 65 .995 10.48
S.Robertson 17.0 2 2 15 0 1 2 .938 7.94
S.Lollar 16.0 1 5 19 0 1 2 .950 10.69
W.Westrum 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
G.Shuba 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1446.7 162 180 1649 103 20 169 .989 10.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.28
S.Robertson 808.3 93 93 186 310 11 74 .978 5.52
P.Reese 562.3 62 65 156 209 6 61 .984 5.84
B.Adams 37.0 3 9 11 9 1 1 .952 4.86
H.Thompson 25.0 3 3 4 13 1 2 .944 6.12
M.Mullen 14.0 1 4 3 6 1 2 .900 5.79
Team Total 1446.7 162 174 360 547 20 140 .978 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
A.Rosen 1234.3 144 147 95 306 17 24 .959 2.92
B.Adams 138.0 17 18 10 34 5 4 .898 2.87
H.Thompson 37.7 0 19 6 13 0 4 1.000 4.54
M.Mullen 23.7 1 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.28
S.Robertson 8.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
S.Lollar 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1446.7 162 201 113 361 22 32 .956 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.51
P.Reese 667.3 75 82 108 262 11 50 .971 4.99
B.Adams 653.0 76 78 108 259 7 56 .981 5.06
H.Thompson 66.7 6 14 14 25 2 7 .951 5.27
M.Mullen 39.7 4 9 10 25 0 7 1.000 7.94
A.Rosen 16.0 1 4 4 3 1 1 .875 3.94
S.Robertson 4.0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 189 244 578 21 121 .975 5.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
M.Irvin 693.3 77 81 190 1 2 1 .990 2.48
H.Sauer 491.0 58 59 155 4 2 2 .988 2.91
D.Mitchell 120.0 14 17 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
M.Minoso 58.0 6 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
S.Robertson 39.3 2 11 10 3 1 1 .929 2.97
B.Burgo 33.0 4 4 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.36
D.Wakefield 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
G.Shuba 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 185 414 9 5 5 .988 2.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.49
H.Thompson 838.3 97 98 243 8 1 1 .996 2.69
M.Minoso 593.3 65 82 157 4 0 0 1.000 2.44
D.Wakefield 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Mitchell 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Adams 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Robertson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Burgo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 190 401 12 1 1 .998 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
D.Wakefield 1265.7 143 144 287 9 4 2 .987 2.10
D.Mitchell 89.0 10 16 27 0 1 0 .964 2.73
S.Robertson 57.0 6 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.58
H.Sauer 18.7 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
B.Adams 15.3 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
S.Jorgensen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 177 329 10 5 2 .985 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.27
E.Johnson 324.0 42 42 11 64 0 4 1.000 2.08
E.White 320.0 42 42 15 59 4 5 .949 2.08
B.Wight 318.3 43 43 18 41 2 3 .967 1.67
B.Kuzava 259.0 33 33 10 53 2 5 .969 2.19
K.Johnson 92.0 2 84 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.15
R.Bowman 56.3 0 49 4 18 0 1 1.000 3.52
M.Kennedy 44.3 0 41 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.64
D.Littlefield 16.0 0 14 0 6 0 1 1.000 3.38
J.Gee 11.0 0 14 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
H.Eisenstat 5.7 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.77
Team Total 1446.7 162 369 68 270 8 20 .977 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reese .317
On-Base Pct Fain .440
Slugging Pct Wakefield .506
OPS Reese .934
XR Reese 115.1
Games Rosen 152
At-Bats Reese 556
Runs Reese 132
Hits Reese 176
Total Bases Reese, Wakefield 281
Singles Reese 118
Doubles Wakefield 37
Triples Wakefield 6
Homeruns Rosen 31
RBIs Wakefield 117
Stolen Bases Reese 24
Caught Stealing Reese 6
Walks Reese 111
Strikeouts Rosen 99
ERA Johnson 3.28
Wins Wight 23
Losses Kuzava, Wight 13
Winning Pct White .710
Saves Johnson 11
Games Pitched Johnson 84
Games Started Wight 43
Complete Games Johnson, Kuzava 12
Shutouts Johnson, Kuzava 3
Innings Pitched Johnson 324.0
Hits Allowed Wight 312
Homeruns Allowed White 42
Strikeouts White 191
Walks Allowed Wight 136
Walks per 9IP White 2.9
Hits per 9IP Johnson 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP White 5.4
WHiP White 1.24
OAVG White .240
OOBP White .298
OSLG Johnson .306
OOPS Johnson .623
Team All-Stars
Monte Irvin
Earl Johnson
Dick Wakefield
Bill Wight
Player Salaries
Hank Sauer $ 10,000,000
Earl Johnson $ 9,500,000
Monte Irvin $ 8,300,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 6,650,000
Sherry Robertson $ 6,500,000
Ernie White $ 5,280,000
Dick Wakefield $ 4,750,000
Hank Thompson $ 3,978,571
Ferris Fain $ 3,542,857
Bill Wight $ 3,421,429
Bob Kuzava $ 2,582,857
Bobby Adams $ 1,152,857
Dale Mitchell $ 1,039,286
Johnny Gee $ 600,000
Bill Burgo $ 517,143
Monte Kennedy $ 500,000
Paul Gillespie $ 410,000
Wes Westrum $ 400,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 310,000
Roger Bowman $ 300,000
Ken Johnson $ 300,000
Spider Jorgensen $ 300,000
Sherm Lollar $ 300,000
Minnie Minoso $ 300,000
Moon Mullen $ 300,000
Al Rosen $ 300,000
George Shuba $ 300,000
Dick Littlefield $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/9 Signed     Harry Eisenstat
4/2 Released Charlie Bowles    
4/2 Released Ken Burkhart    
4/2 Released Monty Basgall    
7/1 Traded Don Carlsen
Harry Simpson		 Boston (N) Dick Littlefield
7/31 Released Doyle Lade    
7/31 Released Zeb Eaton    
7/31 Released Bryan Stephens    
 
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