1970 Montreal Expos
Record: 104-58
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 825
Runs Allowed: 627
Exp W-L: 101-61
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,363,459
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 7th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the National League
A: 83-54, 2nd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Los Angeles Dodgers
 
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
3B  Bob Bailey 27 155 577 110 159 24 5 29 103 6 0 100 111 .276 .380 .485 .866 104.0 24.5 2.9
RF  Merv Rettenmund 27 154 585 97 157 31 1 8 53 17 7 81 100 .268 .357 .366 .723 83.3 16.5 4.4
SS *Richie Hebner 22 150 530 81 155 29 1 10 59 5 4 54 39 .292 .359 .408 .766 71.9 14.9 3.8
C *Ron Blomberg 21 144 522 82 175 35 0 25 121 0 2 50 33 .335 .388 .546 .934 103.1 26.8 7.0
3B  Davey Johnson 27 148 496 48 119 30 2 11 60 0 0 41 64 .240 .299 .375 .674 49.1 5.8 5.7
RF  Dusty Baker 21 135 472 62 113 19 1 16 94 1 1 44 60 .239 .304 .386 .689 55.0 8.3 3.4
LF  Hal McRae 24 140 459 64 125 25 2 8 57 0 1 40 56 .272 .334 .388 .722 57.8 11.0 1.8
LF *Carlos May 22 127 437 57 97 17 2 9 52 7 4 59 93 .222 .315 .332 .646 45.8 5.2 0.1
CF *Gates Brown 31 133 431 73 125 22 2 16 66 21 5 67 56 .290 .382 .462 .843 79.2 19.1 4.2
2B #Tito Fuentes 26 123 391 44 110 8 3 3 35 8 6 17 28 .281 .311 .340 .651 37.5 4.7 3.8
1B  Duane Josephson 28 67 229 33 61 15 1 6 33 1 1 8 34 .266 .294 .419 .713 24.9 4.3 2.5
CF  Bobby Brooks 24 46 122 15 27 4 0 2 7 0 0 21 42 .221 .340 .303 .644 12.8 1.4 1.4
C #Ted Simmons 20 30 93 9 27 6 0 1 13 1 0 5 10 .290 .327 .387 .714 10.3 1.9 1.0
RF *Del Unser 25 36 83 13 26 4 0 1 12 1 1 10 10 .313 .383 .398 .781 13.3 3.0 0.4
C  Carl Warwick 33 48 70 17 16 3 0 1 6 4 1 7 9 .229 .304 .314 .618 6.3 0.3 1.2
CF *Bill White 36 33 46 6 10 0 0 3 14 1 1 3 8 .217 .260 .413 .673 5.4 0.6 0.1
2B  Dick Green 29 34 44 7 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 8 .318 .362 .455 .816 6.1 1.4 0.5
2B  Terry Harmon 26 25 30 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 .233 .294 .300 .594 2.2 0.0 0.4
3B  Rene Lachemann 25 9 21 2 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 4 .238 .273 .429 .701 2.8 0.5 0.2
C  Jimmie Coker 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.4 1739 5639 825 1528 278 20 151 797 74 35 615 771 .271 .342 .408 .750 770.9 150.1 44.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 2 3 2 9 6 2 5 8 1 3 3 2 3 2 2  
* - 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
 Dick Drago 25 16 10 .615 33 33 0 250.0 244 104 16 58 155 3.74 16.9
 Juan Marichal 32 15 7 .682 27 27 0 225.0 202 56 7 17 155 2.24 25.4
*John Hiller 27 16 3 .842 31 31 0 222.0 174 56 6 54 208 2.27 26.4
*Vida Blue 20 14 10 .583 42 16 3 168.3 173 77 15 64 81 4.12 10.7
*Mike Kekich 25 10 8 .556 24 20 0 162.7 158 68 14 54 83 3.76 10.7
*Rich Nye 25 9 8 .529 29 18 1 153.0 149 69 24 43 105 4.06 8.2
*Jim O'Toole 33 8 3 .727 12 12 0 95.3 73 33 5 29 61 3.12 8.6
 Bill Stafford 30 7 5 .583 29 4 5 65.3 83 50 18 29 36 6.89 0.0
*Luke Walker 26 5 2 .714 24 7 3 47.7 44 21 2 21 33 3.96 4.3
*Tom Burgmeier 26 2 2 .500 29 0 11 38.0 54 20 3 12 23 4.74 1.7
*Darold Knowles 28 1 0 1.000 22 0 2 31.7 35 11 0 13 16 3.13 2.9
*Fritz Peterson 28 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.9
*Tom Hall 22 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 26.7 104 58 .642 305 168 25 1465.0 1391 565 110 395 956 3.47 117.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 6 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 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 .990 31.7
R.Blomberg 1077.0 120 120 730 38 8 0 .990 24.3
D.Josephson 294.7 34 35 221 21 3 0 .988 50.0
C.Warwick 163.0 17 23 122 3 0 1 1.000 33.3
T.Simmons 141.7 16 16 93 5 0 0 1.000 33.3
R.Lachemann 37.0 4 5 25 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1713.4 191 199 1191 67 11 1 .991 32.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.46
H.McRae 692.7 78 83 777 40 4 66 .995 10.62
D.Josephson 228.0 28 29 250 20 3 26 .989 10.66
D.Unser 104.0 12 15 113 8 1 10 .992 10.47
T.Simmons 92.0 11 12 104 11 2 2 .983 11.25
R.Blomberg 27.0 2 5 32 2 1 8 .971 11.33
D.Baker 11.0 0 6 15 0 0 1 1.000 12.27
R.Hebner 8.3 0 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.64
C.May 7.0 1 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.White 5.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Brooks 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1178.0 132 161 1315 82 11 114 .992 10.67
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.86
D.Johnson 1205.0 138 146 234 478 20 94 .973 5.32
T.Fuentes 174.3 19 25 42 68 0 14 1.000 5.68
D.Green 43.3 2 15 13 21 0 4 1.000 7.06
T.Harmon 33.0 3 11 7 10 1 1 .944 4.64
B.Brooks 9.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 202 297 578 21 113 .977 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.81
B.Bailey 917.0 101 103 61 218 21 21 .930 2.74
R.Hebner 381.3 42 44 23 89 7 11 .941 2.64
T.Fuentes 78.0 9 10 5 22 0 2 1.000 3.12
D.Green 60.0 7 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.20
T.Harmon 23.0 3 3 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.74
D.Josephson 2.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Lachemann 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Unser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.4 162 174 92 341 29 35 .937 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.15
R.Hebner 770.0 84 101 103 273 17 51 .957 4.39
T.Fuentes 626.0 74 78 76 218 8 35 .974 4.23
T.Harmon 31.0 4 5 2 17 1 3 .950 5.52
D.Green 23.3 0 11 4 8 1 2 .923 4.63
B.Bailey 10.0 0 5 2 5 1 0 .875 6.30
D.Baker 4.3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1464.7 162 202 189 522 28 91 .962 4.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.88
D.Baker 1057.0 124 125 243 2 0 0 1.000 2.09
H.McRae 204.0 22 25 42 2 1 1 .978 1.94
D.Unser 49.0 6 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.20
B.Brooks 37.0 4 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Bailey 23.3 1 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
G.Brown 19.7 1 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
T.Fuentes 15.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Warwick 11.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.White 6.3 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
M.Rettenmund 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.May 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 189 321 7 1 1 .997 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.36
G.Brown 1008.3 118 120 279 7 3 1 .990 2.55
B.Brooks 246.7 29 33 81 0 0 0 1.000 2.96
M.Rettenmund 141.7 14 20 44 3 0 0 1.000 2.99
R.Blomberg 16.0 1 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.McRae 13.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
D.Baker 11.3 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
T.Fuentes 10.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Warwick 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.White 3.2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
D.Unser 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.2 162 203 422 11 3 1 .993 2.67
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.95
M.Rettenmund 1116.3 127 132 269 3 5 1 .982 2.19
H.McRae 172.0 20 23 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
T.Fuentes 75.0 9 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
D.Unser 45.7 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
R.Blomberg 23.3 0 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.47
B.White 7.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
C.May 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
G.Brown 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brooks 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Warwick 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.3 163 190 349 3 5 1 .986 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
D.Drago 250.0 33 33 18 45 1 3 .984 2.27
J.Marichal 225.0 27 27 16 26 1 1 .977 1.68
J.Hiller 222.0 31 31 8 30 0 2 1.000 1.54
V.Blue 168.3 16 42 4 36 2 5 .952 2.14
M.Kekich 162.7 20 24 9 29 1 6 .974 2.10
R.Nye 153.0 18 29 10 19 1 3 .967 1.71
J.O'Toole 95.3 12 12 7 19 1 1 .963 2.45
B.Stafford 65.3 4 29 4 6 2 0 .833 1.38
L.Walker 47.7 7 24 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.94
T.Burgmeier 38.0 0 29 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.66
D.Knowles 31.7 0 22 4 6 1 1 .909 2.84
F.Peterson 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Hall 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1465.0 168 305 83 226 10 23 .969 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Blomberg .335
On-Base Pct Blomberg .388
Slugging Pct Blomberg .546
OPS Blomberg .934
XR Bailey 104.0
Games Bailey 155
At-Bats Rettenmund 585
Runs Bailey 110
Hits Blomberg 175
Total Bases Blomberg 285
Singles Rettenmund 117
Doubles Blomberg 35
Triples Bailey 5
Homeruns Bailey 29
RBIs Blomberg 121
Stolen Bases Brown 21
Caught Stealing Rettenmund 7
Walks Bailey 100
Strikeouts Bailey 111
ERA Marichal 2.24
Wins Drago, Hiller 16
Losses Blue, Drago 10
Winning Pct Hiller .842
Saves Burgmeier 11
Games Pitched Blue 42
Games Started Drago 33
Complete Games Marichal 16
Shutouts Drago 2
Innings Pitched Drago 250.0
Hits Allowed Drago 244
Homeruns Allowed Nye 24
Strikeouts Hiller 208
Walks Allowed Blue 64
Walks per 9IP Marichal 0.7
Hits per 9IP Hiller 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Hiller 8.4
WHiP Marichal 0.97
OAVG Hiller .213
OOBP Marichal .251
OSLG Hiller .306
OOPS Marichal .563
Team All-Stars
Bob Bailey
John Hiller
Player Salaries
Juan Marichal $ 10,000,000
Jim O'Toole $ 9,260,000
Bob Bailey $ 8,500,000
John Hiller $ 6,500,000
Gene Conley $ 6,000,000
Gates Brown $ 3,300,000
Davey Johnson $ 2,800,000
Jim Owens $ 2,006,000
Bill Stafford $ 1,820,000
Norm Cash $ 1,020,000
Tito Fuentes $ 928,571
Darold Knowles $ 450,000
Jimmie Coker $ 400,000
Jim Northrup $ 378,571
Dick Green $ 350,000
Greg Goossen $ 350,000
Bob Schroder $ 350,000
Fritz Peterson $ 350,000
Vida Blue $ 300,000
Bobby Brooks $ 300,000
Del Unser $ 300,000
Ron Blomberg $ 300,000
Dusty Baker $ 300,000
Dick Drago $ 300,000
Tom Burgmeier $ 300,000
Von Joshua $ 300,000
Terry Harmon $ 300,000
Richie Hebner $ 300,000
Ted Simmons $ 300,000
Carl Warwick $ 300,000
Mike Kekich $ 300,000
Rene Lachemann $ 300,000
Merv Rettenmund $ 300,000
Carlos May $ 300,000
Hal McRae $ 300,000
Rich Nye $ 300,000
Tom Hall $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Billings Colorado Carl Warwick
Gates Brown
2/3 Traded Jerry Walker Seattle Bill Stafford
2/3 Traded John Tsitouris Minnesota Gene Conley
2/4 Signed     Norm Cash
3/3 Traded Jim Spencer
Carlton Fisk
Ralph Garr
Cleveland (A) Merv Rettenmund
3/3 Traded Jose Cardenal
Reggie Cleveland
Jerry Morales
Orlando Pena
Cleveland (A) Duane Josephson
3/3 Traded Tom Bradley Colorado Juan Marichal
4/2 Signed     Bill White
7/1 Traded Duane Josephson
Bill White
Luke Walker
$10,000,000
Minnesota John Tsitouris
7/31 Traded John Tsitouris Tampa Bay Jim O'Toole