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1979 Montreal Expos
Record: 105-55
Finish: 1st in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 849
Runs Allowed: 666
Exp W-L: 97-63
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,327,062
Manager: Jason Spiegel II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 11th in the National League
AA: 59-78, 9th in the National League
A: 60-77, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Washington Nationals
 
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
RF  Bobby Bonds 33 153 591 127 197 24 9 46 126 46 17 90 106 .333 .423 .638 1.061 146.1 46.5 0.0
SS *Richie Hebner 31 148 600 99 181 32 4 4 54 4 1 46 53 .302 .358 .388 .746 81.9 20.4 7.5
LF  Hal McRae 33 152 584 98 182 42 3 16 124 2 0 40 46 .312 .357 .476 .833 94.4 24.6 3.8
C *Ron Blomberg 30 154 576 70 152 27 4 19 97 0 1 54 38 .264 .322 .424 .745 79.4 16.6 4.4
2B #Derrel Thomas 28 151 566 99 163 21 6 3 51 6 8 57 43 .288 .352 .362 .715 69.7 14.2 4.7
CF  Bobby Brooks 33 153 506 85 146 18 1 9 71 1 4 117 85 .289 .421 .381 .802 86.7 22.9 6.7
1B *Dave Parker 28 158 575 80 155 22 3 22 100 0 1 33 74 .270 .308 .433 .741 71.9 14.5 4.5
C  John Ellis 30 139 520 53 139 23 5 11 62 1 1 20 62 .267 .293 .394 .687 53.2 8.6 5.4
2B #Tito Fuentes 35 144 501 58 122 15 2 9 58 0 0 18 37 .244 .269 .335 .604 42.3 3.3 5.2
CF  Bill Sample 24 80 218 24 55 9 1 3 21 0 1 12 19 .252 .294 .344 .638 18.5 1.8 1.8
C #Alan Ashby 27 77 202 27 55 7 1 3 26 2 0 17 26 .272 .326 .361 .687 24.8 5.2 1.6
LF  Jim Cox 29 74 177 18 38 9 1 1 20 0 0 9 26 .215 .254 .294 .548 12.5 0.1 1.6
3B  Tim Nordbrook 29 53 32 11 4 0 0 0 4 7 3 5 10 .125 .243 .125 .368 1.4 0.0 0.5
  Team Totals 30.0 1636 5648 849 1589 249 40 146 814 69 37 518 625 .281 .342 .417 .759 782.8 178.6 47.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 3 1 1 8 5 3 2 4 9 7 3 1 3 2 1 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
*Tom Underwood 25 19 9 .679 32 32 0 258.0 225 87 23 91 137 3.03 19.8
*Frank Tanana 25 21 6 .778 32 32 0 248.0 247 98 29 44 122 3.56 16.0
*Frank Riccelli 26 19 9 .679 32 32 0 227.0 170 81 20 123 167 3.21 16.0
*Bill Butler 32 14 7 .667 32 32 0 223.0 187 83 14 98 123 3.35 14.6
*Vida Blue 29 12 14 .462 32 32 0 215.3 217 127 24 97 104 5.31 2.1
*Tom Hall 31 7 4 .636 61 0 3 115.7 113 54 7 61 95 4.20 5.5
 Mark Clear 23 5 4 .556 62 0 40 71.7 53 21 3 55 54 2.64 11.2
*Al Holland 26 5 2 .714 57 0 5 53.7 61 26 4 14 39 4.36 3.4
*Les Cain 31 3 0 1.000 28 0 0 29.7 37 20 3 19 21 6.07 0.3
Team Totals 27.6 105 55 .656 368 160 48 1442.0 1310 597 127 602 862 3.73 88.7
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 3 1 7 1 8 4 11 1 4  
* - 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 33.5
J.Ellis 1191.3 132 139 749 57 8 1 .990 31.3
A.Ashby 242.0 28 32 143 9 2 0 .987 34.8
R.Blomberg 8.7 0 3 9 0 1 0 .900 0.0
Team Total 1442.0 160 174 901 66 11 1 .989 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
H.McRae 1276.0 143 146 1470 94 12 151 .992 11.03
A.Ashby 150.0 17 21 181 6 0 20 1.000 11.22
J.Cox 11.0 0 3 15 0 0 0 1.000 12.27
D.Parker 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
R.Hebner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Ellis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 174 1672 100 12 171 .993 11.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
T.Fuentes 1183.7 138 141 284 463 23 117 .970 5.68
J.Cox 184.0 19 35 37 65 3 17 .971 4.99
T.Nordbrook 59.3 3 21 12 27 1 5 .975 5.92
B.Brooks 12.0 0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
D.Thomas 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 205 335 561 27 140 .971 5.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
D.Thomas 1261.3 143 144 82 333 11 35 .974 2.96
B.Sample 113.0 13 16 6 26 1 2 .970 2.55
A.Ashby 36.7 3 6 3 10 0 1 1.000 3.19
J.Cox 15.0 1 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20
R.Hebner 10.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Nordbrook 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Fuentes 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 179 92 375 12 38 .975 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
R.Hebner 1226.0 137 142 160 537 12 116 .983 5.12
J.Cox 148.0 17 20 17 57 2 7 .974 4.50
D.Thomas 39.0 4 5 6 18 3 3 .889 5.54
T.Nordbrook 29.0 2 7 7 13 1 1 .952 6.21
Team Total 1442.0 160 174 190 625 18 127 .978 5.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
D.Parker 1300.3 144 153 287 9 6 0 .980 2.05
B.Sample 106.0 13 14 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
J.Cox 28.7 3 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
H.McRae 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Fuentes 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brooks 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 179 318 10 6 0 .982 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
B.Brooks 1296.0 147 147 381 11 0 5 1.000 2.72
B.Sample 129.0 13 20 46 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
R.Blomberg 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Thomas 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.McRae 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Cox 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Nordbrook 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Bonds 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 176 432 11 0 5 1.000 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
R.Blomberg 1316.0 149 151 283 5 0 1 1.000 1.97
B.Sample 69.3 7 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Cox 38.0 4 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.18
H.McRae 9.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 6.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Fuentes 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 177 304 5 0 1 1.000 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
T.Underwood 258.0 32 32 21 37 1 0 .983 2.02
F.Tanana 248.0 32 32 8 41 0 4 1.000 1.78
F.Riccelli 227.0 32 32 12 38 2 3 .962 1.98
B.Butler 223.0 32 32 7 35 1 4 .977 1.70
V.Blue 215.3 32 32 18 38 4 2 .933 2.34
T.Hall 115.7 0 61 6 19 2 0 .926 1.95
M.Clear 71.7 0 62 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.75
A.Holland 53.7 0 57 5 8 0 2 1.000 2.18
L.Cain 29.7 0 28 0 2 1 0 .667 0.61
Team Total 1442.0 160 368 79 222 11 15 .965 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bonds .333
On-Base Pct Bonds .423
Slugging Pct Bonds .638
OPS Bonds 1.061
XR Bonds 146.1
Games Parker 158
At-Bats Hebner 600
Runs Bonds 127
Hits Bonds 197
Total Bases Bonds 377
Singles Hebner 141
Doubles McRae 42
Triples Bonds 9
Homeruns Bonds 46
RBIs Bonds 126
Stolen Bases Bonds 46
Caught Stealing Bonds 17
Walks Brooks 117
Strikeouts Bonds 106
ERA Underwood 3.03
Wins Tanana 21
Losses Blue 14
Winning Pct Tanana .778
Saves Clear 40
Games Pitched Clear 62
Games Started Blue, Butler, Riccelli, Tanana, Underwood 32
Complete Games Underwood 13
Shutouts Riccelli, Tanana, Underwood 2
Innings Pitched Underwood 258.0
Hits Allowed Tanana 247
Homeruns Allowed Tanana 29
Strikeouts Riccelli 167
Walks Allowed Riccelli 123
Walks per 9IP Tanana 1.6
Hits per 9IP Riccelli 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Riccelli 6.6
WHiP Tanana 1.17
OAVG Riccelli .207
OOBP Tanana .293
OSLG Butler .333
OOPS Butler .642
Team All-Stars
Bobby Bonds
Mark Clear
Richie Hebner
Hal McRae
Frank Tanana
Tom Underwood
Player Salaries
Bill Butler $ 10,000,000
Bobby Bonds $ 9,500,000
Richie Hebner $ 6,860,000
Bobby Brooks $ 6,400,000
Ron Blomberg $ 5,200,000
Hal McRae $ 5,100,000
Frank Tanana $ 4,835,714
Frank Riccelli $ 3,957,143
Tito Fuentes $ 3,520,000
Dave Parker $ 3,300,000
Vida Blue $ 2,100,000
John Ellis $ 2,000,000
Fritz Peterson $ 560,000
Tim Nordbrook $ 350,000
Les Cain $ 350,000
Tom Hall $ 350,000
Keith Moreland $ 300,000
Al Holland $ 300,000
Tom Underwood $ 300,000
Alan Ashby $ 300,000
Jim Cox $ 300,000
Mark Clear $ 300,000
Bill Sample $ 300,000
Derrel Thomas $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
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