1944 Montreal Expos
Record: 84-78
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 835
Runs Allowed: 772
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,759,419
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 4th in the NL
AA: 63-74, 6th in the NL
A: 90-47, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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 *Dick Wakefield 23 154 554 91 155 24 4 13 80 1 0 103 55 .280 .392 .408 .800 89.1 16.9 4.0
SS  Al Cuccinello 29 154 579 70 164 22 2 27 108 0 0 19 60 .283 .315 .468 .783 79.0 13.0 5.3
C *Joe Schultz 25 144 435 77 138 15 2 3 52 0 0 65 15 .317 .405 .382 .787 65.4 12.5 3.0
SS  Joe Cronin 37 130 421 64 115 15 10 8 56 0 0 27 71 .273 .315 .413 .728 52.6 8.0 2.9
RF  Frank Demaree 34 122 381 57 132 13 2 6 35 1 0 18 30 .346 .375 .438 .813 56.3 11.2 2.0
2B *Sherry Robertson 25 110 358 66 88 16 1 10 39 25 4 35 54 .246 .311 .380 .691 45.3 6.3 3.1
1B *Mickey Vernon 26 123 342 50 110 21 6 4 70 3 2 40 21 .322 .391 .453 .844 55.9 11.5 1.4
CF *Milt Byrnes 27 123 286 38 67 20 1 5 42 0 0 69 40 .234 .379 .364 .742 43.4 6.8 2.5
C  Frankie Hayes 29 97 302 40 81 15 4 9 54 0 0 29 32 .268 .334 .434 .768 37.6 5.5 2.7
CF *Pat Mullin 26 106 284 44 79 13 3 14 53 3 0 45 46 .278 .379 .493 .872 50.0 9.8 1.8
RF  Joe Gallagher 30 105 268 51 99 17 3 11 49 0 1 17 31 .369 .406 .578 .985 52.6 12.5 1.3
1B  Merv Connors 30 56 188 32 53 11 0 10 34 0 0 32 23 .282 .386 .500 .886 33.7 6.9 1.0
2B  Joe Chamberlain 34 70 192 22 44 5 1 3 23 0 0 4 47 .229 .242 .313 .555 12.3 0.0 1.9
1B  Lennie Merullo 27 71 157 17 49 12 1 0 14 1 0 10 10 .312 .351 .401 .752 19.8 3.5 1.7
SS *Benny McCoy 28 77 152 28 39 10 2 3 27 0 0 18 9 .257 .333 .408 .741 21.5 3.6 1.1
LF  Gee Walker 36 56 145 22 41 9 0 3 15 2 0 13 21 .283 .340 .407 .747 20.6 3.8 0.7
P *Vito Tamulis 32 43 139 16 25 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 17 .180 .190 .230 .420 4.9 0.0 0.0
CF *Danny Gardella 24 44 113 19 37 2 2 3 14 0 0 12 9 .327 .389 .460 .849 20.0 4.3 0.9
P  Bill Voiselle 25 42 96 5 13 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 19 .135 .152 .167 .318 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Al Javery 26 32 70 4 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 24 .129 .127 .129 .255 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 29 19 50 4 10 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 9 .200 .208 .200 .408 1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 23 26 45 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 24 23 43 5 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .163 .163 .186 .349 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Burgo 24 19 38 12 14 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 3 .368 .400 .526 .926 7.2 1.6 0.1
P  Newt Kimball 29 41 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Archie McKain 33 53 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Bowman 34 61 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2101 5652 835 1576 246 45 135 806 36 7 563 673 .279 .344 .410 .754 768.2 137.6 37.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 4 2 4 2 5 4 4 1 5 7 3 4 3 4 4  
* - 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
*Vito Tamulis 32 28 10 .737 43 43 0 356.7 338 135 35 72 143 3.41 28.8
 Bill Voiselle 25 15 19 .441 42 42 0 297.7 286 142 29 132 155 4.29 12.9
 Al Javery 26 9 12 .429 32 25 1 207.0 218 112 19 71 80 4.87 5.6
*Marius Russo 29 10 6 .625 19 19 0 141.3 159 60 10 42 56 3.82 9.4
*Howie Pollet 23 5 10 .333 26 18 1 139.0 148 69 4 75 42 4.47 4.9
 Early Wynn 24 4 5 .444 23 13 1 124.3 137 59 10 41 41 4.27 5.5
 Joe Bowman 34 6 6 .500 61 0 8 61.3 65 27 6 12 18 3.96 6.9
*Archie McKain 33 3 5 .375 53 0 13 57.3 67 33 6 25 22 5.18 3.0
 Newt Kimball 29 4 5 .444 41 2 4 54.0 81 45 4 41 21 7.50 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 84 78 .519 340 162 28 1438.6 1499 682 123 511 578 4.27 77.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 2 4 7 5 4 4 3 5 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 .991 31.7
J.Schultz 841.3 95 96 361 23 5 0 .987 17.5
F.Hayes 597.3 67 68 247 24 1 1 .996 40.9
Team Total 1438.7 162 164 608 47 6 1 .991 25.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 12.40
M.Vernon 674.7 74 88 871 64 6 73 .994 12.47
G.Walker 328.3 40 44 441 22 10 36 .979 12.69
M.Connors 203.7 23 23 263 20 0 19 1.000 12.51
B.McCoy 199.7 25 27 267 20 2 24 .993 12.94
A.Cuccinello 20.0 0 7 29 2 0 2 1.000 13.95
L.Merullo 6.0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
D.Gardella 5.3 0 4 8 1 0 1 1.000 15.20
J.Chamberlain 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.6 162 198 1883 131 18 156 .991 12.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.23
S.Robertson 746.0 87 93 172 352 20 74 .963 6.32
J.Chamberlain 442.7 51 56 111 205 7 42 .978 6.42
L.Merullo 141.0 16 22 43 56 1 10 .990 6.32
B.McCoy 89.0 8 24 26 41 1 7 .985 6.78
A.Cuccinello 17.0 0 8 3 6 0 3 1.000 4.76
M.Connors 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.7 162 204 356 662 29 137 .972 6.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.02
A.Cuccinello 898.0 108 110 61 258 10 16 .970 3.20
L.Merullo 223.0 26 36 15 67 2 8 .976 3.31
M.Connors 206.0 25 27 10 45 5 2 .917 2.40
F.Hayes 50.0 3 11 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.88
J.Schultz 49.7 0 21 3 14 3 3 .850 3.08
S.Robertson 7.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Chamberlain 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1438.7 162 214 94 398 20 31 .961 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.62
J.Cronin 986.7 115 122 158 437 28 73 .955 5.43
A.Cuccinello 343.7 41 44 50 149 5 30 .975 5.21
B.McCoy 73.3 6 20 9 36 0 2 1.000 5.52
S.Robertson 15.0 0 7 3 9 1 3 .923 7.20
L.Merullo 13.0 0 8 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.85
J.Chamberlain 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1438.7 162 205 224 635 34 109 .962 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
P.Mullin 626.7 79 87 141 4 2 0 .986 2.08
F.Demaree 502.3 60 65 103 3 0 0 1.000 1.90
J.Gallagher 131.2 13 33 26 1 1 1 .964 1.85
D.Gardella 117.0 16 17 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
B.Burgo 62.0 7 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
M.Byrnes 28.0 0 16 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.Vernon 23.3 0 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39
G.Walker 18.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
F.Hayes 10.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
D.Wakefield 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1523.5 175 248 318 8 3 1 .991 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.68
M.Byrnes 661.3 77 81 191 3 4 2 .980 2.64
D.Wakefield 605.7 68 72 162 1 0 1 1.000 2.42
D.Gardella 131.0 17 18 43 0 1 0 .977 2.95
F.Demaree 20.0 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
P.Mullin 10.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Burgo 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cronin 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Walker 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1438.7 162 187 410 4 5 3 .988 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
D.Wakefield 666.0 77 79 157 7 2 1 .988 2.22
J.Gallagher 410.7 54 56 86 5 6 1 .938 1.99
F.Demaree 218.0 25 29 55 0 1 0 .982 2.27
M.Byrnes 19.0 0 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32
P.Mullin 15.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Vernon 14.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
G.Walker 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Robertson 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Hayes 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Gardella 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.McCoy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1368.7 158 192 314 12 9 2 .973 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
V.Tamulis 356.7 43 43 24 62 1 4 .989 2.17
B.Voiselle 297.7 42 42 20 57 5 2 .939 2.33
A.Javery 207.0 25 32 14 52 1 4 .985 2.87
M.Russo 141.3 19 19 14 25 0 1 1.000 2.48
H.Pollet 139.0 18 26 8 29 0 2 1.000 2.40
E.Wynn 124.3 13 23 5 32 1 2 .974 2.68
J.Bowman 61.3 0 61 4 13 0 1 1.000 2.49
A.McKain 57.3 0 53 2 11 1 1 .929 2.04
N.Kimball 54.0 2 41 3 12 1 0 .938 2.50
Team Total 1438.6 162 340 94 293 10 17 .975 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Schultz .317
On-Base Pct Schultz .405
Slugging Pct Cuccinello .468
OPS Wakefield .800
XR Wakefield 89.1
Games Cuccinello, Wakefield 154
At-Bats Cuccinello 579
Runs Wakefield 91
Hits Cuccinello 164
Total Bases Cuccinello 271
Singles Schultz 118
Doubles Wakefield 24
Triples Cronin 10
Homeruns Cuccinello 27
RBIs Cuccinello 108
Stolen Bases Robertson 25
Caught Stealing Robertson 4
Walks Wakefield 103
Strikeouts Cronin 71
ERA Tamulis 3.41
Wins Tamulis 28
Losses Voiselle 19
Winning Pct Tamulis .737
Saves McKain 13
Games Pitched Bowman 61
Games Started Tamulis 43
Complete Games Tamulis 25
Shutouts Tamulis 5
Innings Pitched Tamulis 356.7
Hits Allowed Tamulis 338
Homeruns Allowed Tamulis 35
Strikeouts Voiselle 155
Walks Allowed Voiselle 132
Walks per 9IP Tamulis 1.8
Hits per 9IP Tamulis 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Voiselle 4.7
WHiP Tamulis 1.15
OAVG Tamulis .247
OOBP Tamulis .285
OSLG Tamulis .380
OOPS Tamulis .664
Team All-Stars
Al Cuccinello
Joe Gallagher
Joe Schultz
Vito Tamulis
Player Salaries
Vito Tamulis $ 14,300,000
Merv Connors $ 7,500,000
Joe Bowman $ 7,090,000
Newt Kimball $ 4,100,000
Marius Russo $ 3,700,000
Joe Cronin $ 3,350,000
Frank Demaree $ 2,500,000
Benny McCoy $ 1,528,571
Joe Gallagher $ 1,378,571
Frankie Hayes $ 1,297,143
Al Javery $ 705,714
Joe Chamberlain $ 650,000
Al Cuccinello $ 650,000
Archie McKain $ 470,000
Jim Winford $ 466,000
Bill Burgo $ 300,000
Milt Byrnes $ 300,000
Gee Walker $ 300,000
Danny Gardella $ 300,000
Sherry Robertson $ 300,000
Howie Pollet $ 300,000
Joe Schultz $ 300,000
Bill Voiselle $ 300,000
Mickey Vernon $ 300,000
Early Wynn $ 300,000
Lennie Merullo $ 300,000
Pat Mullin $ 300,000
Dick Wakefield $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Jim Winford
2/16 Signed     Joe Chamberlain
5/1 Traded Luis Olmo
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Pittsburgh Joe Gallagher