1976 Montreal Expos
Record: 98-64
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 917
Runs Allowed: 770
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,402,515
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 49-88, 10th in the National League
AA: 66-71, 6th in the National League
A: 84-53, 1st in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Colorado Rockies
 
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
CF  Bobby Brooks 30 152 577 98 146 24 0 19 65 0 0 98 129 .253 .361 .393 .755 87.8 15.9 7.2
RF  Bobby Bonds 30 158 593 135 180 29 7 43 139 31 11 90 106 .304 .397 .594 .991 131.2 32.8 0.1
LF  Hal McRae 30 155 599 85 178 41 0 17 121 2 1 37 38 .297 .335 .451 .786 83.8 15.8 5.4
SS *Richie Hebner 28 156 573 99 189 32 6 11 78 2 5 61 42 .330 .394 .464 .858 91.2 19.7 6.6
3B  Bob Bailey 33 151 534 89 169 17 3 24 100 3 2 82 94 .316 .407 .494 .901 101.3 23.4 2.0
C *Ron Blomberg 27 143 521 93 151 31 3 11 91 5 4 69 35 .290 .369 .424 .793 79.3 15.6 2.0
RF  Dusty Baker 27 149 505 60 132 24 1 10 84 1 0 42 54 .261 .317 .372 .689 57.8 7.7 5.2
3B  Davey Johnson 33 151 488 57 96 20 0 14 53 1 1 47 67 .197 .267 .324 .590 40.6 0.4 4.9
RF  Merv Rettenmund 33 137 410 65 105 12 0 12 59 7 3 65 62 .256 .356 .373 .729 59.0 9.6 4.5
1B *Dave Parker 25 118 335 60 108 24 3 10 53 0 2 29 33 .322 .378 .501 .880 57.0 13.6 2.9
2B #Tito Fuentes 32 87 281 34 86 8 3 3 29 3 2 4 15 .306 .315 .388 .703 30.0 4.4 2.6
C  John Ellis 27 44 142 13 40 6 2 3 15 0 0 3 24 .282 .297 .415 .712 14.0 1.7 0.7
SS  Rod Gilbreath 23 29 37 5 8 1 2 1 4 0 0 4 6 .216 .293 .432 .725 4.2 0.6 0.4
C #Alan Ashby 24 8 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Tim Nordbrook 26 48 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.2 0.0 0.1
CF *Gary Thomasson 24 12 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B *Von Joshua 28 19 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 28.2 1717 5637 917 1591 270 30 178 892 63 34 634 710 .282 .354 .436 .789 835.9 161.4 44.9
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 2 1 3 2 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 3 1 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
*Frank Tanana 22 12 11 .522 35 35 0 267.7 269 136 34 77 153 4.57 13.3
*Bill Butler 29 19 8 .704 36 36 0 263.0 216 93 9 105 191 3.18 23.1
*Frank Riccelli 23 21 5 .808 33 33 0 218.0 189 112 17 133 130 4.62 13.0
*Vida Blue 26 12 8 .600 25 25 0 193.3 188 83 21 82 94 3.86 13.4
*Les Cain 28 4 11 .267 20 9 0 119.3 122 84 21 80 106 6.34 0.0
*Bob Knepper 22 4 6 .400 35 8 6 95.3 99 52 10 44 41 4.91 4.9
*Fritz Peterson 34 9 4 .692 55 0 12 92.7 102 41 10 27 24 3.98 8.8
*Mickey Lolich 35 4 1 .800 20 5 0 62.3 55 20 4 33 25 2.89 5.8
 Rick Rhoden 23 4 6 .400 31 0 7 51.0 57 30 7 18 18 5.29 2.8
*Jim Merritt 32 7 2 .778 29 0 3 51.0 58 32 6 24 24 5.65 2.4
*Rich Folkers 29 2 2 .500 21 0 2 30.0 40 23 6 16 15 6.90 0.0
*Tom Hall 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.7 1 1 0 2 0 13.64 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 98 64 .605 341 151 30 1444.3 1396 707 145 641 821 4.41 87.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 4 4 4 4 7 3 9 5 9 5 6  
* - 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 31.5
R.Blomberg 1171.3 131 132 684 42 8 1 .989 20.4
J.Ellis 256.0 29 29 161 13 2 0 .989 30.0
A.Ashby 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1445.3 162 163 850 55 10 1 .989 21.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
H.McRae 1274.7 145 147 1518 91 8 119 .995 11.36
D.Parker 100.0 11 12 114 7 0 10 1.000 10.89
J.Ellis 51.7 6 8 56 4 0 2 1.000 10.45
B.Brooks 8.0 0 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
R.Gilbreath 4.0 0 4 7 2 0 1 1.000 20.25
R.Blomberg 4.0 0 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 20.25
V.Joshua 3.0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 178 1718 105 8 136 .996 11.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
D.Johnson 1234.0 145 148 271 458 19 101 .975 5.32
T.Fuentes 109.3 12 18 27 47 0 9 1.000 6.09
R.Gilbreath 59.0 5 14 10 20 1 6 .968 4.58
T.Nordbrook 24.7 0 14 5 7 0 1 1.000 4.38
B.Brooks 16.3 0 9 4 4 0 1 1.000 4.41
V.Joshua 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 204 318 537 20 119 .977 5.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
B.Bailey 1224.3 137 144 90 338 28 21 .939 3.15
T.Fuentes 169.0 20 20 11 52 4 4 .940 3.36
R.Gilbreath 27.0 4 4 5 6 0 0 1.000 3.67
A.Ashby 11.0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27
R.Hebner 10.0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Nordbrook 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1445.3 162 175 108 405 32 25 .941 3.19
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
R.Hebner 1258.7 142 152 170 533 22 90 .970 5.03
T.Fuentes 143.0 17 20 17 60 4 9 .951 4.85
R.Gilbreath 17.0 2 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.24
T.Nordbrook 14.0 1 6 0 4 1 2 .800 2.57
B.Bailey 9.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
V.Joshua 2.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
D.Johnson 1.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1445.3 162 190 191 609 27 102 .967 4.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
D.Baker 1185.7 140 144 271 4 1 0 .996 2.09
D.Parker 131.3 11 31 38 3 0 0 1.000 2.81
T.Fuentes 93.0 11 13 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
G.Thomasson 9.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
B.Brooks 8.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
H.McRae 6.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
M.Rettenmund 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Joshua 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Bailey 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 208 345 7 1 0 .997 2.19
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
B.Brooks 1227.0 144 144 354 3 0 2 1.000 2.62
D.Parker 167.7 17 26 45 0 1 0 .978 2.42
B.Bonds 20.7 0 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
T.Fuentes 13.0 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85
H.McRae 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Blomberg 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
V.Joshua 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Baker 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Rettenmund 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 194 420 3 1 2 .998 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
M.Rettenmund 1101.7 127 130 243 3 2 3 .992 2.01
D.Parker 215.0 22 31 41 1 1 0 .977 1.76
T.Fuentes 84.7 10 12 17 0 1 0 .944 1.81
G.Thomasson 26.0 2 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
V.Joshua 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baker 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Blomberg 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brooks 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 161 188 302 4 5 3 .984 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
F.Tanana 267.7 35 35 19 41 1 1 .984 2.02
B.Butler 263.0 36 36 14 36 3 2 .943 1.71
F.Riccelli 218.0 33 33 12 40 3 2 .945 2.15
V.Blue 193.3 25 25 9 32 0 7 1.000 1.91
L.Cain 119.3 9 20 6 21 2 1 .931 2.04
B.Knepper 95.3 8 35 1 19 0 1 1.000 1.89
F.Peterson 92.7 0 55 10 9 1 3 .950 1.85
M.Lolich 62.3 5 20 5 12 2 1 .895 2.45
R.Rhoden 51.0 0 31 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.29
J.Merritt 51.0 0 29 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.77
R.Folkers 30.0 0 21 2 3 1 0 .833 1.50
T.Hall 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 151 341 84 230 13 19 .960 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hebner .330
On-Base Pct Bailey .407
Slugging Pct Bonds .594
OPS Bonds .991
XR Bonds 131.2
Games Bonds 158
At-Bats McRae 599
Runs Bonds 135
Hits Hebner 189
Total Bases Bonds 352
Singles Hebner 140
Doubles McRae 41
Triples Bonds 7
Homeruns Bonds 43
RBIs Bonds 139
Stolen Bases Bonds 31
Caught Stealing Bonds 11
Walks Brooks 98
Strikeouts Brooks 129
ERA Butler 3.18
Wins Riccelli 21
Losses Cain, Tanana 11
Winning Pct Riccelli .808
Saves Peterson 12
Games Pitched Peterson 55
Games Started Butler 36
Complete Games Tanana 9
Shutouts Butler 2
Innings Pitched Tanana 267.7
Hits Allowed Tanana 269
Homeruns Allowed Tanana 34
Strikeouts Butler 191
Walks Allowed Riccelli 133
Walks per 9IP Tanana 2.6
Hits per 9IP Butler 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Butler 6.5
WHiP Butler 1.22
OAVG Butler .219
OOBP Butler .292
OSLG Butler .302
OOPS Butler .594
Team All-Stars
Bob Bailey
Bobby Bonds
Bill Butler
Hal McRae
Frank Riccelli
Player Salaries
Bob Bailey $ 9,500,000
Bobby Bonds $ 9,500,000
Richie Hebner $ 6,460,000
Bobby Brooks $ 6,400,000
Bill Butler $ 5,385,714
Ron Blomberg $ 5,100,000
Mickey Lolich $ 4,990,000
Hal McRae $ 4,100,000
Davey Johnson $ 4,000,000
Dusty Baker $ 3,700,000
Merv Rettenmund $ 3,650,000
Tito Fuentes $ 3,100,000
Vida Blue $ 2,100,000
Jim Merritt $ 1,750,000
Fritz Peterson $ 560,000
John Ellis $ 300,000
Les Cain $ 300,000
Rich Folkers $ 300,000
Alan Ashby $ 300,000
Tom Hall $ 300,000
Frank Tanana $ 300,000
Von Joshua $ 300,000
Bob Knepper $ 300,000
Tim Nordbrook $ 300,000
Dave Parker $ 300,000
Frank Riccelli $ 300,000
Rod Gilbreath $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Fritz Peterson
John Hiller
Rene Lachemann
Jerry Martin
$2,000,000
Oakland Frank Riccelli
Mickey Lolich
3/3 Traded Floyd Wicker Oakland Fritz Peterson
6/1 Traded Brian Asselstine
Rick Rhoden
Gary Thomasson
Cleveland (A) Les Cain
Jim Merritt