1940 Montreal Expos
Record: 71-91
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 691
Runs Allowed: 778
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,008,239
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 6th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the NL
A: 87-50, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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
1B  Merv Connors 26 157 560 93 158 24 3 26 94 0 0 82 88 .282 .372 .475 .847 95.7 19.1 4.4
C  Frankie Hayes 25 135 498 58 144 21 7 10 81 0 0 44 45 .289 .346 .420 .765 63.9 11.0 8.8
RF  Myril Hoag 32 143 497 75 135 22 2 8 45 13 6 34 66 .272 .318 .372 .690 55.1 7.8 2.2
RF *Barney McCosky 23 123 467 59 128 22 6 3 44 17 9 46 25 .274 .339 .366 .705 54.0 8.3 2.7
1B *Joe Kuhel 34 146 452 65 127 20 8 10 62 5 2 49 47 .281 .350 .427 .777 64.5 11.6 2.3
SS *Benny McCoy 24 129 368 39 73 11 3 7 45 6 0 47 18 .198 .287 .302 .589 32.2 2.0 2.3
LF *Milt Galatzer 33 123 366 38 91 15 2 5 37 5 2 37 21 .249 .322 .342 .663 42.9 6.4 2.8
CF  Fabian Gaffke 26 96 304 32 64 16 0 5 31 1 0 18 36 .211 .256 .313 .569 24.7 1.3 2.6
RF *Joe Gantenbein 23 81 230 25 65 8 3 5 25 0 0 16 6 .283 .335 .409 .743 30.0 5.0 0.0
2B #Bernie James 34 122 225 34 57 7 4 2 30 4 7 12 19 .253 .289 .347 .635 18.4 1.3 1.3
C  Shanty Hogan 34 108 218 17 61 14 0 0 33 0 0 13 11 .280 .316 .344 .660 21.4 2.8 3.1
2B  Bill Cissell 36 94 207 20 64 13 1 1 19 2 1 13 24 .309 .350 .396 .746 24.5 4.4 0.3
2B #Mark Koenig 35 51 190 26 68 14 5 3 30 3 2 5 7 .358 .378 .532 .909 31.2 7.0 0.6
1B  Lyn Lary 34 88 178 23 40 11 4 1 12 1 3 16 28 .225 .292 .348 .641 15.7 1.6 1.0
LF *Goody Rosen 27 51 157 24 47 5 3 0 15 5 2 15 10 .299 .358 .369 .728 20.5 3.6 0.9
RF *Jo-Jo White 31 44 125 20 33 0 2 1 6 1 2 15 5 .264 .343 .320 .663 13.4 1.8 0.6
SS  Al Cuccinello 25 43 114 16 34 6 0 5 17 0 0 2 12 .298 .305 .482 .788 15.3 2.6 0.4
P *Joe Bowman 30 40 111 5 17 0 1 0 6 0 2 2 18 .153 .168 .171 .339 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Wilshere 27 40 101 7 7 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 36 .069 .087 .119 .205 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 25 41 87 2 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 35 .103 .132 .126 .258 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Al Javery 22 29 82 5 15 4 0 0 11 0 0 1 25 .183 .193 .232 .424 2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 30 12 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .028 .028 .028 .056 -2.5 0.0 0.0
C  Ed Madjeski 31 10 14 3 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .714 1.071 3.2 0.9 0.3
3B  Joe Orengo 25 10 9 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .333 .400 .444 .844 1.5 0.4 0.0
P *Al Hollingsworth 32 71 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1 0.2 0.0
P  Julio Bonetti 28 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Linke 28 64 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0 0.2 0.0
P #Early Wynn 20 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Archie McKain 29 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2130 5614 691 1450 240 56 93 659 63 38 473 605 .258 .316 .371 .686 625.7 99.4 36.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 4 6 6 1 4 4 2 6 3 4 6 4 5 5 5  
* - 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
*Whitey Wilshere 27 18 17 .514 40 40 0 298.7 243 124 20 140 188 3.74 18.6
 Joe Bowman 30 8 21 .276 40 40 0 298.3 329 151 26 121 113 4.56 7.8
 Newt Kimball 25 8 18 .308 41 41 0 277.7 282 127 6 107 121 4.12 12.2
 Al Javery 22 10 14 .417 29 29 0 221.7 233 98 11 69 83 3.98 11.8
 Johnny Broaca 30 6 5 .545 12 12 0 100.0 117 47 8 25 41 4.23 4.4
*Al Hollingsworth 32 8 6 .571 71 0 2 91.0 105 39 8 55 23 3.86 5.5
 Ed Linke 28 9 5 .643 64 0 4 76.0 84 35 6 36 20 4.14 5.9
*Archie McKain 29 2 3 .400 44 0 16 50.7 49 12 5 18 22 2.13 9.2
 Julio Bonetti 28 2 2 .500 31 0 2 38.3 48 19 3 10 17 4.46 1.9
 Early Wynn 20 0 0 .000 4 0 0 8.7 15 6 1 1 3 6.24 0.0
Team Totals 27.1 71 91 .438 376 162 24 1461.0 1505 658 94 582 631 4.05 77.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 3 6 2 5 1 7 7 4 5  
* - 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 33.6
F.Hayes 1081.3 118 122 501 39 4 1 .993 38.9
S.Hogan 351.7 41 41 154 21 3 1 .983 47.6
E.Madjeski 28.0 3 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1461.0 162 167 664 62 7 2 .990 44.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.37
J.Kuhel 993.0 109 134 1170 89 7 94 .994 11.41
L.Lary 425.0 53 60 503 44 6 45 .989 11.58
M.Connors 11.0 0 4 11 3 0 0 1.000 11.45
A.Cuccinello 9.0 0 4 9 4 0 3 1.000 13.00
B.McCoy 8.0 0 7 11 2 0 0 1.000 14.63
E.Madjeski 8.0 0 3 11 0 0 3 1.000 12.38
M.Hoag 6.0 0 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
M.Galatzer 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 218 1726 142 13 145 .993 11.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.32
B.McCoy 856.7 106 112 197 350 20 65 .965 5.75
B.James 466.7 43 91 114 196 16 41 .951 5.98
M.Koenig 145.3 15 15 35 59 2 13 .979 5.82
B.Cissell 110.7 13 15 19 40 2 7 .967 4.80
J.White 27.1 0 9 11 12 0 2 1.000 7.64
M.Hoag 6.0 0 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
A.Cuccinello 4.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Orengo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Connors 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1620.4 177 251 379 662 40 130 .963 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.07
M.Connors 1265.0 144 144 95 313 22 12 .949 2.90
F.Gaffke 164.0 16 22 10 43 2 2 .964 2.91
M.Koenig 54.7 6 6 4 15 1 1 .950 3.13
A.Cuccinello 23.0 2 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.35
J.White 17.9 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.01
B.Cissell 2.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50
F.Hayes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Rosen 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1528.5 168 183 114 377 26 15 .950 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.57
J.Gantenbein 584.7 70 78 94 232 10 43 .970 5.02
B.Cissell 391.7 43 66 59 167 16 34 .934 5.19
M.Koenig 222.2 21 25 40 96 6 19 .958 5.51
A.Cuccinello 31.3 2 4 3 12 0 2 1.000 4.31
L.Lary 20.0 0 13 2 7 2 0 .818 4.05
M.Connors 9.0 0 4 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Orengo 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.Hoag 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.White 1.7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1264.6 136 193 202 521 34 101 .955 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.97
M.Hoag 983.0 111 117 231 5 12 1 .952 2.16
G.Rosen 228.3 27 29 44 2 1 0 .979 1.81
F.Gaffke 150.7 17 21 38 4 0 1 1.000 2.51
J.White 143.5 11 12 37 1 4 0 .905 2.38
M.Galatzer 52.0 6 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.McCosky 9.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Orengo 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Hayes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1574.5 172 194 363 13 17 2 .957 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.60
M.Galatzer 722.3 80 88 227 6 12 1 .951 2.90
F.Gaffke 397.7 47 49 134 4 1 2 .993 3.12
G.Rosen 105.0 12 15 34 3 1 0 .974 3.17
J.White 19.0 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32
M.Hoag 9.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
J.Gantenbein 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Orengo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.McCoy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1260.0 139 163 409 13 14 3 .968 3.01
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.08
B.McCosky 1021.0 114 114 282 1 10 1 .966 2.49
M.Galatzer 195.3 23 24 41 1 1 0 .977 1.94
A.Cuccinello 149.7 17 19 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.68
F.Hayes 36.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.White 32.3 1 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
J.Kuhel 29.7 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.21
G.Rosen 16.2 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
M.Hoag 13.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 .800 2.77
F.Gaffke 11.0 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64
S.Hogan 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1506.2 165 185 380 3 13 1 .967 2.29
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.34
W.Wilshere 298.7 40 40 11 37 0 5 1.000 1.45
J.Bowman 298.3 40 40 21 58 4 5 .952 2.38
N.Kimball 277.7 41 41 20 42 2 4 .969 2.01
A.Javery 221.7 29 29 20 39 0 5 1.000 2.40
J.Broaca 100.0 12 12 6 20 0 2 1.000 2.34
A.Hollingsworth 91.0 0 71 7 21 2 2 .933 2.77
E.Linke 76.0 0 64 5 14 2 1 .905 2.25
A.McKain 50.7 0 44 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Bonetti 38.3 0 31 2 14 1 1 .941 3.76
E.Wynn 8.7 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1461.0 162 376 95 254 11 25 .969 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hayes .289
On-Base Pct Connors .372
Slugging Pct Connors .475
OPS Connors .847
XR Connors 95.7
Games Connors 157
At-Bats Connors 560
Runs Connors 93
Hits Connors 158
Total Bases Connors 266
Singles Hayes 106
Doubles Connors 24
Triples Kuhel 8
Homeruns Connors 26
RBIs Connors 94
Stolen Bases McCosky 17
Caught Stealing McCosky 9
Walks Connors 82
Strikeouts Connors 88
ERA Wilshere 3.74
Wins Wilshere 18
Losses Bowman 21
Winning Pct Wilshere .514
Saves McKain 16
Games Pitched Hollingsworth 71
Games Started Kimball 41
Complete Games Javery 14
Shutouts Javery, Wilshere 3
Innings Pitched Wilshere 298.7
Hits Allowed Bowman 329
Homeruns Allowed Bowman 26
Strikeouts Wilshere 188
Walks Allowed Wilshere 140
Walks per 9IP Javery 2.8
Hits per 9IP Wilshere 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilshere 5.7
WHiP Wilshere 1.28
OAVG Wilshere .220
OOBP Wilshere .310
OSLG Wilshere .341
OOPS Wilshere .651
Team All-Stars
Merv Connors
Player Salaries
Joe Bowman $ 5,087,000
Shanty Hogan $ 5,000,000
Whitey Wilshere $ 3,207,143
Cliff Bolton $ 2,510,000
Lyn Lary $ 2,000,700
Bernie James $ 1,290,000
Myril Hoag $ 1,100,000
Cy Moore $ 750,000
Joe Kuhel $ 750,000
Johnny Welch $ 555,000
Bill Cissell $ 450,000
Herm Holshouser $ 350,000
Joe Gantenbein $ 300,000
Julio Bonetti $ 300,000
Joe Orengo $ 300,000
Archie McKain $ 300,000
Merv Connors $ 300,000
Al Cuccinello $ 300,000
Carl Fischer $ 300,000
Al Hollingsworth $ 300,000
Milt Galatzer $ 300,000
Newt Kimball $ 300,000
Frankie Hayes $ 300,000
Benny McCoy $ 300,000
Barney McCosky $ 300,000
Ed Madjeski $ 300,000
Ed Linke $ 300,000
Early Wynn $ 300,000
Al Javery $ 300,000
Fabian Gaffke $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Clay Bryant
Odell Hale
Minnesota Ed Connolly
2/3 Traded Chile Gomez
$10,000,000
Tampa Bay Flea Clifton
2/3 Traded Phil Weintraub Brooklyn Jimmy Bloodworth
2/6 Signed     Johnny Welch
2/10 Signed     Herm Holshouser
2/12 Signed     Bill Cissell
2/12 Signed     Cy Moore
6/1 Traded Jo-Jo White
Johnny Broaca
Mark Koenig
Pittsburgh Cliff Bolton
Joe Schultz
6/1 Traded Goody Rosen Boston (N) Glen Stewart
7/1 Traded Ed Boland Detroit Bill Hallahan
Red Anderson
10/17 Released Bill Hallahan