1972 Montreal Expos
Record: 109-53
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 924
Runs Allowed: 608
Exp W-L: 111-51
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,377,586
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 3rd in the National League
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the National League
A: 64-73, 5th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Cleveland (N) Spiders
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over St. Louis Cardinals
 
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 29 151 562 110 163 24 5 21 100 4 4 95 115 .290 .388 .463 .851 95.9 19.8 0.1
RF  Merv Rettenmund 29 142 549 103 149 31 4 22 63 7 2 74 91 .271 .357 .463 .819 88.0 17.9 3.1
LF  Hal McRae 26 153 556 95 179 48 1 18 105 2 1 50 38 .322 .379 .509 .888 92.4 20.8 3.5
3B  Harmon Killebrew 36 143 510 80 116 11 0 25 100 0 0 88 130 .227 .339 .396 .735 72.5 11.5 3.7
SS *Richie Hebner 24 147 497 92 156 21 2 7 70 3 8 62 36 .314 .389 .406 .796 75.3 15.4 8.1
RF  Dusty Baker 23 144 518 74 168 25 3 14 68 1 2 36 57 .324 .367 .465 .832 78.0 16.8 3.2
3B  Davey Johnson 29 139 468 75 135 28 3 24 104 0 1 50 49 .288 .356 .515 .871 79.4 17.0 4.6
C *Ron Blomberg 23 136 459 80 149 36 2 16 105 0 2 47 30 .325 .388 .516 .905 82.5 19.9 4.2
CF  Bobby Brooks 26 123 382 60 85 14 3 10 47 0 1 90 127 .223 .372 .353 .726 58.0 10.3 4.2
2B #Tito Fuentes 28 103 283 26 82 15 0 3 35 8 3 16 17 .290 .330 .375 .705 34.3 6.0 4.1
LF *Carlos May 24 94 255 51 73 12 2 8 39 4 2 43 34 .286 .392 .443 .835 44.5 9.5 1.6
3B  Rene Lachemann 27 72 217 31 53 8 0 7 28 0 2 17 45 .244 .302 .378 .680 23.6 3.1 2.1
2B *Von Joshua 24 37 81 7 23 5 0 0 4 0 1 1 9 .284 .289 .346 .635 5.8 0.2 0.9
2B  Dick Green 31 30 58 9 10 2 0 0 3 1 0 6 16 .172 .250 .207 .457 2.8 0.0 0.7
RF *Del Unser 27 15 46 10 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 3 .326 .373 .413 .786 7.4 1.6 0.4
CF  Earl Robinson 35 20 38 10 13 2 0 1 5 1 0 5 5 .342 .419 .474 .892 7.1 1.8 0.0
C  John Ellis 23 10 30 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .367 .567 1.5 0.0 0.3
C  Greg Goossen 26 11 26 5 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .346 .414 .538 .952 5.0 1.4 0.2
C  Carl Warwick 35 17 17 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 .118 .211 .176 .387 0.0 0.0 0.1
C #Ted Simmons 22 5 15 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 0.6 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 27.4 1692 5567 924 1589 290 26 178 894 32 29 687 816 .285 .364 .443 .807 854.5 173.1 45.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 1 1 1 7 3 1 9 7 1 5 1 1 2 1 1  
* - 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
 Juan Marichal 34 22 9 .710 32 32 0 274.0 251 73 4 32 175 2.40 27.7
*Vida Blue 22 19 6 .760 33 33 0 243.0 233 89 14 113 135 3.30 17.4
*John Hiller 29 20 3 .870 28 28 0 205.7 122 36 3 47 190 1.58 26.0
*Jerry Koosman 29 13 9 .591 26 26 0 188.0 185 95 27 89 133 4.55 7.7
*Bill Butler 25 11 8 .579 39 16 3 152.3 144 69 10 70 72 4.08 7.8
 Dick Drago 27 9 5 .643 16 16 0 110.3 115 45 7 27 44 3.67 7.6
 Bill Stafford 32 8 9 .471 53 2 20 107.3 119 61 18 40 69 5.12 5.2
*Dennis Bennett 32 3 1 .750 33 2 8 54.0 60 31 6 27 23 5.17 2.3
*Tom Burgmeier 28 1 0 1.000 22 0 4 36.7 35 12 1 22 20 2.95 3.5
*Roger Moret 22 3 1 .750 4 4 0 30.7 25 16 2 25 13 4.70 1.5
*Fritz Peterson 30 0 0 .000 12 0 2 24.7 28 10 3 4 10 3.65 1.6
 Milt Wilcox 22 0 2 .000 2 2 0 13.7 14 10 2 8 5 6.59 0.0
*Rich Nye 27 0 0 .000 1 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 27.6 109 53 .673 301 162 37 1442.6 1332 547 97 504 889 3.41 108.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 2 5 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 33.0
R.Blomberg 827.7 94 95 531 29 5 1 .991 27.1
R.Lachemann 463.0 51 53 299 15 2 1 .994 28.6
J.Ellis 71.7 8 10 50 2 1 0 .981 20.0
G.Goossen 52.3 6 7 32 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Simmons 18.0 2 2 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Warwick 10.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1442.7 162 169 930 47 8 2 .992 26.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
H.McRae 1215.0 139 140 1381 91 9 134 .994 10.90
C.May 154.7 17 20 173 7 2 20 .989 10.47
R.Lachemann 30.0 3 5 36 2 1 1 .974 11.40
R.Blomberg 20.0 1 5 23 2 0 2 1.000 11.25
V.Joshua 19.0 2 4 18 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Hebner 4.0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 178 1634 104 12 157 .993 10.84
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
D.Johnson 1149.3 131 138 245 422 11 99 .984 5.22
T.Fuentes 184.0 21 25 35 72 1 13 .991 5.23
D.Green 97.3 10 15 24 25 0 7 1.000 4.53
V.Joshua 12.0 0 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 183 306 525 12 120 .986 5.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
H.Killebrew 1202.3 138 138 85 295 25 27 .938 2.84
T.Fuentes 160.0 19 21 14 50 1 4 .985 3.60
R.Lachemann 29.3 1 9 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.15
T.Simmons 18.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
B.Bailey 13.0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Green 12.0 1 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Hebner 8.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1442.7 162 182 103 358 26 31 .947 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
R.Hebner 1130.3 128 140 153 447 7 76 .988 4.78
T.Fuentes 255.0 30 36 37 112 5 28 .968 5.26
D.Green 32.0 3 7 6 13 0 2 1.000 5.34
B.Bailey 13.3 0 7 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.38
V.Joshua 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Johnson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 192 199 577 12 108 .985 4.84
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
D.Baker 1169.0 135 138 242 5 1 0 .996 1.90
C.May 151.0 17 19 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.03
T.Fuentes 88.0 10 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
H.Killebrew 10.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Warwick 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
H.McRae 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Rettenmund 4.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Unser 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Joshua 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bailey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Robinson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.9 162 187 304 7 1 0 .997 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
B.Brooks 1000.7 116 120 303 1 1 0 .997 2.73
V.Joshua 135.3 17 21 52 0 1 0 .981 3.46
D.Unser 114.0 14 14 24 3 0 3 1.000 2.13
R.Blomberg 84.7 8 13 27 3 0 1 1.000 3.19
T.Fuentes 43.0 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
H.McRae 15.7 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
M.Rettenmund 12.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Green 11.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
C.Warwick 9.0 0 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Baker 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Robinson 1.4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 162 195 432 8 2 4 .995 2.77
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
M.Rettenmund 1143.3 133 137 255 2 9 0 .966 2.02
C.May 184.7 20 23 50 3 1 1 .981 2.58
R.Blomberg 75.0 5 19 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
V.Joshua 17.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
H.McRae 12.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baker 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Fuentes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brooks 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Robinson 0.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.4 162 188 327 5 10 1 .971 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
J.Marichal 274.0 32 32 10 37 4 2 .922 1.54
V.Blue 243.0 33 33 22 36 1 3 .983 2.15
J.Hiller 205.7 28 28 10 37 2 3 .959 2.06
J.Koosman 188.0 26 26 12 27 3 4 .929 1.87
B.Butler 152.3 16 39 10 22 0 5 1.000 1.89
D.Drago 110.3 16 16 8 16 0 4 1.000 1.96
B.Stafford 107.3 2 53 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.59
D.Bennett 54.0 2 33 1 4 1 0 .833 0.83
T.Burgmeier 36.7 0 22 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.96
R.Moret 30.7 4 4 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.52
F.Peterson 24.7 0 12 3 6 2 0 .818 3.28
M.Wilcox 13.7 2 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.95
R.Nye 2.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.6 162 301 88 218 13 22 .959 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Blomberg .325
On-Base Pct Hebner .389
Slugging Pct Blomberg .516
OPS Blomberg .905
XR Bailey 95.9
Games McRae 153
At-Bats Bailey 562
Runs Bailey 110
Hits McRae 179
Total Bases McRae 283
Singles Baker, Hebner 126
Doubles McRae 48
Triples Bailey 5
Homeruns Killebrew 25
RBIs McRae, Blomberg 105
Stolen Bases Fuentes 8
Caught Stealing Hebner 8
Walks Bailey 95
Strikeouts Killebrew 130
ERA Hiller 1.58
Wins Marichal 22
Losses Koosman, Marichal, Stafford 9
Winning Pct Hiller .870
Saves Stafford 20
Games Pitched Stafford 53
Games Started Blue 33
Complete Games Marichal 22
Shutouts Marichal 6
Innings Pitched Marichal 274.0
Hits Allowed Marichal 251
Homeruns Allowed Koosman 27
Strikeouts Hiller 190
Walks Allowed Blue 113
Walks per 9IP Marichal 1.1
Hits per 9IP Hiller 5.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Hiller 8.3
WHiP Hiller 0.82
OAVG Hiller .169
OOBP Hiller .221
OSLG Hiller .231
OOPS Hiller .452
Team All-Stars
Bob Bailey
Ron Blomberg
John Hiller
Juan Marichal
Hal McRae
Player Salaries
Earl Robinson $ 15,000,000
Harmon Killebrew $ 12,000,000
Juan Marichal $ 10,000,000
Bob Bailey $ 8,500,000
John Hiller $ 6,500,000
Ellis Burton $ 5,000,000
Dennis Bennett $ 4,020,000
Davey Johnson $ 2,800,000
Dusty Baker $ 1,742,857
Tito Fuentes $ 1,300,000
Jerry Koosman $ 1,150,714
Tom Burgmeier $ 350,000
Dick Green $ 350,000
Greg Goossen $ 350,000
Fritz Peterson $ 320,000
Rich Folkers $ 300,000
Roger Moret $ 300,000
Carl Warwick $ 300,000
Ron Blomberg $ 300,000
Vida Blue $ 300,000
Bobby Brooks $ 300,000
Hal McRae $ 300,000
Del Unser $ 300,000
Bill Butler $ 300,000
John Ellis $ 300,000
Rene Lachemann $ 300,000
Von Joshua $ 300,000
Carlos May $ 300,000
Richie Hebner $ 300,000
Derrel Thomas $ 300,000
Bill Stafford $ 300,000
Milt Wilcox $ 300,000
Craig Robinson $ 300,000
Merv Rettenmund $ 300,000
Dick Drago $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Rico Carty Cleveland (A) Ellis Burton
2/7 Traded Terry Harmon Oakland Floyd Wicker
2/7 Traded Gates Brown Pittsburgh Bill Connors
2/11 Signed     Dennis Bennett
3/3 Traded Dick Drago
$10,000,000
Minnesota John Felske
5/1 Traded Roger Freed
Fred Kendall
Rich Nye
Boston (A) Jerry Koosman
Bill Plummer
7/1 Traded Ted Simmons Minnesota Dick Drago
7/1 Traded Bill Connors Pittsburgh Earl Robinson