1978 Montreal Expos
Record: 99-61
Finish: 1st in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 858
Runs Allowed: 648
Exp W-L: 100-60
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,283,508
Manager: Jason Spiegel II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 11th in the National League
AA: 55-82, 12th in the National League
A: 62-75, 6th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to San Diego Padres
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
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 32 155 572 123 168 18 4 41 113 41 15 99 82 .294 .397 .554 .952 122.2 28.5 0.0
SS *Richie Hebner 30 148 594 102 185 30 7 9 71 9 3 54 44 .311 .374 .431 .805 90.0 19.2 6.3
C *Ron Blomberg 29 152 582 87 153 23 3 20 94 0 0 57 40 .263 .325 .416 .741 79.5 13.2 4.2
CF  Bobby Brooks 32 153 550 86 163 25 0 17 75 0 0 91 113 .296 .395 .435 .829 96.5 21.5 4.6
LF  Hal McRae 32 154 588 107 183 47 3 25 123 1 1 40 45 .311 .357 .529 .886 102.1 23.6 3.0
1B *Dave Parker 27 145 532 69 170 26 4 11 91 1 0 32 51 .320 .360 .445 .806 79.2 17.1 3.8
2B #Tito Fuentes 34 143 527 63 171 17 4 8 64 2 0 17 21 .324 .346 .417 .764 69.4 13.9 4.5
C  John Ellis 29 134 483 59 148 26 1 4 55 0 1 28 55 .306 .346 .389 .735 58.5 10.2 5.9
2B #Derrel Thomas 27 133 450 67 140 18 5 3 56 3 5 33 37 .311 .358 .393 .751 58.4 10.9 6.3
3B  Bobby Floyd 34 86 247 23 43 10 1 0 16 0 1 13 55 .174 .213 .223 .436 8.8 0.0 2.9
RF  Merv Rettenmund 35 100 214 36 55 6 0 4 31 3 0 35 40 .257 .359 .341 .700 29.5 5.0 1.4
C #Bob Stinson 32 67 163 13 36 7 2 2 20 0 0 17 31 .221 .296 .325 .621 14.4 0.3 1.4
3B  Tim Nordbrook 28 63 83 17 13 0 0 1 5 10 3 11 15 .157 .255 .193 .448 4.9 0.0 1.1
C #Alan Ashby 26 21 50 4 11 3 0 1 7 0 0 7 5 .220 .316 .340 .656 5.9 0.9 0.7
CF  Bill Sample 23 4 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .364 .727 0.6 0.1 0.0
C  Jerry Moses 31 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8 0.2 0.1
  Team Totals 30.1 1664 5650 858 1644 257 34 146 821 70 29 534 637 .291 .353 .426 .779 820.8 164.6 46.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 1 5 4 4 1 5 6 6 2 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
*Tom Underwood 24 22 7 .759 31 31 0 264.0 205 92 23 90 159 3.14 20.5
*Frank Tanana 24 19 5 .792 30 30 0 240.0 236 78 19 46 107 2.93 19.7
*Frank Riccelli 25 12 9 .571 30 30 0 210.3 169 76 9 115 142 3.25 13.7
*Bill Butler 31 15 4 .789 31 31 0 206.3 166 69 4 93 134 3.01 16.4
*Bob Lacey 24 11 12 .478 35 21 0 177.3 199 89 18 55 72 4.52 6.1
*Les Cain 30 8 13 .381 42 13 4 113.3 108 76 17 105 78 6.04 0.0
*Vida Blue 28 7 5 .583 40 2 9 72.7 70 27 8 29 38 3.34 6.6
*Fritz Peterson 36 2 5 .286 44 0 4 71.7 102 46 7 18 18 5.78 0.0
*Al Holland 25 2 0 1.000 31 2 12 41.0 51 26 7 14 21 5.71 0.5
*Jim Merritt 34 1 0 1.000 5 0 1 18.0 16 6 1 6 4 3.00 1.6
*Tom Hall 30 0 1 .000 9 0 4 10.0 5 5 1 3 4 4.50 1.3
Team Totals 28.3 99 61 .619 328 160 34 1424.6 1327 590 114 574 777 3.73 86.4
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 2 1 11 1 7 3 10 3 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 34.2
J.Ellis 1118.0 127 130 640 56 7 2 .990 34.0
B.Stinson 192.7 21 22 104 8 3 0 .974 38.5
A.Ashby 110.0 12 13 72 6 1 0 .987 41.7
R.Blomberg 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1424.7 160 167 817 70 11 2 .988 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
H.McRae 1252.7 142 142 1470 101 11 157 .993 11.29
B.Stinson 162.0 18 22 194 9 3 22 .985 11.28
A.Ashby 7.0 0 3 10 0 0 1 1.000 12.86
B.Brooks 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1424.7 160 169 1679 110 14 181 .992 11.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
D.Thomas 970.7 115 118 235 394 9 108 .986 5.83
B.Floyd 232.3 23 38 51 87 4 23 .972 5.35
T.Nordbrook 130.0 14 23 27 52 1 15 .988 5.47
T.Fuentes 74.0 8 9 19 35 1 6 .982 6.57
B.Brooks 17.7 0 9 8 5 0 0 1.000 6.63
Team Total 1424.7 160 197 340 573 15 152 .984 5.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
T.Fuentes 1116.0 133 133 75 294 20 30 .949 2.98
B.Floyd 119.0 12 21 13 27 0 2 1.000 3.03
D.Thomas 80.0 9 9 3 29 0 3 1.000 3.60
B.Stinson 57.7 4 19 1 18 0 3 1.000 2.97
T.Nordbrook 39.0 2 14 0 15 0 2 1.000 3.46
J.Moses 6.0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Hebner 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Ashby 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.7 160 203 92 386 20 41 .960 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
R.Hebner 1203.3 138 141 172 495 17 104 .975 4.99
B.Floyd 140.7 16 18 21 66 1 13 .989 5.57
T.Nordbrook 54.0 5 8 4 20 3 3 .889 4.00
D.Thomas 17.7 0 4 4 4 1 0 .889 4.08
T.Fuentes 9.0 1 1 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00
Team Total 1424.7 160 172 205 589 22 122 .973 5.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
D.Parker 1230.7 140 143 287 9 6 2 .980 2.16
M.Rettenmund 144.0 15 22 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
B.Floyd 36.0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Sample 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brooks 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Thomas 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1424.7 160 174 329 9 6 2 .983 2.14
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
B.Brooks 1220.0 141 145 325 6 0 2 1.000 2.44
M.Rettenmund 125.0 14 22 44 1 1 1 .978 3.24
B.Floyd 30.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.McRae 23.0 0 11 5 0 2 0 .714 1.96
B.Sample 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Blomberg 7.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
B.Bonds 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Thomas 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Parker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Moses 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Ashby 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.7 160 195 385 7 3 3 .992 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
R.Blomberg 1281.0 145 146 307 5 0 0 1.000 2.19
M.Rettenmund 108.7 12 16 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
B.Floyd 30.0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
H.McRae 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Brooks 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.7 160 169 342 6 0 0 1.000 2.20
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
T.Underwood 264.0 31 31 13 32 1 5 .978 1.53
F.Tanana 240.0 30 30 14 37 0 7 1.000 1.91
F.Riccelli 210.3 30 30 10 34 2 3 .957 1.88
B.Butler 206.3 31 31 17 21 1 2 .974 1.66
B.Lacey 177.3 21 35 10 37 2 3 .959 2.39
L.Cain 113.3 13 42 3 32 2 0 .946 2.78
V.Blue 72.7 2 40 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.86
F.Peterson 71.7 0 44 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.51
A.Holland 41.0 2 31 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.98
J.Merritt 18.0 0 5 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50
T.Hall 10.0 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1424.6 160 328 82 223 9 20 .971 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Fuentes .324
On-Base Pct Bonds .397
Slugging Pct Bonds .554
OPS Bonds .952
XR Bonds 122.2
Games Bonds 155
At-Bats Hebner 594
Runs Bonds 123
Hits Hebner 185
Total Bases Bonds 317
Singles Fuentes 142
Doubles McRae 47
Triples Hebner 7
Homeruns Bonds 41
RBIs McRae 123
Stolen Bases Bonds 41
Caught Stealing Bonds 15
Walks Bonds 99
Strikeouts Brooks 113
ERA Tanana 2.93
Wins Underwood 22
Losses Cain 13
Winning Pct Tanana .792
Saves Holland 12
Games Pitched Peterson 44
Games Started Butler, Underwood 31
Complete Games Underwood 19
Shutouts Tanana 4
Innings Pitched Underwood 264.0
Hits Allowed Tanana 236
Homeruns Allowed Underwood 23
Strikeouts Underwood 159
Walks Allowed Riccelli 115
Walks per 9IP Tanana 1.7
Hits per 9IP Underwood 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Riccelli 6.1
WHiP Underwood 1.12
OAVG Underwood .213
OOBP Underwood .281
OSLG Butler .294
OOPS Butler .599
Team All-Stars
Ron Blomberg
Bobby Bonds
Richie Hebner
Hal McRae
Dave Parker
Frank Tanana
Player Salaries
Bill Butler $ 10,000,000
Bobby Bonds $ 9,500,000
Richie Hebner $ 6,460,000
Bobby Brooks $ 6,400,000
Ron Blomberg $ 5,200,000
Hal McRae $ 5,100,000
Merv Rettenmund $ 3,650,000
Tito Fuentes $ 3,100,000
Frank Tanana $ 3,057,143
Dave Parker $ 2,642,857
Vida Blue $ 2,100,000
John Ellis $ 1,528,571
Jim Merritt $ 684,000
Fritz Peterson $ 560,000
Les Cain $ 350,000
Tim Nordbrook $ 350,000
Jim Cox $ 300,000
Bobby Floyd $ 300,000
Tom Hall $ 300,000
Alan Ashby $ 300,000
Bob Lacey $ 300,000
Tom Underwood $ 300,000
Jerry Moses $ 300,000
Frank Riccelli $ 300,000
Bill Sample $ 300,000
Bob Stinson $ 300,000
Derrel Thomas $ 300,000
Al Holland $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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