1963 Montreal Expos
Record: 100-62
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 803
Runs Allowed: 561
Exp W-L: 107-55
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,380,753
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 10th in the National League
AA: 78-59, 3rd in the National League
A: 91-46, 1st in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Boston (A) Red Sox
Won NL League Series 4-2 over St. Louis Cardinals
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
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 Del Greco 30 156 575 109 157 35 2 22 66 1 1 85 112 .273 .377 .456 .833 99.5 22.2 3.8
1B  Steve Bilko 34 154 569 108 150 22 3 34 87 0 0 71 110 .264 .346 .492 .838 94.0 19.9 3.0
SS  Ken Boyer 32 158 571 94 182 26 3 29 116 1 2 54 53 .319 .375 .527 .902 102.2 23.8 7.2
CF *Wes Covington 31 152 555 86 167 20 2 33 110 0 0 50 86 .301 .359 .523 .881 100.2 22.5 3.6
2B  Jim Davenport 29 153 504 57 125 23 2 18 69 3 1 42 63 .248 .306 .409 .715 61.4 10.1 7.4
LF *Bill Virdon 32 141 485 81 146 17 4 18 58 4 1 33 38 .301 .345 .464 .809 72.5 15.6 2.0
C *Charlie Lau 30 137 434 62 136 26 2 3 44 2 4 46 31 .313 .378 .403 .781 60.4 12.8 5.4
3B  Ed Charles 30 134 404 46 102 13 2 9 51 2 3 31 56 .252 .307 .361 .668 42.8 5.9 2.1
3B  Bob Bailey 20 75 248 36 69 5 1 10 43 2 0 21 31 .278 .333 .427 .761 32.7 5.7 1.3
C  Sam Calderone 37 72 211 17 64 7 1 0 36 0 0 9 15 .303 .329 .346 .675 19.9 2.8 3.0
LF  Jackie Brandt 29 64 175 29 62 17 4 6 30 2 1 4 8 .354 .365 .600 .965 32.6 8.3 0.9
1B  Joe Gaines 26 86 158 23 35 8 0 3 18 5 0 10 38 .222 .271 .329 .600 14.7 1.6 1.2
SS  Ken Hamlin 28 62 118 7 29 3 0 1 12 1 0 7 10 .246 .283 .297 .580 10.7 1.1 1.5
P #Jim O'Toole 26 40 106 6 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 2 35 .113 .130 .160 .290 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  George Brunet 28 41 100 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 38 .060 .103 .060 .163 -3.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Marv Throneberry 29 71 97 15 26 3 0 5 19 0 0 12 25 .268 .349 .454 .802 14.7 3.1 0.3
P  Charlie Beamon 28 39 89 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .079 .099 .090 .189 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Koufax 27 36 90 3 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 36 .078 .087 .111 .198 -4.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Bob Speake 32 21 31 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .161 .212 .194 .406 1.0 0.0 0.1
C  Haywood Sullivan 32 19 18 4 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 4 .278 .316 .556 .871 3.1 0.6 0.2
RF  Jim McAnany 26 23 15 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .400 .471 .400 .871 2.7 0.7 0.1
P *Mike McCormick 24 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Harvey Haddix 37 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Burnside 32 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Herman Starrette 24 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Grzenda 26 78 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2035 5573 803 1500 230 28 193 785 24 13 490 835 .269 .329 .424 .753 753.4 156.7 43.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 1 1 2 7 1 1 9 1 3 1 1 1 1 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
*Jim O'Toole 26 19 16 .543 40 40 0 312.7 293 105 17 86 196 3.02 19.0
*George Brunet 28 22 9 .710 41 41 0 304.7 237 87 18 81 260 2.57 24.2
*Sandy Koufax 27 18 12 .600 36 36 0 277.7 212 96 10 88 262 3.11 16.0
 Charlie Beamon 28 21 6 .778 39 39 0 273.0 182 95 11 133 271 3.13 18.4
 Herman Starrette 24 7 5 .583 76 0 15 88.3 90 33 4 31 38 3.36 8.6
*Joe Grzenda 26 7 5 .583 78 0 12 88.0 77 35 8 38 43 3.58 8.1
*Pete Burnside 32 3 2 .600 29 1 2 39.0 29 12 6 8 21 2.77 3.7
*Harvey Haddix 37 0 5 .000 14 2 0 26.7 34 24 7 20 11 8.10 0.0
*Chris Short 25 1 1 .500 16 0 1 24.3 30 14 1 9 7 5.18 0.3
*Mike McCormick 24 2 1 .667 4 3 1 24.3 19 9 3 8 9 3.33 1.9
Team Totals 27.7 100 62 .617 373 162 31 1458.6 1203 510 85 502 1118 3.15 100.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 6 1 4 1 1 1 7 1 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 .992 32.7
C.Lau 984.3 110 115 743 38 4 0 .995 33.9
S.Calderone 470.0 52 54 389 27 1 1 .998 36.1
H.Sullivan 4.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.7 162 172 1134 65 5 1 .996 34.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
S.Bilko 1298.0 144 148 1448 108 11 137 .993 10.79
M.Throneberry 110.0 13 15 121 13 1 12 .993 10.96
J.Gaines 37.7 4 6 57 3 0 2 1.000 14.34
C.Lau 9.0 1 1 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00
K.Hamlin 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.McAnany 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Speake 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 175 1644 124 12 152 .993 10.91
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
J.Davenport 1238.3 141 147 261 502 10 114 .987 5.55
J.Gaines 133.0 12 33 25 56 3 8 .964 5.48
K.Hamlin 83.3 9 18 17 31 0 6 1.000 5.18
K.Boyer 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.7 162 200 304 590 13 129 .986 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
E.Charles 980.3 117 121 60 224 11 15 .963 2.61
B.Bailey 337.3 37 45 21 80 5 6 .953 2.69
K.Hamlin 64.7 5 19 3 21 0 1 1.000 3.34
H.Sullivan 52.7 3 15 4 18 1 2 .957 3.76
C.Lau 11.7 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.32
K.Boyer 10.0 0 6 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90
M.Throneberry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Davenport 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.6 162 215 89 347 18 24 .960 2.69
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
K.Boyer 1290.0 144 144 178 527 18 101 .975 4.92
K.Hamlin 168.7 18 20 17 59 4 14 .950 4.06
Team Total 1458.7 162 164 195 586 22 115 .973 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
B.Virdon 950.7 108 114 166 5 3 0 .983 1.62
B.Bailey 226.7 26 27 50 1 4 0 .927 2.03
J.Brandt 84.3 12 15 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.28
J.McAnany 21.7 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Gaines 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Del Greco 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Speake 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Bilko 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Hamlin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Covington 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1296.9 148 170 234 6 7 0 .972 1.67
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
B.Del Greco 1259.3 143 150 304 2 6 1 .981 2.19
J.Brandt 251.4 36 39 61 1 1 1 .984 2.22
B.Speake 46.0 6 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
J.Gaines 44.0 5 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Virdon 18.0 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
W.Covington 14.0 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Boyer 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
K.Hamlin 4.3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24
J.McAnany 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1643.1 191 225 396 4 7 2 .983 2.19
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
W.Covington 1250.7 140 143 279 3 4 0 .986 2.03
J.Gaines 149.0 17 20 23 0 2 0 .920 1.39
M.Throneberry 25.0 2 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
B.Virdon 18.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
J.McAnany 10.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
B.Speake 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Brandt 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.4 162 177 307 3 6 0 .981 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
J.O'Toole 312.7 40 40 22 55 3 4 .963 2.22
G.Brunet 304.7 41 41 22 46 2 2 .971 2.01
S.Koufax 277.7 36 36 17 40 1 4 .983 1.85
C.Beamon 273.0 39 39 14 37 1 2 .981 1.68
H.Starrette 88.3 0 76 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.94
J.Grzenda 88.0 0 78 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.84
P.Burnside 39.0 1 29 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.62
H.Haddix 26.7 2 14 2 9 0 1 1.000 3.71
C.Short 24.3 0 16 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.22
M.McCormick 24.3 3 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.85
Team Total 1458.6 162 373 91 228 7 13 .979 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Boyer .319
On-Base Pct Del Greco .377
Slugging Pct Boyer .527
OPS Boyer .902
XR Boyer 102.2
Games Boyer 158
At-Bats Del Greco 575
Runs Del Greco 109
Hits Boyer 182
Total Bases Boyer 301
Singles Boyer 124
Doubles Del Greco 35
Triples Brandt, Virdon 4
Homeruns Bilko 34
RBIs Boyer 116
Stolen Bases Gaines 5
Caught Stealing Lau 4
Walks Del Greco 85
Strikeouts Del Greco 112
ERA Brunet 2.57
Wins Brunet 22
Losses O'Toole 16
Winning Pct Beamon .778
Saves Starrette 15
Games Pitched Grzenda 78
Games Started Brunet 41
Complete Games O'Toole 19
Shutouts Brunet, Koufax 3
Innings Pitched O'Toole 312.7
Hits Allowed O'Toole 293
Homeruns Allowed Brunet 18
Strikeouts Beamon 271
Walks Allowed Beamon 133
Walks per 9IP Brunet 2.4
Hits per 9IP Beamon 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Beamon 8.9
WHiP Brunet 1.04
OAVG Beamon .190
OOBP Brunet .267
OSLG Beamon .282
OOPS Brunet .569
Team All-Stars
Steve Bilko
Ken Boyer
George Brunet
Wes Covington
Bobby Del Greco
Player Salaries
Sandy Koufax $ 8,000,000
Steve Bilko $ 7,000,000
George Brunet $ 6,800,000
Wes Covington $ 6,800,000
Jim O'Toole $ 6,740,000
Bill Virdon $ 5,800,000
Ken Boyer $ 4,900,000
Bobby Del Greco $ 4,700,000
Charlie Lau $ 3,057,143
Harvey Haddix $ 1,650,000
Jim Davenport $ 1,163,571
Pete Burnside $ 550,000
Sam Calderone $ 330,000
Charlie Beamon $ 300,000
Ed Charles $ 300,000
Joe Gaines $ 300,000
Bob Bailey $ 300,000
Ken Hamlin $ 300,000
Lyle Luttrell $ 300,000
Jim McAnany $ 300,000
Mike McCormick $ 300,000
Chris Short $ 300,000
Bob Speake $ 300,000
Herman Starrette $ 300,000
Haywood Sullivan $ 300,000
Marv Throneberry $ 300,000
Joe Grzenda $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Roger Maris Minnesota Bob Bailey
2/7 Traded Ted Kluszewski Boston (N) Eli Grba
3/3 Traded Joe Moeller Minnesota Milt Smith
3/3 Traded Georges Maranda Seattle Ed Charles
3/3 Traded Eddie Bressoud
Hal Woodeshick
Detroit Jerry Casale
3/3 Traded Pedro Gonzalez Washington Sam Calderone
7/1 Traded Jackie Brandt Cleveland (A) Gene Leek
7/1 Traded Bob Heffner Pittsburgh Dave Cole