1970 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJarry Park
CityMontreal
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place6th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJim Fanning
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionCBC Television
(Don Drysdale, Hal Kelly)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKLM (French)
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Jean-Paul Sarault)
Seasons

The 1970 Montreal Expos season was the second season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 73–89, 16 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Expos won 21 more games than in their inaugural season in 1969.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their second season at the stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8973 0.549 50–32 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 5 46–34 38–44
New York Mets 8379 0.512 6 44–38 39–41
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 13 34–47 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 7388 0.453 15½ 40–40 33–48
Montreal Expos 7389 0.451 16 39–41 34–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 8–45–139–96–126–66–67–56–69–97–117–5
Chicago 4–87–57–56–613–57–119–98–109–37–57–11
Cincinnati 13–55–715–313–57–58–47–58–48–109–99–3
Houston 9–95–73–158–108–46–64–86–614–410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–66–65–1310–88–47–56–56–611–79–97–5
Montreal 6–65–135–74–84–810–811–79–96–66–67–11
New York 6–611–74–86–65–78–1013–56–126–66–612–6
Philadelphia 5-79–95–78–45–67–115–134–149–38–48–10
Pittsburgh 6–610–84–86–66–69–912–614–46–64–812–6
San Diego 9–93–910–84–147–116–66–63–96–65–134–8
San Francisco 11–75–79–98–109–96–66–64–88–413–57–5
St. Louis 5–711–73–96–65–711–76–1210–86–128–45–7

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1970 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohn Bateman139520123.2371568
1BRon Fairly119385111.2881561
2BGary Sutherland11635974.206326
SSBobby Wine159501116.232351
3BCoco Laboy13743286.199553
LFMack Jones10827165.2401432
CFAdolfo Phillips9221451.238621
RFRusty Staub160569156.2743094

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bob Bailey131352101.2872884
Marv Staehle10432170.218026
Jim Gosger9127472.263537
Jim Fairey9221151.242325
Don Hahn8214938.25508
John Boccabella6114539.269517
Ron Brand7212630.23809
Boots Day4110829.26905
Jack Hiatt174314.32607
Clyde Mashore13254.16013
Fred Whitfield4151.06700
Jim Qualls991.11101
Ty Cline221.50000
Remy Hermoso410.00000
José Herrera110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Carl Morton43284.218113.60154
Steve Renko41222.213114.32142
Bill Stoneman40207.27154.59176
Rich Nye846.1324.0821

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan McGinn52130.27105.4483
Mike Wegener25104.1365.2635
Mike Marshall2464.2373.4838
Joe Sparma929.1047.0623
Gary Waslewski624.2025.1119
John O'Donoghue922.1235.246
Balor Moore69.2027.456

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Claude Raymond5967234.4368
Howie Reed576553.1342
John Strohmayer423104.8674
Bill Dillman182305.2817
Carroll Sembera500018.906
Ken Johnson30007.504

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons/
Winnipeg Whips
International League Clyde McCullough
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Gus Niarhos
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League J. W. Porter
A-Short Season Watertown Expos Northern League Bobby Malkmus
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Ed Sadowski

Buffalo franchise moved to Winnipeg and renamed, June 11, 1970; Jacksonville affiliation shared with Milwaukee Brewers

Notes

  1. Jerry Robertson at Baseball Reference
  2. Jim Qualls at Baseball Reference
  3. Don Shaw at Baseball Reference
  4. José Herrera at Baseball Reference
  5. Clyde Mashore at Baseball Reference
  6. Bombo Rivera at Baseball Reference
  7. Mike Marshall at Baseball Reference
  8. Kevin Collins at Baseball Reference
  9. Floyd Wicker at Baseball Reference
  10. Pat Scanlon at Baseball Reference
  11. Jerry White at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1970 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
  • 1970 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac
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