1976 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJarry Park
CityMontreal
Record55–107 (.340)
Divisional place6th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJim Fanning
ManagersKarl Kuehl, Charlie Fox
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Russ Taylor)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
Seasons

The 1976 Montreal Expos season was the eighth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 55–107, 46 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. This was their final season at Jarry Park; they relocated to Olympic Stadium for the 1977 season.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, their fourth season there.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 10161 0.623 — 53–28 48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 9270 0.568 9 47–34 45–36
New York Mets 8676 0.531 15 45–37 41–39
Chicago Cubs 7587 0.463 26 42–39 33–48
St. Louis Cardinals 7290 0.444 29 37–44 35–46
Montreal Expos 55107 0.340 46 27–53 28–54

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–66–127–118–108–44–85–73–910–89–94–8
Chicago 6–6—3–95–73–911–75–138–108–106–68–412–6
Cincinnati 12–69–3—12–613–59–36–65–78–413–59–96–6
Houston 11–77–56–12—5–1310–26–64–82–1010–810–89–3
Los Angeles 10–89–35–1313–5—10–27–55–79–36–128–1010–2
Montreal 4–87–113–92–102–10—8–103–158–104–87–57–11
New York 8–413–56–66–65–710–8—5–1310–87–57–59–9
Philadelphia 7-510–87–58–47–515–313–5—8–108–46–612–6
Pittsburgh 9–310–84–810–23–910–88–1010–8—7–59–312–6
San Diego 8–106–65–138–1012–68–45–74–85–7—8–104–8
San Francisco 9–94–89–98–1010–85–75–76–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis 8–46–126–63–92–1011–79–96–126–128–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1976 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader among qualifying players

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; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
1BMike Jorgensen12534387.2546237
2BPete Mackanin11438085.2248336
3BLarry Parrish154543126.23211612
SSTim Foli149546144.2646546
LFBombo Rivera6818551.2762191
RFGary Carter9131168.2196380
CFEllis Valentine9430585.27973914
CBarry Foote10535082.2347272

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Jerry White11427868.24522115
Del Unser6922050.2277153
Pepe Mangual6621556.26031617
Earl Williams6119045.2378290
Andre Thornton6918335.1919242
Wayne Garrett5917743.2432112
José Morales10415850.3164370
Pepe Frías7611328.248081
Jim Dwyer509217.185050
Gary Roenicke299020.222250
Jim Lyttle428523.271180
Andre Dawson248520.235071
Warren Cromartie338117.210021
Nate Colbert14408.200263
Larry Biittner11326.188010
Jim Cox13295.172020
Pat Scanlon11275.185120
Roger Freed8153.200010
Larry Johnson6132.154000
Rodney Scott7104.400002

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
Steve Rogers33230.07173.21150
Woodie Fryman34216.113133.36123
Don Stanhouse34184.09123.7779
Gerry Hannahs316.0206.7510
Dennis Blair515.2024.029
Larry Landreth311.0124.097
Joe Keener24.10110.381

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
Don Carrithers34140.16124.4371
Steve Dunning3291.1264.1472
Dan Warthen2390.02105.3067
Clay Kirby2278.2185.7251
Steve Renko513.0015.544

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
Dale Murray8149133.2635
Joe Kerrigan382613.8122
Chuck Taylor312304.5014
Fred Scherman312214.9518
Chip Lang291304.1930
Wayne Granger271023.6616
Bill Atkinson40000.004

Awards and honors

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Vern Rapp
AA Québec Métros Eastern League Lance Nichols
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie Lethbridge Expos Pioneer League Walt Hriniak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver

Notes

  1. ↑ Rodney Scott at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Andre Thornton at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Nate Colbert at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Jack O'Connor at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Del Unser 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.
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