1978 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersCharlie Fox
ManagersDick Williams
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
Seasons

The 1978 Montreal Expos season was the tenth season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 76–86, 14 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

Spring training

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

Regular season

During the season, Ross Grimsley became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Expos.[6]

Highlights

  • May 5, 1978: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the 13th and youngest player in major league history to collect his 3,000th career hit with a single off Expos pitcher Steve Rogers.
  • July 20, 1978: Shortstop Chris Speier (hitting in the number eight slot) hit for the cycle at Olympic Stadium in Montreal in front of a crowd of 14,108. Speier is the second in Expos history to hit for the cycle. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory. Coincidentally, Fryman also got the victory when Expos shortstop Tim Foli hit for the cycle in 1976.
  • July 30, 1978: The Expos set a team record (never broken while the team was in Montreal) in hits in a game when they picked up 28 as they beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 19-0. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, and Gary Carter led the way with 4 hits each. A crowd of 10,834 was on hand at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory.

First Pearson Cup

The Pearson Cup was an annual mid-season exhibition between former Canadian rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Expos. Named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, it was originally created to raise money for minor league baseball in Canada. In later years, it was incorporated into the interleague baseball schedule.

The series began in 1978, and Canadian Bill Atkinson was the winning pitcher and scored the winning run for the Expos in the first-ever Pearson Cup game at the Olympic Stadium on June 29.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 54–28 36–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8873 0.547 1½ 55–26 33–47
Chicago Cubs 7983 0.488 11 44–38 35–45
Montreal Expos 7686 0.469 14 41–39 35–47
St. Louis Cardinals 6993 0.426 21 37–44 32–49
New York Mets 6696 0.407 24 33–47 33–49

Record vs. opponents

1978 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–5—7–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–7—11–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–11—7–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–7—8–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–8—8–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–8—6–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–6—11–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–11—5–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–5—8–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–8—9–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CGary Carter157533136.2552072
1BTony Pérez148544158.2901478
2BDave Cash159658166.252343
SSChris Speier150501126.251551
3BLarry Parrish144520144.2771570
LFWarren Cromartie159607180.2971056
CFAndre Dawson157609154.2532572
RFEllis Valentine151570165.2892576

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
Del Unser13017935.196215
Stan Papi6715235.230011
Wayne Garrett496912.17412
Tommy Hutton395912.20305
Sam Mejías675613.23206
Ed Herrmann19407.17503
Pepe Frías73154.26705
Bob Reece9112.18203
Jerry White18102.20000
Jerry Fry490.00000
Bobby Ramos240.00000

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
Ross Grimsley36263.020113.0584
Steve Rogers30219.013102.47126
Rudy May27144.08103.8887
Woodie Fryman1994.2573.6153
Scott Sanderson1061.0422.5150

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 Schatzeder29143.2773.0769
Wayne Twitchell33112.04125.3869
Hal Dues2599.0562.3636
David Palmer59.2012.797
Bob James44.0019.003

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
Mike Garman4746134.4023
Darold Knowles603362.3834
Stan Bahnsen441573.8444
Bill Atkinson292234.3732
Gerry Pirtle190205.9614
Fred Holdsworth60007.273
Randy Miller501010.296
Sam Mejías10000.000

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Doc Edwards
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Felipe Alou
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Larry Bearnarth
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Pat Daugherty

Notes

  1. ↑ Bombo Rivera at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Darold Knowles at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Kerrigan at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Will McEnaney at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ↑ Mike Garman at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Dave Hostetler at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Jim Deshaies at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Razor Shines at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Woodie Fryman 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.
  • 1978 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
  • 1978 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac
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