1978 Montreal Expos season

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1978 Montreal Expos
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1969) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1978) Montreal (since 1969)
1978 information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
Manager(s)	Dick Williams
Local television	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio	CFCF (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) CKAC (AM) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

The 1978 Montreal Expos season was the 10th in franchise history. During the season, Ross Grimsley became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Expos.^[1]

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 First Pearson Cup 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Opening Day lineup 2.4 Notable transactions 2.5 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Awards and honors 5 Farm system 6 References

[edit] Offseason

• October 25, 1977: Bombo Rivera was purchased from the Expos by the Minnesota Twins.^[2]
• November 10, 1977: Darold Knowles was purchased by the Expos from the Texas Rangers.^[3]
• December 7, 1977: Joe Kerrigan, Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse were traded by the Expos to the Baltimore Orioles for Rudy May, Randy Miller, and Bryn Smith.^[4]
• January 10, 1978: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed March 10, 1978.^[5]

[edit] Regular season

• 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: Shorstop Chris Speier (hitting in the number eight slot) hits 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 pick up 28 as they beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 19 to nothing. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, and Gary Carter lead the way with 4 hits each. A crowd of 10,834 on hand at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picks up the victory (again).

[edit] 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 in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	73	.547	1.5
Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	11
Montreal Expos	76	86	.469	14
St. Louis Cardinals	69	93	.426	21
New York Mets	66	96	.407	24

[edit] Opening Day lineup

[edit] Notable transactions

• May 20, 1978: Larry Landreth and Gerry Hannahs were traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Garman.^[6]
• June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Dave Hostetler was drafted by the Expos in the 4th round.^[7]
  • Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Expos in the 6th round, but did not sign.^[8]
  • Jim Deshaies was drafted by the Expos in the 13th round, but did not sign.^[9]
  • Razor Shines was drafted by the Expos in the 18th round.^[10]
• June 9, 1978: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Woodie Fryman. The Expos completed the deal by sending Jerry White to the Cubs on June 23.^[11]

[edit] Roster

1978 Montreal Expos roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers 42 Bill Atkinson 22 Stan Bahnsen 28 Hal Dues 35 Woodie Fryman 29 Mike Garman 48 Ross Grimsley 16 Fred Holdsworth 20 Bob James 32 Darold Knowles 43 Rudy May 47 Randy Miller 46 David Palmer 18 Gerry Pirtle 45 Steve Rogers 21 Scott Sanderson 36 Dan Schatzeder 33 Wayne Twitchell		Catchers  8 Gary Carter 39 Jerry Fry 34 Ed Herrmann 44 Bobby Ramos  9 Bob Reece Infielders 30 Dave Cash 38 Pepe Frías 11 Wayne Garrett 37 Tommy Hutton 12 Stan Papi 15 Larry Parrish 24 Tony Pérez  4 Chris Speier 25 Del Unser		Outfielders 49 Warren Cromartie 10 Andre Dawson 14 Sam Mejías 17 Ellis Valentine 37 Jerry White		Manager 23 Dick Williams Coaches  2 Jim Brewer  6 Billy Gardner 40 Norm Sherry  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Ozzie Virgil

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

[edit] 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
C	Carter, GaryGary Carter	157	533	136	.255	20	72
2B	Cash, DaveDave Cash	159	658	166	.252	3	43

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Hutton, TommyTommy Hutton	39	59	12	.203	0	5
Mejías, SamSam Mejías	67	56	13	.232	0	6
Frías, PepePepe Frías	73	15	4	.267	0	5

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rogers, SteveSteve Rogers	30	219	13	10	2.47	126
May, RudyRudy May	27	144	8	10	3.88	87
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	19	94.2	5	7	3.61	53

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Palmer, DavidDavid Palmer	5	9.2	0	1	2.79	7

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles	60	3	3	6	2.38	34
Atkinson, BillBill Atkinson	29	2	2	3	4.37	32

[edit] Awards and honors

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Ross Grimsley, Pitcher, Reserve
• Steve Rogers, Pitcher, Reserve

[edit] Farm system

• Class AAA: Denver Bears (American Association; Doc Edwards, manager)
• Class AA: Memphis Chicks (Southern League; Felipe Alou, manager)
• Class A: West Palm Beach Expos (Florida State League; Larry Bearnarth, manager)
• Class SS-A: Jamestown Expos (New York-Penn League; Pat Daugherty, manager)

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[edit] References

• 1978 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
• 1978 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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