1984 Montreal Expos season

1984 Montreal Expos
Pete Rose's only season in Montreal
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Charles Bronfman
General manager(s) John McHale, Murray Cook
Manager(s) Bill Virdon, Jim Fanning
Local television CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radio CFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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The 1984 Montreal Expos season was the 16th season in franchise history. They recorded 78 wins during the 1984 season and finished in fifth place in the National League East. A managerial change occurred as Bill Virdon was replaced by Jim Fanning. The highlight of the Expos season was the acquisition of Pete Rose. After being benched in the 1983 World Series, Rose left the Phillies and signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Expos. He garnered his 4,000th hit with the team on April 13, 1984 against the Phillies, being only the second player to do so.

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 eighth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

  • April 13, 1984: Pete Rose doubled off of his former teammate, Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, for his 4,000th career hit. Rose would join Ty Cobb as only the second player to enter the 4000 hit club. The hit came 21 years to the day after Rose's first career hit. Rose was eventually traded to the Reds for infielder Tom Lawless on August 15. While with the Expos, Rose had 72 hits and batted .259.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9665 0.596 — 51–29 45–36
New York Mets 9072 0.556 6½ 48–33 42–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 12½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 15½ 39–42 42–39
Montreal Expos 7883 0.484 18 39–42 39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 21½ 41–40 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —3–913–512–66–125–74–87–58–47–1110–85–7
Chicago 9–3—7–56–67–510–712–69–98–106–69–313–5
Cincinnati 5–135–7—8–107–117–53–95–77–57–1112–64–8
Houston 6–126–610–8—9–97–54–86–66–66–1212–68–4
Los Angeles 12–65–77–119–9—6–63–93–94–810–810–86–6
Montreal 7–57–105–75–76–6—7–1111–77–117–57–59–9
New York 8–46–129–38–49–311–7—10–812–66–64–87–11
Philadelphia 5-79–97–56–69–37–118–10—7–117–58–48–10
Pittsburgh 4–810–85–76–68–411–76–1211–7—4–86–64–14
San Diego 11–76–611–712–68–105–76–65–78–4—13–57–5
San Francisco 8–103–96–126–128–105–78–44–86–65–13—7–5
St. Louis 7–55–138–44–86–69–911–710–814–45–75–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1984 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 Carter159596175.29427106
1BTerry Francona5821474.346118
3BTim Wallach160582143.2461872
CFTim Raines160622192.309860

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
Pete Rose9527872.259023
Bryan Little8526665.24409
Max Venable387117.23927
Roy Johnson16335.15212
Mike Fuentes341.25000
Sal Butera330.00000

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
David Palmer20105.1733.8466

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 Schatzeder36136772.7189

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
Gary Lucas550382.7242
Fred Breining40001.355

Award winners

1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Buck Rodgers
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Rick Renick
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Tommy Thompson
A Gastonia Expos South Atlantic League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Moby Benedict
Rookie Calgary Expos Pioneer League Ed Creech

Notes

  1. ↑ Woodie Fryman at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Tim Barrett at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Scott Sanderson at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Sal Butera at Baseball-Reference
  7. 1 2 Pete Rose at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Max Venable at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Anthony Young at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newmaal01.shtml
  11. ↑ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

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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