1978 Montreal Expos season

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.

1978 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Charlie Fox
Manager(s)Dick Williams
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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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 to nothing. 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 Records

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

  •  1 Ozzie Virgil

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
2BDave Cash159658166.252343

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
Tommy Hutton395912.20305
Sam Mejías675613.23206
Pepe Frías73154.26705

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 Grimsley3626320113.0584
Steve Rogers3021913102.47126
Rudy May271448103.8887
Woodie Fryman1994.2573.6153

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
David Palmer59.2012.797

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
Darold Knowles603362.3834
Bill Atkinson292234.3732
Stan Bahnsen441573.8444
Randy Miller501010.296
Sam Mejías10000.000

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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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