1983 Montreal Expos season

The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th season in franchise history. They finished 82-80, 8 games back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.[1]

1983 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)John McHale
Manager(s)Bill Virdon
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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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 seventh season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season
  • April 17, 1983: Andre Dawson became Nolan Ryan's 3500th strikeout.[6]
  • April 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan of the Astros struck out Brad Mills to break Walter Johnson's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career.[6]

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 6 41–40 43–38
Montreal Expos 8280 0.506 8 46–35 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7983 0.488 11 44–37 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 19 43–38 28–53
New York Mets 6894 0.420 22 41–41 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1983 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–5—4–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–4—5–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–5—6–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–6—7–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–7—8–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–8—6–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–6—11–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–11—9–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–9—11–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–11—4–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1983 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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 Carter145541146.2701779
LFTim Raines156618183.2981171
CFAndre Dawson159633189.29932113

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
Bobby Ramos276114.23005
Ángel Salazar36378.21601
Brad Mills14205.25001
Mike Fuentes641.25000

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 Rogers3627317123.23146

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
Ray Burris40154473.68100
Chris Welsh1644.2015.0417
Greg Bargar820206.759

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
Woodie Fryman603021.001
Tom Dixon40109.824

Awards and honors

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Felipe Alou
AA Memphis Chicks 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Gastonia

Notes
  1. Kiss Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of failed, forgotten, and departed teams, p.183, Dennis Purdy, Ballantine Books, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-345-52012-8
  2. Bobby Ramos at Baseball Reference
  3. Woodie Fryman at Baseball Reference
  4. Jerry Manuel at Baseball Reference
  5. Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  6. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  7. Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
  8. Cliff Young at Baseball Reference
  9. Sergio Valdez at Baseball Reference
  10. Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
  11. Greg Harris at Baseball Reference
  12. 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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