1993 Montreal Expos season

The 1993 Montreal Expos season was the 25th season of the franchise. The Expos finished in second place in the National League East division, with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.

1993 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Claude Brochu
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Felipe Alou
Local televisionCTV Television Network
The Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)

SRC
RDS Network
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun, Denis Casavant)
Local radioCIQC (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)

CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Alain Chantelois)
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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 17th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

At the end of August, the Atlanta Braves tried to acquire Dennis Martínez from the Expos. The Expos placed Martinez's name on the waiver wire and the Braves claimed him. The Expos were not about to let Martinez go to Atlanta for the waiver fee of $20,000. After claiming Martinez, the Expos contacted the Braves to see if they were interested in talking about a trade. Martinez had the final word on any movement because his seniority gives him veto rights over a trade.[6]

Notable games
  • May 28, 1993: In a contest against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field the Expos and Cubs end their five inning contest in a 2–2 tie.
  • September 17, 1993: One of the most exciting pennant races in team history begins, as the Expos (85 wins, 62 losses, and 1 tie) play their final series against their division rival Phillies (89 wins, 58 losses). The Expos rally back to take an 8 to 7 victory in front of 45,757 hometown fans at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The clutch hitting hero was a hearing disabled rookie named Curtis Pride who in his first major league at-bat doubled home two runners and scored on the following play. After the game Pride said he couldn't hear the ovation but he could feel the vibration of the 45,757 Expos fans. The Expos would finish the season 94-68 but unfortunately three games out of first place.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 9468 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8775 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 6498 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Record vs. opponents
1993 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Notable transactions

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Frank Bolick (Apr 5)
    • Cliff Floyd (Sep 18)
    • Lou Frazier (Apr 8)
    • Mike Lansing (Apr 7)
    • Oreste Marrero (Aug 12)
    • Charlie Montoyo (Sep 7)
    • Curtis Pride (Sep 14)
    • Joe Siddall (Jul 28)
    • Derrick White (Jul 22)
    • Rondell White (Sep 1)
  • Pitchers:
    • Brian Looney (Sep 26)
    • Kirk Rueter (Jul 7) [11]

Roster
1993 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1993 game log
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Legend:         = Win         = Loss
Bold = Expos team member

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
CDarrin Fletcher133396101.255960
1BGreg Colbrunn7015339.255423
2BDelino DeShields123481142.295229
3BSean Berry12229978.2611449
SSWil Cordero138475118.2481058
LFMoisés Alou136482138.2861885
CFMarquis Grissom157630188.2981995
RFLarry Walker138490130.2652286

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mike Lansing141491141.287345
John Vander Wal10621550.233530
Frank Bolick9521345.211424
Lou Frazier11218954.286116
Randy Ready4013434.254110
Tim Spehr538720.230210
Tim Laker438617.19807
Oreste Marrero328117.21014
Rondell White237319.260215
Derrick White174911.22424
Cliff Floyd10317.22612
Ted Wood13265.19203
Tim McIntosh20212.09502
Joe Siddall19202.10001
Archi Cianfrocco12174.23511
Curtis Pride1094.44415
Matt Stairs683.37502
Charlie Montoyo452.40003

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Martínez35224.21593.85138
Ken Hill28183.2973.2390
Chris Nabholz26116.2984.0974
Kirk Rueter1485.2802.7331
Denis Boucher528.1311.9114

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Fassero56149.21252.29140
Brian Barnes52100264.4160
Jeff Shaw5595.2274.1450
Kent Bottenfield2383254.1233
Gil Heredia2057.1423.9240
Jimmy Jones1239.2416.3521
Butch Henry1018.1113.938
Brian Looney36003.007

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Wetteland7093431.37113
Mel Rojas6658102.9548
Tim Scott325213.7135
Mike Gardiner242305.2121
Bruce Walton40009.530
Pete Young41003.383
Sergio Valdez40009.002
Scott Aldred31006.754
Bill Risley20006.002

Award winners

1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Mike Quade
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Jim Tracy
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Rob Leary
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Lorenzo Bundy
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Tim Torricelli
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Nelson Norman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg[13]

References
  1. Jerry Willard at Baseball Reference
  2. Doug Bochtler at Baseball Reference
  3. Curtis Pride at Baseball Reference
  4. Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  5. Vladimir Guerrero at Baseball Reference
  6. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5D81738F93AA1575BC0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
  7. Tim McIntosh at Baseball Reference
  8. Orlando Cabrera at Baseball Reference
  9. Archi Cianfrocco at Baseball Reference
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
  11. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1993/18.shtml
  12. "MLB National League Gold Glove Award winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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