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1979 Montreal Expos Statistics
Team Record: 95-65
Finished 2nd in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 2,102,173, Avg. 29,197
Ballpark: Stade Olympique
Manager: Dick Williams (95-65)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1979 Montreal Expos Results
The Montreal Expos of the National League ended the 1979 season with a record of 95 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the NL's East Division.
The Expos led the league with just 581 runs allowed. Montreal scored 701 runs. Larry Parrish walloped 30 home runs for the squad, while Ellis Valentine, Gary Carter and Andre Dawson each swatted 20 or more also. Andre Dawson drove in 92 runs. Larry Parrish paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Bill Lee topped the team with 16 wins, and Dan Schatzeder registered a 2.83 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Dick Williams coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Lee | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.04 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 222.0 | 230 | 91 | 75 | 20 | 46 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 925 |
Steve Rogers | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.00 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 248.7 | 232 | 97 | 83 | 14 | 78 | 9 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1032 |
David Palmer | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.64 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 122.7 | 110 | 41 | 36 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 502 |
Rudy May | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.31 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 93.7 | 88 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 393 |
Dan Schatzeder | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.83 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 162.0 | 136 | 57 | 51 | 17 | 59 | 2 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 677 |
Ross Grimsley | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.35 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 199 | 102 | 90 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 678 |
Scott Sanderson | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.43 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 168.0 | 148 | 69 | 64 | 16 | 54 | 4 | 138 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 696 |
Elias Sosa | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1.96 | 62 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 96.7 | 77 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 396 |
Stan Bahnsen | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.15 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94.3 | 80 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 42 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 388 |
Woodie Fryman | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.79 | 44 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 58.0 | 52 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 240 |
Bill Atkinson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.98 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
Dale Murray | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
Bill Gullickson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Bob James | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Totals | 95 | 65 | .594 | 3.14 | 420 | 160 | 127 | 33 | 13 | 39 | 1447.3 | 1379 | 581 | 505 | 116 | 450 | 51 | 813 | 23 | 7 | 28 | 6052 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warren Cromartie | 158 | 710 | 659 | 84 | 181 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 78 | .275 | .313 | .396 | .709 | 261 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
Andre Dawson | 155 | 684 | 639 | 90 | 176 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 92 | 35 | 10 | 27 | 115 | .275 | .309 | .468 | .777 | 299 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Larry Parrish | 153 | 595 | 544 | 83 | 167 | 39 | 2 | 30 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 101 | .307 | .357 | .551 | .909 | 300 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
Ellis Valentine | 146 | 575 | 548 | 73 | 151 | 29 | 3 | 21 | 82 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 74 | .276 | .303 | .454 | .758 | 249 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Gary Carter | 141 | 559 | 505 | 74 | 143 | 26 | 5 | 22 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 62 | .283 | .338 | .485 | .823 | 245 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Rodney Scott | 151 | 645 | 562 | 69 | 134 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 66 | 82 | .238 | .319 | .294 | .613 | 165 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
Tony Perez | 132 | 537 | 489 | 58 | 132 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 82 | .270 | .322 | .425 | .748 | 208 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Chris Speier | 113 | 391 | 344 | 31 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 45 | .227 | .317 | .331 | .649 | 114 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Dave Cash | 76 | 203 | 187 | 24 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 12 | .321 | .358 | .422 | .781 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Jerry White | 88 | 161 | 138 | 30 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 23 | .297 | .391 | .428 | .819 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rusty Staub | 38 | 101 | 86 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .267 | .366 | .407 | .773 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Tom Hutton | 86 | 93 | 83 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .253 | .333 | .337 | .671 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Duffy Dyer | 28 | 83 | 74 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .243 | .325 | .365 | .690 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bill Lee | 33 | 81 | 74 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .216 | .216 | .243 | .459 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Mason | 40 | 78 | 71 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | .183 | .256 | .282 | .538 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Bernazard | 22 | 58 | 40 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | .300 | .500 | .425 | .925 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Solaita | 29 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .286 | .434 | .452 | .886 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Rogers | 40 | 84 | 77 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .156 | .207 | .182 | .389 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Schatzeder | 32 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .216 | .293 | .294 | .587 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ross Grimsley | 32 | 58 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .200 | .200 | .236 | .436 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Macha | 25 | 40 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .278 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
John Tamargo | 12 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .381 | .440 | .476 | .916 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scott Sanderson | 34 | 57 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Rudy May | 33 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Elias Sosa | 62 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Bahnsen | 55 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .071 | .286 | .357 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Palmer | 36 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .032 | .063 | .032 | .095 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Bass | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Woodie Fryman | 44 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Atkinson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Murray | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Gullickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tim Raines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2024 | 6029 | 5465 | 701 | 1445 | 273 | 42 | 143 | 651 | 121 | 56 | 432 | 890 | .264 | .319 | .408 | .728 | 2231 | 123 | 27 | 67 | 38 | 68 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Perez | 1B | 129 | 128 | 1112.3 | 1114 | 65 | 11 | 81 | .991 | 9.539 | 9.140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rusty Staub | 1B | 22 | 22 | 166.0 | 155 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .994 | 8.783 | 7.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Solaita | 1B | 13 | 8 | 84.0 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 9.536 | 6.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Hutton | 1B | 25 | 2 | 76.0 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.539 | 3.560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Macha | 1B | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Bass | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rodney Scott | 2B | 113 | 112 | 981.3 | 301 | 324 | 13 | 71 | .980 | 5.732 | 5.531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Cash | 2B | 47 | 35 | 348.0 | 88 | 110 | 6 | 18 | .971 | 5.121 | 4.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Bernazard | 2B | 14 | 13 | 118.0 | 22 | 34 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 4.271 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Parrish | 3B | 153 | 153 | 1340.3 | 119 | 290 | 23 | 25 | .947 | 2.746 | 2.673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Macha | 3B | 13 | 5 | 75.0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Mason | 3B | 6 | 2 | 32.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.656 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Carter | C | 138 | 136 | 1214.3 | 751 | 88 | 9 | 12 | .989 | 6.218 | 6.080 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 66 | 46.8 |
Duffy Dyer | C | 27 | 21 | 195.0 | 141 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 6.969 | 5.593 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 32.3 |
John Tamargo | C | 4 | 3 | 37.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.865 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12.5 |
Ken Macha | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Warren Cromartie | OF | 158 | 158 | 1422.3 | 343 | 16 | 9 | 4 | .976 | 2.272 | 2.272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Dawson | OF | 153 | 153 | 1366.3 | 394 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .988 | 2.641 | 2.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ellis Valentine | OF | 144 | 144 | 1243.7 | 281 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.106 | 2.021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry White | OF | 43 | 22 | 263.7 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.946 | 1.326 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Hutton | OF | 9 | 2 | 37.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.676 | 1.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rusty Staub | OF | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Macha | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Rogers | P | 37 | 37 | 248.7 | 14 | 46 | 3 | 7 | .952 | 2.172 | 1.622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Lee | P | 33 | 33 | 222.0 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 2.108 | 1.576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Sanderson | P | 34 | 24 | 168.0 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.179 | .647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Schatzeder | P | 32 | 21 | 162.0 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.000 | .563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ross Grimsley | P | 32 | 27 | 151.3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.784 | .938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
David Palmer | P | 36 | 11 | 122.7 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.761 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elias Sosa | P | 62 | 0 | 96.7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.490 | .258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan Bahnsen | P | 55 | 0 | 94.3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.622 | .309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rudy May | P | 33 | 7 | 93.7 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.018 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Woodie Fryman | P | 44 | 0 | 58.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.172 | .318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Atkinson | P | 10 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .659 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Murray | P | 9 | 0 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob James | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Gullickson | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chris Speier | SS | 112 | 110 | 949.0 | 194 | 355 | 17 | 52 | .970 | 5.207 | 4.902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rodney Scott | SS | 39 | 36 | 327.0 | 61 | 97 | 8 | 11 | .952 | 4.349 | 4.051 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Mason | SS | 33 | 14 | 171.3 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 9 | .966 | 4.412 | 2.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1822 | 1440 | 13026.0 | 4342 | 1717 | 131 | 328 | .979 | 4.186 | 3.325 | 4 | 0 | 103 | 77 | 42.8 |
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