1976 Montreal Expos season

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The 1976 Montreal Expos season was the eighth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 55–107, 46 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. This was their final season at Jarry Park; they relocated to Olympic Stadium for the 1977 season.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held

City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida
, their fourth season there.

Regular season

Season standings

  • NL East
W
L
 Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 101 61 0.623 — 53–28 48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 70 0.568 9 47–34 45–36
New York Mets 86 76 0.531 15 45–37 41–39
Chicago Cubs 75 87 0.463 26 42–39 33–48
St. Louis Cardinals 72 90 0.444 29 37–44 35–46
Montreal Expos 55 107 0.340 46 27–53 28–54

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 6–6 6–12 7–11 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 3–9 10–8 9–9 4–8
Chicago 6–6 — 3–9 5–7 3–9 11–7 5–13 8–10 8–10 6–6 8–4 12–6
Cincinnati 12–6 9–3 — 12–6 13–5 9–3 6–6 5–7 8–4 13–5 9–9 6–6
Houston 11–7 7–5 6–12 — 5–13 10–2 6–6 4–8 2–10 10–8 10–8 9–3
Los Angeles 10–8 9–3 5–13 13–5 — 10–2 7–5 5–7 9–3 6–12 8–10 10–2
Montreal 4–8 7–11 3–9 2–10 2–10 — 8–10 3–15 8–10 4–8 7–5 7–11
New York 8–4 13–5 6–6 6–6 5–7 10–8 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 7–5 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 10–8 7–5 8–4 7–5 15–3 13–5 — 8–10 8–4 6–6 12–6
Pittsburgh 9–3 10–8 4–8 10–2 3–9 10–8 8–10 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 12–6
San Diego 8–10 6–6 5–13 8–10 12–6 8–4 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–9 4–8 9–9 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
St. Louis 8–4 6–12 6–6 3–9 2–10 11–7 9–9 6–12 6–12 8–4 7–5 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1976 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader among qualifying players

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; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
1B Mike Jorgensen 125 343 87 .254 6 23 7
2B Pete Mackanin 114 380 85 .224 8 33 6
3B Larry Parrish 154 543 126 .232 11 61 2
SS Tim Foli 149 546 144 .264 6 54 6
LF Bombo Rivera 68 185 51 .276 2 19 1
RF Gary Carter 91 311 68 .219 6 38 0
CF Ellis Valentine 94 305 85 .279 7 39 14
C Barry Foote 105 350 82 .234 7 27 2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen Bases

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Jerry White 114 278 68 .245 2 21 15
Del Unser 69 220 50 .227 7 15 3
Pepe Mangual 66 215 56 .260 3 16 17
Earl Williams 61 190 45 .237 8 29 0
Andre Thornton 69 183 35 .191 9 24 2
Wayne Garrett 59 177 43 .243 2 11 2
José Morales 104 158 50 .316 4 37 0
Pepe Frías 76 113 28 .248 0 8 1
Jim Dwyer 50 92 17 .185 0 5 0
Gary Roenicke 29 90 20 .222 2 5 0
Jim Lyttle 42 85 23 .271 1 8 0
Andre Dawson 24 85 20 .235 0 7 1
Warren Cromartie 33 81 17 .210 0 2 1
Nate Colbert 14 40 8 .200 2 6 3
Larry Biittner 11 32 6 .188 0 1 0
Jim Cox 13 29 5 .172 0 2 0
Pat Scanlon 11 27 5 .185 1 2 0
Roger Freed 8 15 3 .200 0 1 0
Larry Johnson 6 13 2 .154 0 0 0
Rodney Scott 7 10 4 .400 0 0 2

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 Rogers 33 230.0 7 17 3.21 150
Woodie Fryman 34 216.1 13 13 3.36 123
Don Stanhouse 34 184.0 9 12 3.77 79
Gerry Hannahs 3 16.0 2 0 6.75 10
Dennis Blair 5 15.2 0 2 4.02 9
Larry Landreth 3 11.0 1 2 4.09 7
Joe Keener 2 4.1 0 1 10.38 1

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
Don Carrithers 34 140.1 6 12 4.43 71
Steve Dunning 32 91.1 2 6 4.14 72
Dan Warthen 23 90.0 2 10 5.30 67
Clay Kirby 22 78.2 1 8 5.72 51
Steve Renko 5 13.0 0 1 5.54 4

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
Dale Murray 81 4 9 13 3.26 35
Joe Kerrigan 38 2 6 1 3.81 22
Chuck Taylor 31 2 3 0 4.50 14
Fred Scherman 31 2 2 1 4.95 18
Chip Lang 29 1 3 0 4.19 30
Wayne Granger 27 1 0 2 3.66 16
Bill Atkinson 4 0 0 0 0.00 4

Awards and honors

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA
Denver Bears
American Association
 Vern Rapp
AA Québec Métros
Eastern League
 Lance Nichols
A
 West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie
Lethbridge Expos
 Pioneer League Walt Hriniak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver

Notes

  1. ^ Rodney Scott at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Andre Thornton at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Nate Colbert at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Jack O'Connor at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Del Unser 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
    .

External links
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