1980 Montreal Expos season

1980 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1980)
Montreal (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)	John McHale
Manager(s)	Dick Williams
Local television	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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Offseason

December 7, 1979: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Ron LeFlore.^[1]
December 6, 1979: Rowland Office was signed as a free agent by the Expos.^[2]
January 11, 1980: Mike Sharperson was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.^[3]
March 15, 1980: Duffy Dyer was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Jerry Manuel.^[4]
March 15, 1980: Joe Pettini was sent by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants to complete an earlier deal (John Tamargo was traded by the Giants to the Expos for a player to be named later and cash).^[5]
March 18, 1980: Jim Mason was released by the Expos.^[6]
March 31, 1980: Rusty Staub was traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for La Rue Washington and Chris Smith.^[7]

Regular season

On June 8, during a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Expos played against two different Cardinals managers: Ken Boyer, who was fired between games, and his replacement, Jack Krol.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	71	0.562	—	49–32	42–39
Montreal Expos	90	72	0.556	1	51–29	39–43
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	79	0.512	8	47–34	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	74	88	0.457	17	41–40	33–48
New York Mets	67	95	0.414	24	38–44	29–51
Chicago Cubs	64	98	0.395	27	37–44	27–54

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	2–16	7–11	11–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	11–1	12–6	11–6	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	1–11	5–7	6–12	10–8	5–13	8–10	4–8	5–7	9–9
Cincinnati	16–2	5–7	—	8–10	9–9	3–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	15–3–1	7–11	5–7
Houston	11–7	11–1	10–8	—	9–10	5–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	11–7	7–5
Los Angeles	7–11	7–5	9–9	10–9	—	11–1	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	13–5	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	9–3	7–5	1–11	—	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–2	7–5	12–6
New York	9–3	8–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	8–10	—	6–12	10–8	1–11	3–9	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	13–5	5–7	9–3	6–6	9–9	12–6	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–9
Pittsburgh	1–11	10–8	6–6	5–7	6–6	12–6	8–10	11–7	—	6–6	8–4	10–8
San Diego	6–12	8–4	3–15–1	7–11	9–9	2–10	11–1	4–8	6–6	—	10–8	7–5
San Francisco	6–11	7–5	11–7	7–11	5–13	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	7–5
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	7–5	5–7	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	8–10	5–7	5–7	—

Opening Day starters

^[8]

Notable transactions

June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft
- Terry Francona was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (22nd pick).^[9]
- Tom Gorman was drafted by the Expos in the 4th round.^[10]
- Roy Johnson was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round.^[11]
- Chris Sabo was drafted by the Expos in the 30th round, but did not sign.^[12]
August 31, 1980: Tony Phillips and cash were traded by the Expos to the San Diego Padres for Willie Montañez.^[13]

Roster

1980 Montreal Expos

Roster

Pitchers

22 Stan Bahnsen

42 John D'Acquisto

28 Hal Dues

35 Woodie Fryman

48 Ross Grimsley

34 Bill Gullickson

53 Charlie Lea

37 Bill Lee

29 Dale Murray

32 Fred Norman

46 Dave Palmer

47 Steve Ratzer

45 Steve Rogers

21 Scott Sanderson

27 Elías Sosa

Catchers

8 Gary Carter

44 Bobby Ramos

11 John Tamargo

Infielders

6 Bill Almon

7 Tony Bernazard

49 Warren Cromartie

14 Tommy Hutton

31 Ken Macha

43 Jerry Manuel

54 Brad Mills

5 Willie Montañez

15 Larry Parrish

30 Tim Raines

3 Rodney Scott

4 Chris Speier

Outfielders

10 Andre Dawson

7 Ron LeFlore

25 Rowland Office

24 Bob Pate

17 Ellis Valentine

58 Tim Wallach

18 Jerry White

Manager

23 Dick Williams

Coaches

16 Felipe Alou

36 Galen Cisco

39 Pat Mullin

40 Norm Sherry

9 Vern Rapp

1 Ozzie Virgil

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Carter, GaryGary Carter	154	549	76	145	.264	29	101	3
1B	Cromartie, WarrenWarren Cromartie	162	597	74	172	.288	14	70	8
2B	Scott, RodneyRodney Scott	154	567	84	127	.224	0	46	63
3B	Parrish, LarryLarry Parrish	126	452	55	115	.254	15	72	2
SS	Speier, ChrisChris Speier	128	388	35	103	.265	1	32	0
LF	LeFlore, RonRon LeFlore	139	521	95	134	.257	4	39	97
CF	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	151	577	96	178	.308	17	87	34
RF	Valentine, EllisEllis Valentine	86	311	40	98	.315	13	67	5

^[14]

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Office, RowlandRowland Office	116	292	36	78	.267	6	30	3
White, JerryJerry White	110	214	22	56	.262	7	23	8
Bernazard, TonyTony Bernazard	82	183	26	41	.224	5	18	9
Ramos, BobbyBobby Ramos	13	32	5	5	.156	0	2	0
Raines, TimTim Raines	15	20	5	1	.050	0	0	5
Montañez, WillieWillie Montañez	14	19	1	4	.211	0	1	0
Wallach, TimTim Wallach	5	11	1	2	.182	1	2	0
Manuel, JerryJerry Manuel	7	6	0	0	.000	0	0	0

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
Rogers, SteveSteve Rogers	37	281	16	11	2.98	147
Sanderson, ScottScott Sanderson	33	211.1	16	11	3.11	125
Palmer, DavidDavid Palmer	24	130	8	6	2.98	73
Lee, BillBill Lee	24	118	4	6	4.96	34

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
Norman, FredFred Norman	48	98	4	4	4.13	58
Grimsley, RossRoss Grimsley	11	41.1	2	4	6.31	11
Dues, HalHal Dues	6	12.1	0	1	6.57	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Sosa, ElíasElías Sosa	67	94	9	6	9	3.06	58
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	61	80	7	4	17	2.25	59
Bahnsen, StanStan Bahnsen	57	91.1	7	6	4	3.05	48
D'Acquisto, JohnJohn D'Acquisto	11	20.2	0	2	2	2.18	15

Awards and honors

Gary Carter, National League Gold Glove Award
Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove Award
Ron LeFlore, National League Stolen Base Leader, 97 ^[15]

1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Gary Carter, reserve^[16]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	American Association	Billy Gardner
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Larry Bearnarth
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Bob Bailey
A-Short Season	Jamestown Expos	New York–Penn League	Pat Daugherty
Rookie	Calgary Expos	Pioneer League	Steve Boros

Notes

References

1980 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
1980 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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

1980 Expos: The team of the '80s

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1980 MLB draft 1980 All-Star Game 1980 World Series

Montreal Expos

Now the Washington Nationals
Based in Montreal, Quebec (1969–2004)

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Jarry Park Olympic Stadium Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Spring training	City Island Ball Park Municipal Stadium Roger Dean Stadium Space Coast Stadium

Culture

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Retired numbers

Championships

National League East: 1981 (second half)

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