1974 Montreal Expos season

1974 Montreal Expos
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1969) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Jarry Park (since 1969) Montreal (since 1969)
1974 information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
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, Russ Taylor, Ron Reusch, Tom Cheek) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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Offseason

• October 26, 1973: Bernie Allen was released by the Expos.
• December 5, 1973: Mike Marshall was traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willie Davis.
• January 9, 1974: Joe Kerrigan was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	.543	--
St. Louis Cardinals	86	75	.534	1.5
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	8
Montreal Expos	79	82	.491	8.5
New York Mets	71	91	.438	17
Chicago Cubs	66	96	.407	22

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1974: John Boccabella was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Don Carrithers.
• April 4, 1974: Bill Stoneman was purchased from the Expos by the California Angels.
• June 5, 1974: Bobby Ramos was drafted by the Expos in the 7th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.
• September 5, 1974: Ron Hunt was selected off waivers from the Expos by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Roster

1974 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers 28 Dennis Blair 40 Don Carrithers 25 Don DeMola 55 Terry Enyart 48 Bob Gebhard 21 Ernie McAnally 53 John Montague 15 Balor Moore 27 Dale Murray 18 Steve Renko 45 Steve Rogers 36 Chuck Taylor 24 Mike Torrez 20 Tom Walker		Catchers 57 Gary Carter 9,54 Barry Foote 22 Terry Humphrey 34 José Morales  7 Bob Stinson Infielders 23 Hal Breeden 10 Jim Cox  6 Ron Fairly 19 Tim Foli 38 Pepe Frías 33 Ron Hunt 16 Mike Jorgensen 12,51 Larry Lintz 50 Larry Parrish 42 Pat Scanlon		Outfielders  3 Bob Bailey 17 Larry Biittner 49 Warren Cromartie  1 Willie Davis  8 Boots Day  2 Jim Lyttle 11 Pepe Mangual  2 Jim Northrup 52 Tony Scott 29 Ken Singleton 37 Jerry White 43 Ron Woods		Manager  4 Gene Mauch Coaches  5 Dave Bristol 46 Walt Hriniak 32 Cal McLish 31 Jerry Zimmerman

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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
C	Foote, BarryBarry Foote	125	420	110	.262	11	60
1B	Fairly, RonRon Fairly	101	282	69	.245	12	43
2B	Cox, JimJim Cox	77	236	52	.220	2	26
3B	Hunt, RonRon Hunt	115	403	108	.268	0	26
LF	Bailey, BobBob Bailey	152	507	142	.280	20	73
CF	Davis, WillieWillie Davis	153	611	180	.295	12	89

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
Frías, PepePepe Frías	75	112	24	.214	0	7
Stinson, BobBob Stinson	38	87	15	.172	1	6
Northrup, JimJim Northrup	21	54	13	.241	2	8
Morales, JoséJosé Morales	25	26	7	.269	1	5
Cromartie, WarrenWarren Cromartie	8	17	3	.176	0	0
White, JerryJerry White	9	10	4	.400	0	2
Scott, TonyTony Scott	19	7	2	.286	0	1
Scanlon, PatPat Scanlon	2	4	1	.250	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	38	253.2	15	22	4.47	154
Renko, SteveSteve Renko	37	227.2	12	16	4.03	138
Blair, DennisDennis Blair	22	146	11	7	3.27	76
McAnally, ErnieErnie McAnally	25	128.2	6	13	4.48	79

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
Walker, TomTom Walker	33	91.2	4	5	3.83	70
Carrithers, DonDon Carrithers	22	60	5	2	3.00	31
Moore, BalorBalor Moore	8	13.2	0	2	3.95	16

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
Taylor, ChuckChuck Taylor	62	6	2	11	2.17	43
Montague, JohnJohn Montague	46	3	4	3	3.16	43
Murray, DaleDale Murray	32	1	1	10	1.03	31
DeMola, DonDon DeMola	25	1	0	0	3.12	47
Enyart, TerryTerry Enyart	2	0	0	0	16.20	2
Gebhard, BobBob Gebhard	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Award winners

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Blues	International League	Karl Kuehl
AA	Québec Carnavals	Eastern League	Lance Nichols
A	Kinston Expos	Carolina League	Jack Damaska
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Pat Daugherty

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Palm Beach

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 
• 1974 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
• 1974 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com