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1977 Montreal Expos
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DivisionEastern Division
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record75–87 (.463)
OwnersCharles Bronfman
ManagersDick Williams
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
← 1976 Seasons 1978 →

The 1977 Montreal Expos season was the ninth season in the history of the franchise. The team finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 73–87, 26 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. This was the first year the team played their home games in Olympic Stadium, having left Jarry Park Stadium after the 1976 season.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was their fifth season there.

Regular season

  • April 15, 1977: The Expos set an attendance record for a regular season game as 57,592 fans attend the first game at Olympic Stadium. They were defeated 7 to 2 by the eventual National League East Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Ellis Valentine of the Expos homered in the third inning for the first home run at the Expos' new home.
  • April 20, 1977: Gary Carter hit three home runs in one game.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 101 61 .623 — 60‍–‍21 41‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 66 .593 5 58‍–‍23 38‍–‍43
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 18 52‍–‍31 31‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs 81 81 .500 20 46‍–‍35 35‍–‍46
Montreal Expos 75 87 .463 26 38‍–‍43 37‍–‍44
New York Mets 64 98 .395 37 35‍–‍44 29‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1977 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 — 5–7 4–14 9–9 5–13 6–6 7–5 2–10 3–9 11–7 8–10 1–11
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 6–12 7–11 7–5 9–3 7–11
Cincinnati 14–4 5–7 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 10–2 8–4 3–9 11–7 10–8 5–7
Houston 9–9 6–6 13–5 — 9–9 8–4 6–6 4–8 4–8 8–10 9–9 5–7
Los Angeles 13–5 6–6 8–10 9–9 — 7–5 8–4 6–6 9–3 12–6 14–4 6–6
Montreal 6–6 8–10 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 10–8 7–11 7–11 5–7 6–6 12–6
New York 5–7 9–9 2–10 6–6 4–8 8–10 — 5–13 4–14 6–6 7–5 8–10
Philadelphia 10-2 12–6 4–8 8–4 6–6 11–7 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 9–3 11–7
Pittsburgh 9–3 11–7 9–3 8–4 3–9 11–7 14–4 10–8 — 10–2 2–10 9–9
San Diego 7–11 5–7 7–11 10–8 6–12 7–5 6–6 3–9 2–10 — 8–10 8–4
San Francisco 10–8 3–9 8–10 9–9 4–14 6–6 5–7 3–9 10–2 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 11–1 11–7 7–5 7–5 6–6 6–12 10–8 7–11 9–9 4–8 5–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1977 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Gary Carter 154 522 148 .284 31 84
1B Tony Pérez 154 559 158 .283 19 91
2B Dave Cash 153 650 188 .289 0 43
LF Warren Cromartie 155 620 175 .282 5 50
CF Andre Dawson 139 525 148 .282 19 65
RF Ellis Valentine 127 508 149 .293 25 76

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
Sam Mejías 74 101 23 .228 3 8
José Morales 65 74 15 .203 1 9
Pepe Frías 53 70 18 .257 0 5
Tim Foli 13 57 10 .175 0 3
Jerry White 16 21 4 .190 0 1

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 40 301.2 17 16 3.10 206
Stan Bahnsen 23 127.2 8 9 4.81 58
Gerry Hannahs 8 37 1 5 4.86 21

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
Jackie Brown 42 185.2 9 12 4.51 89
Santo Alcalá 32 101.2 2 6 4.69 64
Hal Dues 6 23 1 1 4.30 9

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
Will McEnaney 69 3 5 3 3.95 38
Bill Atkinson 55 7 2 7 3.35 56
Jeff Terpko 13 0 1 0 5.66 14
Tom Walker 11 1 1 0 4.74 10

Award winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Jim Marshall
AA Québec Métros Eastern League Doc Edwards
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Pat Daugherty
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Ray Bellino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver

Notes

  1. ^ Pat Scanlon page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Roger Freed page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Andre Thornton page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tony Pérez page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jeff Terpko page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ 1977 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac
  7. ^ Don Carrithers page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ a b Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Bill Gullickson page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Scott Sanderson page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Tim Raines page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Joe Pettini page 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.
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