1973 Montreal Expos season

March 2026 November 2013 Montreal Expos 1973 National League East Jarry Park Montreal 79–83 (.488) 4th Charles Bronfman Jim Fanning Gene Mauch CBC Television(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)Télévision de Radio-Canada(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) CFCF (English)(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKAC (French)(Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacques Doucet) The 1973 Montreal Expos season was the fifth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 79–83, 3 1 2 games behind the New York Mets. Offseason January 10, 1973: Dan Boitano was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.Dan Boitano at Baseball Reference February 28, 1973: Carl Morton was traded by the Expos to the Atlanta Braves for Pat Jarvis.Carl Morton at Baseball Reference Spring training After holding spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, from 1969 to 1972, the Expos moved to City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach for spring training in 1973. They trained at City Island Ball Park through 1980 before returning to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium for the 1981 season. Regular season Season standings Montreal Expos Record vs. opponents MON Opening Day lineup Notable transactions June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft Jeff Reardon was drafted by the Expos in the 23rd round, but did not sign.Jeff Reardon at Baseball Reference Tim Ireland was drafted by the Expos in the 25th round.Tim Ireland at Baseball Reference Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (5th pick) of the Secondary Phase.Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference August 13, 1973: Bernie Allen was purchased by the Expos from the New York Yankees.Bernie Allen at Baseball Reference September 5, 1973: Coco Laboy was released by the Expos.Coco Laboy at Baseball Reference Roster 1973 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers 35 Craig Caskey 42 Joe Gilbert 34 Pat Jarvis 28 Mike Marshall 21 Ernie McAnally 53 John Montague 15 Balor Moore 18 Steve Renko 45 Steve Rogers 25 Mickey Scott 26 Bill Stoneman 36 John Strohmayer 36 Chuck Taylor 24 Mike Torrez 20 Tom Walker Catchers 12 John Boccabella 22 Terry Humphrey  7 Bob Stinson Infielders  9 Bernie Allen  3 Bob Bailey 23 Hal Breeden 10,56 Jim Cox 19 Tim Foli 38 Pepe Frías 33 Ron Hunt 16 Mike Jorgensen 39 Coco Laboy 51 Larry Lintz Outfielders 48 Felipe Alou 17 Curtis Brown  8 Boots Day  6 Ron Fairly  2 Jim Lyttle 11 Pepe Mangual  5 Clyde Mashore 17 Jorge Roque 52 Tony Scott 29 Ken Singleton 43 Ron Woods Other batters 54 Barry Foote 58 José Morales Manager  4 Gene Mauch Coaches  1 Dave Bristol (Third base) 14 Larry Doby (First base/Hitting) 32 Cal McLish (Pitching) 31 Jerry Zimmerman (Bullpen) 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 John Boccabella 118 403 94 .233 7 46 1B Mike Jorgensen 138 413 95 .230 9 47 2B Ron Hunt 113 401 124 .309 0 18 3B Bob Bailey Bob Bailey (baseball) 151 513 140 .273 26 86 SS Tim Foli 126 458 110 .240 2 36 LF Ron Fairly 142 413 123 .298 17 49 CF Ron Woods 135 318 73 .230 3 31 RF Ken Singleton 162 560 169 .302 23 103 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 Hal Breeden 106 258 71 .275 15 43 Pepe Frías 100 225 52 .231 0 22 Boots Day 101 207 57 .275 4 28 Larry Lintz 52 116 29 .250 0 3 Jim Lyttle 49 116 30 .259 4 19 Bob Stinson Bob Stinson (baseball) 48 111 29 .261 3 12 Clyde Mashore 67 103 21 .204 3 14 Terry Humphrey 43 90 15 .167 1 9 Pepe Mangual 33 62 11 .177 3 7 Jorge Roque 25 61 9 .148 1 6 Bernie Allen 16 50 9 .180 2 9 Felipe Alou 19 48 10 .208 1 4 Coco Laboy 22 33 4 .121 1 2 Jim Cox Jim Cox (baseball) 9 15 2 .133 0 0 Barry Foote 6 6 4 .667 0 1 José Morales José Morales (designated hitter) 5 5 2 .400 0 0 Curtis Brown 1 4 0 .000 0 0 Tony Scott 11 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates franchise record 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 Renko 36 249.2 15 11 2.81 164 Mike Torrez 35 208.0 9 12 4.46 90 Balor Moore 35 176.1 7 16 4.49 151 Ernie McAnally 27 147.0 7 9 4.04 72 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers (baseball) 17 134.0 10 5 1.54 64 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 Bill Stoneman 29 96.2 4 8 6.80 48 John Strohmayer 17 34.2 0 1 5.19 15 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 Mike Marshall Mike Marshall (pitcher) 92 14 11 31 2.66 124 Tom Walker Tom Walker (1970s pitcher) 54 7 5 4 3.63 68 Pat Jarvis Pat Jarvis (baseball) 28 2 1 0 3.20 19 Mickey Scott 22 1 2 0 5.25 11 Joe Gilbert Joe Gilbert (baseball) 21 1 2 1 4.97 17 Craig Caskey 9 0 0 0 5.65 6 Chuck Taylor 8 2 0 0 1.77 10 John Montague John Montague (baseball) 4 0 0 0 3.52 7 Award winners Mike Jorgensen, Gold Glove, first base Gene Mauch, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year All-Stars 1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Peninsula Whips International League Bill Adair AA Québec Carnavals Eastern League Karl Kuehl A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Lance Nichols A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Walt Hriniak Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1973 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference 1973 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac Category:Montreal Expos seasons Montreal Expos season Category:1973 in Montreal Category:1973 in sports in Quebec