1979 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95-65 (.594)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)John McHale
Manager(s)Dick Williams
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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The 1979 Montreal Expos season was the 11th in franchise history. The team finished second in the National League East with a record of 95-65, 2 games behind the first-place Pittsburgh Pirates. The 1979 season was the Expos first winning season in franchise history.

Offseason

Spring training

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

Regular season

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 64 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Montreal Expos 95 65 0.594 2 56–25 39–40
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 12 42–39 44–37
Philadelphia Phillies 84 78 0.519 14 43–38 41–40
Chicago Cubs 80 82 0.494 18 45–36 35–46
New York Mets 63 99 0.389 35 28–53 35–46

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League Records

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 — 4–8 6–12 7–11 12–6 1–9 4–8 7–5 4–8 6–12 11–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 — 7–5 6–6 5–7 6–12 8–10 9–9 6–12 9–3 8–4 8–10
Cincinnati 12–6 5–7 — 8–10 11–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 8–4 10–7 6–12 8–4
Houston 11–7 6–6 10–8 — 10–8 7–5 9–3 5–7 4–8 14–4 7–11 6–6
Los Angeles 6–12 7–5 7–11 8–10 — 6–6 9–3 3–9 4–8 9–9 14–4 6–6
Montreal 9–1 12–6 6–6 5–7 6–6 — 15–3 11–7 7–11 7–5 7–5 10–8
New York 8–4 10–8 4–8 3–9 3–9 3–15 — 5–13 8–10–1 4–8 8–4 7–11
Philadelphia 5-7 9–9 4–8 7–5 9–3 7–11 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 6–6 7–11–1
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 4–8 8–4 8–4 11–7 10–8–1 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 11–7
San Diego 12–6 3–9 7–10 4–14 9–9 5–7 8–4 3–9 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 7–11 4–8 12–6 11–7 4–14 5–7 4–8 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
St. Louis 8–4 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 8–10 11–7 11–7–1 7–11 8–4 7–5 —


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Youppi!

Youppi!, a creation of Acme Mascots, Inc. (a division of Harrison/Erickson, Inc.), was commissioned by Expos vice-president Roger D. Landry. Originally leased by the team in 1979, the mascot was eventually purchased by the Expos and represented the team.

Roster

1979 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1979 Game Log: 95–65 (Home: 56–25; Away: 39–40)
April: 14–5 (Home: 10–1; Away: 4–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
May: 15–10 (Home: 7–2; Away: 8–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
June: 14–12 (Home: 9–3; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
July: 14–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
August: 15–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
September: 23–11 (Home: 12–6; Away: 11–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Expos team member'

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 141 505 143 .283 22 75
1B Tony Perez 132 489 132 .270 13 73
2B Rodney Scott 151 562 134 .238 3 42
SS Chris Speier 113 344 78 .227 7 26
3B Larry Parrish 153 544 167 .307 30 82
LF Warren Cromartie 158 659 181 .275 8 46
CF Andre Dawson 155 639 176 .275 25 92
RF Ellis Valentine 146 548 151 .276 21 82

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
Dave Cash 76 187 60 .321 2 19
Jerry White 88 138 41 .297 3 18
Rusty Staub 38 86 23 .267 3 14
Tommy Hutton 86 83 21 .253 1 13
Duffy Dyer 28 74 18 .243 1 8
Jim Mason 40 71 13 .183 0 6
Tony Solaita 29 42 12 .286 1 7
Tony Bernazard 22 40 12 .300 1 8
Ken Macha 20 36 10 .278 0 4
John Tamargo 12 21 8 .381 0 5
Randy Bass 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Tim Raines 6 0 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
Steve Rogers 37 248.2 13 12 3.00 143
Bill Lee 33 222 16 10 3.04 59
Scott Sanderson 24 168.0 9 8 3.43 138
Dan Schatzeder 21 162.0 10 5 2.83 106
Ross Grimsley 27 151.1 10 9 5.35 42

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
David Palmer 36 122.2 10 2 2.63 72
Rudy May 33 93.2 10 3 2.31 67

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
Elias Sosa 62 8 7 18 1.96 59
Stan Bahnsen 51 3 1 5 3.15 71
Woodie Fryman 44 3 6 10 2.79 44
Bill Atkinson 10 2 0 1 1.98 7
Dale Murray 9 1 2 1 2.70 4
Bob James 2 0 0 0 13.50 1
Bill Gullickson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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

Notes

  1. ^ Duffy Dyer at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Ken Macha at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Stan Papi at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Jim Mason at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Randy St. Claire at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Sam Mejías at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Mike Garman at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dave Campbell at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ John Tamargo at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference

References

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