1984 Montreal Expos season

The 1984 Montreal Expos season was the 16th season in franchise history. They recorded 78 wins during the 1984 season and finished in fifth place in the National League East. A managerial change occurred as Bill Virdon was replaced by Jim Fanning. The highlight of the Expos season was the acquisition of Pete Rose. After being benched in the 1983 World Series, Rose left the Phillies and signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Expos. He garnered his 4,000th hit with the team on April 13, 1984 against the Phillies, being only the second player to do so.

1984 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record78–83 (.484)
Divisional place5th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJohn McHale, Murray Cook
ManagersBill Virdon, Jim Fanning
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
← 1983 Seasons 1985 →

Offseason

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Spring training

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The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their eighth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

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  • April 13, 1984: Pete Rose doubled off of his former teammate, Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, for his 4,000th career hit. Rose would join Ty Cobb as only the second player to enter the 4000 hit club. The hit came 21 years to the day after Rose's first career hit. Rose was eventually traded to the Reds for infielder Tom Lawless on August 15. While with the Expos, Rose had 72 hits and batted .259.

Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 96 65 .596 51‍–‍29 45‍–‍36
New York Mets 90 72 .556 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 .519 12½ 44‍–‍37 40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 81 81 .500 15½ 39‍–‍42 42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos 78 83 .484 18 39‍–‍42 39‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 .463 21½ 41‍–‍40 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1984 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 159 596 175 .294 27 106
1B Terry Francona 58 214 74 .346 1 18
2B Doug Flynn 124 366 89 .243 0 17
SS Ángel Salazar 80 174 27 .155 0 12
3B Tim Wallach 160 582 143 .246 18 72
LF Jim Wohlford 95 213 64 .300 5 29
CF Tim Raines 160 622 192 .309 8 60
RF Andre Dawson 138 533 132 .248 17 86

Other batters

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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
Pete Rose 95 278 72 .259 0 23
Bryan Little 85 266 65 .244 0 9
Derrel Thomas 108 243 62 .255 0 20
Mike Stenhouse 80 175 32 .183 4 16
Miguel Dilone 88 169 47 .278 1 10
Dan Driessen 51 169 43 .254 9 32
Bobby Ramos 31 83 16 .193 2 5
Tony Scott 45 71 18 .254 0 5
Max Venable 38 71 17 .239 2 7
Mike Ramsey 37 70 15 .214 0 3
Chris Speier 25 40 6 .150 0 1
Roy Johnson 16 33 5 .152 1 2
Rene Gonzales 29 30 7 .233 0 2
Wallace Johnson 17 24 5 .208 0 4
Razor Shines 12 20 6 .300 0 2
Tom Lawless 11 17 3 .176 0 0
Ron Johnson 5 5 1 .200 0 1
Mike Fuentes 3 4 1 .250 0 0
Sal Butera 3 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Gullickson 32 226.2 12 9 3.61 100
Charlie Lea 30 224.1 15 10 2.89 123
Bryn Smith 28 179.0 12 13 3.32 101
Steve Rogers 31 169.1 6 15 4.31 64
David Palmer 20 105.1 7 3 3.84 66

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Schatzeder 36 136.0 7 7 2.71 89
Joe Hesketh 11 45.0 2 2 1.80 32
Greg Bargar 3 8.0 0 1 7.88 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Reardon 68 7 7 23 2.90 79
Bob James 62 6 6 10 3.66 91
Gary Lucas 55 0 3 8 2.72 42
Andy McGaffigan 21 3 4 1 2.54 39
Greg A. Harris 15 0 1 2 2.04 15
Rick Grapenthin 13 1 2 2 3.52 9
Randy St. Claire 4 0 0 0 4.50 4
Fred Breining 4 0 0 0 1.35 5

Award winners

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1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Buck Rodgers
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Rick Renick
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Tommy Thompson
A Gastonia Expos South Atlantic League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Moby Benedict
Rookie Calgary Expos Pioneer League Ed Creech

Notes

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  1. ^ Woodie Fryman at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Tim Barrett at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Scott Sanderson at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Sal Butera at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ a b Pete Rose at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Max Venable at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Anthony Young at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ "Al Newman Stats".
  11. ^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

References

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  • 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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