July 7th, 1975 Montreal Expos Stats and Musings.
| June 10th, 1975 |
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| Team Batting Stats |
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| Batting Ave | .262 | 2nd |
| Slugging Per | .387 | 5th |
| OPS | .719 | 4th |
| Runs Scored | 226 | 2nd |
| Home Runs | 39 | 6th |
| Strikeouts | 387 | 10th |
| Stolen Bases | 57 | 1st |
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| Team Pitching Stats |
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| Earned Run Average | 2.78 | 1st |
| Starters ERA | 2.69 | 1st |
| Bullpen ERA | 3.09 | 3rd |
| Runs Allowed | 156 | 1st |
| Opponents Average | 0.232 | 1st |
| Home Runs Allowed | 23 | 1st |
| Strikeouts | 359 | 7th |
| Defense Eff | .710 | 1st |
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| July 7th, 1975 |
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| Batting Ave | .356 | 7th |
| Slugging Per | .377 | 8th |
| OPS | .699 | 8th |
| Runs Scored | 312 | 8th |
| Home Runs | 57 | 6th |
| Strikeouts | 554 | 6th |
| Stolen Bases | 90 | 1st |
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| Earned Run Average | 3.05 | 1st |
| Starters ERA | 3.13 | 3rd |
| Bullpen ERA | 2.82 | 2nd |
| Runs Allowed | 251 | 1st |
| Opponents Average | 0.237 | 1st |
| Home Runs Allowed | 42 | 1st |
| Strikeouts | 538 | 8th |
| Defense Eff | .705 | 1st |
No question the team has slipped back a little since the 50 game mark. The Expos were 32-18 for a .640 winning percentage on June 10th, 1975, since then they are 10-15 in the last 25 games. Although we are still 1st overall defensively, or veteran starters has slipped a slight bit and our offense has been terrible.
| Montreal Starters | AGE | W-L | ERA | GS | IP | K | WHIP | K/9 |
| Trevino, Javier | 29 | 9-2 | 2.30 | 16 | 113 | 75 | 1.05 | 6.0 |
| Marks, Eric | 27 | 7-7 | 4.00 | 16 | 105 | 75 | 1.32 | 6.4 |
| Taft, Jamari | 27 | 6-6 | 3.82 | 15 | 99 | 94 | 1.24 | 8.5 |
| Turner, Scott | 29 | 5-4 | 3.07 | 12 | 85 | 51 | 1.21 | 5.4 |
| Hernanez, Eddie | 22 | 1-0 | 1.13 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 0.79 | 5.3 |
Yes, LHP Eric Stuart has departed via the trade to get us some more offense, but we have Eddie Hernanez who is looking like he should fit in nicely. It took 22 innings for Hernanez to give up his 1st earned run. Javier Trevino is on pace for a career season, he should exceed his 10 win best season of 1973. Eric Marks has actually stepped backwards. In his 3rd season, his 2 previous season ERA's were 2.05 and 3.18. Although Jamari Taft's ERA in higher then his career average, his whip is better then last year's 1.32. Scott Turner has looked good as he moved into the 4th spot in the rotation. A career whip of 1.39 should be bettered this year.
| Montreal Relievers | AGE | W-L | ERA | Save | IP | K | WHIP | K/9 |
| Jones, Robbie | 30 | 5-1 | 1.67 | 0 | 27 | 44 | 1.26 | 14.7 |
| Coulter, John | 27 | 1-2 | 4.74 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 1.42 | 6.2 |
| Rancourt, Charlie | 30 | 0-1 | 1.29 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 0.90 | 12.0 |
| Lynn, Frank | 23 | 0-1 | 2.57 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 1.05 | 8.1 |
| Barrios, Juan | 33 | 1-3 | 4.50 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 1.75 | 6.8 |
| Beasley, Aidan | 25 | 1-2 | 2.76 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 0.98 | 9.9 |
| Clemment, Luke | 24 | 0-0 | 5.25 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1.83 | 8.3 |
| Mathieu, Carl | 28 | 2-0 | 2.31 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1.54 | 8.5 |
| Johnson, Jeremy | 28 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0.83 | 7.4 |
Potential free agent Robby Jones is having a great season. He has a career 2.87 ERA. In his rookie season, Aiden Beasley has been effective. He only pitched 4 innings in AAA over his career. So far Jeremy Johnson has been perfect, he had a 5.93 ERA and 2.05 whip last year for the Expos in 13 innings. In his 2nd year in the MLB, Frank Lynn will improve on his 4.24 career ERA. The Expos have called up reliever Dave Marland and demoted Juan Barrios. The 28 year old Marland missed 1974 due to an injury and is 1-2 with 1 save, a 2.80 ERA in 45 innings for Seattle (AAA). Carl Mathieu has shuffled from AAA to the MLB over the past 5 seasons, this will be a tell tale season for him. Charlie Rancourt will likely not be with the club in 1976, he would like to set a BP by exceeding 25 saves this year that he had in 1973.
| Montreal Catchers | AGE | GMS | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | SB |
| Samms, Nate | 33 | 63 | 228 | 12 | 38 | .281 | .856 | 0 |
| Capellan, David | 23 | 19 | 63 | 1 | 8 | .175 | .470 | 0 |
Nate Samms has recovered very nicely from a terrible start to the season. In fact he had a 22 game hitting streak going at one point. This has been his best OPS season, his previous high was in 1970 when he hit 18 HRs and was .816. David Capellan has been sent to AAA, the Expos called up 26 year old Ricky Shvartsman, he is hitting .266 with 7 HRs and 51 RBIs in 61 AAA games.
| Montreal Infielders | AGE | GMS | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | SB |
| Watkins, Gene | 29 | 70 | 258 | 5 | 25 | .260 | .684 | 0 |
| Sanchez, David | 24 | 59 | 236 | 3 | 17 | .258 | .674 | 22 |
| Terry, Matt | 31 | 59 | 193 | 4 | 21 | .269 | .703 | 9 |
| Martinez, Fernando | 32 | 63 | 185 | 3 | 25 | .303 | .787 | 0 |
| Carlson, Cory | 30 | 52 | 144 | 3 | 11 | .278 | .663 | 0 |
| Delgado, Tony | 22 | 39 | 142 | 1 | 7 | .239 | .604 | 11 |
| Scott, Jon | 24 | 31 | 61 | 0 | 8 | .230 | .558 | 0 |
| Forristall, Eric | 26 | 22 | 44 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .764 | 4 |
Cory Carlson has been relegated to basically a platoon player, he is signed until 1976 making $5.5 M so he could be trade bait. Matt Terry is playing a lot of 1B since coming over in a trade, he is hitting .259 with 1 HR and 6 RBIs in the 12 games since the trade with Montreal. Fernando Martinez is still effective with limited at bats, a career .308 hitter. Expos 3B Gene Watkins is still not been what the Expos hoped when they got him in a trade with the Reds. He is under his .277 career batting average and .716 OPS in 493 career MLB games. Rookie Tony Delgado has played good defense and average bat, just like the scouts said he would. With 9 HRs in 392 career professional baseball games, the batting expectations are not high. Eric Forristall is in his 3rd MLB season splitting all 3 in the AAA as well. A speedy average fielder and above average bat.
| Montreal Outfielders | AGE | GMS | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | SB |
| Dahms, Josh | 33 | 72 | 244 | 10 | 32 | .254 | .753 | 5 |
| Woodbury, Joe | 31 | 63 | 228 | 5 | 20 | .197 | .609 | 10 |
| Gonzalez, Ricardo | 28 | 63 | 211 | 6 | 30 | .265 | .752 | 2 |
| Irons, Jesse | 26 | 62 | 192 | 8 | 34 | .255 | .794 | 10 |
| Rodriquez, Raul | 21 | 50 | 109 | 4 | 22 | .330 | .874 | 13 |
Ricardo Gonzalez is considered a rookie, at 28 years of age he has been pretty good at the plate and versatile enough to play at 1B as well as all 3 outfield positions. Raul Rodriquez is another rookie. Rodriquez for the most skipped AAA where played just 13 games in 1974. Jesse Irons was an All Star in his 1st season in the MLB. Although he has cooled down since his great start to the season, He has hit just 1 HR since the 50 game mark this year. Danny Plantz was called up by the Expos and they demoted veteran Joe Woodbury. The 26 year old only hit .188 in 48 games for Montreal last year but is hitting .256 with 6 HRs and 30 RBIs in 73 AAA games this year. Josh Dahms was added to get some offense, in 15 games since the trade he has hit just .220 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs.