1976 Final Montreal Expos Stats
| July 8th, 1976 |
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| Team Batting Stats |
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| Batting Ave | .234 | 12th |
| Slugging Per | .344 | 12th |
| OPS | .641 | 12th |
| Runs Scored | 248 | 12th |
| Home Runs | 39 | 12th |
| Strikeouts | 585 | 9th |
| Stolen Bases | 125 | 1st |
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| Team Pitching Stats |
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| Earned Run Average | 3.27 | 1st |
| Starters ERA | 3.60 | 3rd |
| Bullpen ERA | 2.55 | 1st |
| Runs Allowed | 262 | 1st |
| Opponents Average | 0.237 | 1st |
| Home Runs Allowed | 36 | 2nd |
| Strikeouts | 520 | 8th |
| Defense Eff | .702 | 1st |
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| 1976 Final Expos Stats |
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| Batting Ave | .239 | 12th |
| Slugging Per | .350 | 12th |
| OPS | .656 | 12th |
| Runs Scored | 355 | 12th |
| Home Runs | 52 | 12th |
| Strikeouts | 793 | 10th |
| Stolen Bases | 176 | 1st |
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| Earned Run Average | 3.36 | 2nd |
| Starters ERA | 3.56 | 3rd |
| Bullpen ERA | 2.88 | 1st |
| Runs Allowed | 358 | 1st |
| Opponents Average | 0.239 | 2nd |
| Home Runs Allowed | 54 | 1st |
| Strikeouts | 691 | 9th |
| Defense Eff | .703 | 1st |
The last 25 games the Expos offense improve marginally, but not enough to allow one of the best pitching teams to win. No question a lack of power hurt the Expos. There were 2 teams in the NL (Cubs and Astros) that had over double of the Expos totals in HR's. The top HR hitting team in the MLB was the Twins and they hit 126 dingers. Pitching wise, the Expos and the Dodgers led the NL with 8 complete games and the Expos led the NL with 10 shutouts.
| Montreal Starters | AGE | W-L | ERA | GS | IP | K | WHIP | K/9 |
| Taft, Jamari | 28 | 9-6 | 3.46 | 22 | 140 | 128 | 1.31 | 8.2 |
| Hernanez, Eddie | 23 | 11-6 | 3.01 | 20 | 128 | 90 | 1.10 | 6.3 |
| Marks, Eric | 28 | 6-8 | 3.29 | 20 | 120 | 88 | 1.39 | 6.6 |
| Trevino, Javier | 30 | 5-9 | 4.31 | 15 | 96 | 53 | 1.17 | 5.0 |
| Vera, Carlos | 22 | 1-1 | 2.43 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 1.23 | 7.6 |
| Clemmet, Luke | 25 | 1-2 | 6.33 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1.59 | 7.6 |
Eddie Hernanez had a great first full season for the Expos. At 23 years of age he is expected to become the ace of the Expos rotation. He is 14-9 with a 2.61 ERA in 28 career MLB starts.
Eric Marks did not have a great season, he averaged almost a full inning less per start this season. He will need to get his walks down (4.1 BB/9) next season.
Jamari Taft probably had his best season as an MLB'er. He dropped his HR/9 and BB/9 this season. He was one win away from tieing his career best of 10.
Javier Trevino had his worst season as a pro, he had a below 3.00 ERA career average and blew up to 4.31 this year. The issue is that he gave up 12 HR's (1.1 HR/9) compared to just 4 (0.2 HR/9) last year when he pitched 60 more innings. Another rookie that the Expos hope can give the Expos the top rotation next season is
Carlos Vera. He allowed just 2 HRs in 33 IP's and struck out hitters at a rate of 7.6 K/9. He also had 4 quality starts in 5 starts.
| Montreal Relievers | AGE | W-L | ERA | Save | IP | K | WHIP | K/9 |
| Jones, Robbie | 31 | 2-2 | 2.28 | 1 | 43 | 56 | 1.02 | 11.6 |
| Beasley, Aidan | 26 | 0-2 | 0.83 | 20 | 32 | 40 | 0.67 | 11.0 |
| Muckenfuss, Chris | 26 | 0-4 | 2.48 | 0 | 32 | 23 | 1.26 | 6.3 |
| Holmgren, Mark | 28 | 1-1 | 3.03 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 1.18 | 7.3 |
| Deck, Jesse | 32 | 2-1 | 4.72 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 1.69 | 6.1 |
| Lynn, Frank | 24 | 1-0 | 4.15 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 1.43 | 5.0 |
| Marland, Dave | 29 | 2-2 | 1.27 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0.84 | 8.0 |
| Gibson, Will | 24 | 0-0 | 1.74 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 0.77 | 7.0 |
| Wiebe, Chris | 33 | 0-0 | 7.20 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1.87 | 4.8 |
| Gonzalez, Eddie | 25 | 2-0 | 5.28 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 1.76 | 9.4 |
| Lopez, Danny | 27 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0.75 | 4.0 |
LHP
Jesse Deck had a ERA of about 1 full run higher then his career average 3.70 ERA. The key issue was that opponents hit at a .321 BA. Over his career Deck held hitters to a .255 average. RHP
Mark Holmgren started the season as the closer, an injury resulted in him getting more of a set up role. Overall he was quite effective in his 2nd season in the MLB. LHP
Robbie Jones stats wise had a great season. His ERA was better then his career average 2.89, he appeared in a career high 43.1 innings, he was better then his career average Whip of 1.18. RHP
Frank Lynn pitched in AAA this year for a while and thus did not get the innings he had in the past. In the end he was basically at career averages for ERA (4.40) and whip (1.48) this year. LHP
Dave Marland got called up this year and pitched 21 effective innings. His 0.84 Whip and opponents batting just .119 against him should give him a chance to be a full time reliever next season. RHP
Chris Muckenfuss spent the whole season in Expos blue, although he got tagged with 4 losses, he had only 1 blown save situation. CL
Aiden Beasley took the role after
Mark Holmgren got hurt, he saves 20 of 21 opportunities this year. In his second full year as an Expos, he went from a 1.17 Whip in 1975 to 0.67 this year.
| Montreal Catchers | AGE | GMS | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | SB |
| Samms, Nate | 35 | 72 | 273 | 1 | 30 | .253 | .633 | 0 |
| Capellan, David | 24 | 28 | 66 | 2 | 5 | .182 | .558 | 0 |
| Shvartsman, Ricky | 27 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 3 | .288 | .777 | 5 |
Veteran
Nate Samms production dropped off significantly this year, Is previous 3 seasons he hit 16, 12 and 15 HRs compared to just 1 this year. What will 1977 bring? He is signed for 2 more seasons and a team option for the 3rd.
Ricky Shvartsman has played parts of the last 3 seasons with Montreal, is he ready to take a bigger role with the Expos if Samms production continues to diminish.
| Montreal Infielders | AGE | GMS | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | SB |
| Sanchez, David | 25 | 90 | 347 | 6 | 31 | .251 | .681 | 22 |
| Watkins, Gene | 30 | 90 | 319 | 5 | 35 | .245 | .614 | 0 |
| Maher, Darren | 22 | 69 | 256 | 9 | 36 | .234 | .727 | 0 |
| Delgado, Tony | 23 | 46 | 145 | 1 | 14 | .248 | .681 | 7 |
| Duran, Ricardo | 22 | 43 | 106 | 1 | 10 | .189 | .622 | 1 |
| Nichols, Chris | 24 | 24 | 55 | 0 | 4 | .236 | .603 | 2 |
| Luna, Gilberto | 25 | 16 | 47 | 1 | 3 | .213 | .657 | 5 |
| Rodriquez, Alberto | 26 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .167 | 1 |
| Donatelli, Steve | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .286 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Bowman, Vince | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .400 | 1.100 | 0 |
Expos 1B
Darren Maher got better as the year went on. April he hit .186, May .259, June .267 and July .258 and he finished up hot in the as he was hitting .198 up until July 7th. Expos are expecting
Gilberto Luna to take over the 3B duties. He may not be a huge upgrade to
Watkins offensively, but the 52nd ranked MLB prospect in 1974 can run be used at 2B and SS defensively. 3B
Gene Watkins is going to be a free agent at the end of the season. The 30 year olds production has dropped 3 straight seasons. SS
Tony Delgado played in his 2nd full season with Montreal, but both seasons were hampered by injury. Offensively he was better this year, but defensively he won a Gold Glove at SS last year. 2B
David Sanchez had his best season and now has 178 MLB games under his belt. He led the NL with 9 triples this year.
| Montreal Outfielders | AGE | GMS | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | SB |
| Plantz, Danny | 27 | 96 | 362 | 7 | 30 | .251 | .713 | 45 |
| King, Bobby | 25 | 83 | 253 | 1 | 29 | .229 | .596 | 25 |
| Garnett, Matt | 26 | 50 | 182 | 4 | 18 | .297 | .817 | 34 |
| Woodbury, Joe | 32 | 72 | 171 | 4 | 25 | .228 | .667 | 11 |
| Rodriquez, Raul | 22 | 57 | 121 | 1 | 8 | .215 | .554 | 13 |
| Gonzalez, Ricardo | 29 | 24 | 68 | 1 | 6 | .191 | .516 | 0 |
| De La Torre, David | 30 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 4 | .259 | .793 | 0 |
The OF should have a fresh new look at the start of the season in 1977. Trade acquisition RF
David De La Torre was limited to 6 games with the Expos but he did play in 68 games with Montreal and Cleveland combined and had 7 HRs and 32 RBI's. He did hit 14 HRs in 1975 with Cleveland and the Expos could use that in 1977. LF
Mat Garnett hit .270 with 8 HRs and 35 RBIs combined with Montreal and Toronto this year. Don't expect double digit HRs but he did have 28 extra base hits this year in what was his best year in the MLB. The Expos brought back LF
Joe Woodbury this year and he was slightly better than the 1975 version of Woodbury, but with the changes to the OF this season, I would not expect to see Woodbury resigned for 1977. CF
Bobby King can play just about everywhere, this year he started at 1B, 2B, 3B, LF, CF and RF. The scouts say he can play short if in a pinch as well. King will not be the guy to expect offense from though. CF
Danny Plantz will likely be the only starter in the Expos OF, that was a starter on opening day. Plantz led the NL with 45 SB's and had career highs of 7 HRs and 30 RBI's.