1970 Montreal Expos season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Montreal Expos

| season = 1970

| misc =

| league = National League

| division = East

| ballpark = Jarry Park

| city = Montreal

| owners = Charles Bronfman

| general_managers = Jim Fanning

| managers = Gene Mauch

| television = CBC Television
(Hal Kelly, Don Drysdale)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)

| radio = CFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKLM (French)
(Jean-Paul Sarault, Jean-Pierre Roy)

||record=73–89 (.451)|divisional_place=6th}}

The 1970 Montreal Expos season was the second season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 73–89, 16 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Expos won 21 more games than in their inaugural season in 1969.

Offseason

December 3, 1969: Jerry Robertson was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Joe Sparma.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roberje01.shtml Jerry Robertson] at Baseball Reference

Spring training

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 second season at the stadium.

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Opening Day starters =

= Notable transactions =

April 22, 1970: Garry Jestadt was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Qualls.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallji01.shtml Jim Qualls] at Baseball Reference
May 19, 1970: Don Shaw was purchased from the Expos by the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawdo01.shtml Don Shaw] at Baseball Reference
June 15, 1970: José Herrera was traded by the Expos to the Milwaukee Brewers for John O'Donoghue.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herrejo01.shtml José Herrera] at Baseball Reference
June 15, 1970: Ty Cline was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Clyde Mashore.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mashocl01.shtml Clyde Mashore] at Baseball Reference
June 22, 1970: Bombo Rivera was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riverbo01.shtml Bombo Rivera] at Baseball Reference
June 23, 1970: Don Bosch was traded by the Expos to the Houston Astros for Mike Marshall.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marshmi01.shtml Mike Marshall] at Baseball Reference
August 2, 1970: Kevin Collins was purchased from the Expos by the Detroit Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/collike01.shtml Kevin Collins] at Baseball Reference
August 20, 1970: Floyd Wicker was purchased from the Expos by the Milwaukee Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wickefl01.shtml Floyd Wicker] at Baseball Reference

== Draft picks ==

June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
Pat Scanlon was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanlpa02.shtml Pat Scanlon] at Baseball Reference
Jerry White was drafted by the Expos in the 14th round.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whiteje01.shtml Jerry White] at Baseball Reference

Roster

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #003087; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" \| 1970 Montreal Expos
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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|17\|Bill Dillman}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Ken Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Mike Marshall}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Dan McGinn}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Balor Moore}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Carl Morton}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Rich Nye}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|John O'Donoghue}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Claude Raymond}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Howie Reed}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Steve Renko}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Carroll Sembera}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Joe Sparma}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Bill Stoneman}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|John Strohmayer}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Gary Waslewski}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Mike Wegener}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 2\|John Bateman}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Jack Hiatt}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Bob Bailey}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|John Boccabella}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Ron Brand}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Ron Fairly}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Remy Hermoso}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Coco Laboy}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Jim Qualls}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Marv Staehle}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Gary Sutherland}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Fred Whitfield}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Bobby Wine}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|37\|Boots Day}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Jim Fairey}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Jim Gosger}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Don Hahn}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Mack Jones}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Clyde Mashore}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Adolfo Phillips}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Rusty Staub}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Ty Cline}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|José Herrera}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Gene Mauch}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|34\|Jim Bragan}} (First base) {{MLBplayer\|32\|Cal McLish}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\|33\|Dick Williams}} (Hitting/Third base) {{MLBplayer\|31\|Jerry Zimmerman}} (Bullpen)

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #E4002B; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|34|Jim Bragan}} (First base)

{{MLBplayer|32|Cal McLish}} (Pitching)

{{MLBplayer|33|Dick Williams}} (Hitting/Third base)

{{MLBplayer|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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	John Bateman	139	520	123	.237	15	68
align=center \| 1B	{{sortname\|Ron\|Fairly}}	119	385	111	.288	15	61
align="center" \| 2B	Gary Sutherland	116	359	74	.206	3	26
align=center \| SS	Bobby Wine	159	501	116	.232	3	51
align=center \| 3B	Coco Laboy	137	432	86	.199	5	53
align=center \| LF	Mack Jones	108	271	65	.240	14	32
align=center \| CF	Adolfo Phillips	92	214	51	.238	6	21
align=center \| RF	Rusty Staub	160	569	156	.274	30	94

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bob Bailey	131	352	101	.287	28	84
align=center \| Marv Staehle	104	321	70	.218	0	26
align=center \| Jim Gosger	91	274	72	.263	5	37
align=center \| Jim Fairey	92	211	51	.242	3	25
align=center \| Don Hahn	82	149	38	.255	0	8
align=center \| {{sortname\|John\|Boccabella}}	61	145	39	.269	5	17
align="center" \| Ron Brand	72	126	30	.238	0	9
align=center \| Boots Day	41	108	29	.269	0	5
align=center \| Jack Hiatt	17	43	14	.326	0	7
align=center \| Clyde Mashore	13	25	4	.160	1	3
align=center \| Fred Whitfield	4	15	1	.067	0	0
align=center \| Jim Qualls	9	9	1	.111	0	1
align=center \| Ty Cline	2	2	1	.500	0	0
align=center \| Remy Hermoso	4	1	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| José Herrera	1	1	0	.000	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Carl Morton	43	284.2	18	11	3.60	154
align=center \| Steve Renko	41	222.2	13	11	4.32	142
align=center \| Bill Stoneman	40	207.2	7	15	4.59	176
align=center \| Rich Nye	8	46.1	3	2	4.08	21

== Other pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Dan McGinn	52	130.2	7	10	5.44	83
align=center \| Mike Wegener	25	104.1	3	6	5.26	35
align=center \| Mike Marshall	24	64.2	3	7	3.48	38
align=center \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Sparma}}	9	29.1	0	4	7.06	23
align="center" \| Gary Waslewski	6	24.2	0	2	5.11	19
align=center \| John O'Donoghue	9	22.1	2	3	5.24	6
align=center \| Balor Moore	6	9.2	0	2	7.45	6

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Claude Raymond	59	6	7	23	4.43	68
align=center \| Howie Reed	57	6	5	5	3.13	42
align=center \| John Strohmayer	42	3	1	0	4.86	74
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Dillman}}	18	2	3	0	5.28	17
align="center" \| Carroll Sembera	5	0	0	0	18.90	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ken\|Johnson\|Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher)}}	3	0	0	0	7.50	4

Awards and honors

Rusty Staub: All-Star reserve

Carl Morton: National League Rookie of the Year

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Buffalo Bisons/
Winnipeg Whips|league16=International League|manager16=Clyde McCullough

|level17=AA |team17=Jacksonville Suns|league17=Southern League|manager17=Gus Niarhos

|level18=A |team18=West Palm Beach Expos|league18=Florida State League|manager18=J. W. Porter

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Watertown Expos|league19=Northern League|manager19=Bobby Malkmus

|level20=Rookie|team20=GCL Expos|league20=Gulf Coast League|manager20=Ed Sadowski

}}

Buffalo franchise moved to Winnipeg and renamed, June 11, 1970; Jacksonville affiliation shared with Milwaukee Brewers

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1970.shtml 1970 Montreal Expos] at Baseball Reference
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=MON 1970 Montreal Expos ] at Baseball Almanac

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