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1969 Montreal Expos season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles Bronfman

Manager(s)
  
Gene Mauch

General manager(s)
  
Jim Fanning

Local television
  
CBC Television (Hal Kelly, Jim Hearne) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)

Local radio
  
CKGM (English) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKLM (French) (Jean-Pierre Roy, Jean-Paul Sarault)

The Montreal Expos participated in their first season in Major League Baseball in 1969. The Expos, as typical for first-year expansion teams, finished in the cellar of the National League East Division with a 52–110 record, 48 games behind the eventual World Series Champion New York Mets. They did not win any game in extra innings during the year, which also featured a surprise no-hitter in just the ninth regular-season game they ever played. Their home attendance of 1,212,608, an average of 14,970 per game, was good for 7th in the N.L.

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Expansion draft

The Montreal Expos participated in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft on October 14, 1968.

Other transactions

  • October 16, 1968: Don Bosch was purchased by the Expos from the New York Mets.
  • October 21, 1968: Bob Bailey was purchased by the Expos from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • December 2, 1968: Floyd Wicker was drafted by the Expos from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
  • January 22, 1969: Donn Clendenon and Jesús Alou were traded by the Expos to the Houston Astros for Rusty Staub. Clendenon refused to report to his new team. The Expos sent Jack Billingham, Skip Guinn, and $100,000 to the Astros on April 8 as compensation.

    • The first game

    Scorecard

    April 8, Shea Stadium, New York City, New York

    Others

  • April 14, 1969: Mack Jones hit a three-run home run and two-run triple that highlighted an 8–7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the Expos' first home victory as a franchise at Jarry Park. Jones' blast was also the first MLB home run hit outside the United States.
  • April 17, 1969: In just the franchise's ninth game in existence, Bill Stoneman pitched a 7–0 no-hitter while striking out 8 batters against the Philadelphia Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. Johnny Briggs made the final out for the Phillies. Le Grande Orange Rusty Staub was the hitting hero for the Expos going 4 for 5 with three doubles and a homer. A crowd of 6,496 were on hand to see it in Philadelphia.

    • Notable transactions

  • April 27, 1969: Roy Face was signed as a free agent by the Expos.
  • June 3, 1969: Mudcat Grant was traded by the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gary Waslewski.
  • June 11, 1969: Maury Wills and Manny Mota were traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich.
  • June 11, 1969: Paul Popovich was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Adolfo Phillips and Jack Lamabe.
  • June 15, 1969: Donn Clendenon was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Kevin Collins, Steve Renko, Bill Carden (minors) and Dave Colon (minors).
  • August 15, 1969: Roy Face was released by the Expos.
  • August 19, 1969: Claude Raymond was purchased by the Expos from the Atlanta Braves.
  • September 13, 1969: Marv Staehle was purchased by the Expos from the Seattle Pilots.

    • Draft picks

  • June 5, 1969: Terry Humphrey was drafted by the Expos in the 39th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    Awards and honors

    1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Rusty Staub, reserve

    • Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Expos

    Vancouver affiliation shared with Seattle Pilots

    References

    1969 Montreal Expos season Wikipedia
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