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1970 Montreal Expos season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles Bronfman

Manager(s)
  
Gene Mauch

General manager(s)
  
Jim Fanning

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

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

Offseason

  • December 3, 1969: Jerry Robertson was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Joe Sparma.

    • Opening Day starters

  • John Boccabella
  • Ron Fairly
  • Mack Jones
  • Coco Laboy
  • Adolfo Phillips
  • Marv Staehle
  • Rusty Staub
  • Bill Stoneman
  • Bobby Wine

    • Notable transactions

  • April 22, 1970: Garry Jestadt was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Qualls.
  • May 19, 1970: Don Shaw was purchased from the Expos by the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • June 15, 1970: José Herrera was traded by the Expos to the Milwaukee Brewers for John O'Donoghue.
  • June 15, 1970: Ty Cline was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Clyde Mashore.
  • June 22, 1970: Bombo Rivera was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.
  • June 23, 1970: Don Bosch was traded by the Expos to the Houston Astros for Mike Marshall.
  • August 2, 1970: Kevin Collins was purchased from the Expos by the Detroit Tigers.
  • August 20, 1970: Floyd Wicker was purchased from the Expos by the Milwaukee Brewers.

    • Draft picks

  • June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
  • Pat Scanlon was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round.
  • Jerry White was drafted by the Expos in the 14th round.

    • Starters by position

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

    Contents

    Other batters

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

    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

    1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Rusty Staub, reserve

    • Farm system

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

    References

    1970 Montreal Expos season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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