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1983 Montreal Expos season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles Bronfman

Manager(s)
  
Bill Virdon

General manager(s)
  
John McHale

Local television
  
CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)

Local radio
  
CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th in franchise history. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.

Contents

Offseason

  • November 3, 1982: Bobby Ramos was purchased by the Expos from the New York Yankees.
  • December 23, 1982: Woodie Fryman was signed as a free agent with the Expos.
  • February 7, 1983: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Butch Benton.
  • March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Expos by the Seattle Mariners.

    • Regular season

  • April 17, 1983: Andre Dawson became Nolan Ryan's 3500th strikeout.
  • April 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan of the Astros struck out Brad Mills to break Walter Johnson's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career.

    • Notable transactions

  • May 4, 1983: Chris Welsh was purchased by the Expos from the San Diego Padres.
  • June 6, 1983: Cliff Young was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.
  • June 18, 1983: Sergio Valdez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.
  • August 17, 1983: Don Carter (minors) and $300,000 were traded by the Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Manny Trillo.
  • September 27, 1983: Greg Harris was selected off waivers by the Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.

    • Starters by position

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

    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

  • Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove
  • Tim Raines, National League Stolen Base Leader, 90

    • 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Gastonia

    References

    1983 Montreal Expos season Wikipedia
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