1983 Montreal Expos season explained

The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th season in franchise history. They finished 82–80, 8 games back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.^[1]

Offseason

• November 3, 1982: Bobby Ramos was purchased by the Expos from the New York Yankees.^[2]
• December 23, 1982: Woodie Fryman was signed as a free agent with the Expos.^[3]
• February 7, 1983: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Butch Benton.^[4]
• March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Expos by the Seattle Mariners.^[5]

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 seventh season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

• April 17, 1983: Andre Dawson became Nolan Ryan's 3500th strikeout.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• June 6, 1983: Cliff Young was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.^[8]
• June 18, 1983: Sergio Valdez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.^[9]
• August 17, 1983: Don Carter (minors) and $300,000 were traded by the Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Manny Trillo.^[10]
• September 27, 1983: Greg Harris was selected off waivers by the Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.^[11]

Roster

1983 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches (Pitching) (Hitting/Third Base) (Bullpen) (First Base) (Unknown-Died on May 16, 1983)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		145	541	146	.270	17	79
1B		157	614	184	.300	8	84
2B		143	452	107	.237	0	26
SS		88	261	67	.257	2	22
3B		156	581	156	.269	19	70
LF		156	618	183	.298	11	71
CF		159	633	189	.299	32	113
RF		120	360	100	.278	3	43

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	106	350	91	.260	1	36
	120	230	59	.257	3	22
	83	141	39	.277	1		14
	31	121	32	.264	2	16
	27	61	14	.230	0	5
	34	53	15	.283	2	4
	50	44	8	.182	0	3
	24	40	5	.125	0	2
	36	37	8	.216	0	1
	40	34	5	.147	0	0
	14	20	5	.250	0	1
	6	15	3	.200	0	2
	8	12	2	.167	0	1
	6	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	2	1	.500	0	0
	3	2	1	.500	0	0
	5	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	36	273.0	17	12	3.23	146
	34	242.1	17	12	3.75	120
	33	222.0	16	11	3.12	137
	18	81.1	6	7	4.65	55

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	49	155.1	6	11	2.49	101
	40	154.0	4	7	3.68	100
	16	44.2	0	1	5.04	17
	19	38.2	1	3	6.75	24
	8	20.0	2	0	6.75	9

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	66	7	9	21	3.03	78
	58	5	2	2	3.21	48
	27	1	0	7	2.88	56
	6	0	3	0	21.00	1
	4	0	1	0	9.82	4
	1	0	1	0	9.00	3

Awards and honours

• Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove
• Tim Raines, National League Stolen Base Leader, 90^[12]

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Gastonia

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

• 1983 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 1983 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Kiss Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of failed, forgotten, and departed teams, p.183, Dennis Purdy, Ballantine Books, New York, 2010,
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramosbo01.shtml Bobby Ramos
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymawo01.shtml Woodie Fryman
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/manueje01.shtml Jerry Manuel
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phelpke01.shtml Ken Phelps
6. Web site: The Nolan Ryan Express The Strikeout King . smackbomb.com/nolanryan . July 28, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html . July 16, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/welshch01.shtml Chris Welsh
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngcl01.shtml Cliff Young
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valdese01.shtml Sergio Valdez
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trillma01.shtml Manny Trillo
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris
12. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac