1984 Montreal Expos season explained

The 1984 Montreal Expos season was the 16th season in franchise history. They recorded 78 wins during the 1984 season and finished in fifth place in the National League East. A managerial change occurred as Bill Virdon was replaced by Jim Fanning. The highlight of the Expos season was the acquisition of Pete Rose. After being benched in the 1983 World Series, Rose left the Phillies and signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Expos. He garnered his 4,000th hit with the team on April 13, 1984 against the Phillies, being only the second player to do so.

Offseason

• October 7, 1983: Woodie Fryman was released by the Expos.^[1]
• October 31, 1983: Tim Barrett was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.^[2]
• December 7, 1983: Scott Sanderson was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs, and Al Newman was traded by the Expos to the San Diego Padres as part of a 3-team trade. The Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos. The Cubs sent Carmelo Martínez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the Padres.^[3]
• December 7, 1983: Ray Burris was traded by the Expos to the Oakland Athletics for Rusty McNealy and cash.^[4]
• December 19, 1983: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Expos.^[5]
• December 23, 1983: Sal Butera was signed as a free agent by the Expos.^[6]
• January 20, 1984: Pete Rose was signed as a free agent by the Expos.^[7]
• February 27, 1984: Al Oliver was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Max Venable, Fred Breining, and a player to be named later. The Giants completed the trade by sending Andy McGaffigan to the Expos on March 31.^[8]

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

Regular season

• April 13, 1984: Pete Rose doubled off of his former teammate, Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, for his 4,000th career hit. Rose would join Ty Cobb as only the second player to enter the 4000 hit club. The hit came 21 years to the day after Rose's first career hit. Rose was eventually traded to the Reds for infielder Tom Lawless on August 15. While with the Expos, Rose had 72 hits and batted .259.

Opening Day starters

• Gary Carter
• Andre Dawson
• Charlie Lea
• Bryan Little
• Tim Raines
• Bobby Ramos
• Pete Rose
• Ángel Salazar
• Tim Wallach

Notable transactions

• June 4, 1984: Anthony Young was drafted by the Expos in the 10th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[9]
• July 20, 1984: Al Newman was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Montreal Expos for Greg A. Harris.^[10]
• August 16, 1984: Pete Rose was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Tom Lawless.

Roster

1984 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (First Base) (Pitching) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Third Base)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		159	596	175	.294	27	106
1B		58	214	74	.346	1	18
2B		124	366	89	.243	0	17
SS		80	174	27	.155	0	12
3B		160	582	143	.246	18	72
LF		95	213	64	.300	5	29
CF		160	622	192	.309	8	60
RF		138	533	132	.248	17	86

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
	95	278	72	.259	0	23
	85	266	65	.244	0	9
	108	243	62	.255	0	20
	80	175	32	.183	4	16
	88	169	47	.278	1	10
	51	169	43	.254	9	32
	31	83	16	.193	2	5
	45	71	18	.254	0	5
	38	71	17	.239	2	7
	37	70	15	.214	0	3
	25	40	6	.150	0	1
	16	33	5	.152	1	2
	29	30	7	.233	0	2
	17	24	5	.208	0	4
	12	20	6	.300	0	2
	11	17	3	.176	0	0
	5	5	1	.200	0	1
	3	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	3	0	.000	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
	32	226.2	12	9	3.61	100
	30	224.1	15	10	2.89	123
	28	179.0	12	13	3.32	101
	31	169.1	6	15	4.31	64
	20	105.1	7	3	3.84	66

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
	36	136.0	7	7	2.71	89
	11	45.0	2	2	1.80	32
	3	8.0	0	1	7.88	2

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
	68	7	7	23	2.90	79
	62	6	6	10	3.66	91
	55	0	3	8	2.72	42
	21	3	4	1	2.54	39
	15	0	1	2	2.04	15
	13	1	2	2	3.52	9
	4	0	0	0	4.50	4
	4	0	0	0	1.35	5

Award winners

• Andre Dawson, Gold Glove Award, Outfield
• Tim Raines, National League Leader, 38 Doubles
• Tim Raines, National League Leader, 75 Stolen Bases^[11]

1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Gary Carter, catcher, starter
• Charlie Lea, pitcher, starter
• Tim Raines, outfield, reserve
• Tim Wallach, third baseman, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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

• 1984 Montreal Expos team at Baseball-Reference
• 1984 Montreal Expos team at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymawo01.shtml Woodie Fryman
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barreti01.shtml Tim Barrett
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandesc01.shtml Scott Sanderson
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burrira01.shtml Ray Burris
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schatda01.shtml Dan Schatzeder
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/butersa01.shtml Sal Butera
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosepe01.shtml Pete Rose
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venabma01.shtml Max Venable
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngan01.shtml Anthony Young
10. Web site: Al Newman Stats.
11. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac