The Expos would once again challenge for the Eastern Division but would fall just short, losing the division on the final day of the season with an impressive 90-72 record.ġ981: On June 15th, when the players halted the season strike, the Expos stood in third place with a 30-25 record, four games out of first. However, with players like Rookie of the Year Andre Dawson, Warren Cromartie, Gary Carter, and Larry Parrish, it was clear to see a solid nucleus was forming.ġ978: During a fourth Place 76-86 season Ross Grimsley becomes the first Expo pitcher to win 20 games in a season, a feat that has yet to been equaled by any other pitcher on the Expos.ġ979: The Expos challenge for the National League Eastern Division Title until the final weekend of the season, before finishing with a franchise-best 95-65 record, while ending one game back in the loss column of the eventual World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.ġ980: After a successful season, Stade Olympique becomes the place to be in Canada, as popular in-game activities include soccer like sing-song chanting throughout the game as fan favorites Gary Carter and Andre Dawson became Canadian Baseball Legends. The Expos would lose that game 7-2 and would finish the season with a 5th Place 75-87 record. On April 15th, the Expos played their first game at “The Big O” in front of a record crowd of 57,592 against the Philadelphia Phillies. The new stadium called Stade Olympique was significantly larger then Parc Jarry, but not as cozy. The Expos would battle down to the last week of the season before finishing three and a half games back in fourth place with a 79-83 record.ġ974: The Expos once again stay close to first place in a weak division this time, finishing eighth and half games behind the NewYork Mets with a 79-82 record good enough for fourth place.ġ975: Following a 75-87 season that sees them tied for the worst record in the National League East, the Expos fire Gene Mauch the first and only manger in their team’s history to that point.ġ976: In their final season at Parc Jarry, the Expos suffer a disastrous 55-107 season that sees them finish dead last, as new manager Karl Kuehl does not even last the season replaced by Charlie Fox mid-way through the bad campaign.ġ977: The Expos get a brand new home moving to the stadium that was used as the centerpiece for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Leading the way was Pitcher Carl Morton who won 18 games on the way to the Rookie of The Year award.ġ971: The Expos take a slight step backward, as they finish in fifth place with a 71-90 record.ġ972: The Expos post 70 wins for the third straight season finishing in fifth place with a record of 70-86.ġ973: Montreal gets its first taste of pennant fever as the Expos challenge for first place in a mediocre Eastern Division. The Expos would not only reach Mauch’s goal, but they would surpass it winning 73. However, despite the early success, the Expos still suffer expansion pains and finish in last place with a 52-110 record.ġ970: Before the team’s second season, Expos Manager Gene Mauch boldly predicted “70 wins in 70,” which would be quite an accomplishment for a team that only won 52 in its first season.
Just three days after the Home Opener, the Expos would make history again, when Bill Stoneman No Hits the Philadelphia Phillies at Parc Jarry, making the Expos the fastest team ever to throw a No-Hitter. Louis Cardinals 8-7, thanks to Mack Jones, who hit a three-run home run. Six days later, in the first Major League game played in Canada, the Expos win their home opener at Parc Jarry against the St. Business executive Charles Bronfman of the Seagram’s distilling empire owned the new team, which was called the Expos.ġ969: On April 8th, the Expos beat the New York Mets in their first game ever at Shea Stadium 11-10. Montreal, the largest city in Canada, had a rich history with Minor League Baseball, including the Dodgers farm club, the Montreal Royals that Jackie Robinson played for in 1946. E1968: Major League Baseball goes international as it announces it will expand north of the Border to Montreal for the 1969 season.
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