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1997 Montreal Expos season

The 1997 Montreal Expos season was the 29th season of the franchise. They finished 78–84, 23 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East and 14 games back of the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card. They played the Toronto Blue Jays in Interleague play for the first time during the season.

1997 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record78–84
Divisional place4th
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersJim Beattie
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionThe Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)
TQS
(Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin)
SRC
(Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
RadioCIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon, Gary Carter)
CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois)
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Offseason

  • October 28, 1996: John Habyan was released by the Montreal Expos.[1]
  • November 15, 1996: Dave Silvestri was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Montreal Expos.[2]
  • December 17, 1996: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[3]
  • January 21, 1997: Lee Smith signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[4]
  • January 28, 1997: Yamil Benitez was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Kansas City Royals for Melvin Bunch.[5]
  • March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak.[6]
  • March 31, 1997: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[7]

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 – for the last time in 1997. It was their 21st season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981. In the final spring training game at Municipal Stadium, held on March 26, 1997, the Expos defeated the Braves 2-0.[8] The following season, the Expos moved their spring training activities to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.

Regular season

In 1997, Pedro Martínez posted a 17-8 record for the Expos, and led the league in half a dozen pitching categories, including a 1.90 ERA, 305 strikeouts and 13 complete games pitched, and won the National League Cy Young Award. Pedro Martínez was also the first right-handed pitcher to reach 300 strikeouts with an ERA under 2.00 since Walter Johnson in 1912.

The 13 complete games were tied for the second-highest single-season total in all of baseball since Martínez's career began (Curt Schilling had 15 in 1998; Chuck Finley and Jack McDowell also reached 13 in a year). However, this 1997 total is by far the highest in Martínez's career, as he has only completed more than 5 games in one other season (7, in 2000).

  • May 7, 1997 – The Expos set a team record (never broken) in runs scored in one inning as they score 13 runs off of Julián Tavárez, Jim Poole, and Joe Roa of the San Francisco Giants at 3Com Park. The Expos would go on to defeat the Giants 19 to 3. The only non-pitcher on the Expos to not register a hit was Sherman Obando who went 0 for 1. An up-and-coming prospect named Vladimir Guerrero hit his first career double and was struck by his second career pitch. A crowd of 9,958 were on hand to witness it in San Francisco.

Opening-day starters

Season standings

NL East		WLPct.GBHomeRoad
Atlanta Braves101610.623—50–3151–30
Florida Marlins92700.568952–2940–41
New York Mets88740.5431350–3138–43
Montreal Expos78840.4812345–3633–48
Philadelphia Phillies68940.4203338–4330–51

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7
Expos vs. American League
TeamAL East
BALBOSDETNYYTOR
Montreal2–13–03–02–12–1

Notable transactions

  • May 20, 1997: Torey Lovullo was released by the Montreal Expos.[3]
  • July 25, 1997: Omar Daal was selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Montreal Expos.[9]
  • July 31, 1997: Jeff Juden was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Kline.[10]
  • September 25, 1997: Lee Smith was released by the Montreal Expos.[4]

Roster

1997 Montreal Expos
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Interleague play

  • June 30 – The first interleague game between the Montreal Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays took place at SkyDome. The Expos won the game by a score of 2-1.[11]

Expos vs. Jays

June 30, SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario

Team123456789RHE
Montreal010001000260
Toronto000000100130
W: Pedro Martínez (10-3)  L: Pat Hentgen (8-5)
Home Runs: Vladimir Guerrero (4), Carlos Delgado (15) Attendance: 37,430 Time: 2:03

Batting

Montreal ExposABRHRBIToronto Blue JaysABRHRBI
Grudzielanek, ss3110Nixon cf4010
Lansing 2b4000Merced dh4000
Santangelo 3b4000Carter lf4000
Segui 1b3021Delgado 1b2111
Rodriguez lf4000Sprague 3b3000
Orsulak lf0000Green rf3000
Guerrero rf4121Santiago c3000
McGuire dh3000Gonzalez ss3010
White cf3000Garcia 2b3000
Widger c3010NONE0000
Totals31262Totals29131

Pitching

Montreal ExposIPHRERBBSO
Martinez W (10-3)9.0311110
Totals9.0311110
Toronto Blue JaysIPHRERBBSO
Hentgen L (8-5)9.062213
Totals9.062213

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CChris Widger9127865.234737
1BDavid Segui125459141.3072168
2BMike Lansing144572161.2812070
SSMark Grudzielanek156649177.273451
3BDoug Strange11832784.2571247
LFHenry Rodriguez132476116.2442683
CFRondell White151592160.2702882
RFVladimir Guerrero9032598.3021140

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
F.P. Santangelo13035087.249531
Darrin Fletcher9631086.2771755
Ryan McGuire8419951.256317
José Vidro6716942.249217
Joe Orsulak10615034.22717
Andy Stankiewicz7610724.22415
Shane Andrews186413.20349
Sherman Obando41476.12829
Brad Fullmer194012.30038
Raúl Chávez13267.26902
Hensley Meulens16247.29226
Orlando Cabrera16184.22202

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pedro Martínez31241.11781.90305
Carlos Pérez33206.212133.88110
Dustin Hermanson32158.1883.69136
Jeff Juden22130.01154.22107
Mike Johnson1150.0255.9428
Rhéal Cormier11.10133.750

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Bullinger36155.17125.5687
Marc Valdes4895.0443.1354
José Paniagua918.01212.008
Mike Thurman511.2105.408

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ugueth Urbina6358273.7884
Anthony Telford654613.2461
Dave Veres532313.4847
Omar Daal331219.7916
Steve Kline261306.1520
Lee Smith250155.8215
Rick DeHart232105.5229
Shayne Bennett160103.188
Salomón Torres120007.2511
Steve Falteisek50003.382
Everett Stull301016.202

Award winners

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Pedro Martínez, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAOttawa LynxInternational LeaguePat Kelly
AAHarrisburg SenatorsEastern LeagueRick Sofield
AWest Palm Beach ExposFlorida State LeagueDoug Sisson
ACape Fear CrocsSouth Atlantic LeaguePhil Stephenson
A-Short SeasonVermont ExposNew York–Penn LeagueKevin Higgins
RookieGCL ExposGulf Coast LeagueLuis Dorante

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg[12]

References

External links

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