1973 Montreal Expos season

The 1973 Montreal Expos season was the fifth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 79–83, 3½ games behind the New York Mets.

1973 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Jim Fanning
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKAC (French)
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacques Doucet)
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Offseason

Spring training

After holding spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, from 1969 to 1972, the Expos moved to City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, for spring training in 1973. They would train at City Island Ball Park through 1980 before returning to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium for the 1981 season.

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 8279 0.509 — 43–38 39–41
St. Louis Cardinals 8181 0.500 1½ 43–38 38–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 2½ 41–40 39–42
Montreal Expos 7983 0.488 3½ 43–38 36–45
Chicago Cubs 7784 0.478 5 41–39 36–45
Philadelphia Phillies 7191 0.438 11½ 38–43 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1973 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–55–1311–72–15–16–66–66–67–512–68–106–6
Chicago 5–7—8–46–65–79–910–710–86–127–52–109–9
Cincinnati 13–54–8—11–711–78–48–48–47–513–510–86–6
Houston 7–116–67–11—11–76–66–67–56–610–811–75–7
Los Angeles 15–2–17–57–117–11—7–57–59–310–29–99–98–4
Montreal 6–69–94–86–65–7—9–913–56–127–56–68–10
New York 6–67–104–86–65–79–9—9–913–58–45–710–8
Philadelphia 6-68–104–85–73–95–139–9—8–109–35–79–9
Pittsburgh 5–712–65–76–62–1012–65–1310–8—8–45–710–8
San Diego 6–125–75–138–109–95–74–83–94–8—7–114–8
San Francisco 10–810–28–107–119–96–67–57–57–511–7—6–6
St. Louis 6–69–96–67–54–810–88–109–98–108–46–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1973 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJohn Boccabella11840394.233746
1BMike Jorgensen13841395.230947
2BRon Hunt113401124.309018
3BBob Bailey151513140.2732686
SSTim Foli126458110.240236
LFRon Fairly142413123.2981749
CFRon Woods13531873.230331
RFKen Singleton162560169.30223103

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
Pepe Frías10022552.231022
Bob Stinson4811129.261312
Bernie Allen16509.18029
Coco Laboy22334.12112
Jim Cox9152.13300
José Morales552.40000

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
Steve Rogers171341051.5464

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

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
Mike Marshall921411312.66124
Tom Walker547543.6368
Pat Jarvis282103.2019
Joe Gilbert211214.9717
Craig Caskey90005.656
John Montague40003.527

Award winners

All-Stars

1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Peninsula Whips International League Bill Adair
AA Québec Carnavals Eastern League Karl Kuehl
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Lance Nichols
A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Walt Hriniak

Notes
  1. Dan Boitano at Baseball Reference
  2. Carl Morton at Baseball Reference
  3. Jeff Reardon at Baseball Reference
  4. Tim Ireland at Baseball Reference
  5. Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference
  6. Bernie Allen at Baseball Reference
  7. Coco Laboy at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1973 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
  • 1973 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac
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