1991 Montreal Expos season

The 1991 Montreal Expos season was the 23rd season in franchise history. After several winning seasons, the Expos faltered in 1991, winning only 20 of its first 49 games. Manager Buck Rodgers was replaced as manager by Tom Runnells. The team ultimately finished 71-90. The highlight of the season was Dennis Martinez pitching a perfect game at Dodger Stadium on July 28, 1991.

1991 Montreal Expos
Dennis Martínez throws a Perfect Game
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Claude Brochu
General manager(s)Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Buck Rodgers, Tom Runnells
Local televisionCBC Television/CTV Television Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Dave Van Horne)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Pierre Arsenault)
< Previous season     Next season >

Offseason

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 15th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

On May 23, 1991, the Expos were no-hit by the Phillies' Tommy Greene. Greene was starting for only the second time in the season and 15th time in his major league career, and was pitching in place of Danny Cox who had suffered a pulled groin in his last start. Greene became the first visiting pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in Montreal's history as the Phillies defeated the Expos, 2-0 before an Olympic Stadium crowd of 8,833.[7]

  • July 26, 1991: Mark Gardner pitched 9 innings of no-hit baseball against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. It was tied at nothing-all in the tenth; however, versatile utility man Lenny Harris singled for the Dodgers breaking it up.
  • July 28, 1991: In a 20 victory, Dennis Martínez pitched a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Final out recorded by Marquis Grissom in center field off a lazy fly ball off the bat of Chris Gwynn. Dennis shut out the Dodgers in his previous meeting with them on April 30, 1991, the perfect game marked the 25th straight inning the Dodgers failed to score a run off him.
  • September 8, 1991: The Expos had to play their last 13 home games on the road, due to a concrete beam from Olympic Stadium's roof collapsing.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 0.605 52–32 46–32
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 14 52–32 32–46
Philadelphia Phillies 7884 0.481 20 47–36 31–48
Chicago Cubs 7783 0.481 20 46–37 31–46
New York Mets 7784 0.478 20½ 40–42 37–42
Montreal Expos 7190 0.441 26½ 33–35 38–55

Record vs. opponents

1991 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–611–713–57–115–79–35–79–311–79–99–3
Chicago 6–64–89–32–1010–711–68–107–114–86–610–8
Cincinnati 7–118–49–96–126–65–79–32–108–1010–84–8
Houston 5–133–99–98–102–107–57–54–86–129–95–7
Los Angeles 11–710–212–610–85–77–57–57–510–88–106–6
Montreal 7–57–106–610–27–54–144–146–126–67–57–11
New York 3–96–117–55–75–714–411–76–127–56–67–11
Philadelphia 7-510–83–95–75–714–47–116–129–36–66–12
Pittsburgh 3–911–710–28–45–712–612–612–67–57–511–7
San Diego 7–118–410–812–68–106–65–73–95–711–79–3
San Francisco 9–96–68–109–910–85–76–66–65–77–114–8
St. Louis 3–98–108–47–56–611–711–712–67–113–98–4

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

The Perfect Game

On July 28, 1991, Dennis Martínez became the first Latin-born pitcher to throw a perfect game, the 13th in major league history, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[14]

Scorecard

July 28, Dodger Stadium, Chávez Ravine, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 000 000 200 240
Los Angeles 000 000 000 002[15]
W: Dennis Martínez   L: Mike Morgan   
HRs: None, Attendance: 45,560.[16]

Length of game: 2:14. Umpires: HP: Larry Poncino, 1B: Bruce Froemming, 2B: Dana DeMuth, 3B: Greg Bonin

Roster

1991 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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
CGilberto Reyes8320745.217013
1BAndrés Galarraga10737582.219933
2BDelino DeShields151563134.2381051
3BTim Wallach151577130.2251373
SSSpike Owen139424108.255326
LFIván Calderón134470141.3001975
CFMarquis Grissom148558149.267639
RFLarry Walker137487141.2901664

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
Tom Foley8616835.208015

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

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
Doug Piatt210002.6029

Award winners

All-Stars

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Jerry Manuel and Pat Kelly
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Mike Quade
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Rockford Expos Midwest League Pat Kelly and Rob Leary
A Sumter Flyers South Atlantic League Lorenzo Bundy
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Ed Creech
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Keith Snider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Palm Beach, Jamestown, GCL Expos[18]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.