1992 Montreal Expos season

The 1992 Montreal Expos season was the 24th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a 87-75 record, good for second place in the National League East, 9 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1992 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Claude Brochu
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Felipe Alou
Local televisionCTV Television Network
The Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)

SRC
RDS Network
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun, Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
Local radioCIQC (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)

CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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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 16th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9666 0.593 — 53–28 43–38
Montreal Expos 8775 0.537 9 43–38 44–37
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 0.512 13 45–36 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7884 0.481 18 43–38 35–46
New York Mets 7290 0.444 24 41–40 31–50
Philadelphia Phillies 7092 0.432 26 41–40 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1992 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —10–29–913–512–64–87–56–67–513–511–76–6
Chicago 2–10—5–78–46–67–119–99–98–105–78–411–7
Cincinnati 9–97–5—10–811–75–77–57–56–611–710–87–5
Houston 5–134–88–10—13–58–45–78–46–67–1112–65–7
Los Angeles 6–126–67–115–13—4–85–75–75–79–97–114–8
Montreal 8–411–77–54–88–4—12–69–99–98–45–76–12
New York 5–79–95–77–57–56–12—6–124–144–810–29–9
Philadelphia 6-69–95–74–87–59–912–6—5–133–93–97–11
Pittsburgh 5–710–86–66–67–59–914–413–5—5–76–615–3
San Diego 5–137–57–1111–79–94–88–49–37–5—11–74–8
San Francisco 7–114–88–106–1211–77–52–109–36–67–11—5–7
St. Louis 6–67–115–77–58–412–69–911–73–158–47–5—

Opening Day starters
  • Iván Calderón
  • Gary Carter
  • Archi Cianfrocco
  • Delino DeShields
  • Mark Gardner
  • Marquis Grissom
  • Spike Owen
  • Larry Walker
  • Tim Wallach[7]

Notable transactions

Roster
1992 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
1992 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1April 6@ Pirates2–0Drabek (1–0)Martínez (0–1)Mason (1)48,8000–1
2April 8@ Pirates4–2Smith (1–0)Gardner (0–1)Belinda (1)7,0750–2
3April 9@ Pirates8–3Nabholz (1–0)Walk (0–1)10,3421–2
4April 10@ Mets4–0Hill (1–0)Gooden (0–1)47,2182–2
5April 11@ Mets9–2Martínez (1–1)Cone (0–1)22,9673–2
6April 12@ Mets8–2C. Haney (1–0)Saberhagen (0–2)21,6364–2
7April 13Cardinals3–2Gardner (1–1)Cormier (0–1)Wetteland (1)40,9075–2
8April 14Cardinals3–1Osborne (1–0)Nabholz (1–1)L. Smith (2)12,8745–3
9April 15Cardinals4–2Tewksbury (1–0)Hill (1–1)L. Smith (3)10,0955–4
10April 17Mets10–2Cone (1–1)Martínez (1–2)22,4065–5
11April 18Mets8–6Landrum (1–0)Innis (1–1)Wetteland (2)14,8476–5
12April 19Mets11–6Young (2–0)Fassero (0–1)13,7396–6
13April 20Pirates11–1Tomlin (3–0)Hill (1–2)12,3516–7
14April 21Pirates8–7Palacios (1–0)C. Haney (1–1)Mason (3)7,0136–8
15April 22Pirates2–0Drabek (3–1)Martínez (1–3)8,4216–9
16April 23Pirates6–3Gardner (2–1)Smith (3–1)Wetteland (3)5,8067–9
17April 24@ Cardinals4–3Olivares (2–2)Wetteland (0–1)23,1877–10
18April 25@ Cardinals2 – 1 (17)Tewksbury (2–0)Rojas (0–1)24,8497–11
19April 26@ Cardinals6–0C. Haney (2–1)Cormier (0–3)25,6228–11
20April 27@ Giants2–1Burba (1–2)Martínez (1–4)Brantley (1)8,0448–12
21April 28@ Giants2 – 1 (10)Brantley (1–0)Sampen (0–1)8,1448–13
22April 29@ Padres7–2Greg Harris (1–1)Nabholz (1–2)9,7048–14
23April 30@ Padres9–3Hill (2–2)Benes (2–2)31,1399–14
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24May 5Padres5–2Martínez (2–4)Greg Harris (1–2)6,55510–14
25May 6Padres4–3Hill (3–2)Benes (2–3)Wetteland (4)7,98411–14
26May 8Giants6–3Wilson (2–2)Fassero (0–2)Brantley (2)13,28111–15
27May 9Giants9–3Nabholz (2–2)Black (0–1)9,40312–15
28May 10Giants8 – 3 (11)Brantley (2–0)Landrum (1–1)11,27512–16
29May 11Dodgers6 – 5 (10)Fassero (1–2)Wilson (0–3)7,07513–16
30May 12Dodgers2–0Kevin Gross (1–3)C. Haney (2–2)10,17013–17
31May 13Dodgers5–1Gardner (3–1)Hershiser (2–3)Wetteland (5)17,56214–17
32May 15@ Braves4–2Mercker (1–0)Nabholz (2–3)Stanton (3)37,55114–18
33May 16@ Braves7–1Martínez (3–4)Avery (1–4)Rojas (1)40,50415–18
34May 17@ Braves5–4Hill (4–2)Glavine (6–2)Wetteland (6)41,48016–18
35May 18Reds2–1Bankhead (4–1)Gardner (3–2)Charlton (9)13,47016–19
36May 19Reds7–4Henry (1–1)Wetteland (0–2)Dibble (6)8,76016–20
37May 20Reds6–5Rojas (1–1)Dibble (0–2)9,65117–20
38May 22Braves7–1Martínez (4–4)Glavine (6–3)20,31318–20
39May 23Braves7–6Fassero (2–2)Stanton (0–2)Wetteland (7)15,91819–20
40May 24Braves2–1Smoltz (4–4)Gardner (3–3)27,68219–21
41May 25Astros10–8Henry (1–4)C. Haney (2–3)D. Jones (10)5,76519–22
42May 26Astros9–4Boever (1–1)Nabholz (2–4)D. Jones (11)10,09319–23
43May 27Astros8–5Martínez (5–4)Portugal (4–2)Wetteland (8)10,11020–23
44May 29@ Reds3 – 2 (11)Bankhead (5–1)Sampen (0–2)12,70420–24
45May 30@ Reds9–4Browning (4–3)Gardner (3–4)27,22620–25
46May 31@ Reds6–2Nabholz (3–4)Rijo (1–4)29,95421–25
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
47June 1@ Astros7–1Martínez (6–4)Kile (2–6)7,54422–25
48June 2@ Astros6–0Portugal (5–2)Sampen (0–3)8,23822–26
49June 3@ Astros5–3Harnisch (3–5)Hill (4–3)D. Jones (13)8,23922–27
50June 5Cubs10–4Jackson (1–7)Gardner (3–5)Scanlan (2)22–28
51June 5Cubs6–2Nabholz (4–4)Maddux (5–6)Wetteland (9)20,24423–28
52June 7Cubs3–2Fassero (3–2)Scanlan (1–2)26,51124–28
53June 8Mets6–0Hill (5–3)Young (2–4)11,13225–28
54June 9Mets6–5Franco (4–0)Fassero (3–3)12,58125–29
55June 10Mets8–2Gardner (4–5)Cone (5–4)11,83926–29
56June 12@ Cubs5–2McElroy (3–3)Martínez (6–5)Bullinger (3)33,48326–30
57June 13@ Cubs4–3Castillo (5–5)Nabholz (4–5)Bullinger (4)32,85726–31
58June 14@ Cubs5–1Jackson (2–7)Hill (5–4)31,36726–32
59June 15@ Mets4–1Gardner (5–5)Young (2–5)Wetteland (10)18,73327–32
60June 16@ Mets5–2Cone (6–4)Hurst (0–1)18,88027–33
61June 17@ Mets5–2Martínez (7–5)Fernandez (5–7)Rojas (2)20,26928–33
62June 18@ Pirates4–0Nabholz (5–5)Palacios (3–2)Fassero (1)20,51229–33
63June 19@ Pirates2–1Hill (6–4)Drabek (5–5)Wetteland (11)22,09130–33
64June 20@ Pirates4–3Gardner (6–5)Smith (5–6)Wetteland (12)31,61431–33
65June 21@ Pirates5–4Robinson (2–0)Martínez (7–6)Belinda (10)20,13831–34
66June 22Phillies5–3Combs (1–0)Barnes (0–1)Mitch Williams (15)15,15731–35
67June 23Phillies5–0Schilling (6–4)Nabholz (5–6)30,31331–36
68June 24Phillies8–1Hill (7–4)Weston (0–1)17,42232–36
69June 25Pirates6–2Martínez (8–6)Smith (5–7)Rojas (3)23,01433–36
70June 26Pirates12–4Robinson (3–0)Gardner (6–6)Belinda (11)20,14633–37
71June 27Pirates9–0Barnes (1–1)Tomlin (10–4)24,79334–37
72June 29@ Phillies5–4Mulholland (8–4)Fassero (3–4)Mitch Williams (17)27,42634–38
73June 30@ Phillies7–2Hill (8–4)Mike Williams (0–1)22,28235–38
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
74July 1@ Phillies6–3Martínez (9–6)Abbott (0–10)Wetteland (13)41,22236–38
75July 2@ Padres3–2Gardner (7–6)Benes (6–6)Wetteland (14)13,85937–38
76July 3@ Padres6–4Seminara (4–2)Barnes (1–2)Andersen (1)24,47637–39
77July 4@ Padres3 – 2 (10)Wetteland (1–2)Meléndez (5–6)Rojas (4)29,30438–39
78July 5@ Padres4 – 3 (10)Rojas (2–1)Scott (1–1)18,84039–39
79July 6@ Dodgers8–3Kip Gross (1–0)Martínez (9–7)39–40
80July 6@ Dodgers4–3Hershiser (7–6)Fassero (3–5)Gott (3)34,16939–41
81July 7@ Dodgers4–1Gardner (8–6)Kevin Gross (4–9)Wetteland (15)40–41
82July 7@ Dodgers4–0Hurst (1–1)Crews (0–1)Wetteland (16)26,51141–41
83July 8@ Dodgers1 – 0 (11)Candiotti (7–7)Valdez (0–1)41–42
84July 8@ Dodgers4–1Risley (1–0)Astacio (1–1)Rojas (5)27,60142–42
85July 9@ Giants6 – 5 (12)Wetteland (2–2)Righetti (1–6)10,29943–42
86July 10@ Giants3–2Hill (9–4)Wilson (6–9)Rojas (6)12,00744–42
87July 11@ Giants3–0Black (7–2)Martínez (9–8)23,63144–43
88July 12@ Giants4–0Swift (7–1)Gardner (8–7)18,59744–44
89July 16Padres7–4Hill (7–4)Hurst (8–6)Wetteland (17)30,79045–44
90July 17Padres3–0Nabholz (6–6)Benes (7–8)Wetteland (18)31,12346–44
91July 18Padres10–3Seminara (5–2)Martínez (9–9)32,37046–45
92July 19Padres9–2Lefferts (11–6)Gardner (8–8)25,82146–46
93July 20Giants2–1Barnes (2–2)Rapp (0–1)Wetteland (19)17,31547–46
94July 21Giants5–1Hill (11–4)Black (8–3)Rojas (7)25,71948–46
95July 22Giants4–1Swift (8–2)Nabholz (6–7)26,82248–47
96July 24Dodgers4–3Martínez (10–9)R. Martínez (5–8)Wetteland (20)25,18049–47
97July 25Dodgers4–1Gardner (9–8)Ojeda (5–5)Wetteland (21)41,93550–47
98July 26Dodgers4–3Rojas (3–1)Wilson (2–5)46,62051–47
99July 27@ Cardinals6–4Hill (12–4)Olivares (6–6)Wetteland (22)24,86352–47
100July 28@ Cardinals7–4Fassero (4–5)Osborne (7–6)24,33053–47
101July 29@ Cardinals4–1L. Smith (3–3)Martínez (10–10)28,49553–48
102July 30Phillies7–2Gardner (10–8)Mathews (0–1)28,10654–48
103July 31Phillies2–0Mulholland (11–7)Barnes (2–3)30,47054–49
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104August 1Phillies4–2Schilling (10–6)Hill (12–5)Mitch Williams (20)30,51154–50
105August 2Phillies1–0Nabholz (7–7)Rivera (0–2)Wetteland (23)28,64555–50
106August 3Cubs3–2Martínez (11–10)Castillo (6–8)Wetteland (24)24,33856–50
107August 4Cubs8–6McElroy (4–6)Sampen (0–4)Assenmacher (6)31,70456–51
108August 5Cubs5–3Barnes (3–3)Patterson (1–2)Wetteland (25)23,61757–51
109August 6@ Phillies7–4Hill (13–5)Schilling (10–7)Wetteland (26)18,84858–51
110August 7@ Phillies3–1Rivera (1–2)Nabholz (7–8)Mitch Williams (21)22,67358–52
111August 8@ Phillies6–1Martínez (12–10)Abbott (1–13)26,33859–52
112August 9@ Phillies6–2Gardner (11–8)Mathews (0–2)Rojas (8)25,68360–52
113August 10@ Cubs11–0Barnes (4–3)Robinson (2–1)32,91161–52
114August 11@ Cubs3 – 2 (17)Sampen (1–4)Robinson (2–2)31,52862–52
115August 12@ Cubs3–1Nabholz (8–8)Morgan (10–6)Rojas (9)29,98463–52
116August 14Cardinals4–1Martínez (13–10)Cormier (3–10)Wetteland (27)36,34364–52
117August 15Cardinals6–4Tewksbury (12–5)Wetteland (2–3)L. Smith (29)31,18564–53
118August 16Cardinals5–2Osborne (9–6)Barnes (4–4)L. Smith (30)36,40564–54
119August 18Braves5–1Leibrandt (10–4)Hill (13–6)32,92064–55
120August 19Braves4–2Glavine (19–3)Nabholz (8–9)Stanton (6)27,23564–56
121August 20Braves3–2Fassero (5–5)Peña (1–6)23,89665–56
122August 21Reds6–3Wetteland (3–3)Belcher (10–12)24,90066–56
123August 22Reds3–1Rojas (4–1)Swindell (12–6)Wetteland (28)38,20067–56
124August 23Reds1–0Rijo (10–9)Hill (13–7)Dibble (16)34,99867–57
125August 25@ Braves6–0Nabholz (9–9)Glavine (19–4)38,45568–57
126August 26@ Braves5–4Martínez (14–10)Avery (10–9)Wetteland (29)36,27569–57
127August 28@ Astros8–1Harnisch (5–9)Gardner (11–9)10,62969–58
128August 29@ Astros8–2J. Jones (8–5)Barnes (4–5)16,65769–59
129August 30@ Astros4–0Hill (14–7)Kile (2–9)14,93970–59
130August 31@ Reds8–4Rojas (5–1)Bolton (2–3)17,38871–59
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
131September 1@ Reds5–2Martínez (15–10)Pugh (0–1)Wetteland (30)18,20472–59
132September 2@ Reds7–3Fassero (6–5)Charlton (3–2)Wetteland (31)14,38273–59
133September 3@ Braves11–2Barnes (5–5)Leibrandt (11–6)Bottenfield (1)27,82474–59
134September 4Astros5–2Hill (15–7)J. Jones (8–6)Wetteland (32)25,35775–59
135September 5Astros5–2Kile (3–9)Nabholz (9–10)28,14375–60
136September 6Astros3–1Henry (6–9)Martínez (15–11)D. Jones (31)33,31175–61
137September 7Cardinals8 – 7 (10)B. Smith (1–0)Wetteland (3–4)L. Smith (38)21,93375–62
138September 8Cardinals6–1Barnes (6–5)Clark (3–9)Rojas (10)13,70476–62
139September 9Cardinals10–3Magrane (1–0)Hill (15–8)16,06876–63
140September 11Mets4–3Fassero (7–5)Saberhagen (3–4)Wetteland (33)21,25277–63
141September 12Mets4–1Martínez (16–11)Schourek (5–7)30,69178–63
142September 13Mets7–5Rojas (6–1)Young (2–12)15,49279–63
143September 14@ Phillies6–2Greene (3–1)Barnes (6–6)Shepherd (1)12,13079–64
144September 15@ Phillies3–0Hill (16–8)Schilling (13–10)Wetteland (34)13,79980–64
145September 16@ Pirates6–3Nabholz (10–10)Walk (9–6)Wetteland (35)37,43681–64
146September 17@ Pirates3 – 2 (13)Cox (5–3)Bottenfield (0–1)20,80281–65
147September 18@ Mets10–4Gardner (12–9)Gooden (8–13)16,85682–65
148September 19@ Mets7–5Whitehurst (3–8)Fassero (7–6)21,50182–66
149September 20@ Mets1–0Fernandez (13–10)Hill (16–9)22,25782–67
150September 21Phillies9–2Rivera (6–4)Nabholz (10–11)11,59682–68
151September 22Phillies5–2Hartley (6–6)Bottenfield (0–2)Mitch Williams (26)11,19682–69
152September 23Pirates5 – 1 (14)Fassero (8–6)Mason (5–7)30,55283–69
153September 24Pirates9–3Drabek (15–10)Krueger (0–1)33,49383–70
154September 25Cubs4 – 3 (10)Wetteland (4–4)Slocumb (0–3)16,87384–70
155September 26Cubs12–0Nabholz (11–11)Boskie (5–11)26,25785–70
156September 27Cubs1–0Rojas (7–1)Morgan (15–8)Wetteland (36)41,80286–70
157September 28@ Cardinals4–1Olivares (9–9)Krueger (0–2)L. Smith (41)12,71386–71
158September 29@ Cardinals2 – 1 (10)Pérez (9–3)Valdez (0–2)13,43486–72
159September 30@ Cardinals3 – 2 (11)B. Smith (4–2)Fassero (8–7)13,62786–73
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
160October 2@ Cubs3–1Morgan (16–8)Nabholz (11–12)15,71986–74
161October 3@ Cubs3–1Bottenfield (1–2)Bullinger (2–8)Wetteland (37)25,29087–74
162October 4@ Cubs3–2Castillo (10–11)Gardner (12–10)Assenmacher (8)23,49687–75

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
CGary Carter9528562.218529
1BArchi Cianfrocco8623256.241630
2BDelino DeShields135530155.292756
SSSpike Owen122386104.269740
3BTim Wallach150537120.223959
LFMoisés Alou11534196.282956
CFMarquis Grissom159653180.2761466
RFLarry Walker143528159.3012393

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
Bret Barberie11128566.232124
Darrin Fletcher8322254.243226
John Vander Wal10521351.239420
Iván Calderón4817045.265324
Greg Colbrunn5216845.268218
Wil Cordero4512638.30228
Tom Foley7211520.17405
Darren Reed428114.173510
Rick Cerone336317.27017
Sean Berry245719.33314
Tim Laker284610.21704
Matt Stairs13305.16705
Jerry Willard21253.12001
Steve Lyons16133.23101
Todd Haney7103.30001
Rob Natal560.00000
Eric Bullock850.00000
Jerry Goff330.00000

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
Dennis Martínez32226.116112.47147
Ken Hill332181692.68150
Chris Nabholz3219511123.32130
Mark Gardner33179.212104.36132
Brian Barnes21100662.9765
Jonathan Hurst316.1115.514
Bill Risley15101.802

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
Chris Haney938235.4527
Kent Bottenfield1032.1122.2314
Bill Krueger917.1026.7513
Gil Heredia714.2001.847

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
Jeff Fassero708712.8463
Mel Rojas6871101.4370
John Wetteland6744372.9299
Bill Sampen441403.1323
Sergio Valdez270202.4132
Bill Landrum181107.207
Pete Young130003.9811
Doug Simons700023.636
Scott Service500014.1411
Matt Maysey20003.861

Awards and honors

National League leaders
Offensive statistics
Defensive statistics

All-Star Game

Awards

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Pat Kelly
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Mike Quade
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Dave Jauss
A Rockford Expos Midwest League Rob Leary
A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Lorenzo Bundy
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Q. V. Lowe
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Nelson Norman

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