2004 Montreal Expos season

The 2004 Montreal Expos season was the Expos′ 36th and final season in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team finished in fifth and last place in the National League East at 67-95, 29 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves. After the season, the team – which had played in Montreal since its foundation as an expansion franchise in 1969 – relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals, as Major League Baseball returned to Washington for the 2005 season after a 33-season absence.

2004 Montreal Expos
Final season in Montreal
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Major League Baseball
General manager(s)Omar Minaya
Manager(s)Frank Robinson
Local televisionRéseau des sports
(Rodger Brulotte, Denis Casavant)
SCORE TV
(Sam Cosentino, Darrin Fletcher, Brett Dolan, Rance Mulliniks, Joe Block)
Local radioCKGM (AM)
(Mitch Melnick, Elliott Price, guest play-by-play broadcasters)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Marc Griffin)
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Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, in 2004. It was their second year of spring training at the facility.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Source [4]

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Peter BergeronCenter fielder
José VidroSecond baseman
Carl EverettRight fielder
Orlando CabreraShortstop
Brad WilkersonFirst baseman
Tony BatistaThird baseman
Termel SledgeLeft fielder
Brian SchneiderCatcher
Liván HernándezStarting pitcher

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9666 0.593 — 49–32 47–34
Philadelphia Phillies 8676 0.531 10 42–39 44–37
Florida Marlins 8379 0.512 13 42–38 41–41
New York Mets 7191 0.438 25 38–43 33–48
Montreal Expos 6795 0.414 29 35–45 32–50

Record vs. opponents
2004 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1

Game log

Source [5]

Legend
 Expos win
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 Postponement
BoldExpos team member
2004 Game Log

Notable transactions

Roster
2004 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Final days
  • September 29, 2004: Hours after the announcement of the impending move to Washington, D.C., the Expos played their final game in Montreal, a 9–1 loss to the Florida Marlins before 31,395 fans at Olympic Stadium. On that day the MLB officially recognized the 1994 Expos as "The Best Team in Baseball" with a banner for the center field wall, (ironically that banner only lasted one game as it was the last Expos game in Montreal). The game was almost forfeited in the 8th inning when Expos fans threw golf balls onto the field in hopes of making the game longer.
  • October 2, 2004: The Expos earned their last win before becoming the Nationals, defeating the New York Mets 6–3. Brad Wilkerson hit the last home run in Expos history in the ninth inning, his 32nd of the year.
  • October 3, 2004: The New York Mets defeated Montreal 8–1 at Shea Stadium, in the final game as the Montreal Expos. Jamey Carroll scored the last Expos run and Endy Chávez became the final Expo batter in history when he grounded out in the top of the ninth to end the game. Coincidentally, Shea Stadium was where the Expos had played their first-ever game, in 1969.

The final game in Montreal
Banner raised during Montreal's final game in Olympic Stadium on September 29, 2004.

Scorecard

September 29, Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 041 040 000 9151
Montreal 000 100 000 172
W: Pavano (18-8)  L: Kim (4-6)   HRs: Cabrera (32)
Attendance: 31,395 Time:2:39

Batting
Florida Marlins AB R H RBI Montreal Expos AB R H RBI
Juan Pierre, CF 5 0 2 2 Brad Wilkerson, 1B 2 0 1 0
Paul Lo Duca, C 4 0 0 0 Labandeira, 2B 2 0 0 0
Matt Treanor PH,C 1 0 0 0 Izturis SS 4 0 0 0
Miguel Cabrera IF 4 2 1 1 Tony Batista 3B 2 1 1 0
Mike Lowell 3B 4 1 3 0 Pascucci 1B 2 0 0 0
Mordecai 3B 1 0 0 0 Terrmel Sledge lF 4 0 0 0
Jeff Conine 1B 5 2 3 1 Rivera CF 3 0 3 1
Aguila RF 5 1 1 0 Ryan Church RF 3 0 1 0
Luis Castillo 2B 2 2 1 1 Einar Díaz C 3 0 1 0
Damion Easley PH,2B 2 0 1 0 Harris 2B,3B 3 0 0 0
Álex González SS 5 1 2 2 Kim P 0 0 0 0
Carl Pavano P 4 0 1 1 Gary Majewski P 1 0 0 0
David Weathers P 0 0 0 0 Tucker P 0 0 0 0
Seanez P 0 0 0 0 Jamey Carroll PH 1 0 0 0
Horgan p 0 0 0 0
Beltran, p 0 0 0 0
Chavez, ph 1 0 0 0
Cordero, p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 15 8 Totals 31 1 7 1

Pitching
Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano, W (18-8) 7.0 7 1 1 0 3
Weathers 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Seanez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 1 1 0 4
Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Kim, L (4-6) 2.0 5 5 2 1 1
Majewski 2.1 2 2 2 1 1
Tucker 0.2 4 2 2 0 1
Horgan 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Beltran 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Cordero 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 15 9 6 2 8

Scorecard

October 3, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 100 000 000 152
New York 102 013 01x 8111
W: Tom Glavine (11-14)  L: John Patterson (4-7)   HRs: David Wright (14), Todd Zeile (9)
Attendance: 33,569 Time:3:10

Batting
Montreal Expos AB R H RBI New York Mets AB R H RBI
Wilkerson, 1b 3 0 0 0 Reyes, ss 4 2 1 0
Chavez, cf 1 0 0 0 Matsui, 2b 4 0 1 1
Carroll, 2b 2 1 0 0 Bell, p 0 0 0 0
Pascucci rf,1b 4 0 3 0 Franco, p 0 0 0 0
Sledge, lf 3 0 2 1 Delgado, ph 1 0 1 1
Church cf,rf 4 0 0 0 Hietpas, c 0 0 0 0
Diaz, c 4 0 0 0 Wright, 3b 3 1 2 3
Harris, 3b 3 0 0 0 Piazza, 1b 2 0 1 0
Labandeira, ss 4 0 0 0 Brazell, 1b 2 0 0 0
Patterson, p 2 0 0 0 Cameron, cf 4 0 0 0
Vargas, p 0 0 0 0 Valent, lf 4 1 2 0
Batista, ph 1 0 0 0 Williams, lf 0 0 0 0
Rauch, p 0 0 0 0 Diaz, rf 4 1 1 0
Beltran, p 0 0 0 0 Zeile, c 3 1 1 3
Izturis, ph 1 0 0 0 Garcia, ph 1 1 1 0
Fortunato, p 0 0 0 0
Glavine, p 0 1 0 0
Keppinger ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 33 8 11 8

Pitching
Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson, L (4-7) 4.1 4 4 4 3 3
Vargas 1.2 3 3 3 0 1
Rauch 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Beltran 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
TOTALS 8.0 11 8 8 4 6
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine, W, (11-14) 6.0 3 1 1 4 5
Bell 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Franco 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Fortunato 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
TOTALS 9.0 5 1 1 5 9

Attendance

Including both games played in Montreal and "home" games played in San Juan, the Expos drew 749,550 fans during the 2004 season, and were 16th in attendance among the 16 National League teams. Their highest attendance for the season was for their final game in Montreal on September 29, which attracted 31,395 fans to see them play the Florida Marlins, while their lowest was for a game in Montreal on May 5 against the Colorado Rockies, which drew only 3,609 fans. For games played in San Juan, the largest crowd was 16,836 for a game against the San Francisco Giants on May 22, and the smallest was a crowd of 7,436 that came to a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 9.

The Expos lost one home date during the season, when the May 23 "home" game at San Juan against the Giants was rained out and rescheduled to be played as an away game in San Francisco as part of a single-admission doubleheader on August 18. The doubleheader drew 42,296.

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
CBrian Schneider135436401122031249.2570
1BBrad Wilkerson1605721121463923267.25513
2BJosé Vidro110412511212401460.2943
SSOrlando Cabrera1033904196192431.24612
3BTony Batista1576067614630232110.24114
LFTermel Sledge133398451072061562.2693
CFEndy Chávez13250265139206534.27732
RFJuan Rivera134391481202411249.3076
1BNick Johnson732513563160733.2516
2BJamey Carroll1022183663142016.2895
CEinar Díaz5513993161111.2232
SSAlex Gonzalez35133193270416.2411
OFCarl Everett39127832100214.2520
SSMaicer Izturis3210710225214.2064
OFRon Calloway468441420110.1672
UTValentino Pascucci32626111026.1771
OFRyan Church30636111016.1750
UTMatt Cepicky32604134013.2171
IFBrendan Harris2050482012.1600
UTHenry Mateo40443122000.2732
CFPeter Bergeron1142290001.2140
IFAndy Fox3443240011.0930
1BLuis Lopez1126040003.1540
MIJosh Labandeira714000000.0000
PLiván Hernández348122070110.2470
PJohn Patterson1933040001.1210
PZach Day1729110011.0340
PSun-woo Kim4128162005.2140
PClaudio Vargas4222010000.0450
PTomo Ohka1425020000.0801
PScott Downs1115110000.0670
PTony Armas Jr.1516000000.0000
PRocky Biddle4411000000.0000
PT. J. Tucker5112110000.0830
PLuis Ayala799031000.3330
PJon Rauch96110012.1670
PJoe Horgan454010001.2500
PJoey Eischen223220000.6670
PChad Cordero672000000.0000
PShawn Hill32000000.0000
PChad Bentz352010000.5000
PFrancis Beltrán112010000.5000
PGary Majewski162000000.0000
PRoy Corcoran50000000–0
PRigo Beltrán20000000–0
PJeremy Fikac180000000–0
Totals1625474635136127627151605.249109

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
SPLiván Hernández11153.6035350255.010510283186
SPZach Day5103.9319190116.253514561
SPJohn Patterson475.031919098.158554699
SPTomo Ohka373.401515084.240322038
SPTony Armas, Jr.244.881616072.041394554
SPScott Downs365.141212063.047362338
CLChad Cordero732.946901482.228274384
RPLuis Ayala6122.69810290.130271563
RPRocky Biddle486.924791178.069603151
RPT. J. Tucker423.72541067.228281744
RPJoe Horgan413.15470240.018142230
Sun-woo Kim464.5843170135.280695587
Claudio Vargas555.2545140118.175696489
Chad Bentz035.86360027.219182318
Jeremy Fikac125.40190025.016151322
Jon Rauch301.5492023.144718
Gary Majewski013.86160121.0159512
Joey Eischen013.93210018.1108817
Francis Beltrán007.53110114.1121258
Shawn Hill1216.003309.01616710
Roy Corcoran006.755005.14454
Rigo Beltrán0013.502000.21100
Totals67954.33162162311447.07696965821032

Awards and honors

League leaders
  • Liván Hernández, National League Leader, Complete Games, 9
  • Liván Hernández, National League Leader, Innings Pitched, 255.0
  • Liván Hernández, National League Leader, 3,927 pitches thrown

All-Stars

2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Relocation to Washington

After several years in a holding pattern, MLB began actively looking for a relocation site for the Expos. Some of the choices included Orlando, Florida; Dayton, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Washington, D.C.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Monterrey, Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Northern Virginia; Norfolk, Virginia; and Charlotte, North Carolina. In the decision-making process, Commissioner Bud Selig added Las Vegas, Nevada to the list of potential Expos homes.

On September 29, 2004, MLB officially announced that the Expos would move to Washington, D.C. in 2005. The move was approved by the owners of the other teams in a 28–1 vote on December 3 (Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos cast the sole dissenting vote). In addition, on November 15, 2004, a lawsuit by the former team owners against MLB and former majority owner Jeffrey Loria was struck down by arbitrators, ending legal moves to keep the Expos in Montreal.

Retired numbers ceremony

As a tribute to the Expos, on October 18, 2005, the Montreal Canadiens honoured the departed team by raising an Expos commemorative banner, which lists the retired numbers, to the rafters of the Bell Centre. Gary Carter and Andre Dawson were at the ceremony with Youppi, who was now the Canadiens mascot. The Banner featured all of the Expos retired numbers:

Expos in the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor

On August 10, 2010, the Washington Nationals formally presented a new "Ring of Honor" at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., to honor Major League Baseball Hall of Fame players with ties to the Washington Nationals, original Washington Senators, expansion Washington Senators, Homestead Grays, or Montreal Expos. Gary Carter and Andre Dawson were the former Expos honored in the Ring of Honor on that day. The Expos logo appears next to their names in the Ring of Honor.[8] On May 9, 2015, the Nationals added former Expos (2002–2004) and Nationals (2005–2006) manager Frank Robinson to the Ring of Honor at Nationals Park.[9]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Dave Huppert
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Dave Machemer
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Tim Raines
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Bob Henley
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League José Alguacil
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Arturo DeFreites

[10]

Notes
  1. Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2004 season counted as Expos home games.
  2. The two games on June 10 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  3. The two games on August 18 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  4. Played at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, because of the threat posed to Miami by Hurricane Ivan. The games counted as Florida Marlins home games.
  5. A make-up game for a rain-out on August 1, this game originally was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on September 14 at Florida. The threat posed to the Miami, area by Hurricane Ivan prompted Major League Baseball to move the first two games (on September 13 and 14) of the five-game Florida Marlins series against the Expos to U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, and on September 14 Florida and Montreal played only the originally scheduled game for that date at U.S. Cellular Field. The second game of the September 14 doubleheader was rescheduled to September 15 as part of a doubleheader when the Marlins returned to Florida to host the Expos for the remaining three games of the series.
  6. The two games on September 15 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.

References
  1. Nick Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  2. Tony Batista page at Baseball Reference
  3. Luis Lopez page at Baseball Reference
  4. Montreal Expos at Florida Marlins Box Score, April 6, 2004, at Baseball Reference
  5. 2004 Montreal Expos Schedule at Baseball Reference
  6. Orlando Cabrera page at Baseball Reference
  7. Alex Gonzalez page at Baseball Reference
  8. Press Release: "Washington Nationals pay tribute to Hall of Famers with Ring of Honor," August 10, 2010 3:22 PM EDT.
  9. Janes, Chelsea, "Frank Robinson inducted into Nationals Ring of Honor," washingtonpost.com, May 9, 2015.
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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