1974 Montreal Expos season

1974 Montreal Expos
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Jarry Park
City	Montreal
Record	79–82 (.491)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Charles Bronfman
General managers	Jim Fanning
Managers	Gene Mauch
Television	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Radio	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor, Ron Reusch, Tom Cheek) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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The 1974 Montreal Expos season was the sixth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 79–82, 8+1⁄2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

• October 26, 1973: Bernie Allen was released by the Expos.^[1]
• December 5, 1973: Mike Marshall was traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willie Davis.^[2]
• January 9, 1974: Joe Kerrigan was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[3]

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was their second season there.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	—	52–29	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	75	0.534	1½	44–37	42–38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	8	46–35	34–47
Montreal Expos	79	82	0.491	8½	42–38	37–44
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	17	36–45	35–46
Chicago Cubs	66	96	0.407	22	32–49	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	7–11–1	6–12	8–10	9–3	8–4	8–4	4–8	17–1	8–10	9–3
Chicago	8–4	—	5–7	4–8	2–10	5–13	8–10	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	5–13
Cincinnati	11–7–1	7–5	—	14–4	6–12	6–6	9–3	8–4	8–4	12–6	11–7	6–6
Houston	12–6	8–4	4–14	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	8–4
Los Angeles	10–8	10–2	12–6	13–5	—	8–4	5–7	6–6	4–8	16–2	12–6	6–6
Montreal	3–9	13–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	—	9–9	11–7	9–9	6–6	4–8	8–9
New York	4–8	10–8	3–9	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	7–11	7–11	6–6	6–6	6–12
Philadelphia	4-8	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	5–7	8–4	9–9
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	4–8	7–5	8–4	9–9	11–7	8–10	—	9–3	8–4	7–11
San Diego	1–17	6–6	6–12	7–11	2–16	6–6	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	5–7
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	7–11	8–10	6–12	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	7–11	—	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	13–5	6–6	4–8	6–6	9–8	12–6	9–9	11–7	7–5	6–6	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1974: John Boccabella was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Don Carrithers.^[4]
• April 4, 1974: Bill Stoneman was purchased from the Expos by the California Angels.^[5]
• June 5, 1974: Bobby Ramos was drafted by the Expos in the 7th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
• September 5, 1974: Ron Hunt was selected off waivers from the Expos by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]

Roster

1974 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers 28 Dennis Blair 40 Don Carrithers 25 Don DeMola 55 Terry Enyart 48 Bob Gebhard 21 Ernie McAnally 53 John Montague 15 Balor Moore 27 Dale Murray 18 Steve Renko 45 Steve Rogers 36 Chuck Taylor 24 Mike Torrez 20 Tom Walker		Catchers 57 Gary Carter 9,54 Barry Foote 22 Terry Humphrey 34 José Morales  7 Bob Stinson Infielders 23 Hal Breeden 10 Jim Cox  6 Ron Fairly 19 Tim Foli 38 Pepe Frías 33 Ron Hunt 16 Mike Jorgensen 12,51 Larry Lintz 50 Larry Parrish 42 Pat Scanlon		Outfielders  3 Bob Bailey 17 Larry Biittner 49 Warren Cromartie  1 Willie Davis  8 Boots Day  2 Jim Lyttle 11 Pepe Mangual  2 Jim Northrup 52 Tony Scott 29 Ken Singleton 37 Jerry White 43 Ron Woods		Manager  4 Gene Mauch Coaches  5 Dave Bristol (Third base) 46 Walt Hriniak (First base) 32 Cal McLish (Pitching) 31 Jerry Zimmerman (Bullpen)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Barry Foote	125	420	110	.262	11	60
1B	Ron Fairly	101	282	69	.245	12	43
2B	Jim Cox	77	236	52	.220	2	26
SS	Tim Foli	121	441	112	.254	0	39
3B	Ron Hunt	115	403	108	.268	0	26
LF	Bob Bailey	152	507	142	.280	20	73
CF	Willie Davis	153	611	180	.295	12	89
RF	Ken Singleton	148	511	141	.276	9	74

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
Larry Lintz	113	319	76	.238	0	20
Mike Jorgensen	131	287	89	.310	11	59
Hal Breeden	79	190	47	.247	2	20
Ron Woods	90	127	26	.205	1	12
Pepe Frías	75	112	24	.214	0	7
Bob Stinson	38	87	15	.172	1	6
Larry Parrish	25	69	14	.203	0	4
Boots Day	52	65	12	.185	0	2
Pepe Mangual	23	61	19	.311	0	4
Jim Northrup	21	54	13	.241	2	8
Terry Humphrey	20	52	10	.192	0	3
Gary Carter	9	27	11	.407	1	6
Larry Biitner	18	26	7	.269	0	3
José Morales	25	26	7	.269	1	5
Warren Cromartie	8	17	3	.176	0	0
Jerry White	9	10	4	.400	0	2
Jim Lyttle	25	9	3	.333	0	2
Tony Scott	19	7	2	.286	0	1
Pat Scanlon	2	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

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 Rogers	38	253.2	15	22	4.47	154
Steve Renko	37	227.2	12	16	4.03	138
Mike Torrez	32	186.1	15	8	3.57	92
Dennis Blair	22	146.0	11	7	3.27	76
Ernie McAnally	25	128.2	6	13	4.48	79

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
Tom Walker	33	91.2	4	5	3.83	70
Don Carrithers	22	60.0	5	2	3.00	31
Balor Moore	8	13.2	0	2	3.95	16

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
Chuck Taylor	62	6	2	11	2.17	43
John Montague	46	3	4	3	3.16	43
Dale Murray	32	1	1	10	1.03	31
Don DeMola	25	1	0	0	3.12	47
Terry Enyart	2	0	0	0	16.20	2
Bob Gebhard	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Award winners

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Blues	International League	Karl Kuehl
AA	Québec Carnavals	Eastern League	Lance Nichols
A	Kinston Expos	Carolina League	Jack Damaska
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Pat Daugherty

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Palm Beach

Notes

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.
• 1974 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 1974 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac