1978 Montreal Expos season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Montreal Expos
season = 1978
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1969
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Olympic Stadium
y4 = 1978
city = Montreal
y5 = 1969
owners = Charles Bronfman
managers = Dick Williams
television = CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
radio = CFCF
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (AM)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)|

The 1978 Montreal Expos season was the 10th in franchise history. During the season, Ross Grimsley would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Expos. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Offseason

*November 10, 1977: Darold Knowles was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Texas Rangers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml]
*December 7, 1977: Mike Kerrigan was traded by the Montreal Expos with Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse to the Baltimore Orioles for Rudy May, Randy Miller, and Bryn Smith. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kerrijo01.shtml Joe Kerrigan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 10, 1978: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed March 10, 1978. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillto02.shtml Tony Phillips Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 30, 1978: Tito Fuentes was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fuentti01.shtml]
*March 22, 1978: Tito Fuentes was released by the Montreal Expos. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fuentti01.shtml]

Regular season

* On May 5, 1978, Pete Rose became the 13th and youngest player in Major League history to collect his 3,000th career hit, with a single off Expos pitcher Steve Rogers.

* July 20, by|1978 - Shorstop Chris Speier (hitting in the number eight slot) hits for the cycle at Olympic Stadium in Montreal in front of a crowd of 14,108. Speier is the second in Expos history to hit for the cycle. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory. Ironically, Fryman got the victory when Expos shortstop Tim Foli hit for the cycle in 1976.

* July 30, by|1978 - The Expos set a team record (never-broken) in hits in a game when they pick up 28 as they beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 19 to nothing. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, and Gary Carter lead the way with 4 hits each. A crowd of 10,834 on hand at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picks up the victory (again).

First Pearson Cup

The Pearson Cup was an annual mid-season major league baseball exhibition between former Canadian rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Montréal Expos. Named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, it was originally created to raise money for minor league baseball in Canada. In later years, it was incorporated into the interleague baseball schedule.

The series began in by|1978, and Canadian Bill Atkinson was the winning pitcher and scored the winning run for the Expos in the first-ever Pearson Cup game at the Olympic Stadium in 1978.Fact|date=August 2008

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*June 6, 1978: Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moonebi01.shtml]
*June 6, 1978: Jim DeShaies was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 13th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deshaji01.shtml Jim Deshaies Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 6, 1978: Razor Shines was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shinera01.shtml Razor Shines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 9, 1978: Woodie Fryman was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Jerry White (June 23, 1978) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymawo01.shtml Woodie Fryman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

tats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Award Winners

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Ross Grimsley, Pitcher, Reserve
* Steve Rogers, Pitcher, Reserve

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1978.shtml 1978 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=MON 1978 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]