1975 Montreal Expos season explained

Montreal Expos
Season:	1975
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Jarry Park
City:	Montreal
Record:	75–87 (.463)
Divisional Place:	tied 5th
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, Duke Snider, Tom Cheek, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

The 1975 Montreal Expos season was the seventh season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 75–87, 17½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

• December 4, 1974: Tom Walker and Terry Humphrey were traded to the Detroit Tigers for Woodie Fryman.^[1]
• December 4, 1974: Mike Torrez and Ken Singleton were traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave McNally, Rich Coggins, and Bill Kirkpatrick (minors).^[2]
• December 5, 1974: Willie Davis was traded to the Texas Rangers for Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin.^[3]

Spring training

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

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 30: Tim Ireland was released by the Expos.^[4]
• June 3: 1975 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Mike Boddicker was selected in the 8th round, but did not sign.^[5]
  • Andre Dawson was selected in the 11th round.^[6]
• June 15: Nate Colbert was purchased from the Detroit Tigers.^[7]

Roster

1975 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Third Base) (First Base) (Pitching) (Bullpen)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader among qualifying players

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		118	387	25	75	.194	7	30	0
1B		144	445	58	116	.261	18	67	3
2B		130	448	59	101	.225	12	44	11
3B		145	532	50	146	.274	10	65	4
SS		152	572	64	136	.238	1	29	13
LF		106	227	23	62	.273	5	30	4
CF		140	514	84	126	.245	9	45	33
RF		144	503	58	136	.270	17	68	5

^[8]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	121	346	34	109	.315	3	28	2
	60	175	22	50	.286	3	20	4
	93	163	18	49	.301	2	24	0
	92	143	19	26	.182	0	11	5
	46	132	18	26	.197	0	3	17
	60	109	5	20	.183	2	15	0
	39	97	14	29	.299	2	7	5
	38	81	10	14	.173	4	11	0
	51	64	4	8	.125	0	4	0
	44	55	7	15	.273	0	6	0
	24	37	4	5	.135	0	1	0
	13	37	1	10	.270	0	4	0
	12	33	2	12	.364	1	3	0
	11	27	1	7	.259	1	5	1
	5	9	1	1	.111	0	0	0
	1	3	0	1	.333	0	1	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
	35	251.2	11	12	3.29	137
	31	170.1	6	12	4.07	99
	30	163.1	8	15	3.80	82
	19	101.0	5	3	3.30	37
	12	77.1	3	6	5.24	36
	4	13.0	0	0	8.31	5
	1	1.2	0	0	10.80	2

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
	40	167.2	8	6	bgcolor=#FFCCOO	3.11	128
	38	157.0	9	12	3.32	118
	34	76.1	4	3	3.54	43

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
	63	15	8	9	3.96	43
	60	4	7	1	4.15	63
	54	2	2	6	3.53	29
	12	0	1	2	5.60	9

Award winners

1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Gary Carter, catcher, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1975 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
• 1975 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymawo01.shtml Woodie Fryman page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torremi01.shtml Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanhdo01.shtml Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/i/irelati01.shtml Tim Ireland page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boddimi01.shtml Mike Boddicker page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dawsoan01.shtml Andre Dawson page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colbena01.shtml Nate Colbert page at Baseball Reference
8. Web site: 1975 Montreal Expos Statistics.