1977 Montreal Expos season explained

Montreal Expos
Season:	1977
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Olympic Stadium
City:	Montreal
Record:	75–87 (.463)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Charles Bronfman
General Managers:	Charlie Fox
Managers:	Dick Williams
Television:	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Radio:	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

The 1977 Montreal Expos season was the ninth season in the history of the franchise. The team finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 75–87, 26 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. This was the Expos' first year in Olympic Stadium, after playing their first eight seasons at Jarry Park.

Offseason

November 6, 1976: Pat Scanlon, Steve Dunning, and Tony Scott were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Greif, Ángel Torres and Sam Mejías.^[1]
December 6, 1976: Roger Freed was drafted from the Expos by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1976 rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 10, 1976: Andre Thornton was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Jackie Brown.^[3]
December 16, 1976: Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray were traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Pérez and Will McEnaney.^[4]
March 15, 1977: Rodney Scott was traded to the Texas Rangers for Jeff Terpko.^[5]

April 15: The Expos set an attendance record for a regular season game as 57,592 fans attend the first game at Olympic Stadium. They were defeated 7 to 2 by the eventual National League East Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Ellis Valentine of the Expos homered in the third inning for the first home run at the Expos' new home.
April 20: Catcher Gary Carter hit three home runs in one game.

April 6: Don Carrithers was purchased by the Minnesota Twins.^[7]
April 10: Tom Walker was signed as a free agent.^[8]
June 7: 1977 Major League Baseball Draft
- Bill Gullickson was selected in the 1st round (2nd pick).^[9]
- Scott Sanderson was selected in the 3rd round.^[10]
- Tim Raines was selected in the 5th round.^[11]
June 22: Joe Pettini was signed as an amateur free agent.^[12]
July 13: Tom Walker was purchased by the California Angels.^[8]

1977 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (First Base) (Hitting) (Third Base)

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	154	522	148	.284	31	84
1B	154	559	158	.283	19	91
2B	153	650	188	.289	0	43
SS	139	531	125	.235	5	38
3B	123	402	99	.246	11	46
LF	155	620	175	.282	5	50
CF	139	525	148	.282	19	65
RF	127	508	149	.293	25	76

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
113	289	79	.273	12	40
68	159	43	.270	2	22
74	101	23	.228	3	8
55	85	19	.224	1	6
65	74	15	.203	1	9
53	70	18	.257	0	5
13	57	10	.175	0	3
15	49	12	.245	2	8
13	43	10	.233	0	4
16	22	2	.091	0	0
16	21	4	.190	0	1
19	20	4	.200	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	301.2	17	16	3.10	206
22	139.0	6	5	4.21	93
23	127.2	8	9	4.81	58
8	37.0	1	5	4.86	21

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	185.2	9	12	4.51	89
47	158.1	10	10	3.41	89
32	101.2	2	6	4.69	64
14	42.1	3	3	3.19	21
12	35.0	2	3	7.97	26
6	23.0	1	1	4.30	9
6	21.2	2	1	2.49	14
4	9.1	0	2	9.64	5

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
66	3	5	11	3.22	43
69	3	5	3	3.95	38
55	7	2	7	3.35	56
13	0	1	0	5.66	14
11	1	1	0	4.74	10

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.