1993 Montreal Expos season

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1993  Montreal Expos
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Olympic Stadium
City Montreal
Record94–68
Divisional place2nd
Owners Claude Brochu
General managers Dan Duquette
Managers Felipe Alou
Television CTV Television Network
The Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)

SRC
RDS Network
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun, Denis Casavant)
Radio CIQC (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)

CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Alain Chantelois)
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The 1993 Montreal Expos season was the 25th season of the franchise. The Expos finished in second place in the National League East, with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, three games behind the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Contents

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 17th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

At the end of August, the Atlanta Braves tried to acquire Dennis Martínez from the Expos. The Expos placed Martinez's name on the waiver wire and the Braves claimed him. The Expos were not about to let Martinez go to Atlanta for the waiver fee of $20,000. After claiming Martinez, the Expos contacted the Braves to see if they were interested in talking about a trade. Martinez had the final word on any movement because his seniority gives him veto rights over a trade. [6]

Notable games

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 97650.599—52–2945–36
Montreal Expos 94680.580355–2639–42
St. Louis Cardinals 87750.5371049–3238–43
Chicago Cubs 84780.5191343–3841–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 75870.4632240–4135–46
Florida Marlins 64980.3953335–4629–52
New York Mets 591030.3643828–5331–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1993 Montreal Expos
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1993 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Reds 1–0 Rijo (1–0) Martínez (0–1) Dibble (1)55,4560–1
2April 7@ Reds 5–1 Hill (1–0) Smiley (0–1) Rojas (1)26,1681–1
3April 8@ Reds 14–11 Barnes (1–0) Henry (0–1) Rojas (2)26,2802–1
4April 9@ Rockies 11–4 Smith (1–0) Bottenfield (0–1)80,2272–2
5April 10@ Rockies 9–5 Nied (1–1) Martínez (0–2)65,2612–3
6April 11@ Rockies 19–9 Jones (1–0) Henry (0–1)66,9873–3
7April 13 Astros 9–6 Williams (1–0) Rojas (0–1)51,5393–4
8April 14 Astros 9–5 Portugal (1–0) Gardiner (0–1)12,3453–5
9April 15 Astros 2–1 Jones (2–0) Drabek (1–2) Rojas (3)13,3774–5
10April 16 Rockies 3–2 Bottenfield (1–1) Henry (0–2) Rojas (4)17,4835–5
11April 17 Rockies 9–1 Ruffin (1–1) Martínez (0–3)23,1665–6
12April 18 Rockies 4–2 Hill (2–0) Wayne (0–1)25,0346–6
13April 20 Dodgers 7–3 Nabholz (1–0) Candiotti (0–2)10,4047–6
14April 21 Dodgers 6–4 Jones (3–0) Astacio (0–2) Barnes (1)11,1948–6
15April 22 Dodgers 3–1 Fassero (1–0) Hershiser (2–2) Rojas (5)10,6839–6
16April 23 Giants 7–2 Martínez (1–3) Wilson (0–2) Barnes (2)19,40110–6
17April 24 Giants 6–1 Hill (3–0) Burba (2–1)22,03611–6
18April 25 Giants 4–1 Swift (1–1) Nabholz (1–1) Beck (6)27,27211–7
19April 26@ Padres 6–4 Jones (4–0) Taylor (0–1) Wetteland (1)10,12612–7
20April 27@ Padres 4–1 Benes (4–1) Bottenfield (1–2)13,69212–8
21April 28@ Dodgers 6–1 Astacio (1–2) Martínez (1–4)35,89612–9
22April 29@ Dodgers 7–3 Hill (4–0) R. Martínez (2–3)32,04513–9
23April 30@ Giants 5–2 Swift (2–1) Nabholz (1–2)20,89313–10
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Giants 7–3 Brantley (2–1) Jones (4–1)23,23413–11
25May 2@ Giants 4 – 3 (11) Jackson (2–1) Fassero (1–1)29,91313–12
26May 4 Padres 6–1 Martínez (2–4) Harris (1–5)11,73914–12
27May 5 Padres 6–5 Wetteland (1–0) Rodriguez (1–1)12,54815–12
28May 7@ Pirates 1–0 Nabholz (2–2) Tomlin (1–3) Wetteland (2)30,98416–12
29May 8@ Pirates 10 – 9 (10) Belinda (1–0) Bottenfield (1–3)33,73916–13
30May 9@ Pirates 6 – 5 (11) Minor (4–0) Barnes (1–1)17,71416–14
31May 11 Marlins 6–4 Rojas (1–1) Carpenter (0–1) Wetteland (3)14,04817–14
32May 12 Marlins 10–7 Lewis (1–0) Nabholz (2–3) Harvey (11)14,56217–15
33May 13 Marlins 5–4 Wetteland (2–0) Corsi (0–1)11,87018–15
34May 14 Mets 8–7 Aldred (1–0) Innis (0–2) Wetteland (4)21,08319–15
35May 15 Mets 2–1 Nabholz (3–3) Saberhagen (3–4) Barnes (3)24,54820–15
36May 16 Mets 4 – 3 (12) Fassero (2–1) Young (0–4)22,89821–15
37May 17@ Braves 5–2 Avery (3–2) Martínez (2–5) Stanton (16)43,70321–16
38May 18@ Braves 1–0 Heredia (1–0) Smith (2–3) Wetteland (5)46,09922–16
39May 19@ Braves 1–0 Glavine (6–0) Shaw (0–1)48,93622–17
40May 20@ Phillies 9–3 Schilling (5–1) Nabholz (3–4)28,10322–18
41May 21@ Phillies 6–2 Hill (5–0) Jackson (4–2) Rojas (6)41,14623–18
42May 22@ Phillies 6–5 Fassero (3–1) Williams (1–1) Wetteland (6)37,91124–18
43May 23@ Phillies 14–7 Mulholland (5–4) Heredia (1–1) West (2)52,91124–19
44May 24 Cardinals 4 – 1 (11) Cormier (2–3) Rojas (1–2) Smith (13)11,72524–20
45May 25 Cardinals 4–2 Fassero (4–1) Tewksbury (4–4) Wetteland (7)15,38325–20
46May 26 Cardinals 6–0 Hill (6–0) Magrane (2–5)14,76626–20
47May 28@ Cubs 2 – 2 (5)28,52326–20
48May 29@ Cubs 5–4 Martínez (3–5) Scanlan (1–3) Wetteland (8)36,74027–20
49May 30@ Cubs 5–2 Bautista (1–0) Shaw (0–2)36,76727–21
50May 31@ Astros 2–1 Jones (2–4) Rojas (1–3)21,17627–22
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Astros 2–1 Wetteland (3–0) Drabek (5–6)21,13228–22
52June 2@ Astros 5–4 Jones (3–4) Rojas (1–4)21,40528–23
53June 3 Cubs 7–1 Martínez (4–5) Morgan (3–7)15,50729–23
54June 4 Cubs 3–1 Shaw (1–2) Guzmán (4–5) Wetteland (9)22,78630–23
55June 5 Cubs 6–3 Fassero (5–1) Bautista (1–1) Wetteland (10)20,20931–23
56June 6 Cubs 4–1 Hibbard (7–3) Hill (6–1) Myers (17)16,40431–24
57June 7 Reds 12–3 Smiley (3–7) Heredia (1–2)10,02331–25
58June 8 Reds 4–2 Martínez (5–5) Pugh (3–7) Wetteland (11)11,77732–25
59June 9 Reds 3 – 2 (12) Cadaret (2–1) Gardiner (0–2) Ayala (2)11,15732–26
60June 10@ Cardinals 7–4 Tewksbury (5–6) Rojas (1–5) Smith (17)26,19332–27
61June 11@ Cardinals 1–0 Magrane (4–6) Bottenfield (1–4) Smith (18)34,95732–28
62June 12@ Cardinals 13–3 Cormier (3–3) Nabholz (3–5)49,80432–29
63June 13@ Cardinals 3–1 Martínez (6–5) Arocha (5–1) Wetteland (12)34,35133–29
64June 14 Phillies 10–3 Mulholland (8–5) Shaw (1–3)13,23533–30
65June 15 Phillies 8–4 Barnes (2–1) Greene (8–1)13,14234–30
66June 16 Phillies 4 – 3 (10) Rojas (2–5) West (1–2)14,23135–30
67June 18 Braves 2–1 Martínez (7–5) Smoltz (6–6) Wetteland (13)19,51936–30
68June 19 Braves 4–3 Wohlers (1–0) Rojas (2–6) Stanton (20)27,93936–31
69June 20 Braves 5–1 Glavine (9–3) Shaw (1–4)33,13536–32
70June 21@ Mets 8–3 Telgheder (1–0) Barnes (2–2) Maddux (3)21,27936–33
71June 22@ Mets 6–3 Rojas (3–6) Young (0–9) Wetteland (14)22,03637–33
72June 23@ Mets 4–3 Martínez (8–5) Tanana (4–7) Wetteland (15)22,78638–33
73June 25@ Marlins 3–1 Armstrong (5–8) Hill (6–2) Harvey (22)41,74838–34
74June 26@ Marlins 4–2 Bottenfield (2–4) Hough (3–8) Wetteland (16)43,32139–34
75June 27@ Marlins 9–2 Hammond (9–4) Barnes (2–3)40,64939–35
76June 28 Pirates 9 – 5 (10) Wakefield (4–7) Scott (2–1)17,18539–36
77June 29 Pirates 9–2 Nabholz (4–5) Wagner (3–4)14,02340–36
78June 30 Pirates 9–1 Gardiner (1–2) Neagle (2–3) Fassero (1)15,73441–36
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Pirates 7–5 Rojas (4–6) Cooke (5–4) Wetteland (17)13,17442–36
80July 2 Dodgers 4–3 R.Martínez (7–4) Barnes (2–4) Gott (14)23,36842–37
81July 3 Dodgers 6–4 Martínez (9–5) Gross (6–7) Wetteland (18)22,97943–37
82July 4 Dodgers 1 – 0 (11) Gott (3–5) Shaw (1–5) McDowell (2)20,77343–38
83July 5 Giants 10–4 Burkett (13–2) Gardiner (1–3)13,41143–39
84July 6 Giants 13–5 Hickerson (2–1) Bottenfield (2–5)13,17243–40
85July 7 Giants 3–0 Rueter (1–0) Brummett (1–2) Wetteland (19)13,59344–40
86July 8 Padres 5–4 Martínez (10–5) Greg Harris (8–9) Wetteland (20)12,72745–40
87July 9 Padres 6–1 Nabholz (5–5) Worrell (0–3)14,25146–40
88July 10 Padres 3–2 Young (1–0) Gene Harris (4–2)30,36947–40
89July 11 Padres 5–4 Wetteland (4–0) Gene Harris (4–3) Martínez (1)21,17448–40
90July 15@ Dodgers 3–2 R. Martínez (8–4) Martínez (10–6) Gott (17)40,36848–41
91July 16@ Dodgers 2–1 P. Martínez (7–2) Wetteland (4–1)39,87848–42
92July 17@ Dodgers 9 – 6 (10) Gardiner (2–3) Daal (1–2) Wetteland (21)44,60649–42
93July 18@ Dodgers 2–1 Candiotti (4–5) Shaw (1–6) P. Martínez (2)35,32149–43
94July 19@ Giants 6–2 Burba (7–2) Nabholz (5–6)16,56249–44
95July 20@ Giants 8–3 Swift (13–5) Martínez (10–7)18,76449–45
96July 21@ Giants 4–3 Hickerson (5–1) Rojas (4–7) Beck (26)18,79149–46
97July 22@ Padres 10–5 Hill (7–2) Benes (10–7)10,70150–46
98July 23@ Padres 5–0 Fassero (6–1) Brocail (2–6) Rojas (7)14,75451–46
99July 24@ Padres 11–4 Worrell (1–3) Nabholz (5–7)14,05351–47
100July 25@ Padres 5 – 4 (10) Wetteland (5–1) Gene Harris (4–5) Rojas (8)21,58652–47
101July 27@ Pirates 8–6 Scott (3–1) Johnston (0–1) Wetteland (22)14,12853–47
102July 28@ Pirates 3–2 Petkovsek (2–0) Shaw (1–7)13,47053–48
103July 29@ Pirates 3 – 2 (11) Wetteland (6–1) Minor (6–4) Heredia (1)18,82354–48
104July 30 Marlins 11–1 Nabholz (6–7) Bowen (6–10)22,00255–48
105July 31 Marlins 6–5 Wetteland (7–1) Turner (1–3)36,55856–48
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 Marlins 5–4 Turner (2–3) Barnes (2–5) Harvey (31)24,16256–49
107August 2 Mets 4–3 Saberhagen (7–7) Hill (7–3) Franco (8)16,00556–50
108August 3 Mets 3–1 Fassero (7–1) Tanana (5–11) Wetteland (23)17,40157–50
109August 4 Mets 3–1 Nabholz (7–7) Fernandez (1–2) Wetteland (24)17,90658–50
110August 5 Mets 12 – 9 (13) Draper (1–1) Wetteland (24) Young (2)26,40458–51
111August 6@ Braves 8–2 Rueter (2–0) Smoltz (10–9)48,56459–51
112August 7@ Braves 5 – 3 (10) Scott (4–1) Stanton (4–4) Wetteland (25)48,62660–51
113August 8@ Braves 3–2 Avery (12–4) Fassero (7–2) McMichael (5)48,71060–52
114August 10@ Phillies 5–2 Schilling (10–6) Nabholz (7–8)43,10460–53
115August 11@ Phillies 6–5 West (4–3) Wetteland (7–3)45,26060–54
116August 12@ Phillies 7–4 Mason (4–8) Scott (4–2) Williams (31)45,00260–55
117August 13 Cardinals 4 – 3 (11) Wetteland (8–3) Magrane (8–10)21,21261–55
118August 14 Cardinals 2–0 Watson (6–0) Fassero (7–3) Smith (40)25,82061–56
119August 15 Cardinals 7–1 Heredia (2–2) Arocha (10–4)25,20962–56
120August 17@ Cubs 7–2 Guzmán (11–7) Martínez (10–8)62–57
121August 17@ Cubs 6–4 Rueter (3–0) Harkey (8–7) Wetteland (26)32,72363–57
122August 18@ Cubs 2–0 Hibbard (10–9) Hill (7–4) Bautista (1)30,66163–58
123August 19@ Cubs 10–2 Fassero (8–3) Castillo (5–8)37,94464–58
124August 20@ Reds 4–2 Reardon (3–4) Rojas (4–8) Dibble (18)31,02264–59
125August 21@ Reds 6–3 Henry (3–8) Roper (2–3) Wetteland (27)34,39365–59
126August 22@ Reds 7–2 Martínez (11–8) Ayala (5–6)30,65566–59
127August 23 Cubs 1–0 Rueter (4–0) Hibbard (10–10) Wetteland (28)15,35967–59
128August 24 Cubs 6–5 Plesac (1–1) Hill (7–5) Myers (37)16,36067–60
129August 25 Cubs 7–3 Fassero (9–3) Morgan (8–12) Wetteland (29)18,15168–60
130August 27 Astros 3–1 Martínez (12–8) Drabek (7–15) Wetteland (30)16,42969–60
131August 28 Astros 7–3 Rueter (5–0) Kile (14–5) Rojas (9)24,20370–60
132August 29 Astros 3–2 Hill (8–5) Swindell (10–10) Wetteland (31)20,70171–60
133August 30@ Rockies 6–1 Fassero (10–3) Sanford (1–2) Rojas (10)47,69972–60
134August 31@ Rockies 14–3 Heredia (3–2) Harris (11–14)46,28873–60
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Rockies 11–3 Martínez (13–8) Bottenfield (4–10)46,78174–60
136September 3@ Astros 3–0 Rueter (6–0) Kile (14–6) Wetteland (32)28,25775–60
137September 4@ Astros 7–5 Hill (9–5) Swindell (10–11) Wetteland (33)22,77176–60
138September 5@ Astros 7–1 Portugal (14–4) Fassero (10–4)19,63676–61
139September 6 Rockies 4–3 Scott (5–2) Reed (7–5) Wetteland (34)40,06677–61
140September 7 Rockies 4–3 Martínez (14–8) Moore (2–1) Wetteland (35)18,98878–61
141September 8 Rockies 6–1 Rueter (7–0) Reynoso (9–10) Scott (1)10,76479–61
142September 10 Reds 4 – 3 (10) Rojas (5–8) Dibble (1–3)16,42080–61
143September 11 Reds 4–2 Boucher (1–0) Powell (0–1) Wetteland (36)29,35381–61
144September 12 Reds 3–2 Wetteland (9–3) Service (2–1)21,05582–61
145September 14@ Cardinals 12–9 Rueter (8–0) Watson (6–5) Wetteland (37)21,51583–61
146September 15@ Cardinals 5–4 Pérez (6–2) Barnes (2–6)21,51483–62
147September 16@ Cardinals 4–3 Fassero (11–4) Tewksbury (17–9) Wetteland (38)28,56584–62
148September 17 Phillies 8 – 7 (12) Scott (6–2) Williams (3–5)45,75785–62
149September 18 Phillies 5–4 Greene (15–3) Boucher (1–1) Williams (39)50,43885–63
150September 19 Phillies 6–5 Scott (7–2) Williams (3–6)40,04786–63
151September 21 Braves 18–5 Smoltz (15–10) Hill (9–6)30,58586–64
152September 22 Braves 6–1 Fassero (12–4) Avery (16–6)18,13287–64
153September 23 Braves 6–3 Maddux (19–9) Martínez (14–9)25,21987–65
154September 24@ Mets 6–3 Nabholz (8–8) Jones (2–4) Wetteland (39)17,84288–65
155September 25@ Mets 4–1 Boucher (2–1) Hillman (1–9) Heredia (2)19,72889–65
156September 26@ Mets 9–3 Telgheder (5–2) Hill (9–7)21,55889–66
157September 27@ Marlins 3–1 Rapp (4–5) Fassero (12–5) Rodriguez (3)30,04889–67
158September 28@ Marlins 3–2 Martínez (15–9) Armstrong (9–16) Wetteland (40)27,01790–67
159September 29@ Marlins 7–1 Nabholz (9–8) Hammond (11–12)26,57991–67
160September 30@ Marlins 5–3 Shaw (2–7) Lewis (6–3) Wetteland (41)25,19092–67
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1 Pirates 6–3 Heredia (4–2) Wagner (8–8) Wetteland (42)14,14893–67
162October 2 Pirates 4–2 Ballard (4–1) Henry (3–9) Dewey (7)16,12693–68
163October 3 Pirates 3–1 Boucher (3–1) Hope (0–2) Wetteland (43)26,27794–68
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Expos team member

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Darrin Fletcher 133396101.255960
1B Greg Colbrunn 7015339.255423
2B Delino DeShields 123481142.295229
3B Sean Berry 12229978.2611449
SS Wil Cordero 138475118.2481058
LF Moisés Alou 136482138.2861885
CF Marquis Grissom 157630188.2981995
RF Larry Walker 138490130.2652286

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mike Lansing 141491141.287345
John Vander Wal 10621550.233530
Frank Bolick 9521345.211424
Lou Frazier 11218954.286116
Randy Ready 4013434.254110
Tim Spehr 538720.230210
Tim Laker 438617.19807
Oreste Marrero 328117.21014
Rondell White 237319.260215
Derrick White 174911.22424
Cliff Floyd 10317.22612
Ted Wood 13265.19203
Tim McIntosh 20212.09502
Joe Siddall 19202.10001
Archi Cianfrocco 12174.23511
Curtis Pride 1094.44415
Matt Stairs 683.37502
Charlie Montoyo 452.40003

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Martínez 35224.21593.85138
Ken Hill 28183.2973.2390
Chris Nabholz 26116.2984.0974
Kirk Rueter 1485.2802.7331
Denis Boucher 528.1311.9114

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Fassero 56149.21252.29140
Brian Barnes 52100.0264.4160
Jeff Shaw 5595.2274.1450
Kent Bottenfield 2383.0254.1233
Gil Heredia 2057.1423.9240
Jimmy Jones 1239.2416.3521
Butch Henry 1018.1113.938
Brian Looney 36.0003.007

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Wetteland 7093431.37113
Mel Rojas 6658102.9548
Tim Scott 325213.7135
Mike Gardiner 242305.2121
Bruce Walton 40009.530
Pete Young 41003.383
Sergio Valdez 40009.002
Scott Aldred 31006.754
Bill Risley 20006.002

Award winners

1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Mike Quade
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Jim Tracy
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Rob Leary
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Lorenzo Bundy
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Tim Torricelli
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Nelson Norman

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The 1984 Montreal Expos season was the 16th season in franchise history. They recorded 78 wins during the 1984 season and finished in fifth place in the National League East. A managerial change occurred as Bill Virdon was replaced by Jim Fanning. The highlight of the Expos season was the acquisition of Pete Rose. After being benched in the 1983 World Series, Rose left the Phillies and signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Expos. He garnered his 4,000th hit with the team on April 13, 1984 against the Phillies, being only the second player to do so.

The 1991 Montreal Expos season was the 23rd season in franchise history. After several winning seasons, the Expos faltered in 1991, winning only 20 of its first 49 games. Manager Buck Rodgers was replaced as manager by Tom Runnells. The team ultimately finished 71–90. The highlight of the season was Dennis Martinez pitching a perfect game at Dodger Stadium on July 28, 1991.

The 1995 Montreal Expos season was the 27th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a record of 66–78, a last place finish and 24 games behind the World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

The 1997 Montreal Expos season was the 29th season of the franchise. They finished 78–84, 23 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East and 14 games back of the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card. They played the Toronto Blue Jays in Interleague play for the first time during the season.

The 1993 San Diego Padres season was the 25th season in franchise history.

The 1994 San Diego Padres season was the 26th season in franchise history.

The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th season in franchise history. They finished 82–80, 8 games back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.

The 1985 Montreal Expos season was the 17th season in franchise history. They finished with a record of 84–77, third in the National League East and 16 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 1986 Montreal Expos season was the 18th season in franchise history, finishing in fourth in the National League East with a 78–83 record and 29+1⁄2 games behind the eventual World Series champion New York Mets.

The 1987 Montreal Expos season was the 19th season in franchise history. They finished third in the National League East with a 91–71 record and 4 games behind the Cardinals.

The 1988 Montreal Expos season was the 20th season in franchise history. The Expos finished in third place in the National League East at 81–81, 20 games behind the New York Mets.

The 1989 Montreal Expos season was the 21st season of the baseball franchise. With owner Charles Bronfman thinking of selling the team he founded, he contemplated taking one last shot at a playoff berth. Bronfman gave young general manager Dave Dombrowski a clear mandate to win now, reportedly telling him he would provided all the money needed in the quest to bring a championship to Montreal in 1989. Dombrowski pulled off a massive trade on May 25, acquiring star left-handed pitcher – and pending free agent – Mark Langston from the Seattle Mariners. While the move was viewed as a coup at the time, it came at a heavy cost as a young, very tall and very raw Randy Johnson was the key part of the package going to the Pacific Northwest. Johnson would eventually harness his fantastic stuff and became one of the game's most dominant left-handed pitchers for well over a decade. Langston pitched 4 months for the club and left as a free agent. Still, it seemed like a worthy gamble at the time for the Expos. That year, there was no dominant team in the National League. The team seemed poised to compete for the NL East crown with a loaded starting pitching staff that featured Langston, Dennis Martínez, Bryn Smith, Pascual Perez and Kevin Gross.

The 1990 Montreal Expos season was the 22nd season in franchise history. An 85–77 record was good enough to put them in third place in the National League East and 10 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The 1992 Montreal Expos season was the 24th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a 87–75 record, good for second place in the National League East, 9 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The 1989 Cleveland Indians season was their 89th season in the American League. For the third consecutive season, the Indians had a losing record. The Indians had at least 73 wins for the second consecutive season.

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  2. ↑ Doug Bochtler at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Curtis Pride at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Vladimir Guerrero at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Chass, Murray (August 29, 1993). "NOTEBOOK; Baseball Confidential: Piercing Waiver Wire's Code of Silence". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Tim McIntosh at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Orlando Cabrera at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Archi Cianfrocco at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ "Kent Bottenfield Stats".
  11. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  12. ↑ "MLB National League Gold Glove Award winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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