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1970 Montreal Expos season

Field	Value
name	Montreal Expos
season	1970
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Jarry Park
city	Montreal
owners	Charles Bronfman
general_managers	Jim Fanning
managers	Gene Mauch
television	CBC Television
(Hal Kelly, Don Drysdale)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
radio	CFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKLM (French)
(Jean-Paul Sarault, Jean-Pierre Roy)
record	73–89 (.451)	divisional_place=6th

(Hal Kelly, Don Drysdale) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKLM (French) (Jean-Paul Sarault, Jean-Pierre Roy) ||record=73–89 (.451)|divisional_place=6th}} The 1970 Montreal Expos season was the second season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 73–89, 16 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Expos won 21 more games than in their inaugural season in 1969.

Offseason

December 3, 1969: Jerry Robertson was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Joe Sparma.

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 second season at the stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

John Boccabella
Ron Fairly
Mack Jones
Coco Laboy
Adolfo Phillips
Marv Staehle
Rusty Staub
Bill Stoneman
Bobby Wine

Notable transactions

April 22, 1970: Garry Jestadt was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Qualls.
May 19, 1970: Don Shaw was purchased from the Expos by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 15, 1970: José Herrera was traded by the Expos to the Milwaukee Brewers for John O'Donoghue.
June 15, 1970: Ty Cline was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Clyde Mashore.
June 22, 1970: Bombo Rivera was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.
June 23, 1970: Don Bosch was traded by the Expos to the Houston Astros for Mike Marshall.
August 2, 1970: Kevin Collins was purchased from the Expos by the Detroit Tigers.
August 20, 1970: Floyd Wicker was purchased from the Expos by the Milwaukee Brewers.

Draft picks

June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
- Pat Scanlon was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round.
- Jerry White was drafted by the Expos in the 14th round.

Roster

1970 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers

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	John Bateman	139	520	123	.237	15	68
1B		119	385	111	.288	15	61
2B	Gary Sutherland	116	359	74	.206	3	26
SS	Bobby Wine	159	501	116	.232	3	51
3B	Coco Laboy	137	432	86	.199	5	53
LF	Mack Jones	108	271	65	.240	14	32
CF	Adolfo Phillips	92	214	51	.238	6	21
RF	Rusty Staub	160	569	156	.274	30	94

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
Bob Bailey	131	352	101	.287	28	84
Marv Staehle	104	321	70	.218	0	26
Jim Gosger	91	274	72	.263	5	37
Jim Fairey	92	211	51	.242	3	25
Don Hahn	82	149	38	.255	0	8
	61	145	39	.269	5	17
Ron Brand	72	126	30	.238	0	9
Boots Day	41	108	29	.269	0	5
Jack Hiatt	17	43	14	.326	0	7
Clyde Mashore	13	25	4	.160	1	3
Fred Whitfield	4	15	1	.067	0	0
Jim Qualls	9	9	1	.111	0	1
Ty Cline	2	2	1	.500	0	0
Remy Hermoso	4	1	0	.000	0	0
José Herrera	1	1	0	.000	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
Carl Morton	43	284.2	18	11	3.60	154
Steve Renko	41	222.2	13	11	4.32	142
Bill Stoneman	40	207.2	7	15	4.59	176
Rich Nye	8	46.1	3	2	4.08	21

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
Dan McGinn	52	130.2	7	10	5.44	83
Mike Wegener	25	104.1	3	6	5.26	35
Mike Marshall	24	64.2	3	7	3.48	38
	9	29.1	0	4	7.06	23
Gary Waslewski	6	24.2	0	2	5.11	19
John O'Donoghue	9	22.1	2	3	5.24	6
Balor Moore	6	9.2	0	2	7.45	6

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
Claude Raymond	59	6	7	23	4.43	68
Howie Reed	57	6	5	5	3.13	42
John Strohmayer	42	3	1	0	4.86	74
	18	2	3	0	5.28	17
Carroll Sembera	5	0	0	0	18.90	6
	3	0	0	0	7.50	4

Awards and honors

Rusty Staub: All-Star reserve
Carl Morton: National League Rookie of the Year

Farm system

Buffalo franchise moved to Winnipeg and renamed, June 11, 1970; Jacksonville affiliation shared with Milwaukee Brewers

Notes

References

1970 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
1970 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roberje01.shtml Jerry Robertson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quallji01.shtml Jim Qualls] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawdo01.shtml Don Shaw] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herrejo01.shtml José Herrera] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mashocl01.shtml Clyde Mashore] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riverbo01.shtml Bombo Rivera] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marshmi01.shtml Mike Marshall] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/collike01.shtml Kevin Collins] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wickefl01.shtml Floyd Wicker] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanlpa02.shtml Pat Scanlon] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whiteje01.shtml Jerry White] at ''Baseball Reference''

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