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1973 Montreal Expos season

Field	Value
name	Montreal Expos
season	1973
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Jarry Park
city	Montreal
record	79–83 (.488)
divisional_place	4th
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)
CKAC (French)
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacques Doucet)

(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKAC (French) (Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacques Doucet) |}}

The 1973 Montreal Expos season was the fifth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 79–83, games behind the New York Mets.

Offseason

January 10, 1973: Dan Boitano was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.
February 28, 1973: Carl Morton was traded by the Expos to the Atlanta Braves for Pat Jarvis.

Spring training

After holding spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, from 1969 to 1972, the Expos moved to City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach for spring training in 1973. They trained at City Island Ball Park through 1980 before returning to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium for the 1981 season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
- Jeff Reardon was drafted by the Expos in the 23rd round, but did not sign.
- Tim Ireland was drafted by the Expos in the 25th round.
- Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (5th pick) of the Secondary Phase.
August 13, 1973: Bernie Allen was purchased by the Expos from the New York Yankees.
September 5, 1973: Coco Laboy was released by the Expos.

Roster

1973 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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	118	403	94	.233	7	46
1B	138	413	95	.230	9	47
2B	113	401	124	.309	0	18
3B	151	513	140	.273	26	86
SS	126	458	110	.240	2	36
LF	142	413	123	.298	17	49
CF	135	318	73	.230	3	31
RF	162	560	169	.302	23	103

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
Hal Breeden	106	258	71	.275	15	43
	100	225	52	.231	0	22
Boots Day	101	207	57	.275	4	28
Larry Lintz	52	116	29	.250	0	3
Jim Lyttle	49	116	30	.259	4	19
	48	111	29	.261	3	12
Clyde Mashore	67	103	21	.204	3	14
Terry Humphrey	43	90	15	.167	1	9
Pepe Mangual	33	62	11	.177	3	7
Jorge Roque	25	61	9	.148	1	6
	16	50	9	.180	2	9
Felipe Alou	19	48	10	.208	1	4
	22	33	4	.121	1	2
	9	15	2	.133	0	0
Barry Foote	6	6	4	.667	0	1
	5	5	2	.400	0	0
Curtis Brown	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Tony Scott	11	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates franchise record

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
Steve Renko	36	249.2	15	11	2.81	164
Mike Torrez	35	208.0	9	12	4.46	90
Balor Moore	35	176.1	7	16	4.49	151
Ernie McAnally	27	147.0	7	9	4.04	72
	17	134.0	10	5	1.54	64

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
Bill Stoneman	29	96.2	4	8	6.80	48
John Strohmayer	17	34.2	0	1	5.19	15

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
	92	14	11	31	2.66	124
	54	7	5	4	3.63	68
	28	2	1	0	3.20	19
Mickey Scott	22	1	2	0	5.25	11
	21	1	2	1	4.97	17
	9	0	0	0	5.65	6
Chuck Taylor	8	2	0	0	1.77	10
	4	0	0	0	3.52	7

Award winners

Mike Jorgensen, Gold Glove, first base
Gene Mauch, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

All-Stars

1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Notes

References

1973 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
1973 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boitada01.shtml Dan Boitano] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mortoca01.shtml Carl Morton] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reardje01.shtml Jeff Reardon] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/i/irelati01.shtml Tim Ireland] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cromawa01.shtml Warren Cromartie] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenbe01.shtml Bernie Allen] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laboyco01.shtml Coco Laboy] at ''Baseball Reference''

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