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1976 Montreal Expos season

Field	Value
name	Montreal Expos
season	1976
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Jarry Park
city	Montreal
record	55–107 (.340)
divisional_place	6th
owners	Charles Bronfman
general_managers	Jim Fanning
managers	Karl Kuehl, Charlie Fox
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, Russ Taylor)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

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

The 1976 Montreal Expos season was the eighth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 55–107, 46 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. This was their final season at Jarry Park; they relocated to Olympic Stadium for the 1977 season.

Offseason

December 22, 1975: Rodney Scott was sent to the Expos by the Kansas City Royals to complete an earlier deal (the Royals sent a player to be named later to the Expos for Bob Stinson) made on March 31, 1975.
Prior to 1976 season: Roger Freed was acquired from the Sultanes de Monterrey.

Spring training

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

Regular season

April 21, 1976: Shortstop Tim Foli (hitting in the number seven slot) hit for the cycle at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs in front of a crowd of 7,277, the first in Expos history to achieve the feat. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Gary Carter
Nate Colbert
Tim Foli
Mike Jorgensen
Pete Mackanin
Larry Parrish
Bombo Rivera
Steve Rogers
Jerry White

Notable transactions

May 17: Steve Renko and Larry Biitner were traded to the Chicago Cubs for Andre Thornton.
June 2: Nate Colbert was released.
June 8: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Dan Schatzeder was selected in the 3rd round, and signed June 18.
- Jack O'Connor was selected in the 9th round, and signed June 18.
July 21: Jim Dwyer and Pepe Mangual were traded to the New York Mets for Del Unser and Wayne Garrett.

Roster

1976 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader among qualifying players

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; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
1B	125	343	87	.254	6	23	7
2B	114	380	85	.224	8	33	6
3B	154	543	126	.232	11	61	2
SS	149	546	144	.264	6	54	6
LF	68	185	51	.276	2	19	1
RF	91	311	68	.219	6	38	0
CF	94	305	85	.279	7	39	14
C	105	350	82	.234	7	27	2

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	114	278	68	.245	2	21	15
Del Unser	69	220	50	.227	7	15	3
	66	215	56	.260	3	16	17
Earl Williams	61	190	45	.237	8	29	0
Andre Thornton	69	183	35	.191	9	24	2
Wayne Garrett	59	177	43	.243	2	11	2
José Morales	104	158	50	.316	4	37	0
Pepe Frías	76	113	28	.248	0	8	1
	50	92	17	.185	0	5	0
Gary Roenicke	29	90	20	.222	2	5	0
Jim Lyttle	42	85	23	.271	1	8	0
Andre Dawson	24	85	20	.235	0	7	1
Warren Cromartie	33	81	17	.210	0	2	1
	14	40	8	.200	2	6	3
Larry Biittner	11	32	6	.188	0	1	0
Jim Cox	13	29	5	.172	0	2	0
	11	27	5	.185	1	2	0
	8	15	3	.200	0	1	0
Larry Johnson	6	13	2	.154	0	0	0
	7	10	4	.400	0	0	2

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
	33	230.0	7	17	3.21	150
	34	216.1	13	13	3.36	123
Don Stanhouse	34	184.0	9	12	3.77	79
	3	16.0	2	0	6.75	10
	5	15.2	0	2	4.02	9
Larry Landreth	3	11.0	1	2	4.09	7
Joe Keener	2	4.1	0	1	10.38	1

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
	34	140.1	6	12	4.43	71
	32	91.1	2	6	4.14	72
Dan Warthen	23	90.0	2	10	5.30	67
Clay Kirby	22	78.2	1	8	5.72	51
Steve Renko	5	13.0	0	1	5.54	4

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
Dale Murray	81	4	9	13	3.26	35
Joe Kerrigan	38	2	6	1	3.81	22
Chuck Taylor	31	2	3	0	4.50	14
Fred Scherman	31	2	2	1	4.95	18
Chip Lang	29	1	3	0	4.19	30
	27	1	0	2	3.66	16
	4	0	0	0	0.00	4

Awards and honors

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Woodie Fryman, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scottro01.shtml Rodney Scott] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/freedro01.shtml Roger Freed] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thornan01.shtml Andre Thornton] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colbena01.shtml Nate Colbert] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schatda01.shtml Dan Schatzeder] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'conja02.shtml Jack O'Connor] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/unserde01.shtml Del Unser] at ''Baseball Reference''

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