1986 Montreal Expos season

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+12 games behind the eventual World Series champion New York Mets.

1986 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record78–83
Divisional place4th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersMurray Cook
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Tommy Hutton)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
← 1985 Seasons 1987 →

Offseason

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Spring training

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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 10th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

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  • July 6, 1986: In an 11-8 loss to the Expos, Bob Horner of the Atlanta Braves hit four home runs in one game. Horner became the second player in the 20th century (Gil Hodges was the first in 1950) to hit four home runs in one game in his home park.[13] He became the first player since Ed Delahanty to hit four home runs in a losing game.[13]

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 108 54 .667 55‍–‍26 53‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies 86 75 .534 21½ 49‍–‍31 37‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 79 82 .491 28½ 42‍–‍39 37‍–‍43
Montreal Expos 78 83 .484 29½ 36‍–‍44 42‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs 70 90 .438 37 42‍–‍38 28‍–‍52
Pittsburgh Pirates 64 98 .395 44 31‍–‍50 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 9–3 6–12 5–13 10–8 4–7 4–8 4–8 5–7 12–6 7–11 6–6
Chicago 3–9 5–7 4–8 6–6 8–10 6–12 9–8 7–11 6–6 6–6 10–7
Cincinnati 12–6 7–5 4–14 10–8 7–5 4–8 7–5 10–2 9–9 9–9 7–5
Houston 13–5 8–4 14–4 10–8 8–4 5–7 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 7–5
Los Angeles 8–10 6–6 8–10 8–10 5–7 3–9 5–7 8–4 6–12 8–10 8–4
Montreal 7–4 10–8 5–7 4–8 5–7 8–10 8–10 11–7 4–8 5–7 9–9
New York 8–4 12–6 8–4 7–5 9–3 10–8 8–10 17–1 10–2 7–5 12–6
Philadelphia 8-4 8–9 5–7 6–6 7–5 10–8 10–8 11–7 6–6 9–3 6–12
Pittsburgh 7–5 11–7 2–10 6–6 4–8 7–11 1–17 7–11 8–4 4–8 7–11
San Diego 6–12 6–6 9–9 8–10 12–6 8–4 2–10 6–6 4–8 8–10 5–7
San Francisco 11–7 6–6 9–9 9–9 10–8 7–5 5–7 3–9 8–4 10–8 5–7
St. Louis 6–6 7–10 5–7 5–7 4–8 9–9 6–12 12–6 11–7 7–5 7–5


Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1986 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mike Fitzgerald 73 209 59 .282 6 37
1B Andrés Galarraga 105 321 87 .271 10 42
2B Vance Law 112 360 81 .225 5 44
3B Tim Wallach 134 480 112 .233 18 71
SS Hubie Brooks 80 306 104 .340 14 58
LF Tim Raines 151 580 194 .334 9 62
CF Mitch Webster 151 576 167 .290 8 49
RF Andre Dawson 130 496 141 .284 20 78

Other batters

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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
Wayne Krenchicki 101 221 53 .240 2 23
Tom Foley 64 202 52 .257 1 18
Dann Bilardello 79 191 37 .194 4 17
Al Newman 95 185 37 .200 1 8
Herm Winningham 90 185 40 .216 4 11
Luis Rivera 55 166 34 .205 0 13
Wallace Johnson 61 127 36 .283 1 10
George Wright 56 117 22 .188 0 5
Casey Candaele 30 104 24 .231 0 6
Jim Wohlford 70 94 25 .266 1 11
Tom Nieto 30 65 13 .200 1 7
Jason Thompson 30 51 10 .196 0 4
Randy Hunt 21 48 10 .208 2 5
Rene Gonzales 11 26 3 .115 0 0
Wilfredo Tejada 10 25 6 .240 0 2
Bill Moore 6 12 2 .167 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Floyd Youmans 33 219.0 13 12 3.53 202
Jay Tibbs 35 190.1 7 9 3.97 117
Bryn Smith 30 187.1 10 8 3.94 105
Dennis Martínez 19 98.0 3 6 4.59 63
Bob Sebra 17 91.1 5 5 3.55 66
Joe Hesketh 15 82.2 6 5 5.01 67
Sergio Valdez 5 25.0 0 4 6.84 20
Bob Owchinko 3 15.0 1 0 3.60 6

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy McGaffigan 48 142.2 10 5 2.65 104

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Reardon 62 7 9 35 3.94 67
Tim Burke 68 9 7 4 2.93 82
Bob McClure 52 2 5 6 3.02 42
Dan Schatzeder 30 3 2 1 3.20 33
Bert Roberge 21 0 4 1 6.28 20
Jeff Parrett 12 0 1 0 4.87 21
Randy St.Claire 11 2 0 1 2.37 21
George Riley 10 0 0 0 4.15 5
Dave Tomlin 7 0 0 0 5.23 6
Curt Brown 6 0 1 0 3.00 4
Vern Law 3 0 0 0 2.25 0

Awards and honors

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1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Joe Sparks
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Burlington Expos Midwest League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Gene Glynn
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Mike Easom

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis[22]

References

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  1. ^ George Riley at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Mel Rojas at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ a b Razor Shines at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Roy Johnson at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Nelson Norman at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Bill Gullickson at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Curt Brown at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Mike Fuentes at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ "Bob Owchinko Stats".
  10. ^ Jack O'Connor at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Wayne Krenchicki at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Tom Nieto at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ a b Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  14. ^ "1986 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  15. ^ Terry Francona at Baseball-Reference
  16. ^ "Doug Frobel Stats".
  17. ^ "Kent Bottenfield Stats".
  18. ^ Mike Blowers at Baseball-Reference
  19. ^ a b "Johnnie LeMaster Stats".
  20. ^ Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
  21. ^ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball-Reference
  22. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007