1976 Montreal Expos season

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.

1976 Montreal Expos
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)
Seasons

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

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	0.623	—	53–28	48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	9	47–34	45–36
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	15	45–37	41–39
Chicago Cubs	75	87	0.463	26	42–39	33–48
St. Louis Cardinals	72	90	0.444	29	37–44	35–46
Montreal Expos	55	107	0.340	46	27–53	28–54

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League record 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	—	6–6	6–12	7–11	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	3–9	10–8	9–9	4–8
Chicago	6–6	—	3–9	5–7	3–9	11–7	5–13	8–10	8–10	6–6	8–4	12–6
Cincinnati	12–6	9–3	—	12–6	13–5	9–3	6–6	5–7	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Houston	11–7	7–5	6–12	—	5–13	10–2	6–6	4–8	2–10	10–8	10–8	9–3
Los Angeles	10–8	9–3	5–13	13–5	—	10–2	7–5	5–7	9–3	6–12	8–10	10–2
Montreal	4–8	7–11	3–9	2–10	2–10	—	8–10	3–15	8–10	4–8	7–5	7–11
New York	8–4	13–5	6–6	6–6	5–7	10–8	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	7–5	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	7–5	8–4	7–5	15–3	13–5	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	12–6
Pittsburgh	9–3	10–8	4–8	10–2	3–9	10–8	8–10	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	12–6
San Diego	8–10	6–6	5–13	8–10	12–6	8–4	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	4–8	9–9	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	6–12	6–6	3–9	2–10	11–7	9–9	6–12	6–12	8–4	7–5	—

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 52 Bill Atkinson 28 Dennis Blair 40 Don Carrithers 36 Steve Dunning 35 Woodie Fryman 47 Wayne Granger 12 Gerry Hannahs 56 Joe Keener 18 Joe Kerrigan 31 Clay Kirby 57 Larry Landreth 33 Chip Lang 27 Dale Murray 18 Steve Renko 45 Steve Rogers 21 Fred Scherman 26 Don Stanhouse 21 Chuck Taylor 39 Dan Warthen		Catchers  8 Gary Carter  9 Barry Foote 47 Larry Johnson Infielders 10 Jim Cox 19 Tim Foli 23 Roger Freed 38 Pepe Frías 11 Wayne Garrett 16 Mike Jorgensen  5 Pete Mackanin 34 José Morales 15 Larry Parrish 42 Pat Scanlon 12 Rodney Scott 17 Andre Thornton 32 Earl Williams		Outfielders 17 Larry Biittner 24 Nate Colbert 49 Warren Cromartie 10 Andre Dawson 43 Jim Dwyer 20 Jim Lyttle 11 Pepe Mangual 44 Bombo Rivera 29,32 Gary Roenicke 25 Del Unser 17 Ellis Valentine 37 Jerry White		Manager  4 Charlie Fox  6 Karl Kuehl Coaches 46 Bill Adair (First base) 48 Larry Bearnarth (Pitching) 14 Larry Doby (Hitting) 41 Ron Piché (Bullpen)  1 Ozzie Virgil (Third base)

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
1B	Mike Jorgensen	125	343	87	.254	6	23	7
2B	Pete Mackanin	114	380	85	.224	8	33	6
3B	Larry Parrish	154	543	126	.232	11	61	2
SS	Tim Foli	149	546	144	.264	6	54	6
LF	Bombo Rivera	68	185	51	.276	2	19	1
RF	Gary Carter	91	311	68	.219	6	38	0
CF	Ellis Valentine	94	305	85	.279	7	39	14
C	Barry Foote	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
Jerry White	114	278	68	.245	2	21	15
Del Unser	69	220	50	.227	7	15	3
Pepe Mangual	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
Jim Dwyer	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
Nate Colbert	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
Pat Scanlon	11	27	5	.185	1	2	0
Roger Freed	8	15	3	.200	0	1	0
Larry Johnson	6	13	2	.154	0	0	0
Rodney Scott	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
Steve Rogers	33	230.0	7	17	3.21	150
Woodie Fryman	34	216.1	13	13	3.36	123
Don Stanhouse	34	184.0	9	12	3.77	79
Gerry Hannahs	3	16.0	2	0	6.75	10
Dennis Blair	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
Don Carrithers	34	140.1	6	12	4.43	71
Steve Dunning	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
Wayne Granger	27	1	0	2	3.66	16
Bill Atkinson	4	0	0	0	0.00	4

Awards and honors

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Woodie Fryman, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	American Association	Vern Rapp
AA	Québec Métros	Eastern League	Lance Nichols
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie	Lethbridge Expos	Pioneer League	Walt Hriniak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

• 1976 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 1976 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac