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. The Expos played their final season of home games at Jarry Park, before moving their home games to Olympic Stadium for the 1977 season.

1976 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record55–107 (.340)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Jim Fanning
Manager(s)Karl Kuehl, Charlie Fox
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Russ Taylor)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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Offseason

Spring training

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

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 10161 0.623 — 53–28 48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 9270 0.568 9 47–34 45–36
New York Mets 8676 0.531 15 45–37 41–39
Chicago Cubs 7587 0.463 26 42–39 33–48
St. Louis Cardinals 7290 0.444 29 37–44 35–46
Montreal Expos 55107 0.340 46 27–53 28–54

Record vs. opponents
1976 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–66–127–118–108–44–85–73–910–89–94–8
Chicago 6–6—3–95–73–911–75–138–108–106–68–412–6
Cincinnati 12–69–3—12–613–59–36–65–78–413–59–96–6
Houston 11–77–56–12—5–1310–26–64–82–1010–810–89–3
Los Angeles 10–89–35–1313–5—10–27–55–79–36–128–1010–2
Montreal 4–87–113–92–102–10—8–103–158–104–87–57–11
New York 8–413–56–66–65–710–8—5–1310–87–57–59–9
Philadelphia 7-510–87–58–47–515–313–5—8–108–46–612–6
Pittsburgh 9–310–84–810–23–910–88–1010–8—7–59–312–6
San Diego 8–106–65–138–1012–68–45–74–85–7—8–104–8
San Francisco 9–94–89–98–1010–85–75–76–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis 8–46–126–63–92–1011–79–96–126–128–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1976 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader among qualifying players

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
1BMike Jorgensen12534387.2546237
2BPete Mackanin11438085.2248336
3BLarry Parrish154543126.23211612
SSTim Foli149546144.2646546
LFBombo Rivera6818551.2762191
RFGary Carter9131168.2196380
CFEllis Valentine9430585.27973914
CBarry Foote10535082.2347272

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 White11427868.24522115
Pepe Mangual662156.26031617
Jim Dwyer509217.185050
Nate Colbert14408.200263
Pat Scanlon11275.185120
Roger Freed8153.20001
Rodney Scott7104.40000

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 Rogers332307173.21150
Woodie Fryman34216.113133.36123
Dennis Blair515.2024.029
Gerry Hannahs316206.7510

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 Carrithers34140.16124.4371
Steve Dunning3291.1264.1472

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
Wayne Granger271023.6616
Bill Atkinson40000.004

Awards and honors

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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

Notes
  1. Rodney Scott at Baseball Reference
  2. Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  3. Andre Thornton at Baseball Reference
  4. Nate Colbert at Baseball Reference
  5. Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  6. Jack O'Connor at Baseball Reference
  7. Del Unser at Baseball Reference

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.
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