1988 Montreal Expos season

The 1988 Montreal Expos season was the 20th season in franchise history.

1988 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Bill Stoneman, Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Buck Rodgers
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Jim Hughson)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning, Rich Griffin)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason
  • December 7, 1987: Dave Engle was signed as a free agent by the Expos.[1]
  • December 16, 1987: Bryn Smith was signed as a free agent by the Expos.[2]
  • December 18, 1987: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent by the Expos.[3]
  • December 18, 1987: Dennis Martínez was signed as a free agent by the Expos.[4]
  • March 5, 1988: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent by the Expos.[5]
  • March 24, 1988: Graig Nettles was purchased by the Expos from the Atlanta Braves.[6]
  • CFL quarterback Matt Dunigan retired from the Canadian Football League in 1988 and chased a childhood dream of professional baseball. Dunigan attended an open tryout with the Montreal Expos and was one of two ball players selected to sign a contract.[7]

Spring training

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 12th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Expos pitcher Pascual Pérez threw a five-inning rain-shortened no-hitter against the Phillies on September 24, 1988. It was the first no-hitter in Veterans Stadium history. Perez allowed one walk, and another Phillies baserunner reached on an error. Umpire Harry Wendelstedt waved off the game after a 90-minute rain delay after the game was stopped by a steady rain with one out in the top of the sixth.[8] However, due to a statistical rule change in 1991, no-hitters must last at least nine innings to count. As a result of the retroactive application of the new rule, this game and thirty-five others are no longer considered no-hitters.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10060 0.625 — 56–24 44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8575 0.531 15 43–38 42–37
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 20 43–38 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 24 39–42 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 25 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6596 0.404 35½ 38–42 27–54

Record vs. opponents
1988 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Jeff Huson (Sep 2)
    • Johnny Paredes (Apr 29)
  • Pitchers:
    • Tim Barrett (Jul 18)
    • Brian Holman (Jun 25)
    • Randy Johnson (Sep 15) [14]

Roster
1988 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
1BAndrés Galarraga157609184.302299213
2BTom Foley127377100.2655432
3BTim Wallach159592152.25712692
LFTim Raines109429116.270124833
RFHubie Brooks151588164.27920907

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Rex Hudler7721659.27341429
Dave Engle34378.216010

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Martínez34235.115132.72120
Bryn Smith3219812103.00122
Randy Johnson426402.4225

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Smith50013.124
Tim Barrett40015.795

Award winners

1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
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 Rockford Expos Midwest League Alan Bannister
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Roger LaFrancois
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Dave Jauss

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis[16]

References
  1. Dave Engle page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bryn Smith page at Baseball Reference
  3. Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference
  4. Dennis Martínez page at Baseball Reference
  5. Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
  6. Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Bob Ford (September 25, 1988). "Perez Blanks The Phils On 5-inning No-hitter". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  9. Tracy Jones page at Baseball Reference
  10. Casey Candaele page at Baseball Reference
  11. Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  12. Marquis Grissom page at Baseball Reference
  13. Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference
  14. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1988/18.shtml
  15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS198807120.shtml
  16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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