1998 Montreal Expos season

The 1998 Montreal Expos season was the 30th season in franchise history.

1998 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Claude Brochu
General manager(s)Jim Beattie
Manager(s)Felipe Alou
Local televisionThe Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Gary Carter)

TQS
(Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin)
SRC
(Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
Local radioCIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois)
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Offseason
  • On November 18, 1997, the Expos sent Pedro Martínez to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Carl Pavano. The Boston Red Sox sent Tony Armas, Jr on December 18, 1997, to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 12, 1997: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Miguel Batista.[2]

Spring training

In 1998, the Expos held spring training at a new facility, Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, which opened that spring. They shared the facility with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10656 0.654 — 56–25 50–31
New York Mets 8874 0.543 18 47–34 41–40
Philadelphia Phillies 7587 0.463 31 40–41 35–46
Montreal Expos 6597 0.401 41 39–42 26–55
Florida Marlins 54108 0.333 52 31–50 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1998 National League Records

Sources:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —1–85–74–56–66–24–54–86–32–74–52–76–33–95–72–75–8
Atlanta 8–1—3–67–25–37–54–58–17–26–69–38–47–25–47–26–39–7
Chicago 7–56–3—6–57–27–24–74–56–67–24–53–68–35–47–34–75–8
Cincinnati 5–42–75–6—4–59–03–85–46–58–13–64–55–71–112–78–37-6
Colorado 6–63–52–75–4—6–36–56–64–77–23–65–45–45–77–53–64–8
Florida 2–65–72–70–93–6—3–64–50–95–75–76–63–64–50–94–58–8
Houston 5–45–47–48–35–66-3—3–69–27–25–47–29–25–46–35–710–4
Los Angeles 8–41–85–44–56–65–46–3—5–45–43–55–47–55–76–64–58–5
Milwaukee 3–62–76–65–67–49–02–94–5—6–31–84–56–53–65–43–88–6
Montreal 7–26–62–71–82–77–52–74–53–6—8–45–72–74–43–63–66–10
New York 5–43–95–46–36–37–54–55–38–14–8—8–44–54–54–56–39–7
Philadelphia 7-24–86–35–44–56–62–74–55–47–54–8—8–11–82–63–67–9
Pittsburgh 3–62–73–87–54–56–32–95–75–67–25–41–8—5–42–76–56–7
San Diego 9–34–54–511–17–55–44–57–56–34–45–48–14–5—8–46–36–7
San Francisco 7–52–73–77–25–79–03–66–64–56–35–46–27–24–8—7–58–5
St. Louis 7–23–67–43–86–35-47–55–48–36–33–66–35–63–65–7—4–9

Notable Transactions

Roster
1998 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Scorecard for McGwire's 70th

Heading into the final game of the season vs. the Expos, Mark McGwire had 68 home runs. On September 27, 1998, McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs. In the third inning, McGwire hit a home run off Mike Thurman, and in the seventh inning, he got number 70 off Carl Pavano.

September 27, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 002 100 000 391
St. Louis 111 000 30x 692
W: Frascatore (3-4)  L: Pavano (6-9)   SV: Acevedo (15)   HRs: Cabrera (3), Tatis (8), McGwire 2 (69, 70)
Attendance: 46,110 Time:2:33 U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Brian Gorman

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Award winners

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Pat Kelly
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Rick Sweet
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Doug Sisson
A Cape Fear Crocs South Atlantic League Luis Dorante
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Tony Barbone
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Frank Kremblas

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg[4]

References
  1. Pedro Martínez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrihe02.shtml
  3. Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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