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The 1997 Montreal Expos season was the 29th season of the franchise. They finished 78–84, 23 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East and 14 games back of the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card. They played the Toronto Blue Jays in Interleague play for the first time during the season.
1997 Montreal Expos | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Olympic Stadium | |
City | Montreal | |
Record | 78–84 | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Claude Brochu | |
General managers | Jim Beattie | |
Managers | Felipe Alou | |
Television | The Sports Network (Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton) TQS (Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin) SRC (Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier) RDS Network (Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte) | |
Radio | CIQC (Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon, Gary Carter) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois) | |
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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 – for the last time in 1997. It was their 21st season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981. In the final spring training game at Municipal Stadium, held on March 26, 1997, the Expos defeated the Braves 2-0.[8] The following season, the Expos moved their spring training activities to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.
In 1997, Pedro Martínez posted a 17-8 record for the Expos, and led the league in half a dozen pitching categories, including a 1.90 ERA, 305 strikeouts and 13 complete games pitched, and won the National League Cy Young Award. Pedro Martínez was also the first right-handed pitcher to reach 300 strikeouts with an ERA under 2.00 since Walter Johnson in 1912.
The 13 complete games were tied for the second-highest single-season total in all of baseball since Martínez's career began (Curt Schilling had 15 in 1998; Chuck Finley and Jack McDowell also reached 13 in a year). However, this 1997 total is by far the highest in Martínez's career, as he has only completed more than 5 games in one other season (7, in 2000).
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 50–31 | 51–30 |
Florida Marlins | 92 | 70 | .568 | 9 | 52–29 | 40–41 |
New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 13 | 50–31 | 38–43 |
Montreal Expos | 78 | 84 | .481 | 23 | 45–36 | 33–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 94 | .420 | 33 | 38–43 | 30–51 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL | ||
Atlanta | — | 9–2 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 7–5 | ||
Chicago | 2–9 | — | 7–5 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 9–6 | ||
Cincinnati | 2–9 | 5–7 | — | 5–6 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 9–6 | ||
Colorado | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 7–4 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 9–7 | ||
Florida | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 12–3 | ||
Houston | 4–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 9–3 | 4–11 | ||
Los Angeles | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 6–5 | 10–1 | 9–2 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 9–7 | ||
Montreal | 2–10 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 12–3 | ||
New York | 7–5 | 5–6 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 8–4 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–8 | ||
Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 1–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–10 | ||
Pittsburgh | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 6–5 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 9–3 | 7–8 | ||
San Diego | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 6–5 | — | 4–8 | 5–6 | 8–8 | ||
San Francisco | 4–7 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 8–4 | — | 3–8 | 10–6 | ||
St. Louis | 3–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3-9 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 8–7 |
Team | AL East | ||||
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BAL | BOS | DET | NYY | TOR | |
Montreal | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
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June 30, SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Montreal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
W: Pedro Martínez (10-3) L: Pat Hentgen (8-5) | ||||||||||||
Home Runs: Vladimir Guerrero (4), Carlos Delgado (15) Attendance: 37,430 Time: 2:03 |
Montreal Expos | AB | R | H | RBI | Toronto Blue Jays | AB | R | H | RBI |
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Grudzielanek, ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Nixon cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lansing 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Merced dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Santangelo 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carter lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Segui 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Delgado 1b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rodriguez lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sprague 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Orsulak lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Green rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guerrero rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Santiago c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McGuire dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gonzalez ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garcia 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Widger c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Totals | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Montreal Expos | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Martinez W (10-3) | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Totals | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Toronto Blue Jays | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Hentgen L (8-5) | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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 |
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C | Chris Widger | 91 | 278 | 65 | .234 | 7 | 37 |
1B | David Segui | 125 | 459 | 141 | .307 | 21 | 68 |
2B | Mike Lansing | 144 | 572 | 161 | .281 | 20 | 70 |
SS | Mark Grudzielanek | 156 | 649 | 177 | .273 | 4 | 51 |
3B | Doug Strange | 118 | 327 | 84 | .257 | 12 | 47 |
LF | Henry Rodriguez | 132 | 476 | 116 | .244 | 26 | 83 |
CF | Rondell White | 151 | 592 | 160 | .270 | 28 | 82 |
RF | Vladimir Guerrero | 90 | 325 | 98 | .302 | 11 | 40 |
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 |
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F.P. Santangelo | 130 | 350 | 87 | .249 | 5 | 31 |
Darrin Fletcher | 96 | 310 | 86 | .277 | 17 | 55 |
Ryan McGuire | 84 | 199 | 51 | .256 | 3 | 17 |
José Vidro | 67 | 169 | 42 | .249 | 2 | 17 |
Joe Orsulak | 106 | 150 | 34 | .227 | 1 | 7 |
Andy Stankiewicz | 76 | 107 | 24 | .224 | 1 | 5 |
Shane Andrews | 18 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 4 | 9 |
Sherman Obando | 41 | 47 | 6 | .128 | 2 | 9 |
Brad Fullmer | 19 | 40 | 12 | .300 | 3 | 8 |
Raúl Chávez | 13 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 2 |
Hensley Meulens | 16 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 2 | 6 |
Orlando Cabrera | 16 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pedro Martínez | 31 | 241.1 | 17 | 8 | 1.90 | 305 |
Carlos Pérez | 33 | 206.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.88 | 110 |
Dustin Hermanson | 32 | 158.1 | 8 | 8 | 3.69 | 136 |
Jeff Juden | 22 | 130.0 | 11 | 5 | 4.22 | 107 |
Mike Johnson | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.94 | 28 |
Rhéal Cormier | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 33.75 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Bullinger | 36 | 155.1 | 7 | 12 | 5.56 | 87 |
Marc Valdes | 48 | 95.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.13 | 54 |
José Paniagua | 9 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 12.00 | 8 |
Mike Thurman | 5 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ugueth Urbina | 63 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 3.78 | 84 |
Anthony Telford | 65 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3.24 | 61 |
Dave Veres | 53 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.48 | 47 |
Omar Daal | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9.79 | 16 |
Steve Kline | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.15 | 20 |
Lee Smith | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.82 | 15 |
Rick DeHart | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 | 29 |
Shayne Bennett | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 8 |
Salomón Torres | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.25 | 11 |
Steve Falteisek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |
Everett Stull | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.20 | 2 |
1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg[12]
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