1988 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record81–81
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersBill Stoneman, Dave Dombrowski
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Jim Hughson)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning, Rich Griffin)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
Seasons

The 1988 Montreal Expos season was the 20th season in franchise history. The Expos finished in third place in the National League East at 81–81, 20 games behind the New York Mets.

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 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 record

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

Roster

1988 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CNelson Santovenia9230973.2368412
1BAndrés Galarraga157609184.302299213
2BTom Foley127377100.2655432
SSLuis Rivera12337183.2244303
3BTim Wallach159592152.25712692
LFTim Raines109429116.270124833
CFMitch Webster8125966.25521312
RFHubie Brooks151588164.27920907

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
Otis Nixon9027166.24401546
Rex Hudler7721659.27341429
Dave Martinez6319149.25721216
Mike Fitzgerald6315542.2715232
Tracy Jones5314147.3332159
Jeff Reed4312327.220091
Casey Candaele3611620.172041
Wallace Johnson869429.309030
Graig Nettles809316.1721140
Johnny Paredes359117.1871105
Herm Winningham479021.233064
Jeff Huson204213.310032
Dave Engle34378.216010
Tom O'Malley14277.259020
Wilfredo Tejada8154.267020

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
Dennis Martínez34235.115132.72120
Bryn Smith32198.012103.00122
Pascual Pérez27188.01282.44131
John Dopson26168.23113.04101
Brian Holman18100.1483.2358
Floyd Youmans1484.0363.2154
Randy Johnson426.0402.4225

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
Neal Heaton3297.13104.9943

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
Tim Burke6135183.4042
Andy McGaffigan636042.7671
Jeff Parrett6112462.6562
Joe Hesketh604392.8564
Bob McClure191326.1612
Randy St. Claire60006.146
Mike Smith50013.124
Tim Barrett40015.795
Rich Sauveur40006.003

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. 1 2 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. ↑ "MATT DUNIGAN | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  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. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  15. ↑ "1988 All-Star Game Box Score, July 12".
  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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