1974 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJarry Park
CityMontreal
Record79–82 (.491)
Divisional place4th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJim Fanning
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor, Ron Reusch, Tom Cheek)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
Seasons

The 1974 Montreal Expos season was the sixth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 79–82, 8½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

Spring training

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

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874 0.543 — 52–29 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 8675 0.534 1½ 44–37 42–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 8 46–35 34–47
Montreal Expos 7982 0.491 8½ 42–38 37–44
New York Mets 7191 0.438 17 36–45 35–46
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 22 32–49 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago8–4—5–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati11–7–17–5—14–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston12–68–44–14—5–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–5—8–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal3–913–56–66–64–8—9–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York4–810–83–96–67–59–9—7–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–7—10–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–10—9–38–47–11
San Diego1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–9—11–75–7
San Francisco10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–11—6–6
St. Louis3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1974 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBarry Foote125420110.2621160
1BRon Fairly10128269.2451243
2BJim Cox7723652.220226
SSTim Foli121441112.254039
3BRon Hunt115403108.268026
LFBob Bailey152507142.2802073
CFWillie Davis153611180.2951289
RFKen Singleton148511141.276974

Other batters

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
Larry Lintz11331976.238020
Mike Jorgensen13128789.3101159
Hal Breeden7919047.247220
Ron Woods9012726.205112
Pepe Frías7511224.21407
Bob Stinson388715.17216
Larry Parrish256914.20304
Boots Day526512.18502
Pepe Mangual236119.31104
Jim Northrup215413.24128
Terry Humphrey205210.19203
Gary Carter92711.40716
Larry Biitner18267.26903
José Morales25267.26915
Warren Cromartie8173.17600
Jerry White9104.40002
Jim Lyttle2593.33302
Tony Scott1972.28601
Pat Scanlon241.25000

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
Steve Rogers38253.215224.47154
Steve Renko37227.212164.03138
Mike Torrez32186.11583.5792
Dennis Blair22146.01173.2776
Ernie McAnally25128.26134.4879

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
Tom Walker3391.2453.8370
Don Carrithers2260.0523.0031
Balor Moore813.2023.9516

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
Chuck Taylor6262112.1743
John Montague463433.1643
Dale Murray3211101.0331
Don DeMola251003.1247
Terry Enyart200016.202
Bob Gebhard10004.500

Award winners

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Blues International League Karl Kuehl
AA Québec Carnavals Eastern League Lance Nichols
A Kinston Expos Carolina League Jack Damaska
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Pat Daugherty

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Palm Beach

Notes

  1. ↑ Bernie Allen at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Marshall at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Kerrigan at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Don Carrithers at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Bill Stoneman at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Bobby Ramos at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Ron Hunt 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.
  • 1974 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
  • 1974 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac
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