Team: Montreal Expos
Sport: Baseball
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Manager: Frank Robinson
Championships: None
Background: The Montreal Expos are
a Major League Baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. They are in the Eastern Division of the National
League. The Expos were the first major league team outside
the United States.
Founded: 1969 (National League expansion)
Home ballparks: Olympic Stadium, Montreal
(capacity 43,739 for baseball); Hiram Bithorn Stadium,
San Juan, Puerto Rico (capacity app. 19,000)
Uniform colors: Blue, Red, and White.
Logo design: Stylized M (for Montreal),
in which can be seen a lowercase red 'e' (for Expos)
and a lowercase blue 'b' (for baseball). Alternatively,
the word "Expos" in script.
Official Mascot: Youppi
Wild Card titles won (0): none
Division titles won: 1981, 1994
National League pennants won (0): none
World Series championships won (0):
none
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Franchise history
The Expos joined the National League in 1969, along
with the San Diego Padres. Their home stadium was Jarry
Park, in Montreal. The Expos suffered through 10 straight
losing seasons under their first manager, Gene Mauch
(1969-1975) and three other managers. In 1979 they posted
their first winning record with a 95-65 record, under
manager Dick Williams. They would post five consecutive
winning seasons, including their only division championship,
in the split season of 1981. They defeated the Philadelphia
Phillies 3-2 in the divisional series, but lost to the
Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in the National League Championship
Series. Montreal was led through these years by a core
group of young players, including catcher Gary Carter,
outfielders Tim Raines and Andre Dawson, third baseman
Larry Parrish and pitchers Steve Rogers and Bill Gullickson.
The Expos had several mediocre years in the mid 1980s
under manager Buck Rodgers, but rebuilt and under manager
Felipe Alou, who took the position midway through the
1992 season, finished second in the National League
East in both 1992 and 1993. 1994 proved to be heart-breaking
for the Expos. With a very talented group of players,
including outfielders Larry Walker, Moises Alou and
Marquis Grissom, second baseman Delino DeShields and
pitchers Ken Hill, John Wetteland and a young Pedro
Martinez, the Expos had the best record in major league
baseball, 74-40 when the strike forced the end of the
season.
The Expos lost most of their star players through free
agency and trades, and have posted losing records since
1994, except for a second place finish in 1996.
