1983 Montreal Expos season

1983 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1983)
Montreal (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)	John McHale
Manager(s)	Bill Virdon
Local television	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radio	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th in franchise history. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.

Offseason

• November 3, 1982: Bobby Ramos was purchased by the Expos from the New York Yankees.
• December 23, 1982: Woodie Fryman was signed as a free agent with the Expos.
• February 7, 1983: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Butch Benton.
• March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Expos by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular season

• April 17, 1983: Andre Dawson became Nolan Ryan's 3500th strikeout.
• April 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan of the Astros struck out Brad Mills to break Walter Johnson's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	0.556	—	50–31	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	0.519	6	41–40	43–38
Montreal Expos	82	80	0.506	8	46–35	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	0.488	11	44–37	35–46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	19	43–38	28–53
New York Mets	68	94	0.420	22	41–41	27–53

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	12–6	11–7	7–11	7–5	8–4	7–5	6–6	9–9	9–9	7–5
Chicago	7–5	—	4–8	5–7	6–6	7–11	9–9	5–13	9–9	5–7	4–8	10–8
Cincinnati	6–12	8–4	—	5–13	7–11	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	7–5	13–5	—	6–12	8–4	9–3	4–8	6–6	11–7	12–6	2–10
Los Angeles	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–1	6–6	6–12–1	5–13	9–3
Montreal	5–7	11–7	8–4	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10–1	8–10	8–4	8–4	9–9
New York	4–8	9–9	5–7	3–9	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	9–9	6–6	5–7	6–12
Philadelphia	5-7	13–5	6–6	8–4	1–11	10–8–1	12–6	—	11–7	5–7	5–7	14–4
Pittsburgh	6–6	9–9	6–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–11	—	9–3	6–6	10–8
San Diego	9–9	7–5	9–9	7–11	12–6–1	4–8	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	6–6
San Francisco	9–9	8–4	8–10	6–12	13–5	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–6	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	5–7	8–10	6–6	10–2	3–9	9–9	12–6	4–14	8–10	6–6	8–4	—

Notable transactions

• May 4, 1983: Chris Welsh was purchased by the Expos from the San Diego Padres.
• June 6, 1983: Cliff Young was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.
• June 18, 1983: Sergio Valdez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.
• August 17, 1983: Don Carter (minors) and $300,000 were traded by the Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Manny Trillo.
• September 27, 1983: Greg Harris was selected off waivers by the Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.

Roster

1983 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers 39 Greg Bargar 48 Ray Burris 37 Tom Dixon 35 Woodie Fryman 50 Rick Grapenthin 34 Bill Gullickson 42 Bob James 53 Charlie Lea 47 Randy Lerch 41 Jeff Reardon 45 Steve Rogers 21 Scott Sanderson 43 Dan Schatzeder 38 Bryn Smith 26 Chris Welsh		Catchers 17 Tim Blackwell  8 Gary Carter 44 Bobby Ramos 11 Tom Wieghaus Infielders 15 Terry Crowley 23 Doug Flynn  3 Bryan Little 24 Brad Mills  0 Al Oliver 12 Mike Phillips  6 Ángel Salazar  4 Chris Speier 17 Manny Trillo 29 Tim Wallach		Outfielders 49 Warren Cromartie 10 Andre Dawson 16 Terry Francona 30 Tim Raines 47 Gene Roof 31 Razor Shines 32 Mike Stenhouse 33 Mike Vail 18 Jerry White  5 Jim Wohlford Other batters 25 Mike Fuentes  1 Wallace Johnson		Manager  7 Bill Virdon Coaches 36 Galen Cisco  2 Billy DeMars  9 Vern Rapp 22 Mel Wright

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
C	Gary Carter	145	541	146	.270	17	79
LF	Tim Raines	156	618	183	.298	11	71
CF	Andre Dawson	159	633	189	.299	32	113

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
Bobby Ramos	27	61	14	.230	0	5
Ángel Salazar	36	37	8	.216	0	1
Brad Mills	14	20	5	.250	0	1
Mike Fuentes	6	4	1	.250	0	0

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 Rogers	36	273	17	12	3.23	146

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
Ray Burris	40	154	4	7	3.68	100
Chris Welsh	16	44.2	0	1	5.04	17
Greg Bargar	8	20	2	0	6.75	9

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
Woodie Fryman	6	0	3	0	21.00	1
Tom Dixon	4	0	1	0	9.82	4

Awards and honors

• Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove
• Tim Raines, National League Stolen Base Leader, 90

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Wichita Aeros	American Association	Felipe Alou
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Rick Renick
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Tommy Thompson
A	Gastonia Expos	South Atlantic League	J. R. Miner
A-Short Season	Jamestown Expos	New York–Penn League	Moby Benedict
Rookie	Calgary Expos	Pioneer League	Ed Creech

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Gastonia

External links

• 1983 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 1983 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac