1972 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJarry Park
CityMontreal
Record70–86 (.449)
Divisional place5th
OwnersCharles Bronfman; John McHale (president)
General managersJim Fanning
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Jackie Robinson)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKAC (French)
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Jacques Doucet)
Seasons

The 1972 Montreal Expos season was the fourth season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fifth place in the National League East with a record of 70–86, 26½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

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 fourth season at the stadium. The following season, the Expos would move their spring training activities to City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, where they would train through 1980 before returning to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium for the 1981 through 1997 seasons.

Regular season

  • October 2, 1972: Bill Stoneman pitched his second career no-hitter (the final score of this one was also 7–0) in the first game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets at Jarry Park. The no-hitter was the first ever pitched outside the United States. Future broadcaster Tim McCarver was Stoneman's catcher.

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9659 0.619 — 49–29 47–30
Chicago Cubs 8570 0.548 11 46–31 39–39
New York Mets 8373 0.532 13½ 41–37 42–36
St. Louis Cardinals 7581 0.481 21½ 40–37 35–44
Montreal Expos 7086 0.449 26½ 35–43 35–43
Philadelphia Phillies 5997 0.378 37½ 28–51 31–46

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1972 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
CTerry Humphrey6921540.18619
1BMike Jorgensen11337286.2311347
2BRon Hunt129443112.253018
SSTim Foli149540130.241235
3BBob Bailey143489114.2331657
LFKen Singleton142507139.2741450
CFBoots Day12838690.233030
RFRon Fairly140446124.2781768

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
Tim McCarver7723960.251520
Ron Woods9722157.2581031
John Boccabella8320747.227110
Héctor Torres8318128.15527
Clyde Mashore9317640.227323
Jim Fairey8614133.234115
Hal Breeden428720.230310
Coco Laboy286918.261314
John Bateman18297.24103
Bobby Wine34184.22200
Pepe Mangual8113.27300

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
Bill Stoneman36250.212142.98171
Mike Torrez34243.116123.33112
Carl Morton27172.07133.9251
Ernie McAnally29170.06153.81102
Balor Moore22147.2993.47161

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
Steve Renko3097.01105.2066

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
Mike Marshall65148181.7895
John Strohmayer481233.5250
Tom Walker462222.8942
Joe Gilbert220108.4525
Denny Lemaster132007.7813
Héctor Torres100027.000

Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Peninsula Whips International League Bill Adair
AA Québec Carnavals Eastern League Karl Kuehl
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Lance Nichols
A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Walt Hriniak
Rookie Cocoa Expos Florida East Coast League Pat Daugherty

Notes

  1. ↑ Tom Walker at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Adolfo Phillips at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Claude Raymond at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ César Gutiérrez at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Bobby Wine at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Gary Carter at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Mike Hart at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Keith Drumright 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.
  • 1972 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
  • 1972 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac
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