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7 unusual facts about Montreal Expos


Annabelle Lee

Anabelle Lee grew up in a home where baseball was considered of vital importance, as her father was an early 1920s baseball standout for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, while her nephew Bill Lee pitched in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos.

Civic Party of Montreal

It also helped bringing Major League Baseball to Montreal with the creation of the Montreal Expos.

Condredge Holloway

After starring as a high school player at Lee High School in Huntsville, he was drafted as a shortstop by the Montreal Expos in 1971.

Jeff Brohm

After a stellar career at Trinity High School, Brohm was drafted in the 7th round of the 1989 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos.

Pat Duquette

His cousin, Dan Duquette is the current Vice President of Baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles, and former general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos.

Rosa Gumataotao Rios

While at Red River, she played an important role in luring the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC in 2005.

Ruben Niebla

A pitcher, Niebla played in minor league baseball from 1998 to 2000 with teams in the Montreal Expos and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations.


1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

August 8, 1990: Scott Ruskin, Willie Greene and a player to be named later were traded by the Pirates to the Montreal Expos for Zane Smith.

40–40 club

In 2002, both Vladimir Guerrero of the Montreal Expos and Alfonso Soriano of the New York Yankees were only one home run short of reaching 40–40 after achieving 40 and 41 stolen bases, respectively.

Claudio Vargas

On July 11, 2002, he was traded by the Marlins (along with Wilton Guerrero, Cliff Floyd and cash) to the Montreal Expos for Donald Levinski, Justin Wayne, Carl Pavano, Mike Mordecai and Graeme Lloyd.

David Wells' perfect game

David Cone would add a third perfect game breaking the record when he befuddled the Montreal Expos in July 1999.

Donovan Osborne

Osborne attended Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada before he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft.

Endy Chávez

On October 3, 2004 Chávez recorded the final out in Montreal Expos history in their 8–1 loss to the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

Jeff Parrett

Jeffrey Dale Parrett (born August 26, 1961 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a pitcher for the Montreal Expos (1986–88), Philadelphia Phillies (1989–90 and 1996), Atlanta Braves (1990–91), Oakland Athletics (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995–96).

Joe Hesketh

Joseph Thomas Hesketh (born February 15, 1959 in Lackawanna, New York) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 through 1994 for the Montreal Expos (1984–90), Atlanta Braves (1990) and Boston Red Sox (1990–94).

Michel Dion

During the 1971 and 1972 seasons, Michel played professional baseball in the Montreal Expos' organization with the Cocoa Expos and with the West Palm Beach Expos.

Mike Blowers

An alumnus of Bethel High School, Tacoma Community College and the University of Washington, Blowers was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 10th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft.

RDS2

The network was launched on October 7, 2011 to coincide with the start of the 2011 MLB post-season; its launch night programming included coverage of the Division Series and a documentary on the Montreal Expos.

Seitz decision

In 1975, Messersmith of the Los Angeles Dodgers and McNally of the Montreal Expos had had their 1974 contracts renewed by their teams on the basis of this reserve clause.

Tom Runnells

In 1989, his Indianapolis Indians won the American Association championship and the "AAA Classic," earning him a promotion to a coaching position with the parent Montreal Expos.

Ty Cline

Tyrone Alexander Cline (born June 15, 1939 in Hampton, South Carolina) is a former Major League baseball player, primarily a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians (1960–62), Milwaukee Braves (1963–65), Chicago Cubs (1966), Atlanta Braves (1966–67), San Francisco Giants (1967–68), Montreal Expos (1969–70) and Cincinnati Reds (1970–71).

Vince Coleman

In 1989, Coleman compiled a streak of 50 successful stolen bases without being caught stealing, before it was broken on July 28 when he was thrown out by Montreal Expos catcher Nelson Santovenia in a game at Olympic Stadium.


see also

Brad Wilkerson

He appeared once more in a Montreal Expos uniform during the Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series shortly after the 2004 regular season.

Denis Boucher

Boucher is one of only four Canadians to have played for both the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, the others being Matt Stairs, Rob Ducey and Shawn Hill.

Gulf Coast League Expos

When the Montreal Expos left Montreal after the conclusion of the 2004 season and moved to Washington, D.C. to become the Washington Nationals, the Gulf Coast League Expos became the Gulf Coast League Nationals, beginning play as such in the 2005 season.

Ken Singleton

After retiring as a baseball player, Singleton began his broadcasting career as a sportscaster for WJZ-TV in Baltimore in the middle 1980s and, has worked for TSN (The Sports Network) as a television color commentator and as a radio color commentator on Montreal Expos broadcasts and as a color commentator for Fox Sports.

Shayne Bennett

He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft in the 25th round, and after three years playing in the minor leagues, he was traded to the Montreal Expos in January 1996.

Tomo Ohka

In the March 16, 2003 episode entitled C. E. D'oh!, Bart Simpson exclaims "Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!" while playing baseball, to which Milhouse replies "Well, I'm Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays!", referencing the relative obscurity of the two pitchers, as well as the unusual nature of their names.