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The 1969 Montreal Expos season was the inaugural season in Major League Baseball for the team. The Expos, as typical for first-year expansion teams , finished in the cellar of the National League East with a 52–110 record, 48 games behind the eventual World Series Champion New York Mets .
The Montreal Expos had good attendance for the 1969 season, and after having losing records for ten years, were competitive in the 1980s and early 1990s. Its 1994 season put it in first place before the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike prematurely ended the season.
The Expos replaced Fanning with Bill Virdon in 1983, and under their new manager, led the division in mid-July. [64] However, the team faded down the stretch and finished with an 82–80 record. [57] The Expos won more games between 1979 and 1983 than any other team in the NL East, but had only one postseason appearance to show for it. [65]
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Washington Nationals National League franchise (2005–present), also known previously as the Montreal Expos (1969–2004). Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by ...
Renko was a 24-year-old minor league pitcher for the New York Mets when he was traded to the Montreal Expos in 1969. It was the Expos' inaugural year in Major League Baseball, and the Mets became the 1969 World Series champions. Renko pitched for the Expos during their first seven seasons (1969-1975), leading the team in wins in 1973 with 15 ...
The Padres matched the expansion 1969 Montreal Expos as the only teams to go 0-12 in extra innings as the St. Louis Cardinals ended San Diego’s season-high, eight-game winning streak with a 5-2 ...
Ronald Ray Fairly (July 12, 1938 – October 30, 2019) was an American professional baseball player and television sports presenter.He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and right fielder from 1958 to 1978, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, with whom he was a member of three World Series winning teams.
The 1969 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 7 to October 16, 1969. It included the third Major League Baseball expansion of the decade, with the Kansas City Royals , Montreal Expos , San Diego Padres , and Seattle Pilots each beginning play this season.