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The 1994 Montreal Expos team that could have been remains one of baseball's hot discussion points. The franchise would never reach the playoffs as the Expos again. The collapse of the Expos would eventually lead to the franchise's move to Washington, D.C., for the 2005 season to become the Washington Nationals.
MLB formed Expos Baseball L.P., a partnership of the other 29 clubs, to operate the team. It appointed former Anaheim Angels president Tony Tavares as team president to oversee business operations and oversee a future move of the team, [ 160 ] [ 161 ] and Mets assistant general manager Omar Minaya as vice-president, general manager and ...
The Philadelphia Phillies won the first half and the Montreal Expos won the second half. The Expos won the NLDS 3–2 to claim the National League East championship. 1981: St. Louis (59–43) Montreal (60–48) Philadelphia (59–48) Pittsburgh (46–56) N.Y. Mets (41–62) Chicago Cubs (38–65) 1982: St. Louis (92–70) Philadelphia (89–73 ...
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 1996 Montreal Expos season was the 28th season in franchise history. An 88–74 finish was good enough to put them in second in the National League East, 8 games behind the National League Champion Atlanta Braves and 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wild Card standings.
On September 29, 2004, MLB announced that the Expos would move to Washington, D.C., in 2005. [8] [9] The Expos played their final game on October 3 at Shea Stadium, losing by a score of 8–1 against the New York Mets, the same opponent that the Expos first faced at its start, 35 years earlier. On November 15, a lawsuit by the former team ...
The 2004 Montreal Expos season was the 36th and final Major League Baseball (MLB) season for the Montreal Expos franchise competing under that name and being based in Canada. The team competed as members of the National League East .
May 17, 1999: Mel Rojas was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos. [2] June 2, 1999: Brandon Phillips was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999. [3] July 3, 1999: Mel Rojas was released by the Montreal Expos. [2]