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1978 Montreal Expos
Trades and Transactions
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979
76-86, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Williams (76-86)
Scored 633 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Ballparks: Stade Olympique · Attendance: 1,427,007 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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1977 / 1979 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 25, 1977
Sold Bombo Rivera to the Minnesota Twins.
November 2, 1977
Larry Johnson granted Free Agency.
November 10, 1977
Purchased Darold Knowles from the Texas Rangers.
December 6, 1977
Jeff Terpko selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1977 minor league draft.
December 7, 1977
Traded Joe Kerrigan, Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Rudy May, Randy Miller and Bryn Smith.
December 21, 1977
Signed Ross Grimsley as a free agent.
January 10, 1978
Drafted Tony Phillips in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 10, 1978.
January 14, 1978
Released Tim Blackwell.
January 27, 1978
Released Jackie Brown.
January 30, 1978
Purchased Tito Fuentes from the Detroit Tigers.
February 15, 1978
Sold Frank Ortenzio to the Chicago White Sox.
March 22, 1978
Released Tito Fuentes.
March 23, 1978
Santo Alcala selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.
March 29, 1978
Sold Jose Morales to the Minnesota Twins.
Traded Will McEnaney to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Timothy Jones.
March 31, 1978
Released Rick Sawyer.
April 14, 1978 (Standings)
The Chicago White Sox returned Frank Ortenzio following previous purchase.
May 20, 1978 (Standings)
Traded Gerry Hannahs and Larry Landreth to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Garman.
May 27, 1978 (Standings)
Signed Gerry Pirtle as a free agent.
June 6, 1978 (Standings)
Drafted Dave Hostetler in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Drafted Bill Mooneyham in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Charlie Lea in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Drafted Tom Wieghaus in the 10th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Drafted Jim Deshaies in the 13th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Razor Shines in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Drafted Pat Rooney in the 20th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
June 9, 1978 (Standings)
Purchased Ed Herrmann from the Houston Astros.
Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Woodie Fryman. The Montreal Expos sent Jerry White (June 23, 1978) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
July 20, 1978 (Standings)
Purchased Tom Hutton from the Toronto Blue Jays.
July 21, 1978 (Standings)
Sold Wayne Garrett to the St. Louis Cardinals.
September 5, 1978 (Standings)
Pete Mackanin selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.
October 2, 1978 (Standings)
Released Ed Herrmann.
November, 1978
The Seattle Mariners returned Santo Alcala following previous waiver selection.
November 2, 1978
Darold Knowles granted Free Agency.
Del Unser granted Free Agency.
November 28, 1978
Signed Duffy Dyer as a free agent.
December 4, 1978
Drafted Ken Macha from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1978 rule 5 draft.
December 5, 1978
Purchased Tony Solaita from the California Angels.
December 7, 1978
Traded Stan Papi to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bill Lee.
December 8, 1978
Traded Mike Hart to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Mason.
December 9, 1978
Signed Randy St. Claire as an amateur free agent.
December 14, 1978
Traded Sam Mejias to the Chicago Cubs. Received Rodney Scott and Jerry White.
January 8, 1979
Signed Elias Sosa as a free agent.
January 9, 1979
Drafted Jim Weaver in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Randy O'Neal in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 17, 1979
Released Fred Holdsworth.
January 19, 1979
Signed Andres Galarraga as an amateur free agent.
February 13, 1979
Released Wayne Twitchell.
March 30, 1979
Released Mike Garman.
March 31, 1979
Traded Pepe Frias to the Atlanta Braves. Received Dave Campbell.
April 1, 1979
Purchased Art Gardner from the San Francisco Giants.
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