1991 Montreal Expos season

The 1991 Montreal Expos season was the 23rd season in franchise history. After several winning seasons, the Expos faltered in 1991, winning only 20 of its first 49 games. Manager Buck Rodgers was replaced as manager by Tom Runnells. The team ultimately finished 71–90. The highlight of the season was Dennis Martinez pitching a perfect game at Dodger Stadium on July 28, 1991.

1991 Montreal Expos
Dennis Martínez throws a Perfect Game
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record71–90
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersBuck Rodgers, Tom Runnells
Local televisionCBC Television/CTV Television Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Dave Van Horne)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Pierre Arsenault)
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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 15th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

On May 23, 1991, the Expos were no-hit by the Phillies' Tommy Greene. Greene was starting for only the second time in the season and 15th time in his major league career, and was pitching in place of Danny Cox who had suffered a pulled groin in his last start. Greene became the first visiting pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in Montreal's history as the Phillies defeated the Expos, 2-0 before an Olympic Stadium crowd of 8,833.[7]

  • July 26, 1991: Mark Gardner pitched 9 innings of no-hit baseball against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. It was tied at 0-0 in the tenth; however, versatile utility man Lenny Harris singled for the Dodgers breaking it up.
  • July 28, 1991: In a 2–0 victory, Dennis Martínez pitched a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The final out was recorded by Marquis Grissom in center field off a lazy fly ball off the bat of Chris Gwynn. Dennis shut out the Dodgers in his previous meeting with them on April 30, 1991, the perfect game marked the 25th straight inning the Dodgers failed to score a run off him.
  • September 8, 1991: The Expos had to play their last 13 home games on the road, due to a concrete beam from Olympic Stadium's roof collapsing on September 13.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 0.605 — 52–32 46–32
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 14 52–32 32–46
Philadelphia Phillies 7884 0.481 20 47–36 31–48
Chicago Cubs 7783 0.481 20 46–37 31–46
New York Mets 7784 0.478 20½ 40–42 37–42
Montreal Expos 7190 0.441 26½ 33–35 38–55

Record vs. opponents
1991 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–611–713–57–115–79–35–79–311–79–99–3
Chicago 6–6—4–89–32–1010–711–68–107–114–86–610–8
Cincinnati 7–118–4—9–96–126–65–79–32–108–1010–84–8
Houston 5–133–99–9—8–102–107–57–54–86–129–95–7
Los Angeles 11–710–212–610–8—5–77–57–57–510–88–106–6
Montreal 7–57–106–610–27–5—4–144–146–126–67–57–11
New York 3–96–117–55–75–714–4—11–76–127–56–67–11
Philadelphia 7-510–83–95–75–714–47–11—6–129–36–66–12
Pittsburgh 3–911–710–28–45–712–612–612–6—7–57–511–7
San Diego 7–118–410–812–68–106–65–73–95–7—11–79–3
San Francisco 9–96–68–109–910–85–76–66–65–77–11—4–8
St. Louis 3–98–108–47–56–611–711–712–67–113–98–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

The Perfect Game

On July 28, 1991, Dennis Martínez became the first Latin-born pitcher to throw a perfect game, the 13th in major league history, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[14]

Scorecard

July 28, Dodger Stadium, Chávez Ravine, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 000 000 200 240
Los Angeles 000 000 000 002[15]
W: Dennis Martínez   L: Mike Morgan   
HRs: None, Attendance: 45,560.[16]
Length of game: 2:14. Umpires: HP: Larry Poncino, 1B: Bruce Froemming, 2B: Dana DeMuth, 3B: Greg Bonin

Roster
1991 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CGilberto Reyes8320745.217013
1BAndrés Galarraga10737582.219933
2BDelino DeShields151563134.2381051
3BTim Wallach151577130.2251373
SSSpike Owen139424108.255326
LFIván Calderón134470141.3001975
CFMarquis Grissom148558149.267639
RFLarry Walker137487141.2901664

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
Dave Martinez124396117.295742
Mike Fitzgerald7119840.202428
Tom Foley8616835.208015
Bret Barberie5713648.353218
Ron Hassey5211927.227114
Nelson Santovenia419624.250214
Junior Noboa679523.24212
Eric Bullock737216.22216
Kenny Williams347019.27101
John Vander Wal216113.21318
Nikco Riesgo471.14300

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
Dennis Martínez31222.014112.39123
Mark Gardner27168.19113.85107
Brian Barnes28160.0584.22117
Chris Nabholz24153.2873.6399
Oil Can Boyd19120.1683.5282
Chris Haney1684.2374.0451
Ron Darling317.0027.4111

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
Bill Sampen4392.1954.0052
Rick Mahler1037.1133.6217

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
Barry Jones7749133.3546
Scott Ruskin644464.2446
Jeff Fassero512582.4442
Mel Rojas373363.7537
Tim Burke373454.1125
Steve Frey310114.9921
Doug Piatt210002.6029
Dave Schmidt401010.383
Bill Long300010.800
Dave Wainhouse20106.751

Award winners

All-Stars

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Jerry Manuel and Pat Kelly
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Mike Quade
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Rockford Expos Midwest League Pat Kelly and Rob Leary
A Sumter Flyers South Atlantic League Lorenzo Bundy
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Ed Creech
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Keith Snider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Palm Beach, Jamestown, GCL Expos[18]

References
  1. Scott Service page at Baseball Reference
  2. "Rolando Roomes Stats".
  3. Tim Raines page at Baseball Reference
  4. Ron Hassey page at Baseball Reference
  5. Rick Mahler page at Baseball Reference
  6. Mike Aldrete page at Baseball Reference
  7. Murray Chass (May 24, 1991). "BASEBALL; From Sub to Sublime: No-Hitter for Phillies' Greene". New York Times.
  8. Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
  9. Cliff Floyd page at Baseball Reference
  10. Kirk Rueter page at Baseball Reference
  11. Kenny Williams page at Baseball Reference
  12. Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference
  13. Oil Can Boyd page at Baseball Reference
  14. "Baseball's Perfect Games: Dennis Martinez, Montreal Expos". The BASEBALL Page.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
  15. Dennis Martinez Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac
  16. Box Score of Game played on Sunday, July 28, 1991 at Dodger Stadium
  17. Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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