1981 Montreal Expos season

1981 Montreal Expos
NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1977)
Montreal (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)	John McHale
Manager(s)	Dick Williams, Jim Fanning
Local television	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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The 1981 Montreal Expos made it to the postseason for the first time in franchise history (the only time while the franchise was in Montreal, and the only time in franchise history until the Washington Nationals made the playoffs in 2012). The season was separated into two halves due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike.

Offseason

December 8, 1980: Jack O'Connor was drafted from the Expos by the Minnesota Twins in the rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 12, 1980: Tony Bernazard was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Wortham.^[2]
December 12, 1980: Willie Montañez was signed as a free agent by the Expos.^[3]
January 15, 1981: Ken Macha was purchased from the Expos by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[4]
February 18, 1981: Ray Burris was signed as a free agent by the Expos.^[5]

Spring training

The Montreal Expos held spring training at Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Regular season

April 29, 1981: Steve Carlton struck out Tim Wallach for the 3000th strikeout of his career.^[6]
May 10, 1981: Charlie Lea pitched a no hitter against the San Francisco Giants, defeating them 4-0 at Olympic Stadium. The last out was recorded by Andre Dawson in center field. Lea would go on to shut out the Giants again a week later on four hits in San Francisco for good measure.

Game Log

First Half

1981 Regular Season Game Log First Half (30–25) (Home: 21–7; Road: 9–18)

April (12–4) (Home: 8–0; Road: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
1	April 9	@ Pirates	6–5	Fryman (1–0)	Tekulve (0–1)		40,332	1–0	Boxscore
2	April 12	@ Pirates	2–3	Rhoden (1–0)	Burris (0–1)	Romo (1)	8,430	1–1	Boxscore
3	April 15	Cubs	5–4	Bahnsen (1–0)	Tidrow (1–1)		30,003	2–1	Boxscore
4	April 16	Cubs	7–0	Sanderson (1–0)	McGlothen (0–1)		11,602	3–1	Boxscore
5	April 18	@ Mets	5–3	Gullickson (1–0)	Jones (0–1)	Bahnsen (1)	23,710	4–1	Boxscore
6	April 19	@ Mets	4–3	Burris (1–1)	Swan (0–1)	Fryman (1)	N/A	5–1	Boxscore
7	April 19	@ Mets	2–7	Zachry (3–0)	Lea (0–1)		21,464	5–2	Boxscore
8	April 20	Phillies	9–8	Rogers (1–0)	McGraw (1–1)	Fryman (2)	24,817	6–2	Boxscore
9	April 21	Phillies	10–3	Sanderson (2–0)	Ruthven (2–1)		10,887	7–2	Boxscore
10	April 22	Phillies	4–3 (11 inn.)	Sosa (1–0)	McGraw (1–2)		14,176	8–2	Boxscore
	April 24	Mets	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 26
11	April 25	Mets	4–2	Rogers (2–0)	Jones (0–2)	Lee (1)	18,150	9–2	Boxscore
12	April 26	Mets	8–4	Burris (2–1)	Zachry (3–1)		N/A	10–2	Boxscore
13	April 26	Mets	7–6	Sanderson (3–0)	Swan (0–2)	Fryman (3)	41,697	11–2	Boxscore
14	April 27	@ Phillies	1–3	Ruthven (3–1)	Gullickson (1–1)		27,347	11–3	Boxscore
15	April 28	@ Phillies	6–3	Ratzer (1–0)	Christenson (1–2)	Sosa (1)	26,192	12–3	Boxscore
16	April 29	@ Phillies	2–6	Carlton (4–0)	Rogers (2–1)		30,142	12–4	Boxscore

May (14–15) (Home: 10–7; Road: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
17	May 1	Dodgers	9–8 (13 inn.)	Lee (1–0)	Castillo (0–2)		28,179	13–4	Boxscore
18	May 2	Dodgers	0–4	Reuss (2–1)	Sanderson (3–1)		22,820	13–5	Boxscore
19	May 3	Dodgers	1–6 (10 inn.)	Valenzuela (6–0)	Gullickson (1–2)		46,405	13–6	Boxscore
20	May 4	Dodgers	4–3	Rogers (3–1)	Sutcliffe (2–2)	Sosa (2)	21,527	14–6	Boxscore
21	May 5	Padres	4–3	Fryman (2–0)			15,909	15–6	Boxscore
22	May 6	Padres	5–13		Burris (2–2)		13,066	15–7	Boxscore
23	May 7	Padres	2–1	Sanderson (4–1)			12,248	16–7	Boxscore
24	May 8	Giants	3–4		Gullickson (1–3)		21,850	16–8	Boxscore
25	May 9	Giants	2–8		Rogers (3–2)		48,149	16–9	Boxscore
26	May 10	Giants	1–5		Lee (1–1)		N/A	16–10	Boxscore
27	May 10	Giants	4–0	Lea (1–1)			25,343	17–10	Boxscore
28	May 12	@ Dodgers	0–5	Hooton (5–0)	Burris (2–3)	Howe (4)	34,367	17–11	Boxscore
29	May 13	@ Dodgers	6–8	Howe (2–1)	Fryman (2–1)		42,712	17–12	Boxscore
30	May 14	@ Dodgers	2–3	Valenzuela (8–0)	Ratzer (1–1)		53,906	17–13	Boxscore
31	May 15	@ Giants	2–4		Rogers (3–3)		19,763	17–14	Boxscore
32	May 16	@ Giants	5–0	Lea (2–1)			11,133	18–14	Boxscore
33	May 17	@ Giants	4–5 (12 inn.)		Lee (1–2)		27,975	18–15	Boxscore
34	May 18	@ Padres	3–2 (10 inn.)	Fryman (3–1)		Lee (2)	13,283	19–15	Boxscore
35	May 19	@ Padres	1–3		Gullickson (1–4)		6,871	19–16	Boxscore
36	May 20	@ Padres	6–2	Rogers (4–3)			9,336	20–16	Boxscore
37	May 22	@ Cubs	6–3	Lea (3–1)	Krukow (1–5)		6,071	21–16	Boxscore
38	May 23	@ Cubs	4–6	Reuschel (2–5)	Burris (2–4)	Tidrow (2)	15,981	21–17	Boxscore
39	May 24	@ Cubs	2–6	Caudill (1–3)	Sanderson (4–2)	Tidrow (3)	10,821	21–18	Boxscore
40	May 25	Cardinals	5–3	Gullickson (2–4)		Lee (3)	24,490	22–18	Boxscore
41	May 26	Cardinals	4–3	Rogers (5–3)		Sosa (3)	27,775	23–18	Boxscore
42	May 27	Cardinals	4–1	Lea (4–1)		Lee (4)	24,709	24–18	Boxscore
43	May 29	Pirates	3–2	Sanderson (5–2)	Bibby (3–3)	Lee (5)	36,662	25–18	Boxscore
44	May 30	Pirates	2–3	Rhoden (6–0)	Gullickson (2–5)		31,649	25–19	Boxscore
45	May 31	Pirates	5–1	Rogers (6–3)	Pérez (2–1)		45,783	26–19	Boxscore

June (4–6) (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Report
46	June 1	@ Cardinals	2–4		Lea (4–2)	14,224	26–20	Boxscore
47	June 2	@ Cardinals	8–1	Burris (3–4)		14,697	27–20	Boxscore
48	June 3	@ Cardinals	2–3 (11 inn.)		Sosa (1–1)	13,085	27–21	Boxscore
49	June 4	@ Cardinals	1–4		Gullickson (2–6)	18,958	27–22	Boxscore
50	June 5	@ Reds	3–6		Rogers (6–4)		27–23	Boxscore
51	June 6	@ Reds	3–9		Lea (4–3)		27–24	Boxscore
52	June 7	@ Reds	0–2		Burris (3–5)		27–25	Boxscore
53	June 9	Braves	12–1	Sanderson (6–2)			28–25	Boxscore
54	June 10	Braves	11–2	Gullickson (3–6)			29–25	Boxscore
55	June 11	Braves	7–0	Rogers (7–4)			30–25	Boxscore

Games Cancelled

1981 Games cancelled

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
	April 11	@ Pirates	Cancelled (strike)
	April 14	Cubs	Cancelled (strike)

June

Date	Opponent	Score
June 12	Reds	Cancelled (strike)
June 13	Reds	Cancelled (strike)
June 14	Reds	Cancelled (strike)
June 15	Astros	Cancelled (strike)
June 16	Astros	Cancelled (strike)
June 17	@ Braves	Cancelled (strike)
June 18	@ Braves	Cancelled (strike)
June 19	@ Astros	Cancelled (strike)
June 20	@ Astros	Cancelled (strike)
June 21	@ Astros	Cancelled (strike)
June 23	Mets	Cancelled (strike)
June 24	Mets	Cancelled (strike)
June 25	Mets	Cancelled (strike)
June 26	Cubs	Cancelled (strike)
June 27	Cubs	Cancelled (strike)
June 28	Cubs	Cancelled (strike)
June 29	@ Pirates	Cancelled (strike)
June 30	@ Pirates	Cancelled (strike)

July

Date	Opponent	Score
July 1	Pirates	Cancelled (strike)
July 2	Pirates	Cancelled (strike)
July 3	@ Phillies	Cancelled (strike)
July 4	@ Phillies	Cancelled (strike)
July 5	@ Phillies	Cancelled (strike)
July 7	@ Cubs	Cancelled (strike)
July 8	@ Cubs	Cancelled (strike)
July 9	@ Cubs	Cancelled (strike)
July 10	@ Cardinals	Cancelled (strike)
July 11	@ Cardinals	Cancelled (strike)
July 12	@ Cardinals	Cancelled (strike)
July 16	Dodgers	Cancelled (strike)
July 17	Dodgers	Cancelled (strike)
July 18	Padres	Cancelled (strike)
July 19	Padres	Cancelled (strike)
July 20	Padres	Cancelled (strike)
July 21	Giants	Cancelled (strike)
July 22	Giants	Cancelled (strike)
July 24	@ Dodgers	Cancelled (strike)
July 25	@ Dodgers	Cancelled (strike)
July 26	@ Dodgers	Cancelled (strike)
July 28	@ Giants	Cancelled (strike)
July 29	@ Giants	Cancelled (strike)
July 30	@ Giants	Cancelled (strike)
July 31	@ Padres	Cancelled (strike)

August

Date	Opponent	Score
August 1	@ Padres	Cancelled (strike)
August 2	@ Padres	Cancelled (strike)
August 4	@ Mets	Cancelled (strike)
August 5	@ Mets	Cancelled (strike)
August 6	@ Mets	Cancelled (strike)
August 7	Phillies	Cancelled (strike)
August 8	Phillies	Cancelled (strike)
August 9	Phillies	Cancelled (strike)
August 9	Phillies	Cancelled (strike)

Second Half

1981 Regular Season Game Log Second Half (30–23) (Home: 17–11; Road: 13–12)

August (11–8) (Home: 6–3; Road: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Cleveland Stadium, 5–4
56	August 10	Pirates	3–1	Lee (2–2)	Pérez (2–3)		37,275	31–25	Boxscore
57	August 11	Pirates	3–6	Tekulve (3–3)	Fryman (3–2)		33,045	31–26	Boxscore
58	August 12	@ Pirates	3–2	Burris (4–5)	Solomon (5–4)	Lee (6)	12,069	32–26	Boxscore
59	August 13	@ Pirates	7–2	Rogers (8–4)	Tiant (0–1)		11,735	33–26	Boxscore
60	August 14	Cardinals	1–3		Sanderson (6–3)		40,187	33–27	Boxscore
	August 15	Cardinals	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 15
	August 16	Cardinals	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 16
61	August 17	@ Astros	6–2	Burris (5–5)		Fryman (4)		34–27	Boxscore
62	August 18	@ Astros	2–4		Rogers (8–5)			34–28	Boxscore
63	August 19	@ Astros	1–9		Sanderson (6–4)			34–29	Boxscore
64	August 21	@ Braves	4–1 (11 inn.)	Fryman (4–2)				35–29	Boxscore
65	August 22	@ Braves	5–4	Bahnsen (2–0)		Reardon (1)		36–29	Boxscore
66	August 22	@ Braves	1–9		Lea (4–4)			36–30	Boxscore
67	August 23	@ Braves	1–2		Rogers (8–6)			36–31	Boxscore
68	August 25	Reds	9–1	Sanderson (7–4)				37–31	Boxscore
69	August 26	Reds	6–0	Gullickson (4–6)				38–31	Boxscore
70	August 27	Reds	12–0	Burris (6–5)				39–31	Boxscore
71	August 28	Braves	3–0	Rogers (9–6)				40–31	Boxscore
72	August 29	Braves	4–3	Reardon (1–0)				41–31	Boxscore
73	August 30	Braves	4–5 (12 inn.)		Lee (2–3)			41–32	Boxscore
74	August 31	@ Reds	8–9		Lee (2–4)			41–33	Boxscore

September (16–14) (Home: 11–8; Road: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
75	September 1	@ Reds	4–3	Lea (5–4)		Reardon (2)		42–33	Boxscore
76	September 2	@ Reds	0–7		Bahnsen (2–1)			42–34	Boxscore
77	September 3	Astros	1–2		Sanderson (7–5)			42–35	Boxscore
78	September 4	Astros	0–5		Gullickson (4–7)			42–36	Boxscore
79	September 5	Astros	5–2	Burris (7–5)				43–36	Boxscore
80	September 6	Astros	3–4 (12 inn.)		Sosa (1–2)			43–37	Boxscore
81	September 7	@ Phillies	5–4	Fryman (5–2)	Proly (2–1)	Reardon (3)	31,401	45–36	Boxscore
82	September 8	@ Phillies	5–10	Larson (1–0)	Sanderson (7–6)		11,812	45–37	Boxscore
83	September 9	@ Phillies	8–11	Reed (4–1)	Fryman (5–3)	Lyle (1)	25,468	45–38	Boxscore
84	September 11	@ Cubs	5–6	Griffin (2–2)	Burris (7–6)	Hernández (2)	7,204	45–39	Boxscore
85	September 12	@ Cubs	2–0	Rogers (10–6)	Bird (4–3)	Reardon (4)	18,124	45–40	Boxscore
86	September 13	@ Cubs	10–6	Sanderson (8–6)	Krukow (6–9)		14,589	46–40	Boxscore
87	September 15	Cardinals	2–3		Gullickson (3–8)		N/A	46–41	Boxscore
88	September 15	Cardinals	4–3	Lee (3–4)		Fryman (5)	41,671	47–41	Boxscore
89	September 16	Cardinals	1–7		Burris (7–7)		N/A	47–42	Boxscore
90	September 16	Cardinals	4–3 (11 inn.)	Reardon (2–0)			30,222	48–42	Boxscore
91	September 17	Cardinals	4–7		Rogers (10–7)		26,390	48–43	Boxscore
92	September 18	Cubs	11–0	Sanderson (9–6)	Bird (4–4)		23,606	49–43	Boxscore
93	September 19	Cubs	1–2	Krukow (7–9)	Lee (3–5)	Martz (4)	30,099	49–44	Boxscore
94	September 20	Cubs	4–0	Gullickson (4–8)	Griffin (2–4)		40,851	50–44	Boxscore
95	September 21	Phillies	1–0 (17 inn.)	Smith (1–0)	Reed (0–1)		24,161	51–44	Boxscore
96	September 22	Phillies	6–2	Rogers (11–7)	Ruthven (11–6)		21,797	52–44	Boxscore
97	September 23	Pirates	3–2	Jackson (2–2)	Rhoden (8–4)		10,081	53–44	Boxscore
98	September 24	Pirates	7–1	Lee (4–5)	Jones (4–4)		23,459	54–44	Boxscore
99	September 25	Mets	6–3	Gullickson (5–8)	Zachry (7–13)		41,354	55–44	Boxscore
100	September 26	Mets	4–2	Burris (8–7)	Harris (3–5)	Fryman (6)	38,821	56–44	Boxscore
101	September 27	Mets	1–2	Scott (5–10)	Rogers (11–8)	Allen (18)	52,089	56–45	Boxscore
102	September 28	@ Cardinals	2–6		Sanderson (9–7)		21,216	56–46	Boxscore
103	September 29	@ Cardinals	4–8		Lee (4–6)		40,488	56–47	Boxscore
104	September 30	@ Pirates	3–2	Gullickson (6–8)	Solomon (8–6)	Fryman (7)	5,826	57–47	Boxscore

October (3–1) (Road: 3–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
105	October 1	@ Pirates	5–2	Burris (9–7)	Tiant (2–5)	Reardon (5)	2,931	58–47	Boxscore
106	October 2	@ Mets	3–0	Rogers (12–8)	Zachry (7–14)		6,720	59–47	Boxscore
107	October 3	@ Mets	5–4	Lee (5–6)	Allen (7–6)	Reardon (6)	17,954	60–47	Boxscore
108	October 4	@ Mets	1–2	Falcone (5–3)	Gullickson (6–9)		7,618	60–48	Boxscore

Legend
Expos win	Expos loss	All-Star Game	Game postponed

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	0.578	—	32–21	27–22
Montreal Expos	60	48	0.556	2	38–18	22–30
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	0.551	2½	36–19	23–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	0.451	13	22–28	24–28
New York Mets	41	62	0.398	18½	24–27	17–35
Chicago Cubs	38	65	0.369	21½	27–30	11–35

Record vs. opponents

1981 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–2–1	6–5	4–8	7–7	3–7	3–3	4–5	2–3	9–6	5–7	4–3
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	1–6	6–4	4–7	5–8–1	2–10	4–10	3–3	5–5	5–4–1
Cincinnati	5–6	5–1	—	8–4	8–8	5–4	7–3	5–2	4–2	10–2	9–5	0–5
Houston	8–4	6–1	4–8	—	4–8	5–2	6–3	4–6	2–4	11–3	9–6	2–4
Los Angeles	7–7	4–6	8–8	8–4	—	5–2	5–1	3–3	5–1	6–5	7–5	5–5
Montreal	7–3	7–4	4–5	2–5	2–5	—	9–3	7–4	10–3	4–2	2–5	6–9
New York	3–3	8–5–1	3–7	3–6	1–5	3–9	—	7–7	3–6–1	2–5	2–4	6–5
Philadelphia	5-4	10–2	2–5	6–4	3–3	4–7	7–7	—	7–5	4–2	4–3	7–6
Pittsburgh	3–2	10–4	2–4	4–2	1–5	3–10	6–3–1	5–7	—	6–4	3–7	3–8
San Diego	6–9	3–3	2–10	3–11	5–6	2–4	5–2	2–4	4–6	—	6–7	3–7
San Francisco	7–5	5–5	5–9	6–9	5–7	5–2	4–2	3–4	7–3	7–6	—	2–3
St. Louis	3–4	4–5–1	5–0	4–2	5–5	9–6	5–6	6–7	8–3	7–3	3–2	—

Notable transactions

April 1, 1981: John Tamargo was released by the Expos.^[7]
May 29, 1981: Ellis Valentine was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman.^[8]
June 8, 1981: 1981 Major League Baseball draft
- Mike Fuentes was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round.^[9]
- Mark McGwire was drafted by the Expos in the 8th round.^[10]
- Marvin Freeman was drafted by the Expos in the 9th round, but did not sign.^[11]
- Al Newman was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (12th pick) of the Secondary Phase.^[12]
August 20, 1981: Willie Montañez was traded by the Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Milner.^[3]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Terry Francona (Aug 19)
- Mike Gates (May 6)
- Dave Hostetler (Sep 15)
- Tony Johnson (Sep 27)
- Wallace Johnson (Sep 8)
- Pat Rooney (Sep 9)
- Chris Smith (May 14)
- Tom Wieghaus (Oct 4)
Pitchers:
- Rick Engle (Sep 2)
- Tom Gorman (Sep 2)
- Bryn Smith (Sep 8)^[13]

Opening Day starters

Roster

1981 Montreal Expos

Roster

Pitchers

22 Stan Bahnsen

48 Ray Burris

51 Rick Engle

35 Woodie Fryman

32 Tom Gorman

34 Bill Gullickson

19 Grant Jackson

53 Charlie Lea

37 Bill Lee

47 Steve Ratzer

31 Jeff Reardon

45 Steve Rogers

21 Scott Sanderson

66 Bryn Smith

27 Elías Sosa

Catchers

8 Gary Carter

44 Bobby Ramos

50 Tom Wieghaus

Infielders

33 Dan Briggs

49 Warren Cromartie

19 Mike Gates

55 Dave Hostetler

14 Tommy Hutton

62 Wallace Johnson

43 Jerry Manuel

2 Brad Mills

5 John Milner

5 Willie Montañez

15 Larry Parrish

12 Mike Phillips

3 Rodney Scott

6 Chris Smith

4 Chris Speier

Outfielders

10 Andre Dawson

16 Terry Francona

42 Tony Johnson

25 Rowland Office

24 Bob Pate

30 Tim Raines

56 Pat Rooney

17 Ellis Valentine

29 Tim Wallach

18 Jerry White

Manager

6 Jim Fanning

23 Dick Williams

Coaches

41 Steve Boros

39 Pat Mullin

9 Vern Rapp

40 Norm Sherry

1 Ozzie Virgil

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Carter, GaryGary Carter	100	374	94	.251	16	68
1B	Cromartie, WarrenWarren Cromartie	99	358	109	.304	6	42
2B	Scott, RodneyRodney Scott	95	336	69	.205	0	26
3B	Parrish, LarryLarry Parrish	128	440	116	.264	17	62
SS	Speier, ChrisChris Speier	96	307	69	.225	2	25
LF	Raines, TimTim Raines	88	313	95	.304	5	37
CF	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	103	394	119	.302	24	64
RF	Wallach, TimTim Wallach	71	212	50	.236	4	13

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
White, JerryJerry White	59	119	26	.218	3	11
Francona, TerryTerry Francona	34	95	26	.274	1	8
Milner, JohnJohn Milner	31	76	18	.237	3	9
Valentine, EllisEllis Valentine	22	76	16	.211	3	15
Montañez, WillieWillie Montañez	26	62	11	.177	0	5
Mills, BradBrad Mills	17	21	5	.238	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gullickson, BillBill Gullickson	22	157.1	7	9	2.80	115
Rogers, SteveSteve Rogers	22	160.2	12	8	3.42	87
Sanderson, ScottScott Sanderson	22	137.1	9	7	2.95	77
Burris, RayRay Burris	22	135.2	9	7	3.05	52

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lea, CharlieCharlie Lea	16	64.1	5	4	4.62	31
Lee, BillBill Lee	31	88.2	5	6	2.94	34

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	35	43	5	3	7	1.88	25
Sosa, EliasElias Sosa	32	39.1	1	2	3	3.66	18
Reardon, JeffJeff Reardon	25	41.2	2	0	6	1.30	21
Bahnsen, StanStan Bahnsen	25	49	2	1	1	4.96	28
Ratzer, SteveSteve Ratzer	12	17.1	1	1	0	6.23	4
Gorman, TomTom Gorman	9	15	0	0	0	4.20	13
Jackson, GrantGrant Jackson	10	10.2	1	0	0	7.59	4
Engle, RickRick Engle	1	2	0	0	0	18.00	2

Postseason

Game Log

1981 Playoff Game Log

1981 National League Eastern Division Series vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Montreal wins series 3–2

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series	Report
Game 1	October 7	Phillies	3–1	Rogers (1–0)	Carlton (0–1)	Reardon (1)	34,237	Expos lead 1–0	Boxscore
Game 2	October 8	Phillies	3–1	Gullickson (1–0)	Ruthven (0–1)	Reardon (2)	45,896	Expos lead 2–0	Boxscore
Game 3	October 9	@ Phillies	2–6	Christenson (1–0)	Burris (0–1)		36,835	Expos lead 2–1	Boxscore
Game 4	October 10	@ Phillies	5–6 (10 inn.)	McGraw (1–0)	Reardon (0–1)		38,818	Series tied 2–2	Boxscore
Game 5	October 11	@ Phillies	3–0	Rogers (2–0)	Carlton (0–2)		47,384	Expos win 3–2	Boxscore

1981 National League Championship Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Los Angeles wins series 3–2

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series	Report
Game 1	October 13	@ Dodgers	1–5	Hooton (1–0)	Gullickson (0–1)		51,273	Dodgers lead 1–0	Boxscore
Game 2	October 14	@ Dodgers	3–0	Burris (1–0)	Valenzuela (0–1)		53,463	Series tied 1–1	Boxscore
Game 3	October 16	Dodgers	4–1	Rogers (1–0)	Reuss (0–1)		54,372	Expos lead 2–1	Boxscore
Game 4	October 17	Dodgers	1–7	Hooton (2–0)	Gullickson (0–2)		54,499	Series tied 2–2	Boxscore
	October 18	Dodgers	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for October 19
Game 5	October 19	Dodgers	1–2	Valenzuela (1–1)	Rogers (1–1)	Welch (1)	36,491	Dodgers win 3–2	Boxscore

Legend
Expos win	Expos loss	Game postponed

National League Division Series

Main article: 1981 National League Division Series

Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Montreal wins series, 3-2.

Game	Score	Date
1	Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1	October 7
2	Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1	October 8
3	Philadelphia 6, Montreal 2	October 9
4	Philadelphia 6, Montreal 5 (10 innings)	October 10
5	Montreal 3, Philadelphia 0	October 11

October 11, 1981 – Steve Rogers defeats Steve Carlton of the Phillies 3-0 in a pitchers duel to win the National League Division Series. Rogers drove in two of the three Expos runs to boot singling home Larry Parrish and Chris Speier in the fifth inning. The Expos advance to play the Dodgers who defeated the Astros. Rogers previously defeated Carlton in game one of the series as well.

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1981 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 13, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Montreal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
Los Angeles	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	5	8	0
WP: Burt Hooton (1-0) LP: Bill Gullickson (0-1) Home runs: MON: None LAD: Pedro Guerrero (1), Mike Scioscia (1) Attendance: 51,273 Notes: Pitchers: MON – Gullickson, Reardon (8) LAD – Hooton, Welch (8), Howe (9)

Game 2

October 14, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Montreal	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	10	1
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Ray Burris (1-0) LP: Fernando Valenzuela (0-1) Home runs: MON: None LAD: None Attendance: 53,463 Notes: Pitchers: MON – Burris LAD – Valenzuela, Niedenfuer (7), Forster (7), Pena (7), Castillo (9)

Game 3

October 16, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Montreal	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	4	7	1
WP: Steve Rogers (1-0) LP: Jerry Reuss (0-1) Home runs: LAD: None MON: Jerry White (1) Attendance: 54,372 Notes: Pitchers: LAD – Reuss, Pena (8) MON – Rogers

Game 4

October 17, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	12	1
Montreal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Burt Hooton (2-0) LP: Bill Gullickson (0-2) Home runs: LAD: Steve Garvey (1) MON: None Attendance: Attendance: 54,499 Notes: Pitchers: LAD – Hooton, Welch (8), Howe (9) MON – Gullickson, Fryman (8), Sosa (9), Lee (9)

Game 5

October 19, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
Montreal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
WP: Fernando Valenzuela (1-1) LP: Steve Rogers (1-1) Sv: Bob Welch (1) Home runs: LAD: Rick Monday (1) MON: None Attendance: Attendance: 36,491 Notes: Pitchers: LAD – Valenzuela, Welch (9) MON – Burris, Rogers (9)

October 19, 1981: Blue Monday. In the decisive Game 5 of their only National League Championship Series, the Expos were defeated at home, 2-1, by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tim Raines opened the bottom of the first with a double against Cy Young Award-winning rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela and scored on an Andre Dawson double play ball. Valenzuela held the Expos scoreless the rest of the way, however, and the Dodgers tied the game at 1 in the top of the fifth with two hits, a wild pitch and an RBI ground out off Expo starter Ray Burris. The teams remained tied until the top of the ninth, when Expo manager Jim Fanning made a risky decision to relieve Burris with Game 3 winner Steve Rogers. Struggling closer Jeff Reardon was throwing alongside Rogers in the bullpen at the time, but Fanning elected to summon his ace. Rogers retired Steve Garvey and Ron Cey in order, but outfielder Rick Monday homered to put Los Angeles ahead, 2-1, and crush the Expos' hopes of advancing to the World Series. Two-out walks from Gary Carter and Larry Parrish were all that the Expos could muster in the 9th, as Bob Welch preserved the one-run Dodger victory. The Expos lost the NLCS, 3-2, and never returned to the postseason again until 2012 as the Washington Nationals.

Awards and honors

Gary Carter, All-Star Game MVP
Gary Carter, Gold Glove Award, Catcher
Andre Dawson, Gold Glove Award, Outfield
Charlie Lea, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
Tim Raines, OF, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
Tim Raines, National League Leader, 71 Stolen Bases^[14]

52nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game

All-Star Game

Gary Carter, National League Catcher, Starter
Andre Dawson, National League Outfield, Starter
Tim Raines, National League Outfield, Reserve
Dick Williams, National League Coach

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	American Association	Felipe Alou
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Larry Bearnarth
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Bob Bailey
A-Short Season	Jamestown Expos	New York–Penn League	Pat Daugherty
Rookie	Calgary Expos	Pioneer League	J. R. Miner

References

↑ Jack O'Connor at Baseball-Reference
↑ Tony Bernazard at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Willie Montañez at Baseball-Reference
↑ Ken Macha at Baseball-Reference
↑ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
↑ Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
↑ John Tamargo at Baseball-Reference
↑ Jeff Reardon at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mike Fuentes at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mark McGwire at Baseball-Reference
↑ Marvin Freeman at Baseball-Reference
↑ Al Newman at Baseball-Reference
↑ "1981 Montreal Expos". The Baseball Cube.
↑ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

External links

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National League East champions

1981 MLB season by team

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AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1981 MLB draft 1981 All-Star Game 1981 strike 1981 World Series

Montreal Expos

Now the Washington Nationals
Based in Montreal, Quebec (1969–2004)

The franchise

Ballparks

Jarry Park Olympic Stadium Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Spring training	City Island Ball Park Municipal Stadium Roger Dean Stadium Space Coast Stadium

Culture

Rivalries

Toronto Blue Jays

Retired numbers

Championships

National League East: 1981 (second half)

Legacy

Washington Nationals

Seasons (36)

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1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

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2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

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1981 Montreal Expos season

Offseason

Spring training

Regular season

Game Log

First Half

Games Cancelled

Second Half

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Opening Day starters

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Postseason

Game Log

National League Division Series

Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies

National League Championship Series

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Awards and honors

52nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

References

Further reading

External links