Chicoutimi CP
07-09-2006, 10:57 AM
With the 2006 MLB All Star Game taking place this Tuesday, I thought it would be fun to share this with you all.
*** 34 different Expos were selected to the ASG, 21 position players and 13 pitchers, including 3 who never played (also see the great post by Slaff here http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=31195).
*** We had to wait until 1970 before an Expo actually played in that game: Rusty Staub (also selected for the 1969 game but who didn’t play in it) made it as a pinch-hitter in the 3rd inning and flied out to center field against Jim Palmer.
*** The last Expo to play in the ASG was Jose Vidro in 2003 (Livan Hernandez was there in 2004 but did not play). Starting the game at second base for the NL, he was called out on strikes in the 5th inning against Shigetosi Hasegawa before being taken out of the game.
*** Over their 36 years history, 21 Expos batters hit 22 for 80 (.275) at the ASG, 4 home runs and 10 RBIs.
*** The best: Gary Carter (5/13), Al Oliver (3/4), Tim Raines (3/10), and Vladimir Guerrero (2/6). The worst: Andre Dawson (2/11) and Tim Wallach (1/9).
*** The 4 four home runs belong to Carter (3, 2 in 1981 and 1 in 1984) and Marquis Grissom (1994). Carter also had 5 of the 10 RBIs and 3 of 11 total runs.
*** On the mound, 10 pitchers combined for 2 wins, 2 losses, 23.1 innings, 24 hits allowed, 10 runs (all earned), 4 walks, 19 SOs, and 3.86 ERA.
*** Winning pitcher in 1982 at Stade Olympique, Steve Rogers was the best, by far, giving up one earned run and 6 hits in 7 innings and 3 games.
*** Dennis Martinez may have been the worst : in 3 games (including a loss in 1991), he pitched 4 innings, surrendered 4 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 walk and 2 SOs. But how could we forget Ugueth Urbina’s 1998 outing: 1 loss, 1 inning, 3 runs, 3 hits, and 1 walk plus 1 wild pitch and 3 stolen bases against.
*** The fielding stats show that the Expos were almost perfect: Jose Vidro made the only error by a Montreal player from 1969 to 2004, in 95 total team chances. It happened in 2000 while he was the second baseman.
*** The Expo fielder who played the most innings at one position was Gary Carter, who caught 31 innings in 6 games (he also played one inning at LF in 1975)… Andre Dawson is the only Expo who played a complete game, doing the trick twice at CF in 1981 and 1982… Over 87 total outfield fielding innings, Marquis Grissom is the only Expo with an assist, which he collected in 1994 (quite a game for him: remember that he also hit a home run).
*** Three Expo rookies went to the ASG: Carter in 1975, Raines in 1981 and… Carlos Perez in 1995 (bet you had forgotten that one!)
*** 4 batters went to the home run contest: Hubie Brooks in 1986 (1 HR in a 8-7 NL win at Houston’s Astrodome), Larry Walker in 1992 (4 HRs in a 27-13 NL loss at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium), Henry Rodriguez in 1996 (3 HRs in one round at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium), and Vladimir Guerrero in 2000 (2 HRs in one round at Atlanta’s Turner Field).
*** 34 different Expos were selected to the ASG, 21 position players and 13 pitchers, including 3 who never played (also see the great post by Slaff here http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=31195).
*** We had to wait until 1970 before an Expo actually played in that game: Rusty Staub (also selected for the 1969 game but who didn’t play in it) made it as a pinch-hitter in the 3rd inning and flied out to center field against Jim Palmer.
*** The last Expo to play in the ASG was Jose Vidro in 2003 (Livan Hernandez was there in 2004 but did not play). Starting the game at second base for the NL, he was called out on strikes in the 5th inning against Shigetosi Hasegawa before being taken out of the game.
*** Over their 36 years history, 21 Expos batters hit 22 for 80 (.275) at the ASG, 4 home runs and 10 RBIs.
*** The best: Gary Carter (5/13), Al Oliver (3/4), Tim Raines (3/10), and Vladimir Guerrero (2/6). The worst: Andre Dawson (2/11) and Tim Wallach (1/9).
*** The 4 four home runs belong to Carter (3, 2 in 1981 and 1 in 1984) and Marquis Grissom (1994). Carter also had 5 of the 10 RBIs and 3 of 11 total runs.
*** On the mound, 10 pitchers combined for 2 wins, 2 losses, 23.1 innings, 24 hits allowed, 10 runs (all earned), 4 walks, 19 SOs, and 3.86 ERA.
*** Winning pitcher in 1982 at Stade Olympique, Steve Rogers was the best, by far, giving up one earned run and 6 hits in 7 innings and 3 games.
*** Dennis Martinez may have been the worst : in 3 games (including a loss in 1991), he pitched 4 innings, surrendered 4 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 walk and 2 SOs. But how could we forget Ugueth Urbina’s 1998 outing: 1 loss, 1 inning, 3 runs, 3 hits, and 1 walk plus 1 wild pitch and 3 stolen bases against.
*** The fielding stats show that the Expos were almost perfect: Jose Vidro made the only error by a Montreal player from 1969 to 2004, in 95 total team chances. It happened in 2000 while he was the second baseman.
*** The Expo fielder who played the most innings at one position was Gary Carter, who caught 31 innings in 6 games (he also played one inning at LF in 1975)… Andre Dawson is the only Expo who played a complete game, doing the trick twice at CF in 1981 and 1982… Over 87 total outfield fielding innings, Marquis Grissom is the only Expo with an assist, which he collected in 1994 (quite a game for him: remember that he also hit a home run).
*** Three Expo rookies went to the ASG: Carter in 1975, Raines in 1981 and… Carlos Perez in 1995 (bet you had forgotten that one!)
*** 4 batters went to the home run contest: Hubie Brooks in 1986 (1 HR in a 8-7 NL win at Houston’s Astrodome), Larry Walker in 1992 (4 HRs in a 27-13 NL loss at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium), Henry Rodriguez in 1996 (3 HRs in one round at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium), and Vladimir Guerrero in 2000 (2 HRs in one round at Atlanta’s Turner Field).