2004 Montreal Expos season

2004 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium and Estadio Hiram Bithorn
CityMontreal, Canada and San Juan, Puerto Rico
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
OwnersMajor League Baseball
General managersOmar Minaya
ManagersFrank Robinson
TelevisionRéseau des sports
(Rodger Brulotte, Denis Casavant)
SCORE TV
(Sam Cosentino, Darrin Fletcher, Brett Dolan, Rance Mulliniks, Joe Block)
RadioCKGM (AM)
(Mitch Melnick, Elliott Price, guest play-by-play broadcasters)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Marc Griffin)
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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. The Expos played most of their home games at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, while also playing 21 home games at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1]

The Expos finished in fifth and last place in their division, with a 67–95 record, 29 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves. After the season, the team—which had played in Montreal since its founding as part of the 1969 MLB expansion—relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals, as MLB returned to Washington for the 2005 season after a 33-season absence.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, in 2004. It was their second year of spring training at the facility.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Source [5]

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Peter Bergeron Center fielder
José Vidro Second baseman
Carl Everett Right fielder
Orlando Cabrera Shortstop
Brad Wilkerson First baseman
Tony Batista Third baseman
Termel Sledge Left fielder
Brian Schneider Catcher
Liván Hernández Starting pitcher

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 96 66 .593 — 49‍–‍32 47‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 86 76 .531 10 42‍–‍39 44‍–‍37
Florida Marlins 83 79 .512 13 42‍–‍38 41‍–‍41
New York Mets 71 91 .438 25 38‍–‍43 33‍–‍48
Montreal Expos 67 95 .414 29 35‍–‍45 32‍–‍50


Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record

Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 2–4 4–2 3–3 6–13 3–4 2–4 3–16 3–3 0–6 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–12 5–14 1–5 6–12
Atlanta 4–2 — 3–3 2–4 4–2 14–5 3–3 4–3 4–2 15–4 12–7 10–9 4–2 3–3 4–3 2–4 8–10
Chicago 2–4 3–3 — 9–8 5–1 3–3 10–9 2–4 10–7 3–3 4–2 3–3 13–5 4–2 2–4 8–11 8–4
Cincinnati 3–3 4–2 8–9 — 3–3 4–2 6–11 4–2 10–8 4–2 3–3 3–3 9–10 2–4 3–3 5–14 5-7
Colorado 13–6 2–4 1–5 3–3 — 1–5 1–5 8–11 2–4 2–4 1–5 5–3 2–4 10–9 8–11 1–5 8–10
Florida 4–3 5–14 3–3 2–4 5–1 — 3–3 3–3 4–2 11–8 15–4 12–7 1–5 4–2 2–5 2–4 7–11
Houston 4–2 3–3 9–10 11–6 5–1 3-3 — 1–5 13–6 2–4 2–4 6–0 12–5 2–4 2–4 10–8 7–5
Los Angeles 16–3 3–4 4–2 2–4 11–8 3–3 5–1 — 3–3 4–3 3–3 1–5 6–0 10–9 10–9 2–4 10–8
Milwaukee 3–3 2–4 7–10 8–10 4–2 2–4 6–13 3–3 — 5–1 2–4 0–6 6–12 2–4 1–5 8–9 8–4
Montreal 6–0 4–15 3–3 2–4 4–2 8-11 4–2 3–4 1–5 — 9–10 7–12 4–2 1–6 1–5 3–3 7–11
New York 4–3 7–12 2–4 3–3 5–1 4–15 4–2 3–3 4–2 10–9 — 8–11 1–5 1–6 4–2 1–5 10–8
Philadelphia 5-1 9–10 3–3 3–3 3–5 7–12 0–6 5–1 6–0 12–7 11–8 — 3–3 5–1 2–4 3–3 9–9
Pittsburgh 4–2 2–4 5–13 10–9 4–2 5–1 5–12 0–6 12–6 2–4 5–1 3–3 — 3–3 5–1 5–12 2–10
San Diego 12–7 3–3 2–4 4–2 9–10 2–4 4–2 9–10 4–2 6–1 6–1 1–5 3–3 — 12–7 2–4 8–10
San Francisco 14–5 3–4 4–2 3–3 11–8 5–2 4–2 9–10 5–1 5–1 2–4 4–2 1–5 7–12 — 3–3 11–7
St. Louis 5–1 4–2 11–8 14–5 5–1 4-2 8–10 4–2 9–8 3–3 5–1 3–3 12–5 4–2 3–3 — 11–1
Expos vs. American League
Team AL Central  
CLE CWS DET KC MIN SEA TOR
Montreal — 2–1 — 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–3

Game log

Source [6]

Legend
  Expos win
  Expos loss
  Postponement
Bold Expos team member
2004 Game Log
April (5–19)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record
1 April 6 @ Marlins 3–4 Perisho (1–0) Ayala (0–1) Benítez (1) 55,315 Pro Player Stadium 0–1
2 April 7 @ Marlins 3–2 Vargas (1-0) Penny (0–1) Biddle (1) 17,622 Pro Player Stadium 1–1
3 April 8 @ Marlins 0–3 Willis (1–0) Ohka (0–1) Benítez (2) 18,121 Pro Player Stadium 1–2
4 April 9 vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2–3 (11) Weathers (1-0) Ayala (0-2) Moreno (1) 14,739 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 1–3
5 April 10 vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 1-0 Patterson (1-0) Seo (0-1) Biddle (2) 11,957 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2–3
6 April 11 vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 1–4 Glavine (1-0) Hernández (0-1) Looper (2) 10,623 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2–4
7 April 13 vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 0–5 Penny (1-1) Vargas (1-1) 14,620 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2–5
8 April 14 vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 0–9 Willis (2-0) Ohka (0-2) 13,180 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2–6
9 April 15 vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 0–3 Pavano (1-0) Day (0-1) Benítez (6) 8,494 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2–7
10 April 16 @ Phillies 2–4 Milton (1-0) Hernández (0-2) Wagner (3) 39,613 Citizens Bank Park 2–8
11 April 17 @ Phillies 3–6 Millwood (1-2) Patterson (1-1) Wagner (4) 42,931 Citizens Bank Park 2–9
12 April 18 @ Phillies 4–5 Wagner (1-0) Biddle (0-1) 43,791 Citizens Bank Park 2–10
13 April 19 @ Mets 1–4 Yates (1-1) Ohka (0-3) Looper (3) 14,002 Shea Stadium 2–11
14 April 20 @ Mets 2–1 Day (1-1) Weathers (1-1) Biddle (3) 14,513 Shea Stadium 3–11
15 April 21 @ Mets 2–1 Hernández (1-2) Glavine (2-1) Biddle (4) 23,565 Shea Stadium 4–11
16 April 22 @ Mets 2–3 Trachsel (2-2) Bentz (0–1) Looper (4) 15,062 Shea Stadium 4–12
17 April 23 Phillies 6–8 Millwood (2-2) Bentz (0-2) Wagner (5) 30,112 Olympic Stadium 4–13
18 April 24 Phillies 0–7 Wolf (1-1) Ohka (0-4) 6,899 Olympic Stadium 4–14
19 April 25 Phillies 2–0 Day (2-1) Padilla (0-3) Biddle (5) 8,267 Olympic Stadium 5–14
20 April 26 @ Padres 2–3 Otsuka (1-1) Ayala (1-1) 25,438 Petco Park 5–15
21 April 27 @ Padres 0–3 Valdez (3-0) Patterson (1-2) Hoffman (4) 25,473 Petco Park 5–16
22 April 28 @ Padres 4–5 Osuna (1-0) Ayala (0-4) Hoffman (5) 24,079 Petco Park 5–17
23 April 29 @ Padres 1–2 Wells (1–2) Ohka (0–5) Hoffman (6) 21,689 Petco Park 5–18
24 April 30 @ Dodgers 4–13 Ishii (4–1) Day (2–2) 54,958 Dodger Stadium 5–19
May (11–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record
25 May 1 @ Dodgers 4–5 Mota (1–0) Ayala (0–5) Gagné (7) 52,900 Dodger Stadium 5–20
26 May 2 @ Dodgers 6–4 Kim (1–0) Nomo (3–3) 35,351 Dodger Stadium 6–20
27 May 4 Rockies 10–4 Vargas (2–1) Jennings (1–4) 4,001 Olympic Stadium 7–20
28 May 5 Rockies 0–2 Kennedy (4-0) Day (2-3) Chacón (7) 3,609 Olympic Stadium 7–21
29 May 6 Rockies 3–1 Hernández (2–2) Elarton (0–5) 8,851 Olympic Stadium 8–21
30 May 7 Cardinals 5–2 Kim (2–0) Morris (3–3) Biddle (6) 5,332 Olympic Stadium 9–21
31 May 8 Cardinals 2–0 Ohka (1–5) Marquis (1–3) Biddle (7) 5,611 Olympic Stadium 10–21
32 May 9 Cardinals 2–5 Carpenter (3–1) Vargas (2–2) Isringhausen (5) 12,301 Olympic Stadium 10–22
33 May 11 @ Brewers 5-8 (14) Burba (3-0) Tucker (0-1) 10,761 Miller Park 10-23
34 May 12 @ Brewers 3-4 Obermueller (2-1) Day (2-4) Kolb (7) 10,803 Miller Park 10-24
35 May 13 @ Brewers 4-7 Davis (3-2) Kim (2-18) Kolb (8) 14,972 Miller Park 10-25
36 May 14 @ Diamondbacks 4-3 Cordero (1-0) Valverde (0-1) Biddle (8) 27,188 Bank One Ballpark 11-25
37 May 15 @ Diamondbacks 5-0 Vargas (3-2) Daigle (2-2) 32,379 Bank One Ballpark 12-25
38 May 16 @ Diamondbacks 6-1 Hernández (3-2) Sparks (2-3) 32,629 Bank One Ballpark 13-25
39 May 18 vs. Brewers
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 3-2 Day (3-4) Davis (3-3) Biddle (9) 8,387 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14-25
40 May 19 vs. Brewers
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 3-6 Santos (2-0) Kim (2-2) Kolb (9) 8,157 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14-26
41 May 20 vs. Brewers
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2-3 Adams (2-0) Biddle (0-1) Kolb (10) 8,941 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14-27
42 May 21 vs. Giants
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 5-6 Franklin (1-0) Hernández (3-3) Herges (12) 14,325 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14-28
43 May 22 vs. Giants
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2-7 (11) Walker (3-0) Fikac (0-1) 16,836 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14-29
– May 23 vs. Giants
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 18 as part of a doubleheader at San Francisco
44 May 24 Braves 0-5 Thomson (3-2) Day (3-5) 4,675 Olympic Stadium 14-30
45 May 25 Braves 3-1 Ohka (2–5) Ramírez (2-4) Biddle (10) 4,235 Olympic Stadium 15-30
46 May 26 Braves 1-6 Ortiz (5-4) Hernández (3-4) 4,544 Olympic Stadium 15-31
47 May 28 Reds 6–7 Lidle (4–4) Vargas (3-3) Graves (22) 7,058 Olympic Stadium 15–32
48 May 29 Reds 1–4 Acevedo (3–3) Day (3-6) Graves (23) 7,913 Olympic Stadium 15–33
49 May 30 Reds 6–2 Ohka (3–5) Valentine (0–1) Cordero (1) 9,745 Olympic Stadium 16–33
50 May 31 @ Braves 2–8 Ortiz (6–4) Hernández (3–5) 24,945 Turner Field 16–34
June (10–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record
51 June 1 @ Braves 6–7 Almanza (1–1) Biddle (0–3) 20,271 Turner Field 16–35
52 June 2 @ Braves 8–4 Vargas (4–3) Hampton (1–6) 21,055 Turner Field 17–35
53 June 4 @ Reds 4–2 Day (4–6) Acevedo (3–4) Biddle (11) 32,701 Great American Ballpark 18–35
54 June 5 @ Reds 3–6 (10) Jones (4–1) Cordero (1–1) 40,545 Great American Ballpark 18–36
55 June 6 @ Reds 5–6 Matthews (1–0) Biddle (0–4) 31,814 Great American Ballpark 18–37
56 June 8 @ Royals 2–4 Greinke (1–1) Armas (0–1) Affeldt (7) 15,209 Kauffman Stadium 18–38
– June 9 @ Royals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 10 as part of a doubleheader
57 June 10 (1) @ Royals 8–0 Day (5–6) Reyes (2–1) [note 2] Kauffman Stadium 19–38
58 June 10 (2) @ Royals 7–2 Kim (3–2) Gobble (3–4) 16,891[note 2] Kauffman Stadium 20–38
59 June 11 @ Mariners 0–1 Guardado (2–0) Hernández (3–6) 32,826 Safeco Field 20–39
60 June 12 @ Mariners 0–3 Moyer (5–2) Vargas (4–4) Guardado (11) 36,562 Safeco Field 20–40
61 June 13 @ Mariners 1–8 Piñeiro (2–8) Armas (0–2) 43,339 Safeco Field 20–41
62 June 15 Twins 2–8 Santana (5–5) Day (5–7) 4,557 Olympic Stadium 20–42
63 June 16 Twins 4–5 (11) Rincón (8–3) Fikac (0–3) Nathan (17) 3,763 Olympic Stadium 20–43
64 June 17 Twins 4–6 Fultz (3–2) Hernández (3–7) Nathan (18) 10,044 Olympic Stadium 20–44
65 June 18 White Sox 7–11 Cotts (1–3) Ayala (0–6) Marte (3) 4,576 Olympic Stadium 20–45
66 June 19 White Sox 17–14 Fikac (1–2) Muñoz (0–1) Cordero (2) 18,414 Olympic Stadium 21–45
67 June 20 White Sox 4–2 Cordero (2–1) Garland (5–4) 6,546 Olympic Stadium 22–45
68 June 22 Phillies 5–2 Hernández (4–7) Myers (5–4) Cordero (3) 4,564 Olympic Stadium 23–45
69 June 23 Phillies 2–5 Millwood (5–5) Kim (3–3) Wagner (11) 4,209 Olympic Stadium 23–46
70 June 24 Phillies 3–2 Armas (1–2) Milton (9–2) Cordero (4) 11,655 Olympic Stadium 24–46
71 June 25 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Towers (2–2) Day (5–8) Frasor (7) 16,484 SkyDome 24–47
72 June 26 @ Blue Jays 5–10 Bastita (6–5) Downs (0–1) 23,875 SkyDome 24–48
73 June 27 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Hernández (5–7) Hentgen (2–8) 25,915 SkyDome 25–48
74 June 28 @ Phillies 6–14 Millwood (6–5) Kim (3–4) 39,444 Citizens Bank Park 25–49
75 June 29 @ Phillies 7–17 Milton (10–2) Hill (0–1) 35,390 Citizens Bank Park 25–50
76 June 30 @ Phillies 6–3 Horgan (1–0) Worrell (2–3) Cordero (5) 40,407 Citizens Bank Park 26–50
July (15–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record
77 July 1 @ Phillies 5–10 Wolf (3–3) Downs (0–2) 43,246 Citizens Bank Park 26–51
78 July 2 vs. Blue Jays
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2–0 Hernández (6–7) Bush (0–1) 8,220 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 27-51
79 July 3 vs. Blue Jays
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 0–2 Halladay (7–5) Armas (1–3) Frasor (8) 8,831 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 27-52
80 July 4 vs. Blue Jays
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 6–4 Hill (1–1) Lilly (7–5) Horgan (1) 8,279 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 28-52
81 July 5 vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 4–11 Byrd (2–1) Day (5–9) 13,122 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 28-53
82 July 6 vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 0–1 Ortiz (9–6) Downs (0–3) Smoltz (15) 7,697 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 28-54
83 July 7 vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2–14 Wright (6–5) Hernández (6–8) 8,534 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 28-55
84 July 8 vs. Pirates
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2–1 Ayala (1–6) Grabow (0–3) Cordero (6) 7,746 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 29-55
85 July 9 vs. Pirates
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 0–11 Burnett (3–2) Hill (1–2) 7,436 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 29-56
86 July 10 vs. Pirates
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 4–0 Biddle (1–4) Wells (4–6) 8,780 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 30-56
87 July 11 vs. Pirates
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		 2–1 Downs (1–3) Fogg (6–7) Cordero (7) 8,101 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 31-56
All–Star Break (July 12–14)
88 July 15 @ Braves 0–8 Wright (7–5) Hernández (6–9) 33,883 Turner Field 31-57
89 July 16 @ Braves 5–1 Horgan (2–0) Byrd (2–2) 26,424 Turner Field 32-57
90 July 17 @ Braves 2–6 Ortiz (11–6) Bentz (0–3) Smoltz (17) 34,296 Turner Field 32-58
91 July 18 @ Braves 5–16 Thompson (7–7) Downs (1–4) 23,952 Turner Field 32-59
92 July 19 @ Pirates 6–2 Horgan (3–0) Grabow (0–4) 14,787 PNC Park 33-59
93 July 20 @ Pirates 1–2 Burnett (4–2) Hernández (6–10) Mesa (26) 18,075 PNC Park 33-60
94 July 21 @ Mets 4–5 Moreno (3–1) Horgan (3–1) Looper (20) 30,227 PNC Park 33-61
95 July 22 @ Mets 4–1 Ayala (2–6) Franco (2–7) Cordero (8) 27,637 Shea Stadium 34-61
96 July 23 Marlins 2–1 Armas (2–3) Penny (8–8) Cordero (9) 6,407 Olympic Stadium 35-61
97 July 24 Marlins 6–2 Biddle (2–4) Willis (7–6) 7,229 Olympic Stadium 36-61
98 July 25 Marlins 6–4 Hernández (7–10) Wayne (3–3) Ayala (1) 9,688 Olympic Stadium 37-61
99 July 26 Mets 19–10 Ayala (3–6) Erickson (0–1) 6,643 Olympic Stadium 38-61
100 July 27 Mets 2–4 Glavine (8–8) Day (5–10) Looper (21) 7,147 Olympic Stadium 38-62
101 July 28 Mets 7–4 Tucker (1–1) Seo (4–7) Cordero (10) 6,852 Olympic Stadium 39-62
102 July 29 Mets 1–10 Leiter (7–3) Biddle (2–5) 20,042 Olympic Stadium 39-63
103 July 30 @ Marlins 9–0 Hernández (8–10) Beckett (4–6) 16,441 Pro Player Stadium 40-63
104 July 31 @ Marlins 8–5 Biddle (3–5) Manzanillo (3–3) Cordero (11) 21,562 Pro Player Stadium 41-63
August (15-13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record
– August 1 @ Marlins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 14 as part of a doubleheader
105 August 3 @ Cardinals 10–6 (12) Cordero (3–1) Haren (0–2) 33,696 Busch Memorial Stadium 42-63
106 August 4 @ Cardinals 4–5 Tavárez (3–3) Cordero (3–2) 35,779 Busch Memorial Stadium 42-64
107 August 5 @ Cardinals 1–2 Carpenter (12–4) Ayala (3–7) Isringhausen (28) 31,961 Busch Memorial Stadium 42-65
108 August 6 @ Astros 0–4 Oswalt (12–8) Biddle (3–6) 35,921 Minute Maid Park 42-66
109 August 7 @ Astros 8–3 Rauch (2–1) Weathers (6–6) 39,840 Minute Maid Park 43-66
110 August 8 @ Astros 5–2 Tucker (2–1) Clemens (12–4) 38,407 Minute Maid Park 44-66
111 August 10 Diamondbacks 4–0 Hernández (9–10) Johnson (11–10) 8,386 Olympic Stadium 45-66
112 August 11 Diamondbacks 7–3 Patterson (2–2) Webb (4–14) 5,089 Olympic Stadium 46-66
113 August 12 Diamondbacks 7–5 Ayala (4–7) Cormier (1–4) Cordero (12) 14,639 Olympic Stadium 47-66
114 August 13 Astros 6–5 (12) Vargas (5–4) Harville (0–2) 8,593 Olympic Stadium 48-66
115 August 14 Astros 8–3 Tucker (3–1) Hernández (0–1) 11,929 Olympic Stadium 49-66
116 August 15 Astros 4–5 Miceli (5–6) Ayala (4–8) Lidge (13) 13,528 Olympic Stadium 49-67
117 August 16 @ Giants 5–8 Christiansen (3–2) Cordero (3–3) Hermanson (4) 39,545 SBC Park 49-68
118 August 17 @ Giants 4–5 Hermanson (5–5) Ayala (4–9) 39,511 SBC Park 49-69
119 August 18 (1) @ Giants 6–2 Biddle (4–6) Hennessey (1–2) [note 3] SBC Park 50-69
120 August 18 (2) @ Giants 4–14 Franklin (2–0) Tucker (3–2) 42,296[note 3] SBC Park 50-70
121 August 20 @ Rockies 4–3 Ayala (5–9) Fuentes (1–3) Cordero (13) 32,707 Coors Field 51-70
122 August 21 @ Rockies 2–5 Kennedy (6–5) Hernández (9–11) 33,225 Coors Field 51-71
123 August 22 @ Rockies 8–2 Patterson (3–2) Jennings (11–11) 26,833 Coors Field 52-71
124 August 23 Dodgers 8–7 Cordero (4–3) Carrara (3–1) 8,639 Olympic Stadium 53-71
125 August 24 Dodgers 2–10 Ishii (12–6) Biddle (4–7) 8,109 Olympic Stadium 53-72
126 August 25 Dodgers 6–3 Horgan (4–1) Lima (11–4) Ayala (2) 7,570 Olympic Stadium 54-72
127 August 26 Dodgers 3–10 Weaver (12–10) Hernández (9–12) 18,520 Olympic Stadium 54-73
128 August 27 Padres 10–3 Downs (2–4) Tankersley (0–4) 8,165 Olympic Stadium 55-73
129 August 28 Padres 2–5 Peavy (11–3) Patterson (3–3) Hoffman (33) 15,450 Olympic Stadium 55-74
130 August 29 Padres 3–11 Wells (9–7) Kim (3–5) 12,181 Olympic Stadium 55-75
131 August 30 Cubs 2–5 Maddux (13–8) Biddle (4–8) Hawkins (20) 8,122 Olympic Stadium 55-76
132 August 31 Cubs 8–0 Hernández (10–12) Prior (4–4) 7,162 Olympic Stadium 56-76
September (9-18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadiuum Record
133 September 1 Cubs 1–2 (11) Hawkins (4–4) Vargas (5–5) 5,837 Olympic Stadium 56-77
134 September 3 Braves 1–7 Byrd (6–4) Downs (2–5) 8,617 Olympic Stadium 56-78
135 September 4 Braves 0–9 Ortiz (14–7) Patterson (3–4) 9,772 Olympic Stadium 56-79
136 September 5 Braves 4–3 (12) Tucker (4–2) Cruz (4–2) 10,015 Olympic Stadium 57-79
137 September 6 @ Cubs 1–9 Zambrano (13–8) Armas (2–4) 38,807 Wrigley Field 57-80
138 September 7 @ Cubs 7–6 (12) Cordero (5–3) Wellemeyer (1–1) Horgan (2) 38,321 Wrigley Field 58-80
139 September 8 @ Cubs 6–0 Downs (3–5) Maddux (13–9) 38,379 Wrigley Field 59-80
140 September 10 @ Braves 3–4 Thomson (11–8) Patterson (3–5) Smoltz (37) 22,086 Turner Field 59-81
141 September 11 @ Braves 1–8 Cruz (5–2) Hernández (10–13) 28,860 Turner Field 59-82
142 September 12 @ Braves 8–9 (12) Cruz (6–2) Ayala (5–10) 25,865 Turner Field 59-83
143 September 13 vs. Marlins
@ Chicago[note 4]		 3–6 Perisho (5–2) Majewski (0–1) 4,003 U.S. Cellular Field 59-84
144 September 14 (1) vs. Marlins
@ Chicago[note 4]		 6–8 Seánez (5–2) Ayala (5–11) Mota (4) 5,457 U.S. Cellular Field 59-85
– September 14 (2) @ Marlins Postponed (Hurricane Ivan) Rescheduled for September 15 as part of a doubleheader [note 5]
145 September 15 (1) @ Marlins 6–2 Patterson (4–5) Pavano (17–6) [note 6] Pro Player Stadium 60-85
146 September 15 (2) @ Marlins 10–4 Rauch (3–1) Bump (2–4) 12,608[note 6] Pro Player Stadium 61-85
147 September 16 @ Marlins 3–4 Willis (10–9) Hernández (10–14) Benítez (42) 17,219 Pro Player Stadium 61-86
148 September 17 @ Phillies 12–8 Ayala (6–11) Worrell (4–6) 35,498 Citizens Bank Park 63-86
149 September 18 @ Phillies 6–5 (14) Cordero (6–3) Myers (9–10) Beltran (1) 38,650 Citizens Bank Park 63-86
150 September 19 @ Phillies 2–7 Floyd (2–0) Downs (3–6) 42,603 Citizens Bank Park 63-87
151 September 21 Mets 6–1 Hernández (11–14) Leiter (9–8) 3,839 Olympic Stadium 64-87
152 September 22 Mets 2–3 Fortunato (1–0) Ayala (6–12) Looper (26) 3,664 Olympic Stadium 64-88
153 September 23 Mets 2–4 Glavine (10–13) Ohka (3–6) Looper (27) 11,142 Olympic Stadium 64-89
154 September 24 Phillies 8–1 Kim (4–5) Myers (9–11) 5,481 Olympic Stadium 65-89
155 September 25 Phillies 3–4 (10) Worrell (5–6) Eischen (0–1) Wagner (19) 8,491 Olympic Stadium 65-90
156 September 26 Phillies 1–2 Lidle (11–12) Hernández (11–15) Wagner (20) 12,382 Olympic Stadium 65-91
157 September 27 Marlins 1–4 Beckett (8–9) Patterson (4–6) Benítez (45) 3,923 Olympic Stadium 65-92
158 September 28 Marlins 2–5 Valdez (14–8) Ohka (3–7) Benítez (46) 5,416 Olympic Stadium 65-93
159 September 29 Marlins 1–9 Pavano (18–8) Kim (4–6) 31,395 Olympic Stadium 65-94
October (2-1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record
160 October 1 @ Mets 4–2 Rauch (4–1) Feliciano (1–1) Cordero (14) 29,273 Shea Stadium 66-94
161 October 2 @ Mets 6–3 Cordero (7–3) Looper (2–5) Majewski (1) 30,147 Shea Stadium 67-94
162 October 3 @ Mets 1–8 Glavine (11–14) Patterson (4–7) 33,569 Shea Stadium 67-95

Notable transactions

Roster

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Final days

  • September 29, 2004: Hours after the announcement of the impending move to Washington, D.C., the Expos played their final game in Montreal, a 9–1 loss to the Florida Marlins before 31,395 fans at Olympic Stadium. On that day the MLB officially recognized the 1994 Expos as "The Best Team in Baseball" with a banner for the center field wall, (ironically that banner only lasted one game as it was the last Expos game in Montreal). The game was almost forfeited in the 8th inning when Expos fans threw golf balls onto the field in hopes of making the game longer.
  • October 2, 2004: The Expos earned their last win before becoming the Nationals, defeating the New York Mets 6–3. Brad Wilkerson hit the last home run in Expos history in the ninth inning, his 32nd of the year.
  • October 3, 2004: The New York Mets defeated Montreal 8–1 at Shea Stadium, in the final game as the Montreal Expos. Jamey Carroll scored the last Expos run and Endy Chávez became the final Expo batter in history when he grounded out in the top of the ninth to end the game. Coincidentally, Shea Stadium was where the Expos had played their first-ever game, in 1969.

The final game in Montreal

Banner raised during Montreal's final game in Olympic Stadium on September 29, 2004.

Scorecard

September 29, Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 15 1
Montreal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
W: Pavano (18-8)  L: Kim (4-6)   HRs: Cabrera (32)
Attendance: 31,395 Time:2:39

Batting

Florida Marlins AB R H RBI Montreal Expos AB R H RBI
Juan Pierre, CF 5 0 2 2 Brad Wilkerson, 1B 2 0 1 0
Paul Lo Duca, C 4 0 0 0 Labandeira, 2B 2 0 0 0
Matt Treanor PH,C 1 0 0 0 Izturis SS 4 0 0 0
Miguel Cabrera IF 4 2 1 1 Tony Batista 3B 2 1 1 0
Mike Lowell 3B 4 1 3 0 Pascucci 1B 2 0 0 0
Mordecai 3B 1 0 0 0 Terrmel Sledge lF 4 0 0 0
Jeff Conine 1B 5 2 3 1 Rivera CF 3 0 3 1
Aguila RF 5 1 1 0 Ryan Church RF 3 0 1 0
Luis Castillo 2B 2 2 1 1 Einar Díaz C 3 0 1 0
Damion Easley PH,2B 2 0 1 0 Harris 2B,3B 3 0 0 0
Álex González SS 5 1 2 2 Kim P 0 0 0 0
Carl Pavano P 4 0 1 1 Gary Majewski P 1 0 0 0
David Weathers P 0 0 0 0 Tucker P 0 0 0 0
Seanez P 0 0 0 0 Jamey Carroll PH 1 0 0 0
Horgan p 0 0 0 0
Beltran, p 0 0 0 0
Chavez, ph 1 0 0 0
Cordero, p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 15 8 Totals 31 1 7 1

Pitching

Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano, W (18-8) 7.0 7 1 1 0 3
Weathers 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Seanez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 1 1 0 4
Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Kim, L (4-6) 2.0 5 5 2 1 1
Majewski 2.1 2 2 2 1 1
Tucker 0.2 4 2 2 0 1
Horgan 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Beltran 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Cordero 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 15 9 6 2 8

The final game as the Expos

Scorecard

October 3, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
New York 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 x 8 11 1
W: Tom Glavine (11-14)  L: John Patterson (4-7)   HRs: David Wright (14), Todd Zeile (9)
Attendance: 33,569 Time:3:10

Batting

Montreal Expos AB R H RBI New York Mets AB R H RBI
Wilkerson, 1b 3 0 0 0 Reyes, ss 4 2 1 0
Chavez, cf 1 0 0 0 Matsui, 2b 4 0 1 1
Carroll, 2b 2 1 0 0 Bell, p 0 0 0 0
Pascucci rf,1b 4 0 3 0 Franco, p 0 0 0 0
Sledge, lf 3 0 2 1 Delgado, ph 1 0 1 1
Church cf,rf 4 0 0 0 Hietpas, c 0 0 0 0
Diaz, c 4 0 0 0 Wright, 3b 3 1 2 3
Harris, 3b 3 0 0 0 Piazza, 1b 2 0 1 0
Labandeira, ss 4 0 0 0 Brazell, 1b 2 0 0 0
Patterson, p 2 0 0 0 Cameron, cf 4 0 0 0
Vargas, p 0 0 0 0 Valent, lf 4 1 2 0
Batista, ph 1 0 0 0 Williams, lf 0 0 0 0
Rauch, p 0 0 0 0 Diaz, rf 4 1 1 0
Beltran, p 0 0 0 0 Zeile, c 3 1 1 3
Izturis, ph 1 0 0 0 Garcia, ph 1 1 1 0
Fortunato, p 0 0 0 0
Glavine, p 0 1 0 0
Keppinger ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 33 8 11 8

Pitching

Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson, L (4-7) 4.1 4 4 4 3 3
Vargas 1.2 3 3 3 0 1
Rauch 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Beltran 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
TOTALS 8.0 11 8 8 4 6
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine, W, (11-14) 6.0 3 1 1 4 5
Bell 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Franco 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Fortunato 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
TOTALS 9.0 5 1 1 5 9

Attendance

Including both games played in Montreal and "home" games played in San Juan, the Expos drew 749,550 fans during the 2004 season, and were 16th in attendance among the 16 National League teams. Their highest attendance for the season was for their final game in Montreal on September 29, which attracted 31,395 fans to see them play the Florida Marlins, while their lowest was for a game in Montreal on May 5 against the Colorado Rockies, which drew only 3,609 fans. For games played in San Juan, the largest crowd was 16,836 for a game against the San Francisco Giants on May 22, and the smallest was a crowd of 7,436 that came to a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 9.

The Expos lost one home date during the season, when the May 23 "home" game at San Juan against the Giants was rained out and rescheduled to be played as an away game in San Francisco as part of a single-admission doubleheader on August 18. The doubleheader drew 42,296.

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
C Brian Schneider 135 436 40 112 20 3 12 49 .257 0
1B Brad Wilkerson 160 572 112 146 39 2 32 67 .255 13
2B José Vidro 110 412 51 121 24 0 14 60 .294 3
SS Orlando Cabrera 103 390 41 96 19 2 4 31 .246 12
3B Tony Batista 157 606 76 146 30 2 32 110 .241 14
LF Termel Sledge 133 398 45 107 20 6 15 62 .269 3
CF Endy Chávez 132 502 65 139 20 6 5 34 .277 32
RF Juan Rivera 134 391 48 120 24 1 12 49 .307 6
1B Nick Johnson 73 251 35 63 16 0 7 33 .251 6
2B Jamey Carroll 102 218 36 63 14 2 0 16 .289 5
C Einar Díaz 55 139 9 31 6 1 1 11 .223 2
SS Alex Gonzalez 35 133 19 32 7 0 4 16 .241 1
OF Carl Everett 39 127 8 32 10 0 2 14 .252 0
SS Maicer Izturis 32 107 10 22 5 2 1 4 .206 4
OF Ron Calloway 46 84 4 14 2 0 1 10 .167 2
UT Valentino Pascucci 32 62 6 11 1 0 2 6 .177 1
OF Ryan Church 30 63 6 11 1 0 1 6 .175 0
UT Matt Cepicky 32 60 4 13 4 0 1 3 .217 1
IF Brendan Harris 20 50 4 8 2 0 1 2 .160 0
UT Henry Mateo 40 44 3 12 2 0 0 0 .273 2
CF Peter Bergeron 11 42 2 9 0 0 0 1 .214 0
IF Andy Fox 34 43 2 4 0 0 1 1 .093 0
1B Luis Lopez 11 26 0 4 0 0 0 3 .154 0
MI Josh Labandeira 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Liván Hernández 34 81 2 20 7 0 1 10 .247 0
P John Patterson 19 33 0 4 0 0 0 1 .121 0
P Zach Day 17 29 1 1 0 0 1 1 .034 0
P Sun-woo Kim 41 28 1 6 2 0 0 5 .214 0
P Claudio Vargas 42 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 .045 0
P Tomo Ohka 14 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 .080 1
P Scott Downs 11 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 .067 0
P Tony Armas Jr. 15 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Rocky Biddle 44 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P T. J. Tucker 51 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 .083 0
P Luis Ayala 79 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 .333 0
P Jon Rauch 9 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 .167 0
P Joe Horgan 45 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 0
P Joey Eischen 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .667 0
P Chad Cordero 67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Shawn Hill 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Chad Bentz 35 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
P Francis Beltrán 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
P Gary Majewski 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Roy Corcoran 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Rigo Beltrán 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Jeremy Fikac 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Team Totals 162 5474 635 1361 276 27 151 605 .249 109

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
SP Liván Hernández 11 15 3.60 35 35 0 255.0 234 105 102 83 186
SP Zach Day 5 10 3.93 19 19 0 116.2 117 53 51 45 61
SP John Patterson 4 7 5.03 19 19 0 98.1 100 58 55 46 99
SP Tomo Ohka 3 7 3.40 15 15 0 84.2 98 40 32 20 38
SP Tony Armas Jr. 2 4 4.88 16 16 0 72.0 66 41 39 45 54
SP Scott Downs 3 6 5.14 12 12 0 63.0 79 47 36 23 38
CL Chad Cordero 7 3 2.94 69 0 14 82.2 68 28 27 43 84
RP Luis Ayala 6 12 2.69 81 0 2 90.1 92 30 27 15 63
RP Rocky Biddle 4 8 6.92 47 9 11 78.0 98 69 60 31 51
RP T. J. Tucker 4 2 3.72 54 1 0 67.2 73 28 28 17 44
RP Joe Horgan 4 1 3.15 47 0 2 40.0 35 18 14 22 30
Sun-woo Kim 4 6 4.58 43 17 0 135.2 145 80 69 55 87
Claudio Vargas 5 5 5.25 45 14 0 118.1 120 75 69 64 89
Chad Bentz 0 3 5.86 36 0 0 27.2 23 19 18 23 18
Jeremy Fikac 1 2 5.40 19 0 0 25.0 26 16 15 13 22
Jon Rauch 3 0 1.54 9 2 0 23.1 14 4 4 7 18
Gary Majewski 0 1 3.86 16 0 1 21.0 28 15 9 5 12
Joey Eischen 0 1 3.93 21 0 0 18.1 16 10 8 8 17
Francis Beltrán 0 0 7.53 11 0 1 14.1 20 12 12 5 8
Shawn Hill 1 2 16.00 3 3 0 9.0 17 16 16 7 10
Roy Corcoran 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 5.1 7 4 4 5 4
Rigo Beltrán 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Team Totals 67 95 4.33 162 162 31 1447.0 1477 769 696 582 1032

Awards and honors

League leaders

  • Liván Hernández, National League Leader, Complete Games, 9
  • Liván Hernández, National League Leader, Innings Pitched, 255.0
  • Liván Hernández, National League Leader, 3,927 pitches thrown

All-Stars

2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Relocation to Washington

After several years in a holding pattern, MLB began actively looking for a relocation site for the Expos. Some of the choices included Orlando, Florida; Dayton, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Washington, D.C.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Monterrey, Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Northern Virginia; Norfolk, Virginia; and Charlotte, North Carolina. In the decision-making process, Commissioner Bud Selig added Las Vegas, Nevada to the list of potential Expos homes.

On September 29, 2004, MLB officially announced that the Expos would move to Washington, D.C. in 2005. The move was approved by the owners of the other teams in a 28–1 vote on December 3 (Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos cast the sole dissenting vote). In addition, on November 15, 2004, a lawsuit by the former team owners against MLB and former majority owner Jeffrey Loria was struck down by arbitrators, ending legal moves to keep the Expos in Montreal.

Retired numbers ceremony

As a tribute to the Expos, on October 18, 2005, the Montreal Canadiens honoured the departed team by raising an Expos commemorative banner, which lists the retired numbers, to the rafters of the Bell Centre. Gary Carter and Andre Dawson were at the ceremony with Youppi, who was now the Canadiens mascot. The Banner featured all of the Expos retired numbers:

Expos in the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor

On August 10, 2010, the Washington Nationals formally presented a new "Ring of Honor" at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., to honor Major League Baseball Hall of Fame players with ties to the Washington Nationals, original Washington Senators, expansion Washington Senators, Homestead Grays, or Montreal Expos. Gary Carter and Andre Dawson were the former Expos honored in the Ring of Honor on that day. The Expos logo appears next to their names in the Ring of Honor.[9] On May 9, 2015, the Nationals added former Expos (2002–2004) and Nationals (2005–2006) manager Frank Robinson to the Ring of Honor at Nationals Park.[10]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Dave Huppert
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Dave Machemer
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Tim Raines
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Bob Henley
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League José Alguacil
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Arturo DeFreites

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2004 season counted as Expos home games.
  2. ^ a b The two games on June 10 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  3. ^ a b The two games on August 18 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  4. ^ a b Played at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, because of the threat posed to Miami by Hurricane Ivan. The games counted as Florida Marlins home games.
  5. ^ A make-up game for a rain-out on August 1, this game originally was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on September 14 at Florida. The threat posed to the Miami, area by Hurricane Ivan prompted Major League Baseball to move the first two games (on September 13 and 14) of the five-game Florida Marlins series against the Expos to U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, and on September 14 Florida and Montreal played only the originally scheduled game for that date at U.S. Cellular Field. The second game of the September 14 doubleheader was rescheduled to September 15 as part of a doubleheader when the Marlins returned to Florida to host the Expos for the remaining three games of the series.
  6. ^ a b The two games on September 15 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.

References

  1. ^ "Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, PR". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Nick Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Tony Batista page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Luis Lopez page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Montreal Expos at Florida Marlins Box Score, April 6, 2004, at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ 2004 Montreal Expos Schedule at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Orlando Cabrera page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Alex Gonzalez page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "Press Release: "Washington Nationals pay tribute to Hall of Famers with Ring of Honor," August 10, 2010 3:22 PM EDT". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  10. ^ Janes, Chelsea, "Frank Robinson inducted into Nationals Ring of Honor," washingtonpost.com, May 9, 2015.
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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