1991 Montreal Expos season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Montreal Expos
season = 1991
misc = Dennis Martinez throws a Perfect Game


current league = National League
y1 = 1969
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Olympic Stadium
y4 = 1977
city = Montreal
y5 = 1969
owners = Claude Brochu
managers = Buck Rodgers, Tom Runnells
television = CBC 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)
radio = CFCF
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)
CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Pierre Arsenault)|

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.

Offseason

* November 15, 1990: Scott Service was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* December 23, 1990: Tim Raines was traded by the Montreal Expos with a player to be named later and Jeff Carter to the Chicago White Sox for Iván Calderón and Barry Jones. The Montreal Expos sent Mario Brito (minors) (February 15, 1991) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 15, 1991: Ron Hassey signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml Ron Hassey Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 27, 1991: Rick Mahler signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mahleri01.shtml Rick Mahler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* March 30, 1991: Mike Aldrete was released by the Montreal Expos. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aldremi01.shtml Mike Aldrete Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

*On May 23, 1991, Tommy Greene of the Philadelphia Phillies threw a no-hitter against the Montreal Expos. [ [http://www.baseball1.com/bb-data/bbd-nhg.html No Hitters Since 1970 - The Baseball Archive ] ]

*July 26, 1991 - Mark Gardner pitched 9 innings of no-hit baseball against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. It was tied at nothing-all 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. Final out 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.

Opening Day Starters

* Oil Can Boyd
* Iván Calderón
* Delino DeShields
* Andres Galarraga
* Dave Martinez
* Spike Owen
* Gilberto Reyes
* Larry Walker
* Tim Wallach

eason standings

Notable transactions

*April 1, 1991: Otis Nixon was traded by the Montreal Expos with Boi Rodriguez (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and Jimmy Kremers. The Atlanta Braves sent Keith Morrison (minors) (June 3, 1991) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nixonot01.shtml Otis Nixon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* June 3, 1991: Cliff Floyd was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1991. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floydcl01.shtml Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 3, 1991: Kirk Rueter was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1991. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rueteki01.shtml]
*June 4, 1991: Kenny Williams was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Toronto Blue Jays. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willike02.shtml Kenny Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* June 10, 1991: Rick Mahler was released by the Montreal Expos.
* July 15, 1991: Ron Darling was traded by the New York Mets with Mike Thomas to the Montreal Expos for Tim Burke. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darliro01.shtml Ron Darling Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 19, 1991: Scott Service was purchased by the Chunichi Dragons (Japan Central) from the Montreal Expos.
* July 21, 1991: Oil Can Boyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later, Jonathan Hurst, and Joey Eischen. The Texas Rangers sent Travis Buckley (minors) (September 1, 1991) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boydoi01.shtml Oil Can Boyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* July 31, 1991: Ron Darling was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Grott and Russell Cormier (minors).

The Perfect Game

On July 28 1991, Dennis Martinez became the first Latin-born pitcher to throw a perfect game, the 13th in major league history, against the Los Angeles Dodgers. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Baseball's Perfect Games: Dennis Martinez, Montreal Expos | date= | publisher=The BASEBALL Page.com | url =http://www.thebaseballpage.com/stats/lists_feats/perfect_games.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-08-21 | language = ]

corecard

July 28, Dodger Stadium, Chávez Ravine, California

Starting pitchers

Award Winners

* Marquis Grissom, National League Stolen Base Leader, 76 [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac ] ]
* Dennis Martinez, National League ERA Champion, 2.39
* Dennis Martinez, Pitcher of the Month, July

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Iván Calderón, Outfield, Starter
* Dennis Martinez, Pitcher, Reserve

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1991.shtml 1991 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1991&t=MON 1991 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]