1983 Montreal Expos season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Montreal Expos
season = 1983
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1969
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Olympic Stadium
y4 = 1983
city = Montreal
y5 = 1969
owners = Charles Bronfman
managers = Bill Virdon
television = CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
radio = CFCF
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (AM)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)|

Offseason

*December 23, 1982: Woodie Fryman was signed as a free agent with the Expos. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymawo01.shtml Woodie Fryman page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Expos by the Seattle Mariners. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phelpke01.shtml Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

*On April 17, 1983, Andre Dawson became Nolan Ryan’s 3500th strikeout. [http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan ] ]
*On April 27, 1983, Nolan Ryan struck out Brad Mills to break Walter Johnson's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan’s career.

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*June 6, 1983: Cliff Young was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngcl01.shtml Cliff Young page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 18, 1983: Sergio Valdez was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valdese01.shtml]
*August 17, 1983: Don Carter (minors) and $300,000 were traded by the Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Manny Trillo. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trillma01.shtml Manny Trillo page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Award Winners

*Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove
*Tim Raines, National League Stolen Base Leader, 90 [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac ] ] 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1983.shtml 1983 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=MON 1983 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]