2004 Montreal Expos season

The 2004 Montreal Expos season was the Expos′ 36th and final season in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team finished in fifth and last place in the National League East at 67-95, 29 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves. After the season, the team – which had played in Montreal since its foundation as an expansion franchise in 1969 – relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals, as Major League Baseball returned to Washington for the 2005 season after a 33-season absence.

Offseason

December 16, 2003: The Expos traded Javier Vázquez to the New York Yankees for Nick Johnson, Randy Choate, and Juan Rivera.
January 6, 2004: The Expos signed Tony Batista as a free agent.
January 8, 2004: The Expos signed Luis Lopez as a free agent.
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

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Source

Notable transactions

June 11, 2004: The Expos released Luis Lopez.
July 31, 2004: The Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox as part of a four-team deal. The Chicago Cubs sent Brendan Harris, Alex Gonzalez, and Francis Beltrán to the Expos. The Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Cubs. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Red Sox. The Cubs sent minor-league player Justin Jones to the Twins.
September 16, 2004: The Expos sent Alex Gonzalez to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
Roster

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,. 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

Scorecard

September 29, Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec

Batting

Pitching

Montreal Expos	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Kim, L	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

Batting

Pitching

New York Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Glavine, W,	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 .

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C		135	436	40	112	20	3	12	49	.257	0
1B		160	572	112	146	39	2	32	67	.255	13
2B		110	412	51	121	24	0	14	60	.294	3
SS		103	390	41	96	19	2	4	31	.246	12
3B		157	606	76	146	30	2	32	110	.241	14
LF		133	398	45	107	20	6	15	62	.269	3
CF		132	502	65	139	20	6	5	34	.277	32
RF		134	391	48	120	24	1	12	49	.307	6
1B		73	251	35	63	16	0	7	33	.251	6
2B		102	218	36	63	14	2	0	16	.289	5
C		55	139	9	31	6	1	1	11	.223	2
SS		35	133	19	32	7	0	4	16	.241	1
OF		39	127	8	32	10	0	2	14	.252	0
SS		32	107	10	22	5	2	1	4	.206	4
OF		46	84	4	14	2	0	1	10	.167	2
UT		32	62	6	11	1	0	2	6	.177	1
OF		30	63	6	11	1	0	1	6	.175	0
UT		32	60	4	13	4	0	1	3	.217	1
IF		20	50	4	8	2	0	1	2	.160	0
UT		40	44	3	12	2	0	0	0	.273	2
CF		11	42	2	9	0	0	0	1	.214	0
IF		34	43	2	4	0	0	1	1	.093	0
1B		11	26	0	4	0	0	0	3	.154	0
MI		7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		34	81	2	20	7	0	1	10	.247	0
P		19	33	0	4	0	0	0	1	.121	0
P		17	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	.034	0
P		41	28	1	6	2	0	0	5	.214	0
P		42	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.045	0
P		14	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	.080	1
P		11	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.067	0
P		15	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		44	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		51	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
P		79	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	.333	0
P		9	6	1	1	0	0	1	2	.167	0
P		45	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	0
P		22	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	.667	0
P		67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		35	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
P		11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
P		16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
	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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Complete pitching statistics are available

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
SP		11	15	3.60	35	35	0	255.0	105	102	83	186
SP		5	10	3.93	19	19	0	116.2	53	51	45	61
SP		4	7	5.03	19	19	0	98.1	58	55	46	99
SP		3	7	3.40	15	15	0	84.2	40	32	20	38
SP		2	4	4.88	16	16	0	72.0	41	39	45	54
SP		3	6	5.14	12	12	0	63.0	47	36	23	38
CL		7	3	2.94	69	0	14	82.2	28	27	43	84
RP		6	12	2.69	81	0	2	90.1	30	27	15	63
RP		4	8	6.92	47	9	11	78.0	69	60	31	51
RP		4	2	3.72	54	1	0	67.2	28	28	17	44
RP		4	1	3.15	47	0	2	40.0	18	14	22	30
		4	6	4.58	43	17	0	135.2	80	69	55	87
		5	5	5.25	45	14	0	118.1	75	69	64	89
		0	3	5.86	36	0	0	27.2	19	18	23	18
		1	2	5.40	19	0	0	25.0	16	15	13	22
		3	0	1.54	9	2	0	23.1	4	4	7	18
		0	1	3.86	16	0	1	21.0	15	9	5	12
		0	1	3.93	21	0	0	18.1	10	8	8	17
		0	0	7.53	11	0	1	14.1	12	12	5	8
		1	2	16.00	3	3	0	9.0	16	16	7	10
		0	0	6.75	5	0	0	5.1	4	4	5	4
		0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0.2	1	1	0	0
	Totals	67	95	4.33	162	162	31	1447.0	769	696	582	1032

Awards and honors

Liván Hernández, Silver Slugger Award
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

Liván Hernández, Pitcher, Reserve
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. 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:

8 Gary Carter, C, 1974-84 & 1992
10 Andre Dawson, OF, 1977–86 and Rusty Staub, OF, 1969-71 & 1979
30 Tim Raines, OF, 1979-90 & 2001
42 Jackie Robinson
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. On May 9, 2015, the Nationals added former Expos and Nationals manager Frank Robinson to the Ring of Honor at Nationals Park.

Farm system

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2004 Montreal Expos season

Offseason

Spring training

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Notable transactions

Roster

Final days

The final game in Montreal

Scorecard

Batting

Pitching

The final game as the Expos

Scorecard

Batting

Pitching

Attendance

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Awards and honors

League leaders

All-Stars

Relocation to Washington

Retired numbers ceremony

Expos in the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor

Farm system