MONTREAL EXPOS TRIVIA QUIZ

  1. Who was the first Expos player ever, to bat in a major league game?
  2. Which pitcher did the Expos reject in a 1969 trade for Donn Clendenon?
  3. Besides Stoneman himself, who was the only Expos player to appear in both of Bill Stoneman’s no-hitters?
  4. The Expos switched to polyester uniforms prior to the 1973 season because one of their players was allergic to wool. Name him.
  5. Which former Montreal Royal was slated to replace Gene Mauch as manager?
  6. Two Expos shortstops both hit for the cycle in an Expos uniform. Name them.
  7. Who hit the first home run in Olympic Stadium?
  8. Who was the first Hall of Famer to play for the Expos?
  9. Who was the most recent Expos player to win the Rookie of the Year Award?
  10. When Ross Grimsley won 20 games for the Expos in 1978, whose single season team record was he breaking?
  11. Which member of the 1979 Expos proclaimed himself as captain of the BUS Squad?
  12. Which Expos set the record for most stolen bases in a season for teammates?
  13. Which Expos pitcher struck out the most batters in any game pitched by a rookie?
  14. What three Expos played as many as 13 seasons with the team?
  15. Who drove in the GW-RBI when the Expos clinched their first playoff berth?
  16. Who led the Expos in hitting during the 1981 Championship Series?
  17. Who was the only Expos reserve player selected to the 1982 All-Star Game?
  18. Who was the second Expos pitcher to start an All-Star Game?
  19. Which prospect did the Expos trade to Baltimore in 1986 for Dennis Martinez?
  20. Whose home run was the first to hit the Olympic Stadium roof?
  21. Who broke the tie in the longest extra-inning game in Expos history?
  22. When Denis Boucher pitched his first game for the Montreal Expos on September 6, 1993, what was the name of his equally Canadian catcher?
  23. Which Expo was the second pitcher (after Harvey Haddix) to retire more than 27 consecutive batters in a game?
  24. Who was the most recent major league free agent signed by the Expos (as of 2002)?
  25. Which Expos pitcher surrendered Mark McGwire’s 70th home run of the 1998 season?

CRYPTIC CLUES

  1. He finished the 1969 season with his first team in the major leagues.
  2. He and Steve Renko were teammates in the Mets farm system.
  3. He was the first Expos player to be named to the Topps All-Rookie team.
  4. He was the Most Valuable Oriole of 1979.
  5. He later managed four All-Star teams, including one in Montreal.
  6. One was traded for the other.
  7. He was considered to be the best natural talent developed in the Expos farm system.
  8. He was a rookie the year Duke Snider retired.
  9. He also won an MVP award, but not with the Expos.
  10. Originally signed by the Braves, he was traded back to Atlanta for Pat Jarvis prior to the 1973 season?
  11. He was later a broadcaster for the Expos.
  12. They were traded to the Expos, respectively, for Dan Schatzeder and Sam Mejias.
  13. He was a teammate of Warren Cromartie both in Japan and with the Expos.
  14. They were all members of the Expos only Championship team.
  15. He is now a coach on a team managed by a former Expo (2002).
  16. He won the All Star Game MVP that season.
  17. He won a batting title for the Expos.
  18. A righthander, he was their Opening Day starter in 1984.
  19. He was a backup infielder for the Blue Jays in 1991.
  20. He won World Series rings for both New York teams.
  21. He was a World Series MVP, but not for the Dodgers.
  22. His high school history teacher was former Tiger Reno Bertoia.
  23. When the Expos acquired him prior to the 1994 season, he was one of the most notorious beanball pitchers in the National League.
  24. He was the Expos Player of the Year in 1988.
  25. He was traded to the Expos for Pedro Martinez.
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