1978 Montreal Expos season

Offseason

• October 25, 1977: Bombo Rivera was purchased from the Expos by the Minnesota Twins.
• November 10, 1977: Darold Knowles was purchased by the Expos from the Texas Rangers.
• December 7, 1977: Joe Kerrigan, Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse were traded by the Expos to the Baltimore Orioles for Rudy May, Randy Miller, and Bryn Smith.
• January 10, 1978: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round of the secondary phase of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed March 10, 1978.
• March 29, 1978: Will McEnaney was traded by the Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tim Jones.

  Spring training

Regular season

Highlights

• May 5, 1978: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the 13th and youngest player in major league history to collect his 3,000th career hit with a single off Expos pitcher Steve Rogers.
• July 20, 1978: Shortstop Chris Speier hit for the cycle at Olympic Stadium in Montreal in front of a crowd of 14,108. Speier is the second in Expos history to hit for the cycle. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory. Coincidentally, Fryman also got the victory when Expos shortstop Tim Foli hit for the cycle in 1976.
• July 30, 1978: The Expos set a team record in hits in a game when they picked up 28 as they beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 19 to nothing. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, and Gary Carter led the way with 4 hits each. A crowd of 10,834 was on hand at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. Pitcher Woodie Fryman picked up the victory.

  First Pearson Cup

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

• May 20, 1978: Larry Landreth and Gerry Hannahs were traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Garman.
• June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball draft
• *Dave Hostetler was drafted by the Expos in the 4th round.
• *Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Expos in the 6th round, but did not sign.
• *Jim Deshaies was drafted by the Expos in the 13th round, but did not sign.
• *Razor Shines was drafted by the Expos in the 18th round.
• June 9, 1978: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Woodie Fryman. The Expos completed the deal by sending Jerry White to the Cubs on June 23.

  Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

All-Stars

• Ross Grimsley, reserve
• Steve Rogers, reserve

  Farm system