The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals. Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos started play at Jarry Park Stadium under manager Gene Mauch. The team's initial majority owner was Charles Bronfman, a major shareholder in Seagram.

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  • The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals. Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos started play at Jarry Park Stadium under manager Gene Mauch. The team's initial majority owner was Charles Bronfman, a major shareholder in Seagram. Following the 1976 Summer Olympics, starting in 1977 the team's home venue was Montreal's Olympic Stadium. After a decade of losing seasons, the team won a franchise-high 95 games in 1979, finishing second in the National League East. The Expos began the 1980s with a core group of young players, including catcher Gary Carter, outfielders Tim Raines and Andre Dawson, third baseman Tim Wallach, and pitchers Steve Rogers and Bill Gullickson. The team won its only division championship in the strike-shortened split season of 1981, ending its season with a 3 games to 2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. After a number of up-and-down seasons, the team was sold to a consortium of owners in 1991, with Claude Brochu as the managing general partner. Buck Rodgers, manager since the 1985 season and, at that time, second only to Gene Mauch in number of Expos games managed, was replaced early in the 1991 season. In May 1992, Felipe Alou, a long time member of the Expos organization since 1976, was promoted to field manager, becoming the first Dominican-born manager in MLB history. Alou would become the leader in Expos games managed while guiding the team to winning records, including 1994, when the Expos, led by a talented group of players including Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez, had the best record in the major leagues until the strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season. After the disappointment of 1994, Expos management began shedding its key players, and the team's fan support dwindled. Brochu sold control of the team to Jeffrey Loria in 1999, but Loria failed to close on a plan to build a new downtown ballpark, and did not reach an agreement on television and English radio broadcast contracts for the 2000 season, reducing the team's media coverage. In November 2001, MLB's owners voted 28–2 to contract by two teams—according to various sources, the Expos and the Minnesota Twins, both of which reportedly voted against contraction. However, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, operator of Minnesota's Metrodome, received an injunction requiring the Twins to play in the Metrodome during 2002, so MLB could not eliminate the Expos alone while preserving its 162-game schedule. In December, the Boston Red Sox accepted a purchase bid from a group led by John W. Henry, owner of the Florida Marlins, and so Henry sold the Marlins to Loria, and MLB bought the Expos from Loria. In the collective bargaining agreement signed with the players association in August 2002, contraction was prohibited through to the end of the contract in 2006. On September 29, 2004, the date of Montreal's last home game of the season, MLB announced that the Montreal franchise would move to Washington, D.C. for the 2005 season. The Expos played their final game on October 3, 2004 at Shea Stadium, losing by a score of 8–1 against the New York Mets, the same opponent that the Expos first faced at its start, 35 years earlier. The Washington team was named the Washington Nationals, and retained all the Expos' records, player contracts, and minor league affiliates, as well as their spring training complex in Viera, Florida.
  • Los Expos de Montreal (Expos de Montréal en francés, Montreal Expos en inglés) fue un equipo de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol basado en Montreal, provincia de Quebec, Canadá. Formaron parte de la división este de la Liga Nacional entre 1969 y 2004. El equipo jugó su último partido el 29 de septiembre de 2004 en Montreal. Desde la temporada 2005, el equipo se mudó a la ciudad de Washington D.C. y se convirtieron en los Washington Nationals. Fundación: 1969 (Expansión de la Liga Nacional) Sede: Estadio Olímpico, Montreal 1977-2004; Parque Jarry (Parc Jarry en frances), Montreal 1969-1976 Títulos de división ganados: 1981, 1994
  • I API (in francese, Les Expos de Montréal) sono stati una squadra professionistica di baseball di Montrèal, in Canada. Fondati nel 1969, sono stati la prima squadra canadese della MLB. Dalla stagione 2005 la squadra si è trasferita a Washington, diventando gli Washington Nationals.
  • O Expos de Montréal foi um time de basebol da MLB, localizado em Montreal, Quebec, entre 1969 e 2004. Depois da temporada 2004 o time mudou-se para Washington, D.C. , onde adotou o nome de Washington Nationals. Este time adquiriu os contratos dos jogadores, os registros e a afiliação na Minor League, assim como o centro de treinamento de primavera em Viera, na Flórida.
  • Les Expos de Montréal étaient une franchise de baseball de la Ligue majeure de baseball (LMB) ayant pour domicile la ville de Montréal, au Québec. Les Expos ont été la première franchise de baseball hors des États-Unis. La franchise est déménagée à Washington DC en 2004 où elle est devenue les Nationals de Washington.
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  • I API (in francese, Les Expos de Montréal) sono stati una squadra professionistica di baseball di Montrèal, in Canada. Fondati nel 1969, sono stati la prima squadra canadese della MLB. Dalla stagione 2005 la squadra si è trasferita a Washington, diventando gli Washington Nationals.
  • O Expos de Montréal foi um time de basebol da MLB, localizado em Montreal, Quebec, entre 1969 e 2004. Depois da temporada 2004 o time mudou-se para Washington, D.C. , onde adotou o nome de Washington Nationals. Este time adquiriu os contratos dos jogadores, os registros e a afiliação na Minor League, assim como o centro de treinamento de primavera em Viera, na Flórida.
  • The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals. Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos started play at Jarry Park Stadium under manager Gene Mauch. The team's initial majority owner was Charles Bronfman, a major shareholder in Seagram.
  • Los Expos de Montreal (Expos de Montréal en francés, Montreal Expos en inglés) fue un equipo de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol basado en Montreal, provincia de Quebec, Canadá. Formaron parte de la división este de la Liga Nacional entre 1969 y 2004. El equipo jugó su último partido el 29 de septiembre de 2004 en Montreal. Desde la temporada 2005, el equipo se mudó a la ciudad de Washington D.C. y se convirtieron en los Washington Nationals.
  • Les Expos de Montréal étaient une franchise de baseball de la Ligue majeure de baseball (LMB) ayant pour domicile la ville de Montréal, au Québec. Les Expos ont été la première franchise de baseball hors des États-Unis. La franchise est déménagée à Washington DC en 2004 où elle est devenue les Nationals de Washington.
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