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Offseason

*October 26, 1989: Yamil Benitez was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent. *December 7, 1989:

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signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos. *December 7, 1989:

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was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos. *January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos. *March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.

Spring training

The Expos held

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– a facility they shared with the

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. It was their 14th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

*Delino DeShields *Andrés Galarraga *Marquis Grissom *Kevin Gross *Spike Owen *Tim Raines *Nelson Santovenia *Larry Walker *Tim Wallach

Notable transactions

*April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello. *June 4, 1990: Shane Andrews,

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, Gabe White, Stan Spencer, Ben Van Ryn and Stan Robertson were drafted by the Expos in the 1st round of the 1990 amateur draft. *June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds. *July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent. *August 8, 1990: Zane Smith was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Scott Ruskin, and Willie Greene. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moisés Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

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Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links

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