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1984 Montreal Expos

Manager: Bill Virdon (64-67) and Jim Fanning (14-16) 78-83, Finished 5th in NL East

Attendance: 1,606,531 (8th of 12)

Ballpark: Big O

Scores: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1984-schedule-scores.shtml

Highlights: The highlight of the Expos season was the acquisition of Pete Rose. After being benched in the 1983 World Series, Rose left the Phillies and signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Expos. Rose would get his 4000th hit as an Expo.

April 13, 1984: Pete Rose doubled off of his former teammate, Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, for his 4,000th career hit. Rose would join Ty Cobb as only the second player to enter the 4000 hit club. The hit came 21 years to the day after Rose's first career hit. Rose was eventually traded to the Reds for infielder Tom Lawless on August 15. While with the Expos, Rose had 72 hits and batted .259.

October 7, 1983: Woodie Fryman was released by the Expos.

December 7, 1983: Scott Sanderson was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs, and Al Newman was traded by the Expos to the San Diego Padres as part of a 3-team trade. The Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos. The Cubs sent Carmelo Martínez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the Padres.

December 7, 1983: Ray Burris was traded by the Expos to the Oakland Athletics for Rusty McNealy and cash.

December 19, 1983: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Expos.

January 20, 1984: Pete Rose was signed as a free agent by the Expos.

February 27, 1984: Al Oliver was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Max Venable, Fred Breining, and a player to be named later. The Giants completed the trade by sending Andy McGaffigan to the Expos on March 31