Forming an exclusive club in Montreal

Written By Andrew Linker

Ross Grimsley with the Expos

Ross Grimsley leaves the Baltimore Orioles 48 years ago today to sign a three-year, $687,000 free agent contract with the Montreal Expos.

Grimsley promptly wins 20 games in 1978, marking the first time in their first 10 seasons the Expos have a 20-game winner.

Turns out Grimsley is the only 20-game winner ever for the Expos, who after 36 summers in Montreal move following the 2004 season to Washington, D.C.

The franchise then goes without another 20-game winner until 2012, when left-hander Gio Gonzalez goes 21-8 for the Nationals.

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Andrew Linker https://www.baseballscribe.com
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