Washington Nationals Trivia

1. What was the original name of the Washington Nationals franchise?

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Montreal Expos

The Expos were an expansion team in 1969 in the National League along with the San Diego Padres. The Expos moved to become the Nationals in 2005. In their first season in the Washington area, they went 81-81. The Expos went 67-95 in the previous season.

From Quiz The Montreal Expos

Answer: 1969

The Montreal Expos began operations in MLB's National League East Division as part of the expansion era of the 1960s. The team was named after the 1967 world's fair (Expo 1967) which had just been held in Montreal a few years prior.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Astros

After Clendenon refused to report to the Astros, the Expos were forced to take him back and send Skip Gunn and Jack Billingham to the Astros to complete the trade. Staub would go on to play for Montreal from 1969-1971, before coming back at the end of the 1979 season.

From Quiz Expos History

Answer: Manny Mota

Manny Mota was drafted from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jones was drafted second from the Reds, Wills 11th from the Pirates, and Staub acquired in a trade from the Mets before the 1969 season

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Frank Robinson

After playing for 21 seasons in the big leagues, retiring after the 1976 season, Robinson tried his hand as a permanent manager. The franchise hired Frank in 2002 in Montreal to helm the team and he made the franchise move to Washington in 2005. He also won a Manager of the Year Award with the Orioles in 1989. Robinson's managerial record was 1065-1176 over 16 seasons.

From Quiz The Montreal Expos

Answer: Olympic Stadium

Although they did play their very first game at Jarry Park stadium, they moved in 1977 into the larger stadium built by the City of Montreal to host the 1976 Summer Olympics. They called the "Big-O" their home ball park until the end of the 2004 MLB season (they moved to Washington in 2005). The Montreal Forum was the home of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens for many decades and the Percival Molson Stadium, on the campus of McGill University, is the home stadium for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

From Quiz Expos History

Answer: Ross Grimsley

Grimsley was the only one in the 20th century. Colon won 20 games in 2002, but he won 10 with the Expos and 10 with the Cleveland Indians. Even though Martinez won the Cy Young with Montréal in '97, he recorded only 17 wins. And Rogers`s best season was 1982, with 19 wins.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Andre Dawson

Staub began his career in 1963 with six seasons for Houston. The Astros sent Staub to Montreal in 1969 via a multi-player trade and he spent four seasons there. Staub retired as a New York Met in 1985. Dawson was an Expo from 1976-1986. He won the Rookie of the Year Award and was MVP runner-up twice in 1981 to Mike Schmidt of the Phillies, and in 1983 to Dale Murphy of the Braves. Dawson signed as a free agent with the Cubs in 1987 and won the MVP for his efforts. Dawson was a Hall of Fame inductee in 2010. Gary Carter had the number 8 retired in his honor and the number 30 of Tim Raines was retired also.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: 1

The Expos acquired pitcher Pat Jarvis from Atlanta for Morton. Morton would average 16 wins for the next three years, while Jarvis would go 2-1 in one season in Montreal, then retire.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: 8th

Robert F. Kennedy Stadium ranked number 8 of 16 National League teams in 2005. In contrast, the Expos of 2004 finished 16 out of 16 NL teams at Stade Olympique & Estadio Hiram Bithorn. In their final game on September 24, only 31,000 fans showed up to watch the Expos lose to the Marlins. In 2006, the Nationals dropped to 11 of 16 teams, then in 2007 dropped even further to 14th place while the Dodgers took the top spot and the Marlins finished 16th in attendance.

From Quiz The Montreal Expos

Answer: 4

Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter and Steve Rogers were all starters for National League during that July 13, 1982 midsummer classic. The game was fittingly played at the "Big-O" in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, making it also the first ever MLB all-star game to be played outside the USA. Al Oliver joined his fellow Expos' teammates in the NL lineup as a reservist. The National League used their experience with the large speedy Astro turf gaps in the outfield to beat their American League adversaries 4-1.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Mike Marshall

Marshall would go on to the 1974 NL Cy Young Award.

From Quiz Expos History

Answer: Jeff Reardon

Reardon recorded 41 saves in 1985. Wetteland had more in a season with 43, but did it in 1993. Urbina had 41 saves in 1999, and Rojas never saved 40 games.

From Quiz Expos Baseball

Answer: 6

Cordero hit 6 dingers in the season, after he came over from the Indians.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Alfonso Soriano

In December 2005, the Texas Rangers traded Soriano to the Nationals for Armando Galarraga, Terrmel Sledge, and Brad Wilkerson. Soriano played in only one season for the Nationals in 2006 and blasted out 46 for Washington. He finished third in the National League for home runs. From there it was on to the Cubs, then went back to the Yankees after that. Sorianoo retired after 16 seasons in 2014 with 412 home runs.

From Quiz The Montreal Expos

Answer: Youppi

Youppi joined the Montreal Expos in 1979, donning the number "!"and was employed as their furry family fun usher until the end of the 2004 season, regularly matching whits with other NL mascots such as the Phillie Phanatic and the infamous Sand Diego Chicken. Paying tribute to former beloved Expos outfielder Rusty Staub, whom the fans had affectionally nicknamed "Le Grand Orange"/"The Big Orange One", Youppi was a tall orange coloured muppet like furry creature. When the franchise was relocated to Washington in 2005, Youppi became unemployed. However, this colourful story has a happy ending as he was later signed to a long term contract by the NHL's Montreal Canadiens in 2005.

From Quiz Expos Baseball

Answer: Vladimir Guerrero

Vlad was up there in every statistacal category in baseball.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Brad Wilkerson

Wilkerson hit for the cycle on April 6, 2005, against the Phillies in a 7-3 Nationals win. Cristian Guzman also hit for the cycle in a Nationals' uniform on August 8, 2008. After the 2005 season, Wilkerson was traded to the Rangers in part of a trade for Alfonso Soriano. It was the second time in his career that Brad hit for the cycle as he first did it for the Expos in 2003.

From Quiz The Montreal Expos

Answer: Andre Dawson

The 1977 NL Rookie of the Year award winner, Andre "The Hawk" Dawson, won six consecutive Golden Gloves from 1980 to 1985. He was also no slouch at the plate winning three Silver Slugger awards during that same span while suiting up for 4 MLB all-star games as an Expo. His throwing arm was well respected by opponents and he led the NL three times in put-outs from the outfield. You had to be fast to get a double on the Hawk back in those days, and few would even dare to try to defy his throwing arm by stretching out an extra base from a hit or by tagging up on a fly ball to the outfield.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Tony Perez

Perez and Will McEnaney were traded by the Reds as their dynasty began to be dismantled.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: 2012

The Nationals won a franchise high of 98 games in 2012 under the management of Davey Johnson. Washington faced the Cardinals in the NLDS who had won 10 games less in the season, but lost to St. Louis three games to two. The 2012 Giants downed the Cardinals in the NLCS and won the World Series over the Tigers. The Nationals would also make it to the NLDS in 2014 against the Giants but lost three games to one. The Giants again would go to the World Series and defeat the Royals.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Ron LeFlore

LeFlore would only spend one year in Montreal before moving on to the White Sox.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Gio Gonzalez

Grimsley was a 20-game winner in 1978 with the Expos. Gonzalez came out firing in 2012 as a National and finished the season with a 21-8 record from the mound. After playing in four seasons with the Athletics, Oakland traded him to the Nationals in December 2005. Gio fit right in after his 16-12 previous Oakland season. He finished in third for the Cy Young Award in his first Nationals' season behind R.A. Dickey and Clayton Kershaw.

From Quiz The Montreal Expos

Answer: 74 wins 40 losses

On August 11, 1994, the Montreal Expos had the best record in MLB with 74 wins and 40 losses, with a 9 game lead in first place in the NL East division and were looking like a serious contender for the National League Pennant. However, the outbreak of a players strike would eventually put an end to that dream.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Jeff Reardon

Reardon and Norman were picked up as the Expos made a run for the first division title in team history.

From Quiz Expos History

Answer: Vladimir & Wilton Guerrero

In 1998, Montréal got Wilton Guerrero from the Dodgers, forming their first pair of brothers ever. The Perez brothers both pitched for the Expos but never at the same time. The Hernandez's reunited for the 2003 season, but "el duque" Orlando, was injured the whole season, and even though Jesus Alou was selected by the Expos at the expansion draft, he never played in Montréal.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Rangers

Oliver would go on to win the NL Batting Title in 1982 for the Expos, and finish 3rd in the MVP Voting behind Dale Murphy and Pedro Guerrero.

From Quiz Expos History

Answer: Rusty Staub

"Le Grand Orange" hit 30 homers in 1970, and Bailey came close with 28.

From Quiz The Washington Nationals!

Answer: Jordan Zimmermann

No runs, no hits, no errors, but one base on balls stood in the way of Zimmerman. He had his stuff on September 28, 2014 against the Miami Marlins. His only blunder was walking Marlins first baseman Justin Bour. The Nationals combined for 11 hits in the game, but their solo run came from a home run by shortstop Ian Desmond in the second inning off Miami's Henderson Alvarez. The Nationals squeaked the win 1-0.

From Quiz The Trade Expo

Answer: Pete Rose

The all-time hits leader was traded back to the Reds so he could become their player-manager.

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