Slowly but surely we are getting there.

We have added another Top 50 list to one of the Big Four of North American Team sports.

An everyday Second Baseman for the Montreal Exposfrom 1993 to 1997, Mike Lansing would have a great season in 1996 when he belted 183 Hits with 11 Home Runs.  He would also have another season where he managed 20 Home Runs.   Like many other Expos, the small market club sent him elsewhere when he approached free agency.

Larry Parrish had a solid run (1974-81) with the Montreal Expos as a starting Third Basemen.  

Parrish was an All-Star in 1979, a season where he had career-highs in Home Runs (30), Batting Average (.307), Slugging Percentage (.551), and OPS (.909).  He would finish fourth in MVP voting that year.  Parrish helped the Expos make the 1981 Playoffs, but that was where it ended for him in Montreal, as he was traded to Texas afterward.  With Montreal, Parrish had 896 Hits and 100 Home Runs.

Ken Singleton spent three seasons with the Montreal Expos in the 1970’s and would lead the National League in On Base Percentage in the 1973 season.  Singleton would finish ninth in NL MVP voting that year.

The closer for the Montreal Expos for three seasons, John Wetteland would accumulate 105 Saves for the team with each year showcasing his relieving ability better than the year before.  Wetteland would become a three-time All-Star with the New York Yankees later in his career.

Spending three seasons with the Montreal Expos, Ken Hill would twice win 16 games as a Starting Pitcher, one of which (1994) saw Hill finish second in the Cy Young race.  Hill’s 16 wins would be enough to win that category that year.  With Montreal, Hill went 41-21 with an ERA of 3.04.

Playing for the Montreal Expos for three seasons in the late 1980’s, Pascual Perez had a solid stint where he would lead the National League in WHIP in 1988 and SO/BB in 1989.  With Montreal, Perez had a record of 28-21 with a 2.80 ERA.

A two-time All-Star with the Montreal Expos in the 1980s, Hubie Brooks would also win two Silver Sluggers and was one of the better hitting Shortstop of his day.  He had 75 Home Runs and 689 Hits with the Expos.

The runner-up for the 1980 National League Rookie of the Year, Bill Gullickson had an underappreciated career as a Starting Pitcher.  Gullickson would lead the NL in FIP in 1981 (2.11) and in BB/9 (1.5) in 1984, but this was at a time when those stats were not exactly understood…or even known!

An All-Star in 1989, Tim Burke was a Relief Pitcher the duration of his Montreal Expos stay and would Save 101 Games for the team..  Prior to being the team’s closer, Burke was used in middle relief and led the National League in Games Played in 1985, his rookie year.

Injury riddled for a good chunk of his career (he missed the entire 2007 season), Nick Johnson still produced well for the Expos/Nationals and had an On Base Percentage for that team over .400.  Johnson would hit 23 Home Runs for the organization in 2006.

Blessed with a lot of hair and a good bat, Jayson Werth became a very popular player with the Washington Nationals.  Twice as a National, Werth has hit over .300 and also has collected over 20 Home Runs in three different seasons.  The popular player would finish 13th and 18th respectively in MVP voting in 2013 and 2014.  He would have 781 Hits with 109 Home Runs with Washington.

Jeff Fassero did not debut until he was 28 and two years later he worked his way into the Expos starting rotation.  Fassero would finish ninth in Cy Young voting in 1996 and overall as an Expo had a 58 and 48 Record with 750 Strikeouts and an ERA of 3.20.

Al Oliver was only with Montreal for two seasons but those were excellent offensive campaigns, which saw him win the National League Batting Title and lead the league in Hits.  Oliver was an All-Star both years and also led the NL in doubles both times.  Had he been a better defensive player (or at least not a liability as he led the NL in errors for a First Basemen both years) he would have been ranked much higher.

Warren Cromartie would spend a great deal of his baseball career in Japan, but in North America, “Crow” was known for his time with the Montreal Expos, where he would play eight seasons and accumulate  1,104 Hits with a Batting Average of .281.

An elite reliever for a few seasons with the Montreal Expos, Jeff Reardon would go to two All-Star Games as an Expo, and he led the National League in Saves in 1985. That season he would win the NL Rolaids Relief Award and would tally 152 Saves in Montreal.

Bryn Smith spent the majority of his career as a starting pitcher with the Montreal Expos. He would finish his career with Montreal with a 81-71 record and his best season saw him go 18 and 5 with a 1.052 WHIP in 1985.

An All-Star in 1977, Ellis Valentine would win the Gold Glove the following year and for a time was known as having the most powerful throwing arms in the game.  Valentine could hit too as he had three straight seasons hitting more than 20 Home Runs.  An Expos until he was traded during the 1981 Season, Valentine belted 95 Home Runs with 676 Hits.

After seven years in Baseball; five with Pittsburgh, and two with the Dodgers, Bob Bailey became an original Montreal Expo, when the expansion team purchased his contract.

Bailey was a good hitter who would three times exceed twenty Home Runs in a season and actually topped over 1.000 in OPS during the 1970 campaign.  He had 791 Hits for Montreal, 118 of which were Home Runs.

Gio Gonzalez had a great first season with the Washington Nationals in 2012 where he would become the second runner up for the National League Cy Young Award and lead the league in Wins, FIP and SO/9.  While he has not yet replicated that All Star season he has been earned his rotation spot earning double digit Wins every year since joining the Nats.  In 2017 he would again finish in the top ten in Cy Young voting (sixth) while going 15 and 9 with a 2.96 ERA.  Gonzalez would be traded in 2018 to the Milwaukee Brewers but his run in Washington was strong and he deserves this high spot on the list.