page_title: Gene Mauch
section_title: Montreal Expos
hierarchical_section_title: Gene Mauch / Managerial career / Montreal Expos
caption_attribution_description: English: Umpires and coaches of Montreal Expos and New York Mets meet at home plate, probably on July 11-13, 1969.
context_page_description: Gene William Mauch was an American professional baseball player and manager, who played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox.
  Mauch was best known for managing four teams from 1960 to 1987. He is by far the winningest manager to have never won a league pennant, three times coming within a single victory. Mauch managed the Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins and California Angels. His 1,902 career victories ranked 8th in MLB history, when he retired, and his 3,942 total games managed ranked 4th. Mauch gained a reputation for playing a distinctive "small ball" style, which emphasized defense, speed, and base-to-base tactics on offense, rather than power hitting.
context_section_description: In 1969, Mauch became the inaugural manager of the Montreal Expos. In their first season, the team went 52–110. It was his second and last season managing a team with over 100 losses, while finishing in last place in the NL East. While the team finished in last the following year, they went 73–89, a 21-game improvement. Over the next five seasons, the Expos did not finish in last place, managing to win 70 games or more each season, though their best finish was 4th in 1973 and 1974, finishing 3½ behind the New York Mets in the former and 8½ behind the Pittsburgh Pirates in the latter. The Expos won 79 games in both years, though they did not finish above .500. After the team finished 75–87 in 1975, Mauch was fired by the Expos.
caption: Mauch (left) managing the Montreal Expos in July 1969 at Shea Stadium, New York.
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