Jamestown Expos (1977-1993)
August 20, 2018
The Jamestown Expos were the short-season Class A farm club of the Montreal Expos for seventeen season from 1977 to 1993. Montreal also operated an earlier New York-Penn League farm club out of Jamestown’s Russell Diethrick Park from 1971 to 1973, known as the Jamestown Falcons/Expos. Jamestown was a typical stop for first and second year minor leaguers in the Expos’ farm system. Teenage high school draft picks and recent college players transitioned to the pro game via the NYPL’s abbreviated 72-game season that ran from late June to early September each summer. The club moved to Burlington, Vermont in late 1993.
