Expos vs. Blue Jays

Montréal Expos
1969-2004
🏆: 0
Toronto Blue Jays
1977-present
🏆: 2 (1992, 1993)
Major League Baseball, 1978-2004

While Montréal and Toronto had a baseball rivalry that dated back to the Triple-A International League in 1928, the Royals (a Dodgers affiliate) left Montréal in 1960, and the Maple Leafs (a Red Sox affiliate) left Toronto in 1967, leaving a void in Canadian baseball until the Montréal Expos joined Major League Baseball in 1969, with the Toronto Blue Jays following in 1977. With two Canadian franchises, there was instant interest in seeing these squads compete, but unable to face each other with Toronto in the American League and Montréal in the National League, the Pearson Cup was established in 1978 as an annual exhibition series where each team would meet once yearly prior to the season. And when interleague play began in the 1997 season, the Blue Jays and Expos met for the first time in regular season play (on Canada Day weekend, no less). They would meet annually until 2004, after the Expos were relocated to Washington, D.C. as the Nationals, leaving the Blue Jays as Canada’s sole team.

# Date Location Winner Score
1997 season
Expos win season series 2-1
001. Jun. 30 Toronto Expos 2-1
002. Jul. 1 Toronto Expos 2-1
003. Jul. 2 Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 (13)
1998 season
Blue Jays win season series 4-0
Toronto leads all-time series 5-2
004. Jun. 22 Toronto Blue Jays 14-2
005. Jun. 23 Toronto Blue Jays 3-2
006. Jun. 24 Montréal Blue Jays 7-6
007. Jun. 25 Montréal Blue Jays 1-0
1999 season
Blue Jays win season series 4-2
Toronto leads all-time series 9-4
008. Jun. 4 Toronto Blue Jays 6-2
009. Jun. 5 Toronto Expos 5-0
010. Jun. 6 Toronto Blue Jays 9-2
011. Jul. 9 Montréal Expos 4-3
012. Jul. 10 Montréal Blue Jays 7-6
013. Jul. 11 Montréal Blue Jays 1-0
2000 season
Blue Jays win season series 4-2
Toronto leads all-time series 13-6
014. Jun. 9 Toronto Blue Jays 13-3
015. Jun. 10 Toronto Expos 11-2
016. Jun. 11 Toronto Blue Jays 8-3
017. Jul. 7 Montréal Expos 10-5
018. Jul. 8 Montréal Blue Jays 6-3
019. Jul. 9 Montréal Blue Jays 13-3
2001 season
season series tied 3-3
Toronto leads all-time series 16-9
020. Jun. 15 Montréal Blue Jays 9-3
021. Jun. 16 Montréal Expos 7-2
022. Jun. 17 Montréal Expos 4-1
023. Jul. 6 Toronto Expos 10-7
024. Jul. 7 Toronto Blue Jays 9-8 (11)
025. Jul. 8 Toronto Blue Jays 9-3
2002 season
Expos
win season series 4-2
Toronto leads all-time series 18-13
026. Jun. 14 Montréal Expos 8-2
027. Jun. 15 Montréal Expos 9-3
028. Jun. 16 Montréal Expos 6-5
029. Jun. 28 Toronto Expos 2-1
030. Jun. 29 Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 (10)
031. Jun. 30 Toronto Blue Jays 7-5
2003 season
season series tied 3-3
Toronto leads all-time series 21-16
032. Jun. 20 Montréal Blue Jays 8-4
033. Jun. 21 Montréal Expos 8-5
034. Jun. 22 Montréal Blue Jays 4-2
035. Jun. 27 Toronto Blue Jays 6-5
036. Jun. 28 Toronto Expos 4-2
037. Jun. 29 Toronto Expos 10-2
2004 season
season series tied 3-3
Toronto wins all-time series 24-19
038. Jun. 25 Toronto Blue Jays 3-1
039. Jun. 26 Toronto Blue Jays 10-5
040. Jun. 27 Toronto Expos 9-4
041. Jul. 2 San Juan Expos 2-0
042. Jul. 3 San Juan Blue Jays 2-0
043. Jul. 4 San Juan Expos 6-4

EXPOS vs. BLUE JAYS, BY THE NUMBERS
Total Games Played:
43
All-Time Record: Toronto
wins 24-19

Longest Montréal Undefeated Streak:
4 games (Jun. 16 – Jul. 6, 2001)
Longest Toronto Undefeated Streak:
6 games (Jul. 2, 1997 – Jun. 4, 1999)
Largest Montréal Victory:
11-2 (Jun. 10, 2000)
Largest Toronto Victory:
14-2 (Jun. 22, 1998)
Most Runs, Game, Montréal:
11 (Jun. 10, 2000)
Most Runs, Game, Toronto:
14 (Jun. 22, 1998)
Most Runs, Game, Combined:
17 (2 times, latest Jul. 7, 2001)
Least Runs, Game, Combined:
1 (2 times, latest Jul. 11, 1999
)

# Date Location Winner Score
exhibition series (1978-94)
Expos win all-time exhibition series 4-3-2
E1. Jun. 29, 1978 Montréal Expos 5-4 (10)
E2. Apr. 19, 1979 Toronto tie 4-4 (11)
E3. Jul. 31, 1980 Montréal Expos 3-1
E4. Sep. 2, 1982 Toronto Expos 7-3
E5. May 5, 1983 Montréal Blue Jays 7-5
E6. May 24, 1984 Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 (13)
E7. May 9, 1985 Montréal tie 2-2 (11)
E8. Apr. 28, 1986 Toronto Blue Jays 5-2
E9. Apr. 1, 1994 Vancouver Expos 8-2

EXPOS vs. BLUE JAYS (EXHIBITION), BY THE NUMBERS
Total Games Played:
9
All-Time Record:
Montréal wins 4-3-2

Longest Montréal Undefeated Streak: 4 games (Jun. 29, 1978 – Sep. 2, 1982)
Longest Toronto Undefeated Streak:
4 games (May 5, 1983 – Apr. 28, 1986)
Largest Montréal Victory:
8-2 (Apr. 1, 1994)
Largest Toronto Victory:
5-2 (Apr. 28, 1986)
Most Runs, Game, Montréal:
8 (Apr. 1, 1994)
Most Runs, Game, Toronto:
7 (May 5, 1983)
Most Runs, Game, Combined:
12 (May 5, 1983)
Least Runs, Game, Combined:
4 (2 times, latest May 9, 1985)