They were an expansion MLB team created to increase the number of National League team in 1969. Their home city was Montreal, Quebec, Canada and was the first MLB team not based in the US.
They lasted until 2004 when they went broke and were owned by all of MLB. In 2005 they re-emerged as the Washington Nationals. Some of their early outstanding players were Gary Carter, Rusty Staub, Ken Singleton, Andre Dawson, Tim Wallach, Tim Raines, Warren Cromartie, Steve Rogers, Bill Stoneman and DeLino DeShields.
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