1971 Montreal Expos season

March 2026 November 2013 Montreal Expos 1971 National League East Jarry Park Montreal Charles Bronfman Jim Fanning Gene Mauch CBC Television(Don Drysdale, Dave Van Horne)Télévision de Radio-Canada(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) CFCF (English)(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)CKLM (French)(Jean-Paul Sarault, Jean-Pierre Roy) 5th 71–90 (.441) The 1971 Montreal Expos season was the third season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fifth place in the National League East with a record of 71–90, 25 1 2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. Offseason December 30, 1970: Dave McDonald was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Ron Hunt.Ron Hunt at Baseball Reference January 1971: Jack Scalia was selected by the Expos third overall in the January phase of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft, which the held two lotteries annually. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=WSN&year_ID=1971&draft_type=janreg 1971 Montreal Expos Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase Baseball Reference May 1, 2010 Scalia would never play a game for the Expos, as he suffered a back injury and pursued a modeling career.Kiss Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of failed, forgotten, and departed teams, p. 184, Dennis Purdy, Ballantine Books, New York, 2010, 978-0-345-52012-8 March 31, 1971: Don Hahn was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Rich Hacker and Ron Swoboda.Ron Swoboda at Baseball Reference March 31, 1971: Jim Qualls was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Stan Swanson.Stan Swanson at Baseball-Reference Spring training The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their third season at the stadium. Regular season Season standings Montreal Expos Record vs. opponents MON Opening Day starters Boots Day CF Ron Hunt 2B Rusty Staub RF Bob Bailey 3B Ron Fairly 1B Mack Jones LF John Bateman C Bobby Wine SS Carl Morton P Notable transactions June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft Future Canadian Football League star Condredge Holloway was drafted by Expos in the 1st round (4th pick).https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1971&round=1&draft_type=junreg 1st Round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft Steve Rogers was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (4th pick) of the Secondary Phase.Steve Rogers at Baseball Reference June 15, 1971: Bob Reynolds was traded by the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Torrez.Mike Torrez at Baseball Reference June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased from the Expos by the New York Mets.Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference June 25, 1971: Ron Swoboda was traded by the Expos to the New York Yankees for Ron Woods. Roster 1971 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers 27 Jim Britton 28 Mike Marshall 21 Ernie McAnally 25 Dan McGinn 44 Carl Morton 23 John O'Donoghue 16 Claude Raymond 29 Howie Reed 18 Steve Renko 26 Bill Stoneman 36 John Strohmayer 24 Mike Torrez Catchers  2 John Bateman 12 John Boccabella 22 Terry Humphrey Infielders  3 Bob Bailey 11 Ron Brand  6 Ron Fairly 20 Rich Hacker 33 Ron Hunt 39 Coco Laboy 17 Dave McDonald  1 Gary Sutherland  7 Bobby Wine Outfielders  8 Boots Day 35 Jim Fairey 42 Jim Gosger  9 Mack Jones  5 Clyde Mashore 10 Rusty Staub 37 Stan Swanson 14 Ron Swoboda 43 Ron Woods Manager  4 Gene Mauch Coaches 34 Jimmy Bragan (First base) 14 Larry Doby (Hitting/first base) 32 Cal McLish (Pitching) 30 Don Zimmer (Third base) 31 Jerry Zimmerman (Bullpen) Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C John Bateman 139 492 119 .242 10 56 1B Ron Fairly 146 447 115 .257 13 71 2B Ron Hunt 152 520 145 .279 5 38 SS Bobby Wine 119 340 68 .200 1 16 3B Bob Bailey 157 545 137 .251 14 83 LF Jim Fairey 92 200 49 .245 1 19 CF Boots Day 127 371 105 .283 4 33 RF Rusty Staub 162 599 186 .311 19 97 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Gary Sutherland 111 304 78 .257 4 26 John Boccabella 74 177 39 .220 3 15 Coco Laboy 76 151 38 .252 1 14 Ron Woods 51 138 41 .297 1 17 Clyde Mashore 66 114 22 .193 1 7 Stan Swanson 49 106 26 .245 2 11 Jim Gosger 51 102 16 .157 0 8 Mack Jones 43 91 15 .165 3 9 Ron Swoboda 39 75 19 .253 0 6 Ron Brand 47 56 12 .214 0 1 Dave McDonald 24 39 4 .103 1 4 Rich Hacker 16 33 4 .121 0 2 Terry Humphrey 9 26 5 .192 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bill Stoneman 39 294.2 17 16 3.15 251 Steve Renko 40 275.2 15 14 3.75 129 Carl Morton 36 213.2 10 18 4.80 84 Ernie McAnally 31 177.2 11 12 3.90 98 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO John Strohmayer 27 114.0 7 5 4.34 56 Dan McGinn 28 71.0 1 4 5.96 40 Jim Britton 16 45.2 2 3 5.72 23 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Mike Marshall Mike Marshall (pitcher) 66 5 8 23 4.28 85 Howie Reed 43 2 3 0 4.29 25 Claude Raymond 37 1 7 0 4.70 29 John O'Donoghue 13 0 0 0 4.67 7 Mike Torrez 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Award winners 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Rusty Staub, Injured, Did not play Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Winnipeg Whips International League Clyde McCullough and Jimmy Bragan AA Québec Carnavals Eastern League Gus Niarhos A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Bobby Malkmus A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Ed Sadowski A-Short Season Watertown Expos Northern League Bob Oldis Notes 2 References 1971 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference 1971 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Montreal Expos seasons Montreal Expos season Category:1971 in Montreal