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1971 Montreal Expos season

Field	Value
name	Montreal Expos
season	1971
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Jarry Park
city	Montreal
owners	Charles Bronfman
general_managers	Jim Fanning
managers	Gene Mauch
television	CBC Television
(Don Drysdale, Dave Van Horne)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
radio	CFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor)
CKLM (French)
(Jean-Paul Sarault, Jean-Pierre Roy)
divisional_place	5th	record=71–90 (.441)

(Don Drysdale, Dave Van Horne) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKLM (French) (Jean-Paul Sarault, Jean-Pierre Roy) ||divisional_place=5th|record=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, games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

December 30, 1970: Dave McDonald was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Ron Hunt.
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. Scalia would never play a game for the Expos, as he suffered a back injury and pursued a modeling career.
March 31, 1971: Don Hahn was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Rich Hacker and Ron Swoboda.
March 31, 1971: Jim Qualls was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Stan Swanson.

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

Record vs. opponents

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).
- Steve Rogers was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (4th pick) of the Secondary Phase.
June 15, 1971: Bob Reynolds was traded by the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Torrez.
June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased from the Expos by the New York Mets.
June 25, 1971: Ron Swoboda was traded by the Expos to the New York Yankees for Ron Woods.

Roster

1971 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers

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		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
	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
	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

Notes

References

1971 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
1971 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntro01.shtml Ron Hunt] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1971 Montreal Expos Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase". Baseball Reference.
Kiss Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of failed, forgotten, and departed teams, p. 184, Dennis Purdy, Ballantine Books, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-345-52012-8
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/swoboro01.shtml Ron Swoboda] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swansst01.shtml Stan Swanson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1st Round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rogerst01.shtml Steve Rogers] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torremi01.shtml Mike Torrez] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williji03.shtml Jimy Williams] at ''Baseball Reference''

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