1971 Montreal Expos season
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| Owner(s) | Charles Bronfman | |
| Manager(s) | Gene Mauch | |
| Local television | CBC Television (Don Drysdale, Dave Van Horne) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) |
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| Local radio | CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKLM (French) (Jean-Pierre Roy, Jean-Paul Sarault) |
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Offseason [edit]
- December 30, 1970: Dave McDonald was traded by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Ron Hunt.[1]
- January 1971: Jack Scalia was selected by the Expos third overall in the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] Scalia would never play a game for the Expos, as he suffered a back injury and pursued a modeling career.[3]
- March 31, 1971: Don Hahn was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Rich Hacker and Ron Swoboda.[4]
- March 31, 1971: Jim Qualls was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds Expos for Stan Swanson.[5]
Regular season [edit]
Season standings [edit]
| NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates | 97 | 65 | .599 | -- |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 |
| Chicago Cubs | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 |
| New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 |
| Montreal Expos | 71 | 90 | .441 | 25.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 |
Opening Day starters [edit]
Notable transactions [edit]
- 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).[6]
- Steve Rogers was drafted by the Expos in the 1st round (4th pick) of the Secondary Phase.[7]
- June 15, 1971: Bob Reynolds was traded by the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Torrez.[8]
- June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased from the Expos by the New York Mets.[9]
- June 25, 1971: Ron Swoboda was traded by the Expos to the New York Yankees for Ron Woods.[4]
Roster [edit]
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Player stats [edit]
Batting [edit]
Starters by position [edit]
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 |
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| 2B | Ron Hunt | 152 | 520 | 145 | .279 | 5 | 38 |
Other batters [edit]
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 |
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Pitching [edit]
Starting pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Other pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Jim Britton | 16 | 45.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.72 | 23 |
Relief pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Mike Marshall | 66 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 4.28 | 85 |
Award winners [edit]
1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Farm system [edit]
See also: Minor league baseball
Notes [edit]
- ^ Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1971 Montreal Expos Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Ron Swoboda page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Stan Swanson page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1971&round=1&draft_type=junreg
- ^ Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
References [edit]
- 1971 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
- 1971 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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