1971 Montreal Expos season

1971 Montreal Expos
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Jarry Park
City	Montreal
Owners	Charles Bronfman
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-Pierre Roy, Jean-Paul Sarault)
Seasons

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, 25½ 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 1971 Major League Baseball draft. 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 Expos 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

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	97	65	0.599	—	52–28	45–37
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	7	45–36	45–36
Chicago Cubs	83	79	0.512	14	44–37	39–42
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	14	44–37	39–42
Montreal Expos	71	90	0.441	25½	36–44	35–46
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	0.414	30	34–47	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1971 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	9–9	9–9	9–9	7–5	7–5	8–4	4–8	11–7	7–11	6–6
Chicago	7–5	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–10	11–7	11–7	6–12	9–3	3–9	9–9
Cincinnati	9–9	6–6	—	5–13	7–11	7–5	8–4	5–7	5–7	10–8	9–9	8–4
Houston	9–9	7–5	13–5	—	8–10	4–8	5–7	8–4	4–8	10–8	9–9	2–10
Los Angeles	9–9	4–8	11–7	10–8	—	8–4	5–7	7–5	4–8	13–5	12–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	10–8	5–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–9	6–12	7–11	6–5	7–5	4–14
New York	5–7	7–11	4–8	7–5	7–5	9–9	—	13–5	10–8	7–5	4–8	10–8
Philadelphia	4-8	7–11	2–10	3–9	5–7	6–10	5–13	—	6–12	4–8	6–6	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	7–5	8–4	8–4	11–7	8–10	12–6	—	9–3	3–9	11–7
San Diego	7–11	3–9	8–10	8–10	5–13	5–6	5–7	8–4	3–9	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	9–3	9–9	9–9	6–12	5–7	8–4	6–6	9–3	13–5	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	4–8	10–2	6–6	14–4	8–10	11–7	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day starters

• Bob Bailey
• John Bateman
• Boots Day
• Jim Fairey
• Ron Fairly
• Ron Hunt
• Steve Renko
• Rusty Staub
• Bobby Wine

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 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 14 Larry Doby 32 Cal McLish 30 Don Zimmer 31 Jerry Zimmerman

Player stats

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
2B	Ron Hunt	152	520	145	.279	5	38

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

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

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
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	66	5	8	23	4.28	85

Award winners

1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

• 1971 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 1971 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.