1971 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJarry Park
CityMontreal
Record71–90 (.441)
Divisional place5th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJim Fanning
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionCBC Television
(Don Drysdale, Dave Van Horne)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (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

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 9765 0.599 — 52–28 45–37
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556 7 45–36 45–36
Chicago Cubs 8379 0.512 14 44–37 39–42
New York Mets 8379 0.512 14 44–37 39–42
Montreal Expos 7190 0.441 25½ 36–44 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6795 0.414 30 34–47 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1971 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–79–99–99–97–57–58–44–811–77–116–6
Chicago 7–5—6–65–78–48–1011–711–76–129–33–99–9
Cincinnati 9–96–6—5–137–117–58–45–75–710–89–98–4
Houston 9–97–513–5—8–104–85–78–44–810–89–92–10
Los Angeles 9–94–811–710–8—8–45–77–54–813–512–66–6
Montreal 5–710–85–78–44–8—9–96–127–116–57–54–14
New York 5–77–114–87–57–59–9—13–510–87–54–810–8
Philadelphia 4-87–112–103–95–76–105–13—6–124–86–67–11
Pittsburgh 8–412–67–58–48–411–78–1012–6—9–33–911–7
San Diego 7–113–98–108–105–135–65–78–43–9—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–79–39–99–96–125–78–46–69–313–5—5–7
St. Louis 6–69–94–810–26–614–48–1011–77–118–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1971 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CJohn Bateman139492119.2421056
1BRon Fairly146447115.2571371
2BRon Hunt152520145.279538
SSBobby Wine11934068.200116
3BBob Bailey157545137.2511483
LFJim Fairey9220049.245119
CFBoots Day127371105.283433
RFRusty Staub162599186.3111997

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 Sutherland11130478.257426
John Boccabella7417739.220315
Coco Laboy7615138.252114
Ron Woods5113841.297117
Clyde Mashore6611422.19317
Stan Swanson4910626.245211
Jim Gosger5110216.15708
Mack Jones439115.16539
Ron Swoboda397519.25306
Ron Brand475612.21401
Dave McDonald24394.10314
Rich Hacker16334.12102
Terry Humphrey9265.19201

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 Stoneman39294.217163.15251
Steve Renko40275.215143.75129
Carl Morton36213.210184.8084
Ernie McAnally31177.211123.9098

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 Strohmayer27114.0754.3456
Dan McGinn2871.0145.9640
Jim Britton1645.2235.7223

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 Marshall6658234.2885
Howie Reed432304.2925
Claude Raymond371704.7029
John O'Donoghue130004.677
Mike Torrez10000.002

Award winners

1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Ron Hunt at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "1971 Montreal Expos Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. 1 2 Ron Swoboda at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Stan Swanson at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ "1st Round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft".
  7. ↑ Steve Rogers at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Mike Torrez at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference

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.
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