1971 Montreal Expos season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Montreal Expos
| season = 1971
| misc =
| 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)}}
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, {{frac|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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntro01.shtml 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.{{cite web |url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=WSN&year_ID=1971&draft_type=janreg|title= 1971 Montreal Expos Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase|publisher= Baseball Reference|access-date=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, {{ISBN|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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/swoboro01.shtml Ron Swoboda] at Baseball Reference
- March 31, 1971: Jim Qualls was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Stan Swanson.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swansst01.shtml 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=
{{1971 NL East standings|highlight=Montreal Expos}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1971 NL Record vs. opponents|team=MTL}}
=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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1971&round=1&draft_type=junreg|title = 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rogerst01.shtml Steve Rogers] at Baseball Reference
- June 15, 1971: Bob Reynolds was traded by the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Torrez.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torremi01.shtml Mike Torrez] at Baseball Reference
- June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased from the Expos by the New York Mets.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williji03.shtml Jimy Williams] at Baseball Reference
- June 25, 1971: Ron Swoboda was traded by the Expos to the New York Yankees for Ron Woods.
Roster
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: #003087; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | 1971 Montreal Expos |
|---|
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #E4002B; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|27|Jim Britton}} {{MLBplayer|28|Mike Marshall}} {{MLBplayer|21|Ernie McAnally}} {{MLBplayer|25|Dan McGinn}} {{MLBplayer|44|Carl Morton}} {{MLBplayer|23|John O'Donoghue}} {{MLBplayer|16|Claude Raymond}} {{MLBplayer|29|Howie Reed}} {{MLBplayer|18|Steve Renko}} {{MLBplayer|26|Bill Stoneman}} {{MLBplayer|36|John Strohmayer}} {{MLBplayer|24|Mike Torrez}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer| 2|John Bateman}} {{MLBplayer|12|John Boccabella}} {{MLBplayer|22|Terry Humphrey}} Infielders {{MLBplayer| 3|Bob Bailey}} {{MLBplayer|11|Ron Brand}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Ron Fairly}} {{MLBplayer|20|Rich Hacker}} {{MLBplayer|33|Ron Hunt}} {{MLBplayer|39|Coco Laboy}} {{MLBplayer|17|Dave McDonald}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Gary Sutherland}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Bobby Wine}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer| 8|Boots Day}} {{MLBplayer|35|Jim Fairey}} {{MLBplayer|42|Jim Gosger}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Mack Jones}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Clyde Mashore}} {{MLBplayer|10|Rusty Staub}} {{MLBplayer|37|Stan Swanson}} {{MLBplayer|14|Ron Swoboda}} {{MLBplayer|43|Ron Woods}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer| 4|Gene Mauch}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|34|Jimmy Bragan}} (First base) {{MLBplayer|14|Larry Doby}} (Hitting/first base) {{MLBplayer|32|Cal McLish}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer|30|Don Zimmer}} (Third base) {{MLBplayer|31|Jerry Zimmerman}} (Bullpen) |
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
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | John Bateman | 139 | 492 | 119 | .242 | 10 | 56 |
| align=center
| 1B | Ron Fairly | 146 | 447 | 115 | .257 | 13 | 71 |
| align=center
| 2B | {{sortname|Ron|Hunt}} | 152 | 520 | 145 | .279 | 5 | 38 |
| align="center"
| SS | Bobby Wine | 119 | 340 | 68 | .200 | 1 | 16 |
| align=center
| 3B | Bob Bailey | 157 | 545 | 137 | .251 | 14 | 83 |
| align=center
| LF | Jim Fairey | 92 | 200 | 49 | .245 | 1 | 19 |
| align=center
| CF | Boots Day | 127 | 371 | 105 | .283 | 4 | 33 |
| align=center
| 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
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 111 | 304 | 78 | .257 | 4 | 26 |
| align=center | 74 | 177 | 39 | .220 | 3 | 15 |
| align=center | 76 | 151 | 38 | .252 | 1 | 14 |
| align=center | 51 | 138 | 41 | .297 | 1 | 17 |
| align=center | 66 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 1 | 7 |
| align=center | 49 | 106 | 26 | .245 | 2 | 11 |
| align=center | 51 | 102 | 16 | .157 | 0 | 8 |
| align=center | 43 | 91 | 15 | .165 | 3 | 9 |
| align=center | 39 | 75 | 19 | .253 | 0 | 6 |
| align=center | 47 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| align=center | 24 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 1 | 4 |
| align=center | 16 | 33 | 4 | .121 | 0 | 2 |
| align=center | 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
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 39 | 294.2 | 17 | 16 | 3.15 | 251 |
| align=center | 40 | 275.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.75 | 129 |
| align=center | 36 | 213.2 | 10 | 18 | 4.80 | 84 |
| align=center | 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
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 27 | 114.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.34 | 56 |
| align=center | 28 | 71.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.96 | 40 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|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
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Mike|Marshall|Mike Marshall (pitcher)}} | 66 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 4.28 | 85 |
| align="center" | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.29 | 25 |
| align=center | 37 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4.70 | 29 |
| align=center | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 7 |
| align=center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Award winners
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Winnipeg Whips|league16=International League|manager16=Clyde McCullough and Jimmy Bragan
|level17=AA |team17=Québec Carnavals|league17=Eastern League|manager17=Gus Niarhos
|level18=A |team18=West Palm Beach Expos|league18=Florida State League|manager18=Bobby Malkmus
|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Jamestown Falcons|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Ed Sadowski
|level20=A-Short Season|team20=Watertown Expos|league20=Northern League|manager20=Bob Oldis
}}
Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
References
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1971.shtml 1971 Montreal Expos] at Baseball Reference
- [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=MON 1971 Montreal Expos ] at Baseball Almanac
- {{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
{{1971 MLB season by team}}
{{Montreal Expos}}