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.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. 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, March 31, 1971: Don Hahn was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Rich Hacker and Ron Swoboda.Ron Swoboda at Baseball Reference March 31, 1971: Jim Qualls was traded by the Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Stan Swanson.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

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.Steve Rogers at Baseball Reference June 15, 1971: Bob Reynolds was traded by the Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Torrez.Mike Torrez at Baseball Reference June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased from the Expos by the New York Mets.Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference June 25, 1971: Ron Swoboda was traded by the Expos to the New York Yankees for Ron Woods.

Roster 1971 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (First base) (Hitting/first base) (Pitching) (Third base) (Bullpen)

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