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1971 Montreal Expos season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles Bronfman

Manager(s)
  
Gene Mauch

General manager(s)
  
Jim Fanning

Local television
  
CBC Television (Don Drysdale, Dave Van Horne) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)

Local radio
  
CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor) CKLM (French) (Jean-Pierre Roy, Jean-Paul Sarault)

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.

    • 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.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Contents

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Award winners

    1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    References

    1971 Montreal Expos season Wikipedia
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