1971 Montreal Expos
Record: 106-56
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 918
Runs Allowed: 673
Exp W-L: 103-59
 
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,423,987
Manager: Hyram the Camel Jockey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 9th in the National League
AA: 59-78, 9th in the National League
A: 73-64, 4th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Seattle Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-2 over St. Louis Cardinals
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Harmon Killebrew 35 154 548 103 136 11 0 29 109 0 0 118 124 .248 .380 .427 .807 96.5 19.5 4.1
3B  Bob Bailey 28 148 558 102 169 21 2 24 97 4 1 92 101 .303 .401 .477 .877 99.3 21.8 0.1
LF  Hal McRae 25 148 527 92 167 40 3 19 106 1 2 56 47 .317 .380 .512 .892 94.0 21.5 3.2
RF  Merv Rettenmund 28 136 488 86 129 23 3 7 61 8 2 80 75 .264 .368 .367 .734 71.1 13.0 3.2
SS *Richie Hebner 23 145 500 98 169 25 6 11 56 5 0 71 35 .338 .426 .478 .904 94.8 23.3 7.0
C  Rico Carty 31 141 536 77 171 21 3 18 88 0 0 40 98 .319 .364 .470 .835 82.6 17.8 2.3
3B  Davey Johnson 28 145 494 61 126 21 0 18 76 1 0 44 55 .255 .320 .407 .727 62.9 10.1 3.4
C *Ron Blomberg 22 140 455 71 145 33 0 21 108 0 0 51 30 .319 .385 .530 .914 83.9 19.5 3.9
CF *Gates Brown 32 117 348 59 84 9 0 8 44 12 2 44 47 .241 .327 .336 .664 41.7 5.9 2.1
RF  Dusty Baker 22 97 322 47 79 16 1 10 49 0 0 22 57 .245 .293 .394 .687 34.5 4.5 2.4
2B #Tito Fuentes 27 102 284 29 71 11 4 1 19 12 1 9 13 .250 .270 .327 .598 23.4 1.2 3.2
CF  Bobby Brooks 25 85 241 34 66 7 1 7 30 0 0 48 62 .274 .394 .398 .793 38.1 7.6 2.5
LF *Carlos May 23 38 97 11 20 3 0 1 5 0 0 13 24 .206 .313 .268 .581 8.5 0.4 0.7
C  Carl Warwick 34 56 96 15 27 2 2 2 14 7 2 8 16 .281 .330 .406 .736 14.0 2.4 0.6
2B *Von Joshua 23 25 52 10 20 3 0 3 11 4 0 1 4 .385 .382 .615 .997 12.4 3.2 0.3
2B  Terry Harmon 27 19 49 5 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 4 .245 .275 .265 .540 3.3 0.0 0.4
3B  Rene Lachemann 26 22 42 5 11 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 9 .262 .289 .405 .694 5.4 0.6 0.3
C  Greg Goossen 25 14 40 4 8 3 0 2 7 0 0 2 12 .200 .238 .425 .663 3.5 0.4 0.3
2B  Dick Green 30 30 39 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .205 .225 .205 .430 0.8 0.0 0.6
1B  Roger Freed 25 4 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 .273 .467 .545 1.012 3.1 0.7 0.0
RF *Del Unser 26 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.9 1770 5729 918 1621 253 25 183 895 55 10 708 824 .283 .362 .432 .793 873.6 173.3 40.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Juan Marichal 33 24 1 .960 30 28 0 254.7 189 41 5 20 169 1.45 35.1
*Rich Nye 26 18 8 .692 32 31 0 247.7 223 126 29 95 180 4.58 12.4
*Vida Blue 21 13 14 .481 31 31 0 239.3 249 119 17 90 141 4.47 10.4
*John Hiller 28 15 5 .750 32 31 0 221.0 172 73 6 69 221 2.97 20.6
 Dick Drago 26 11 10 .524 27 27 0 206.7 209 96 14 55 106 4.18 10.6
 Bill Stafford 31 10 7 .588 65 0 8 122.3 126 58 11 58 75 4.27 8.1
*Roger Moret 21 2 3 .400 6 6 0 45.3 49 25 6 20 26 4.96 1.3
*Tom Burgmeier 27 7 3 .700 37 0 6 42.7 71 31 5 22 26 6.54 0.0
*Bill Butler 24 2 1 .667 5 5 0 36.7 28 8 0 13 17 1.96 4.1
 Milt Wilcox 21 2 1 .667 3 3 0 25.7 24 13 4 6 16 4.56 1.0
*Mike Kekich 26 1 1 .500 15 0 0 17.3 24 15 3 18 9 7.79 0.0
*Darold Knowles 29 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 9.3 11 10 1 10 1 9.64 0.0
*Fritz Peterson 29 0 2 .000 9 0 1 7.7 8 4 0 3 2 4.70 0.3
*Rich Folkers 24 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.0 5 5 0 2 1 15.00 0.0
Team Totals 26.1 106 56 .654 301 162 15 1479.3 1388 624 101 481 990 3.80 103.9
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 10 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 37.2
R.Carty 1130.3 122 132 769 38 6 0 .993 28.4
C.Warwick 200.0 24 27 159 12 2 1 .988 21.1
R.Lachemann 91.3 10 13 55 3 2 0 .967 33.3
R.Blomberg 56.0 6 7 42 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Goossen 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1478.3 162 180 1026 56 10 1 .991 26.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.32
H.McRae 1193.0 134 144 1275 77 7 112 .995 10.20
C.May 124.3 13 17 136 12 0 7 1.000 10.71
G.Goossen 81.7 10 10 102 8 0 8 1.000 12.12
R.Blomberg 27.7 0 9 27 5 1 2 .970 10.41
V.Joshua 24.3 3 4 19 1 0 1 1.000 7.40
H.Killebrew 8.0 0 5 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Freed 8.0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.13
T.Harmon 7.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 5.14
R.Hebner 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Brooks 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
D.Baker 0.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.3 162 197 1579 105 8 131 .995 10.25
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.66
D.Johnson 1206.0 138 143 222 410 18 73 .972 4.72
T.Fuentes 141.0 14 27 45 47 2 17 .979 5.87
T.Harmon 61.3 6 9 16 20 0 5 1.000 5.28
D.Green 61.0 4 18 11 32 0 6 1.000 6.34
V.Joshua 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
B.Brooks 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.3 162 203 295 511 20 102 .976 4.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.90
H.Killebrew 1257.3 140 146 92 292 18 16 .955 2.75
T.Fuentes 165.3 18 23 12 45 2 3 .966 3.10
T.Harmon 19.7 3 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.29
R.Lachemann 19.3 1 6 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.19
D.Green 8.0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Bailey 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Hebner 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1478.3 162 188 108 353 20 19 .958 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.06
R.Hebner 1137.0 124 139 154 442 14 78 .977 4.72
T.Fuentes 267.0 32 34 37 93 4 18 .970 4.38
D.Green 30.0 3 4 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.60
T.Harmon 27.7 3 5 5 9 1 1 .933 4.56
B.Bailey 12.7 0 7 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.55
D.Johnson 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1478.3 162 191 201 558 19 99 .976 4.62
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.87
D.Baker 690.0 81 85 172 2 1 1 .994 2.27
G.Brown 443.3 49 57 102 2 2 1 .981 2.11
T.Fuentes 136.7 16 21 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
C.May 92.0 10 15 21 0 1 0 .955 2.05
V.Joshua 38.0 4 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.18
C.Warwick 20.3 1 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
B.Brooks 20.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
G.Goossen 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Carty 9.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Rettenmund 8.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
H.McRae 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bailey 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1478.3 162 219 343 4 4 2 .989 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
R.Blomberg 828.7 93 99 257 4 4 0 .985 2.83
B.Brooks 574.0 69 72 173 5 0 2 1.000 2.79
G.Brown 38.0 0 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
M.Rettenmund 7.0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
D.Baker 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Warwick 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.May 5.0 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 7.20
V.Joshua 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Green 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Unser 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.McRae 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Fuentes 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1478.3 162 207 448 10 5 3 .989 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
M.Rettenmund 1049.7 120 129 251 1 2 0 .992 2.16
G.Brown 227.0 27 27 54 2 1 0 .982 2.22
R.Blomberg 66.0 3 18 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
V.Joshua 42.3 5 7 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.98
D.Baker 37.7 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
C.May 21.0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.86
C.Warwick 12.7 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
T.Fuentes 12.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.McRae 5.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Brooks 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.3 162 202 354 6 3 1 .992 2.19
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.91
J.Marichal 254.7 28 30 16 40 2 4 .966 1.98
R.Nye 247.7 31 32 7 34 1 2 .976 1.49
V.Blue 239.3 31 31 11 31 2 3 .955 1.58
J.Hiller 221.0 31 32 12 23 0 0 1.000 1.43
D.Drago 206.7 27 27 11 25 0 0 1.000 1.57
B.Stafford 122.3 0 65 7 23 1 4 .968 2.21
R.Moret 45.3 6 6 2 11 1 2 .929 2.58
T.Burgmeier 42.7 0 37 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.84
B.Butler 36.7 5 5 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.44
M.Wilcox 25.7 3 3 4 4 1 0 .889 2.81
M.Kekich 17.3 0 15 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.56
D.Knowles 9.3 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.96
F.Peterson 7.7 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35
R.Folkers 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 301 76 210 8 17 .973 1.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hebner .338
On-Base Pct Hebner .426
Slugging Pct Blomberg .530
OPS Blomberg .914
XR Bailey 99.3
Games Killebrew 154
At-Bats Bailey 558
Runs Killebrew 103
Hits Carty 171
Total Bases McRae 270
Singles Carty 129
Doubles McRae 40
Triples Hebner 6
Homeruns Killebrew 29
RBIs Killebrew 109
Stolen Bases Brown, Fuentes 12
Caught Stealing Brown, McRae, Rettenmund, Warwick 2
Walks Killebrew 118
Strikeouts Killebrew 124
ERA Marichal 1.45
Wins Marichal 24
Losses Blue 14
Winning Pct Marichal .960
Saves Stafford 8
Games Pitched Stafford 65
Games Started Blue, Hiller, Nye 31
Complete Games Marichal 23
Shutouts Marichal 6
Innings Pitched Marichal 254.7
Hits Allowed Blue 249
Homeruns Allowed Nye 29
Strikeouts Hiller 221
Walks Allowed Nye 95
Walks per 9IP Marichal 0.7
Hits per 9IP Marichal 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Hiller 9.0
WHiP Marichal 0.82
OAVG Marichal .203
OOBP Marichal .222
OSLG Marichal .274
OOPS Marichal .496
Team All-Stars
Bob Bailey
Ron Blomberg
Rico Carty
Richie Hebner
Juan Marichal
Hal McRae
Rich Nye
Player Salaries
Rico Carty $ 18,231,000
Harmon Killebrew $ 12,000,000
Juan Marichal $ 10,000,000
Bob Bailey $ 8,500,000
John Hiller $ 6,500,000
Davey Johnson $ 2,800,000
Gates Brown $ 2,200,000
Tito Fuentes $ 1,300,000
Jimmie Coker $ 400,000
Fritz Peterson $ 350,000
Tom Burgmeier $ 350,000
Ron Blomberg $ 300,000
Roger Freed $ 300,000
Rich Folkers $ 300,000
Dick Drago $ 300,000
Greg Goossen $ 300,000
Vida Blue $ 300,000
Bill Butler $ 300,000
Bobby Brooks $ 300,000
Dusty Baker $ 300,000
Dick Green $ 300,000
Richie Hebner $ 300,000
Milt Wilcox $ 300,000
Von Joshua $ 300,000
Mike Kekich $ 300,000
Rene Lachemann $ 300,000
Carlos May $ 300,000
Hal McRae $ 300,000
Roger Moret $ 300,000
Rich Nye $ 300,000
Merv Rettenmund $ 300,000
Bill Stafford $ 300,000
Del Unser $ 300,000
Carl Warwick $ 300,000
Terry Harmon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Cal Koonce Boston (A) Harmon Killebrew
2/6 Signed     Rico Carty
6/1 Traded Blue Moon Odom
Darold Knowles
Toronto Al Weis