1971 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 30, 1970

  Freddie Velázquez selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 1970 minor league draft.

• December 30, 1970

  Traded Dave McDonald to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ron Hunt.

• Before 1971 Season

  Released Marv Staehle.

• January 26, 1971

  Tommie Sisk received from the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

• March 25, 1971

  Purchased Dave McDonald from the San Francisco Giants.

• March 31, 1971

  Traded Don Hahn to the New York Mets. Received Rich Hacker and Ron Swoboda.

  Traded Jim Qualls to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Stan Swanson.

• April 3, 1971

  Released Tom Robson.

• April 7, 1971

  Signed Gary Wagner as a free agent.

• May 26, 1971

  Released Gary Wagner.

• May 28, 1971

  Released Tommie Sisk.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Steve Rogers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Dan Warthen in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Sam Bowen in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Larry Lintz in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Alexander in the 23rd round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Al Woods in the 32nd round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1971

  Traded Bob Reynolds to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Torrez.

• June 16, 1971

  Traded Jimy Williams to the New York Mets. Received Tony Canzano (minors).

• June 25, 1971

  Traded Ron Swoboda to the New York Yankees. Received Ron Woods.

• June 30, 1971

  Released John O'Donoghue.

• July 8, 1971

  Released Mack Jones.

• August 24, 1971

  Signed Walt Hriniak as a free agent.

• October 4, 1971

  Signed Bill Atkinson as an amateur free agent.

• October 14, 1971

  Purchased Denny Lemaster from the Houston Astros.

• October 20, 1971

  Purchased Ron Taylor from the New York Mets.

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Tom Walker from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

• December 3, 1971

  Traded Jim Gosger to the New York Mets. Received Billy Carthel (minors), Arsenio Diaz (minors), Don Koonce (minors) and Curtis Brown.

• December 6, 1971

  Adolfo Phillips player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Jim Cox in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Edwards in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 28, 1972

  Released Claude Raymond.

• March 24, 1972

  Purchased César Gutiérrez from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 28, 1972

  Released Ron Taylor.