1971 Transactions
January 13, 1971
New York Mets selected Francisco Estrada in fifth round of free agent draft.
January 28, 1971
New York Mets signed free agent Benny Ayala.
March 30, 1971
New York Mets traded Bill Denehy and Dean Chance to the Detroit Tigers for Jerry Robertson.
March 31, 1971
New York Mets traded Ron Swoboda and Rich Hacker to the Montreal Expos for Don Hahn.
June 8, 1971
New York Mets selected Rick Baldwin in ninth round of free agent draft.
New York Mets selected Rich Puig in first round (14th pick overall) of free agent draft.
July 1, 1971
New York Mets released Al Weis.
October 18, 1971
New York Mets traded Art Shamsky, Rich Folkers, Jim Bibby and Charlie Hudson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Beauchamp, Harry Parker, Chuck Taylor and Tom Coulter.
October 20, 1971
New York Mets sold Ron Taylor to the Montreal Expos.
October 28, 1971
New York Mets released Bob Aspromonte.
December 3, 1971
New York Mets traded Arsenio Diaz, Don Koonce, Billy Carthel and Curtis Brown to the Montreal Expos for Jim Gosger.
December 9, 1971
New York Mets released Donn Clendenon.
December 10, 1971
New York Mets traded Nolan Ryan, Leroy Stanton, Francisco Estrada and Don Rose to the California Angels for Jim Fregosi.
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