Stan Swanson was a baseball player who played for the Montreal Expos. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of He was born on May 19, 1944 in Yuba City, California. He got signed as a free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1963.