1973 Boston Red Sox season explained
The 1973 Boston Red Sox season was the 73rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, eight games behind the Baltimore Orioles. The team was managed by Eddie Kasko until he was reassigned at the end of September; third-base coach Eddie Popowski managed the team in their final contest of the season.[1]
Offseason
Regular season
Record by month[4] Month | Record | Cumulative | | Ref. |
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Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB |
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April | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6th | 2 | [5] |
May | 13 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 4th | | [6] |
June | 15 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 4th | 5 | [7] |
July | 19 | 14 | 54 | 49 | 4th | | [8] |
August | 18 | 13 | 72 | 62 | 2nd | 6 | [9] |
September | 17 | 11 | 89 | 73 | 2nd | 8 | [10] | |
Opening Day lineup
Source:
[11] Roster
1973 Boston Red Sox |
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Roster |
Pitchers | | CatchersInfielders | | OutfieldersOther batters | | ManagerCoaches (Bullpen) (First base) (Third base) (Pitching) |
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Player statistics
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | | 135 | 508 | 125 | .246 | 26 | 71 |
1B | | 152 | 540 | 160 | .296 | 19 | 95 |
2B | | 113 | 396 | 101 | .255 | 1 | 33 |
SS | | 132 | 499 | 135 | .271 | 0 | 49 |
3B | | 100 | 356 | 87 | .244 | 13 | 45 |
LF | | 147 | 566 | 159 | .281 | 17 | 71 |
CF | | 115 | 423 | 128 | .303 | 21 | 69 |
RF | | 119 | 282 | 63 | .223 | 10 | 32 |
DH | | 142 | 550 | 159 | .289 | 20 | 86 | |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| 143 | 441 | 115 | .261 | 6 | 43 |
| 66 | 219 | 51 | .233 | 0 | 11 |
| 63 | 195 | 61 | .313 | 1 | 24 |
| 67 | 155 | 28 | .181 | 1 | 16 |
| 58 | 147 | 32 | .218 | 2 | 9 |
| 34 | 128 | 41 | .320 | 7 | 25 |
| 30 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 | |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 38 | 284.2 | 17 | 11 | 2.75 | 120 |
| 35 | 272.0 | 20 | 13 | 3.34 | 206 |
| 35 | 221.1 | 13 | 13 | 3.58 | 101 |
| 34 | 219.1 | 15 | 15 | 4.31 | 119 |
| 10 | 50.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.47 | 32 | |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 30 | 156.1 | 13 | 2 | 3.17 | 90 |
| 12 | 54.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.60 | 24 |
| 6 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.22 | 16 | |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| 39 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 2.70 | 31 |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3.47 | 25 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.32 | 9 |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.28 | 22 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | |
Statistical leaders
Category | Player | Statistic |
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Youngest player | | 21 |
Oldest player | | 39 |
| | 6.1 | |
Source:
[12] Batting
Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
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G | | | 152 |
PA | Plate appearances | Carl Yastrzemski | 652 |
AB | At bats | | 566 |
R | Runs scored | Tommy Harper | 92 |
H | Hits | Carl Yastrzemski | 160 |
2B | Doubles | | 25 |
Carl Yastrzemski |
3B | Triples | | 7 |
HR | Home runs | | 26 |
RBI | | Carl Yastrzemski | 95 |
SB | Stolen bases | Tommy Harper | 54 |
CS | | Tommy Harper | 14 |
BB | | Carl Yastrzemski | 105 |
SO | Strikeouts | Carlton Fisk | 99 |
BA | | Carl Yastrzemski | .296 |
OBP | | Carl Yastrzemski | .407 |
SLG | | Reggie Smith | .515 |
OPS | | Reggie Smith | .913 |
OPS+ | | Reggie Smith | 150 |
TB | | Carl Yastrzemski | 250 |
GIDP | | Orlando Cepeda | 24 |
HBP | | Carlton Fisk | 10 |
SH | Sacrifice hits | | 13 |
SF | | | 7 |
IBB | | Orlando Cepeda | 13 |
Carl Yastrzemski | |
Source:
[12] Pitching
Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
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W | Wins | | 20 |
L | Losses | | 15 |
W-L % | | | .867 (13–2) |
ERA | | | 2.70 |
G | Games pitched | Bob Bolin | 39 |
GS | Games started | Luis Tiant | 35 |
GF | Games finished | Bob Bolin | 29 |
CG | Complete games | Luis Tiant | 23 |
SHO | | | 4 |
SV | Saves | Bob Bolin | 15 |
IP | | | |
SO | Strikeouts | Luis Tiant | 206 |
WHIP | | Luis Tiant | 1.085 | |
Source:
[12] Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket, Winston-Salem
Source:[13] [14]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Houk Quits, Kasko Fired . . . 3-B . October 1, 1973 . September 27, 2020 . newspapers.com.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cepedor01.shtml Orlando Cepeda page at Baseball Reference
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gagliph01.shtml Phil Gagliano page at Baseball Reference
- Web site: The 1973 Boston Red Sox . . October 10, 2020.
- Web site: Events of Sunday, April 29, 1973.
- Web site: Events of Thursday, May 31, 1973.
- Web site: Events of Saturday, June 30, 1973.
- Web site: Events of Tuesday, July 31, 1973.
- Web site: Events of Friday, August 31, 1973.
- Web site: Events of Sunday, September 30, 1973.
- Web site: Boston Red Sox 15, New York Yankees 5 . April 6, 1973 . . October 11, 2020.
- Web site: 1973 Boston Red Sox Statistics . . October 13, 2020.
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- Book: Boston Red Sox Guide for Press TV Radio . 1973 . 2 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.