1973 California Angels season

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1973  California Angels
Eagle Scout Night, Angel Stadium, 1973 (20232238533).jpg
Night game in 1973
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Bobby Winkles
Television KTLA
Radio KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)
  1972 Seasons 1974  

The 1973 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

1973 was an eventful season for Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan. On May 15, Ryan threw the first no-hitter of his career. [2] On July 3, he struck out Sal Bando of the Oakland Athletics for the 1000th strikeout in his career. [3] Twelve days later, Ryan threw a second no-hitter, becoming the fifth pitcher in major league history to throw two no-hitters in one season. [4]

For the year, Ryan set what is, as of 2022, the post-1900 Major League Baseball record for most strikeouts in a season with 383, topping Sandy Koufax's 1965 mark by one. [5] (The all-time record belongs to Matt Kilroy, who struck out 513 batters in 1886). [5] In the process, he struck out at least 10 batters in 23 different games. [6]

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9468.58050314437
Kansas City Royals 8874.543648334041
Minnesota Twins 8181.5001337444437
California Angels 7983.4881543383645
Chicago White Sox 7785.4751740413744
Texas Rangers 57105.3523735462259

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore 7–116–68–412–69–98–415–38–49–95–710–2
Boston 11–77–56–69–93–158–412–66–614–44–89–3
California 6–65–78–105–77–510–85–710–86–66–1211–7
Chicago 4–86–610–87–55–76–123–99–98–46–1213–5
Cleveland 6–129–97–55–79–92–109–97–57–113–97–5
Detroit 9–915–35–77–59–94–812–65–77–117–55–7
Kansas City 4–84–88–1012–610–28–48–49–96–68–1011–7
Milwaukee 3–156–127–59–39–96–124–88–410–84–88–4
Minnesota 4–86–68–109–95–77–59–94–83–914–412–6
New York 9–94–146–64–811–711–76–68–109–34–88–4
Oakland 7–58–412–612–69–35–710–88–44–148–411–7
Texas 2–103–97–115–135–77–57–114–86–124–87–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1973 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jeff Torborg 10225556.220118
1B Mike Epstein 9131267.215832
2B Sandy Alomar Sr. 136470112.238028
SS Rudy Meoli 12030568.223223
3B Al Gallagher 11031185.273026
LF Vada Pinson 124466121.260857
CF Ken Berry 137415118.284336
RF Leroy Stanton 11930672.235834
DH Frank Robinson 147534142.2663097

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bob Oliver 151544144.2651889
Tom McCraw 9926470.265324
Richie Scheinblum 7722975.328321
Winston Llenas 7813035.269125
Billy Grabarkewitz 6112921.16339
Mickey Rivers 3212945.349016
Bobby Valentine 3212638.302113
John Stephenson 6012230.24619
Billy Parker 3810223.22507
Jim Spencer 298721.241211
Dave Chalk 246916.23206
Art Kusnyer 41648.12503
Jerry DaVanon 414912.24502
Charlie Sands 17339.27315
Rick Stelmaszek 22264.15403
Doug Howard 8212.09501
Bobby Brooks 471.14300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nolan Ryan 41326.021162.87383
Bill Singer 40315.220143.22241
Clyde Wright 37257.011193.6865
Rudy May 34185.07174.38134
Frank Tanana 426.1223.0822

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rich Hand 1654.2433.6219
Dick Lange 1752.2214.4427
Andy Hassler 731.2043.6919

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Sells 5172103.7125
Steve Barber 503243.5358
Aurelio Monteagudo 152134.208
Ron Perranoski 80204.095
Lloyd Allen 500110.384
Terry Wilshusen 100081.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake City Angels Pacific Coast League Les Moss
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Norm Sherry and Moose Stubing
A Salinas Packers California League Jim Saul
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Dick Kinaman
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Bob Clear

Notes

  1. Frank Robinson at Baseball-Reference
  2. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN   978-1-55365-507-7
  3. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 139, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  5. 1 2 Single-Season Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
  6. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 32, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN   978-1-55365-507-7
  7. Mike Epstein at Baseball-Reference
  8. Brian Kingman at Baseball-Reference
  9. Curt Motton at Baseball-Reference

References