1973 Cleveland Indians season

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1973  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Nick Mileti
General managers Gabe Paul, Phil Seghi
Managers Ken Aspromonte
Television WJW-TV
Radio WERE (1300)
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The 1973 Cleveland Indians season was the 73rd in the franchise's history. The club finished in sixth place in the American League East.

Contents

Offseason

In January, Vernon Stouffer sold the Cleveland Indians to Nick Mileti for $10 million. [1] It was $1.4 million more than the group led by George Steinbrenner had offered in December 1971. [2]

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 97650.599—50–3147–34
Boston Red Sox 89730.549848–3341–40
Detroit Tigers 85770.5251247–3438–43
New York Yankees 80820.4941750–3130–51
Milwaukee Brewers 74880.4572340–4134–47
Cleveland Indians 71910.4382634–4737–44

Record vs. opponents

1973 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore —7–116–68–412–69–98–415–38–49–95–710–2
Boston 11–7—7–56–69–93–158–412–66–614–44–89–3
California 6–65–7—8–105–77–510–85–710–86–66–1211–7
Chicago 4–86–610–8—7–55–76–123–99–98–46–1213–5
Cleveland 6–129–97–55–7—9–92–109–97–57–113–97–5
Detroit 9–915–35–77–59–9—4–812–65–77–117–55–7
Kansas City 4–84–88–1012–610–28–4—8–49–96–68–1011–7
Milwaukee 3–156–127–59–39–96–124–8—8–410–84–88–4
Minnesota 4–86–68–109–95–77–59–94–8—3–914–412–6
New York 9–94–146–64–811–711–76–68–109–3—4–88–4
Oakland 7–58–412–612–69–35–710–88–44–148–4—11–7
Texas 2–103–97–115–135–77–57–114–86–124–87–11—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
28 Rusty Torres RF
20 George Hendrick CF
14 Chris Chambliss 1B
7 John Ellis DH
24 Charlie Spikes LF
11 Dave Duncan C
25 Buddy Bell 3B
10 Jack Brohamer 2B
4 Leo Cárdenas SS
36 Gaylord Perry P

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Roster

1973 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Alan Ashby 1129451013.1720
Buddy Bell 156631861692371459.2687
Jack Brohamer 1023002966121429.2200
Leo Cardenas 7219594240012.2151
Chris Chambliss 155572701563021153.2734
Frank Duffy 1163613495164850.2636
Dave Duncan 9534443801111743.2333
John Ellis 127437591181221468.2700
Ted Ford 1140390103.2251
Oscar Gamble 113390561041132044.2673
George Hendrick 113440641181802161.2687
Jerry Kenney 516040102.2500
Ron Lolich 61140163270215.2290
John Lowenstein 983054289161640.2925
Tom Ragland 67183164771012.2572
Tommy Smith 14416102023.2441
Charlie Spikes 140506681201232373.2375
Rusty Torres 122312316481728.2056
Walt Williams 10435043101151838.2899
Team Totals1625592680142920529158636.25660

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Dick Bosman 186.222217097.074672941
Steve Dunning 026.5043018.015131310
Ed Farmer 024.67160117.1129510
Tom Hilgendorf 533.14481694.238333658
Mike Jackson 000.001000.20001
Jerry Johnson 566.18391559.248413945
Mike Kekich 147.02166050.047393526
Mike Kilkenny 0022.505002.05553
Ray Lamb 334.60321286.044444260
Steve Mingori 006.1750011.288104
Gaylord Perry 19193.3841410344.0143129115238
Ken Sanders 511.65150527.165914
Brent Strom 2104.6127180123.073634791
Dick Tidrow 14164.4242400274.215013595138
Tom Timmermann 874.9229152124.173685462
Milt Wilcox 8105.8326190134.190876882
Team Totals71914.58162162211464.2826746602883

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Frank Lucchesi
AA San Antonio Brewers Texas League Tony Pacheco
A Reno Silver Sox California League Lou Klimchock
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Len Johnston

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Notes

  1. ↑ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 16, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-06-169031-0
  2. ↑ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 6
  3. ↑ Walt Williams page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "Tom Ragland Stats".
  7. ↑ Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jerry Kenney page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ 1973 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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