1973 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James Mulvey
PresidentPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
Seasons

The 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West with a record of 95–66.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Los Angeles Dodgers 9566 0.590 3½ 50–31 45–35
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 11 47–34 41–40
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 17 41–40 41–40
Atlanta Braves 7685 0.472 22½ 40–40 36–45
San Diego Padres 60102 0.370 39 31–50 29–52

Record vs. opponents

1973 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–55–1311–72–15–16–66–66–67–512–68–106–6
Chicago 5–7—8–46–65–79–910–710–86–127–52–109–9
Cincinnati 13–54–8—11–711–78–48–48–47–513–510–86–6
Houston 7–116–67–11—11–76–66–67–56–610–811–75–7
Los Angeles 15–2–17–57–117–11—7–57–59–310–29–99–98–4
Montreal 6–69–94–86–65–7—9–913–56–127–56–68–10
New York 6–67–104–86–65–79–9—9–913–58–45–710–8
Philadelphia 6-68–104–85–73–95–139–9—8–109–35–79–9
Pittsburgh 5–712–65–76–62–1012–65–1310–8—8–45–710–8
San Diego 6–125–75–138–109–95–74–83–94–8—7–114–8
San Francisco 10–810–28–107–119–96–67–57–57–511–7—6–6
St. Louis 6–69–96–67–54–810–88–109–98–108–46–6—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Lee LacySecond baseman
Manny MotaLeft fielder
Bill BucknerFirst baseman
Willie DavisCenter fielder
Willie CrawfordRight fielder
Joe FergusonCatcher
Ken McMullenThird baseman
Bill RussellShortstop
Don SuttonStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Memorable events

On June 13 in a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the Dodgers for first time, going on to set the record of staying together for 8½ years.[6]

Roster

1973 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJoe Ferguson136487128.2632588
1BBill Buckner140575158.275846
2BDavey Lopes142535147.275637
SSBill Russell162615163.265456
3BRon Cey152507124.2451580
LFManny Mota8929392.314023
CFWillie Davis152599171.2851677
RFWillie Crawford145457135.2951466

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
Steve Garvey114349106.304850
Tom Paciorek9619551.262518
Von Joshua7515940.252217
Lee Lacy5713528.20708
Steve Yeager5413434.254210
Ken McMullen428521.247518
Chris Cannizzaro17214.19003
Jerry Royster10194.21102
Jim Fairey1092.22200
Orlando Álvarez441.25000
Paul Powell210.00000

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
Don Sutton33256.118102.42200
Andy Messersmith33249.214102.70177
Claude Osteen33236.216113.3186
Tommy John36218.01673.10116
Al Downing30193.0993.31124

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
Geoff Zahn613.1101.359

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
Jim Brewer5668203.0156
Pete Richert393373.1831
Charlie Hough374252.7670
Doug Rau314233.9651
George Culver284423.0023
Greg Shanahan70013.4511
Eddie Solomon40007.116
Greg Heydeman10004.501

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Stan Wasiak
AA Waterbury Dodgers Eastern League Don LeJohn
A Bakersfield Dodgers California League George Freese
A Daytona Beach Dodgers Florida State League Bart Shirley
A-Short Season Bellingham Dodgers Northwest League Bill Berrier
Rookie Ogden Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley

1973 Major League Baseball Draft

This was the ninth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 22 players in the June draft and nine in the January draft.

The most notable player from this draft class was outfielder Joe Simpson, who played from 1975–1983 but made his mark primarily as a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers first round pick was catcher Ted Farr of Shadle Park High School in Spokane, Washington. He played 339 games from 1973–1977 in the Dodgers farm system, hitting .235.

Notes

  1. ↑ Larry Hisle page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Frank Robinson page at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 "George Culver page at Baseball Reference". Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Dick Dietz page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Tim Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "This Day In Dodgers History: Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey & Bill Russell Begin Streak As 'Longest Running Infield'". This Day In Baseball.
  7. ↑ 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  8. ↑ 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  9. ↑ 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  10. ↑ 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References

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