1973 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1973  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Jim Wilson
Managers Del Crandall
Television WTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker,Tom Collins, Johnny Logan)
Radio 620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
  1972 Seasons 1974  

The 1973 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 97650.59950–3147–34
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


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

Milwaukee Brewers
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 Darrell Porter 11735089.2541667
1B George Scott 158604185.30624107
2B Pedro García 160580142.2451554
3B Don Money 145556158.2841161
SS Tim Johnson 13646599.213032
LF Johnny Briggs 142488120.2461857
CF Dave May 156624189.3032593
RF Bob Coluccio 12443898.2241558
DH Ollie Brown 9729683.280732

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ellie Rodríguez 9429078.269030
Joe Lahoud 9622546.204526
Gorman Thomas 6015529.187211
Bobby Mitchell 4713029.223520
John Vukovich 5512816.12529
Bob Heise 499820.20404
Wilbur Howard 16398.20501
Charlie Moore 8275.18503
John Felske 13223.13604
Rick Auerbach 6101.10000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Colborn 43314.120123.18135
Jim Slaton 38276.113153.71134
Jerry Bell 31183.2993.9757
Bill Parsons 2059.2366.7930

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bill Champion 37163.1583.7067
Skip Lockwood 37154.25123.9087
Eduardo Rodriguez 3076.1973.3049
Gary Ryerson 923.0017.8310
Kevin Kobel 28.1018.644
Ken Reynolds 27.1017.363

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Frank Linzy 4226133.5721
Chris Short 423525.1344
Carlos Velázquez 182222.5812
Ray Newman 112112.9510
Rob Gardner 101119.955
Ed Sprague 70119.313

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1973. [4]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Evansville Triplets American Association Mike Roarke
Double-A Shreveport Captains Texas League Gene Freese
Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Bernie Smith
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Matt Galante

Notes

  1. Jim Lonborg at Baseball Reference
  2. Joe Azcue at Baseball-Reference
  3. Robin Yount at Baseball Reference
  4. "1973 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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