1973 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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The 1973 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 92nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 87th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the National League East with a record of 80–82.

LeagueNational League
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
Record80–82 (.494)
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
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1973 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersBill Virdon
Danny Murtaugh
TelevisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Nellie King
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Nellie King
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 8279 .509 — 43‍–‍38 39‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 8181 .500 1½ 43‍–‍38 38‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 .494 2½ 41‍–‍40 39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos 7983 .488 3½ 43‍–‍38 36‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs 7784 .478 5 41‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 7191 .438 11½ 38‍–‍43 33‍–‍48
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Record vs. opponents

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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—
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Game log

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1973 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 41–40; Away: 39–42)
April: 8–7 (Home: 4–4; Away: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Cardinals7–5Rooker (1–0)SeguiHernandez (1)51,6951–0
2April 8Cardinals4–3 (10)Giusti (1–0)Granger—2–0
3April 8Cardinals5–3Ellis (1–0)SpinksHernandez (2)23,3913–0
4April 12Cubs6–0Moose (1–0)Jenkins—3,7644–0
5April 14@ Expos4–6WalkerBriles (0–1)—21,1984–1
6April 15@ Expos8–3Ellis (2–0)TorrezGiusti (1)12,1015–1
7April 17@ Cardinals4–3 (14)Hernandez (1–0)FosterRooker (1)9,8516–1
8April 18@ Cardinals8–2Moose (2–0)WiseWalker (1)6,2287–1
9April 21@ Cubs9–10LockerBriles (0–2)—16,6377–2
10April 22@ Cubs10–4Ellis (3–0)PappasRooker (2)8–2
11April 22@ Cubs3–11GuraBlass (0–1)Bonham28,2718–3
12April 24Padres5–7TroedsonMoose (2–1)Romo10,1088–4
13April 28Dodgers2–3SuttonBriles (0–3)—9,6438–5
14April 29Dodgers8–9 (13)DowningHernandez (1–1)—8–6
15April 29Dodgers1–2OsteenEllis (3–1)—18,0838–7
May: 13–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
16May 1@ Giants7–8SosaHernandez (1–2)—7,9728–8
17May 2@ Giants2–1Walker (1–0)BarrGiusti (2)4,8189–8
18May 3@ Giants14–5Briles (1–3)Willoughby—4,19810–8
19May 4@ Padres12–6Blass (1–1)Norman—9,59511–8
20May 5@ Padres5–6RomoEllis (3–2)—10,61911–9
21May 6@ Padres0–8CaldwellMoose (2–2)—7,17611–10
22May 7@ Dodgers5–4Johnson (1–0)SuttonRooker (3)17,74512–10
23May 8@ Dodgers4–7MessersmithBriles (1–4)Brewer13,62012–11
24May 9@ Dodgers5–8OsteenBlass (1–2)Culver17,50912–12
25May 11Mets3–4ParkerEllis (3–3)McGraw17,56412–13
26May 12Mets0–6SeaverMoose (2–3)—13,05812–14
27May 13Mets4–6McAndrewWalker (1–1)McGraw14,31012–15
28May 14Expos2–3 (10)WalkerBriles (1–5)—6,32712–16
29May 15Expos9–8 (11)Giusti (2–0)Gilbert—5,44113–16
30May 16Phillies2–5TwitchellEllis (3–4)Scarce6,88513–17
31May 17Phillies5–2Moose (3–3)CarltonRooker (4)6,88514–17
32May 18@ Mets3–4SeaverWalker (1–2)—34,56514–18
33May 19@ Mets4–1 (10)Giusti (3–0)McGraw—32,62215–18
34May 21@ Phillies5–4Blass (2–2)ScarceGiusti (3)9,01016–18
35May 22@ Phillies4–7TwitchellEllis (3–5)—11,61716–19
36May 25Astros2–7ReussMoose (3–4)—13,95616–20
37May 26Astros7–2Briles (2–5)ForschGiusti (4)15,76817–20
38May 27Astros2–6RobertsBlass (2–3)—15,38617–21
39May 28Astros4–2Ellis (4–5)WilsonGiusti (5)21,54618–21
40May 29Braves6–1Walker (2–2)MortonRooker (5)7,91119–21
41May 30Braves4–2Moose (4–4)Reed—7,96320–21
42May 31Braves3–1Briles (3–5)Gentry—10,44621–21
June: 13–18 (Home: 9–9; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
43June 1Reds9–6Blass (3–3)SpragueGiusti (6)24,21322–21
44June 2Reds4–3Ellis (5–5)BillinghamGiusti (7)19,21223–21
45June 3Reds1–5CarrollWalker (2–3)Borbon22,45023–22
46June 4Giants2–7BradleyMoose (4–5)—12,57023–23
47June 5Giants2–3BryantBriles (3–6)Moffitt14,97523–24
48June 6Giants7–9WilliamsRooker (1–1)Moffitt13,88423–25
49June 8@ Astros3–4ForschEllis (5–6)Ray25,48623–26
50June 9@ Astros4–1Moose (5–5)Wilson—29,71624–26
51June 10@ Astros1–7ReussBriles (3–7)—23,05724–27
52June 11@ Braves7–9MortonBlass (3–4)Schueler6,87824–28
53June 12@ Braves2–4NiekroWalker (2–4)—10,41824–29
54June 13@ Braves3–18ReedEllis (5–7)—9,55324–30
55June 15@ Reds0–6NormanMoose (5–6)—27,02924–31
56June 16@ Reds5–0Briles (4–7)Gullett—39,10625–31
57June 17@ Reds1–3BillinghamWalker (2–5)Hall25–32
58June 17@ Reds1–5GrimsleyDettore (0–1)—50,23225–33
59June 18Cubs3–1Ellis (6–7)Jenkins—11,47026–33
60June 19Cubs3–6GuraJohnson (1–1)Aker26–34
61June 19Cubs4–3Giusti (4–0)Locker—28,25627–34
62June 20Cubs3–5ReuschelBriles (4–8)Aker17,89527–35
63June 21Mets2–1Walker (3–5)Capra—10,09928–35
64June 22Mets4–5StoneBlass (3–5)—21,12928–36
65June 23Mets3–2 (10)Hernandez (2–2)Hennigan—24,33729–36
66June 24Mets2–5SeaverMoose (5–7)—20,98429–37
67June 25@ Expos8–6Giusti (5–0)McAnally—30–37
68June 25@ Expos3–1Briles (5–8)Strohmayer—24,40231–37
69June 26@ Expos3–10StonemanWalker (3–6)Marshall12,80631–38
70June 27Cardinals4–15ClevelandRooker (1–2)—33,04131–39
71June 28Cardinals6–0Ellis (7–7)Wise—34,47132–39
72June 29Expos4–0Moose (6–7)McAnally—26,63833–39
73June 30Expos5–1Briles (6–8)MooreHernandez (3)11,67634–39
July: 17–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
74July 1Expos6–2Walker (4–6)StonemanJohnson (1)35–39
75July 1Expos8–4Rooker (2–2)TorrezGiusti (8)24,98436–39
76July 3@ Cardinals0–4WiseEllis (7–8)—36–40
77July 3@ Cardinals6–7FolkersBlass (3–6)Segui28,44936–41
78July 4@ Cardinals3–11MurphyMoose (6–8)—12,67136–42
79July 5@ Cardinals3–2Briles (7–8)Pena—14,65237–42
80July 6@ Dodgers2–3SuttonWalker (4–7)—28,01137–43
81July 7@ Dodgers6–8RauLamb (0–1)Brewer33,19737–44
82July 8@ Dodgers2–3 (12)RichertGiusti (5–1)—24,14437–45
83July 10@ Padres4–3Johnson (2–1)TroedsonLamb (1)12,23338–45
84July 11@ Padres10–2Briles (8–8)Arlin—4,76339–45
85July 12@ Padres4–0Walker (5–7)Kirby—2,86540–45
86July 13@ Giants2–5BradleyEllis (7–9)—10,84240–46
87July 14@ Giants7–2Rooker (3–2)Bryant—9,45841–46
88July 15@ Giants0–12MarichalMoose (6–9)—12,85141–47
89July 16Dodgers0–1SuttonBriles (8–9)—16,57041–48
90July 17Dodgers4–8MessersmithWalker (5–8)Brewer17,38941–49
91July 18Dodgers3–2Ellis (8–9)JohnGiusti (9)24,24842–49
92July 20Padres5–4 (10)Giusti (6–1)Caldwell—43–49
93July 20Padres7–0Rooker (4–2)Troedson—25,83244–49
94July 22Padres3–1Briles (9–9)ArlinGiusti (10)45–49
95July 22Padres13–7Walker (6–8)KirbyLamb (2)22,42546–49
96July 26@ Cubs3–2Ellis (9–9)ReuschelGiusti (11)35,77047–49
97July 27@ Cubs10–6Briles (10–9)GuraGiusti (12)22,04548–49
98July 28Phillies0–5TwitchellRooker (4–3)—14,63048–50
99July 29Phillies5–2Hernandez (3–2)Ruthven—49–50
100July 29Phillies5–2Walker (7–8)LerschGiusti (13)26,94750–50
101July 30Phillies0–1CarltonMoose (6–10)—17,22050–51
102July 31@ Mets4–1Ellis (10–9)KoosmanHernandez (4)24,32251–51
August: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1@ Mets0–3SeaverBlass (3–7)—51–52
104August 1@ Mets2–5StoneBriles (10–10)Parker27,18951–53
105August 2@ Mets1–5SadeckiRooker (4–4)McGraw13,42951–54
106August 3@ Phillies3–1Morlan (1–0)CarltonHernandez (5)24,15252–54
107August 4@ Phillies5–11BrettWalker (7–9)—52–55
108August 4@ Phillies11–4Hernandez (4–2)Lonborg—48,29453–55
109August 5@ Phillies4–1Ellis (11–9)TwitchellGiusti (14)31,15754–55
110August 7Astros0–2WilsonBriles (10–11)—13,84154–56
111August 8Astros4–3Rooker (5–4)RobertsJohnson (2)15,74555–56
112August 10Braves4–5NiekroEllis (11–10)—25,78155–57
113August 11Braves3–9HarrisonMorlan (1–1)House21,36555–58
114August 12Braves5–2Moose (7–10)Schueler—28,71856–58
115August 13Reds3–2Briles (11–11)NormanGiusti (15)15,39657–58
116August 14Reds4–5CarrollHernandez (4–3)Hall17,84157–59
117August 15Reds0–1BillinghamEllis (11–11)—20,90357–60
118August 17Giants3–5BryantMoose (7–11)Sosa15,78957–61
119August 18Giants6–5Briles (12–11)BarrGiusti (16)19,56958–61
120August 19Giants5–0Rooker (6–4)Marichal—23,64059–61
121August 20@ Astros2–10RichardEllis (11–12)—11,05759–62
122August 21@ Astros6–3Morlan (2–1)Wilson—11,09460–62
123August 22@ Astros4–0Moose (8–11)Griffin—10,74661–62
124August 24@ Braves2–3DevineGiusti (6–2)—15,68061–63
125August 25@ Braves6–5 (11)Giusti (7–2)Neibauer—20,10362–63
126August 26@ Braves6–8HarrisonEllis (11–13)Devine26,11362–64
127August 28@ Reds8–3Moose (9–11)GrimsleyJohnson (3)31,72963–64
128August 29@ Reds3–5BillinghamBriles (12–12)—30,03263–65
129August 31Cubs7–0Rooker (7–4)Reuschel—64–65
130August 31Cubs5–2Johnson (3–1)JenkinsHernandez (6)35,88465–65
September: 15–16 (Home: 5–9; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1Cubs1–0Giusti (8–2)Hooton—13,48466–65
132September 2Cubs3–5LockerHernandez (4–4)—19,13066–66
133September 3Cardinals5–4 (13)Giusti (9–2)Fisher—67–66
134September 3Cardinals3–8FolkersWalker (7–10)Pena43,83967–67
135September 4Cardinals2–4AndrewsRooker (7–5)Hrabosky16,28067–68
136September 5Cardinals3–5FosterMorlan (2–2)Segui18,89467–69
137September 7@ Phillies10–8Johnson (4–1)ScarceHernandez (7)15,23368–69
138September 8@ Phillies5–3Moose (10–11)CarltonGiusti (17)16,32069–69
139September 9@ Phillies7–8ScarceJohnson (4–2)—14,35669–70
140September 10@ Cubs11–3Rooker (8–5)Reuschel—7,25570–70
141September 11@ Cubs0–2HootonBlass (3–8)—8,51670–71
142September 12@ Cubs4–2Kison (1–0)PaulGiusti (18)9,85771–71
143September 13@ Cubs6–1Moose (11–11)PappasHernandez (8)7,37572–71
144September 14@ Cardinals3–1Briles (13–12)ClevelandHernandez (9)32,63073–71
145September 15@ Cardinals7–4Rooker (9–5)NagyHernandez (10)28,21974–71
146September 16@ Cardinals3–7FosterWalker (7–11)Hrabosky31,93874–72
147September 17Mets10–3Kison (2–0)SeaverZachary (1)15,00075–72
148September 18Mets5–6McGrawHernandez (4–5)Capra12,33675–73
149September 19@ Mets3–7StoneBriles (13–13)McGraw29,24075–74
150September 20@ Mets3–4 (13)SadeckiWalker (7–12)—24,85575–75
151September 21@ Mets2–10SeaverBlass (3–9)—51,38175–76
152September 23@ Expos6–3Kison (3–0)StonemanHernandez (11)76–76
153September 23@ Expos7–4Ellis (12–13)TorrezGiusti (19)26,17877–76
154September 24@ Expos4–5RenkoMoose (11–12)Marshall77–77
155September 24@ Expos3–0Briles (14–13)McAnallyGiusti (20)20,16878–77
156September 25Phillies1–2CarltonRooker (9–6)—13,31278–78
157September 26Phillies13–2Moose (12–12)LonborgJohnson (4)8,99179–78
158September 27Phillies2–3 (13)CulverZachary (0–1)Wallace11,57779–79
159September 28Expos2–3MarshallEllis (12–14)—27,80479–80
160September 29Expos4–6RogersMcKee (0–1)Marshall9,81679–81
161September 30Expos10–2Rooker (10–6)McAnally—33,37680–81
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Padres3–4JonesMoose (12–13)Corkins2,57280–82
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
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Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
6Rennie Stennett2B
35Manny SanguillénRF
16Al OliverCF
8Willie StargellLF
7Bob Robertson1B
3Richie Hebner3B
14Gene AlleySS
29Milt MayC
28Steve BlassSP
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Notable transactions

Roster

1973 Pittsburgh Pirates
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

More information Pos, Player ...
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CManny Sanguillén149589166.2821265
1BBob Robertson11939795.2391440
2BDave Cash116436118.271231
SSDal Maxvill7421741.189017
3BRichie Hebner144509138.2712574
LFWillie Stargell148522156.29944119
CFAl Oliver158654191.2922099
RFRichie Zisk103333108.3241054
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Other batters

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rennie Stennett128466113.2421055
Gene Clines11030480.263123
Milt May10128376.269731
Gene Alley7615832.20328
Dave Parker5413940.288414
Vic Davalillo598315.18113
Jackie Hernández547318.24708
Fernando González374911.22415
Dave Augustine1172.28600
Jim Campanis661.16700
Jerry McNertney941.25000
Chuck Goggin1111.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nelson Briles33218.214132.8494
Bob Moose33201.112133.53111
Dock Ellis28192.012143.05122
Steve Blass2388.2399.8527
Bruce Kison743.2303.0926
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Other pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Rooker41170.11062.85122
Luke Walker37122.07124.6574
John Morlan1041.0223.9523
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Relief pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Giusti6792202.3764
Ramón Hernández5945112.4164
Bob Johnson504243.6268
John Lamb220126.0711
Jim McKee150105.6713
Tom Dettore120105.9613
Chris Zachary60113.006
Jim Foor30000.001
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Awards and honors

1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Joe Morgan
AA Sherbrooke Pirates Eastern League Tim Murtaugh
A Salem Pirates Carolina League Steve Demeter
A Charleston Pirates Western Carolinas League Chuck Cottier
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Pirates New York–Penn League Woody Huyke
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Ed Napoleon
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