1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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The 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 84th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 16th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 12th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West with a record of 95–66.

LeagueNational League
BallparkDodger Stadium
Record95–66 (.590)
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James Mulvey
Quick facts Los Angeles Dodgers, League ...
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record95–66 (.590)
Divisional place2nd
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
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From June 17 through September 2, the Dodgers held first place in their division. At one point, on July 17, LA had an 8.5 game lead over the Reds. On September 4, they relinquished their lead to the Reds, and despite winning their last five contests of the season in a row, the Dodgers finished 3.5 games behind.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

More information Team, W ...
NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9963 .611 — 50‍–‍31 49‍–‍32
Los Angeles Dodgers 9566 .590 3½ 50‍–‍31 45‍–‍35
San Francisco Giants 8874 .543 11 47‍–‍34 41‍–‍40
Houston Astros 8280 .506 17 41‍–‍40 41‍–‍40
Atlanta Braves 7685 .472 22½ 40‍–‍40 36‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 60102 .370 39 31‍–‍50 29‍–‍52
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Record vs. opponents

More information Team, ATL ...
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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Opening Day lineup

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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
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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

Game log

Regular season

More information Legend ...
Legend
 Dodgers win
 Dodgers loss
 Postponement
 Eliminated from playoff race
BoldDodgers team member
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More information #, Date ...
1973 regular season game log: 95–66–1 (Home: 50–31; Away: 45–35–1)[7]
April: 11–11 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
4April 9@ AstrosL 1–41–3L1
5April 10@ AstrosL 3–4 (12)1–4L2
6April 11RedsL 1–41–5L3
7April 12RedsL 2–51–6L4
8April 13BravesW 6–32–6W1
9April 14BravesW 2–13–6W2
10April 15BravesW 6–24–6W3
11April 16AstrosW 2–1 (13)5–6W4
12April 17AstrosW 7–26–6W5
13April 18AstrosL 2–76–7L1
14April 19GiantsL 6–76–8L2
15April 20GiantsL 3–76–9L3
16April 21GiantsW 1–07–9W1
17April 22GiantsL 2–47–10L1
18April 24@ CardinalsL 0–27–11L2
19April 25@ CardinalsW 5–3 (11)8–11W1
—April 27@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 29
20April 28@ PiratesW 3–29–11W2
21 (1)April 29@ PiratesW 9–8 (11)10–11W3
22 (2)April 29@ PiratesW 2–111–11W4
May: 19–8–1 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–3–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
23May 1CubsL 5–9112–12L1
24May 2CubsW 4–112–12W1
25May 3CubsL 1–412–13W1
26May 4CardinalsW 6–5 (10)13–13W1
27May 5CardinalsW 11–314–13W2
28May 6CardinalsW 3–015–13W3
29May 7PiratesL 4–515–14L1
30May 8PiratesW 7–416–14W1
31May 9PiratesW 8–517–14W2
32May 11@ GiantsW 3–218–14W3
33May 12@ GiantsL 4–518–15L1
34May 13@ GiantsW 15–319–15W1
35May 15@ RedsL 1–419–16L1
36May 16@ RedsW 8–6 (11)20–16W1
37May 17@ RedsW 3–121–16W2
38May 18@ BravesW 3–222–16W3
39May 19@ BravesT 7–7 (13)22–16–1T1
40 (1)May 20@ BravesL 2–3 (10)22–17–1L1
41 (2)May 20@ BravesW 8–322–17–1W1
44May 24MetsL 3–7 (19)24–19–1L2
45May 25MetsW 6–425–19–1W1
46May 26MetsW 9–526–19–1W2
47May 27MetsW 2–127–19–1W3
June: 21–8 (Home: 8–3; Away: 13–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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51June 1ExposW 3–231–19–1W7
52June 2ExposL 3–631–20–1L1
53June 3ExposL 1–431–21–1L2
54June 5@ CubsW 10–132–21–1W1
55June 6@ CubsL 4–632–22–1L1
56June 7@ CubsW 4–033–22–1W1
57June 8@ MetsW 5–334–22–1W2
58June 9@ MetsL 2–434–23–1L1
59June 10@ MetsW 4–035–23–1W1
63June 15@ ExposL 3–437–25–1L2
64June 15@ ExposW 6–338–25–1W1
65June 17@ ExposW 3–2 (12)39–25–1W2
66June 18BravesW 13–340–25–1W3
67June 19BravesW 3–041–25–1W4
68June 20BravesW 6–5 (11)42–25–1W5
69June 21BravesW 5–043–25–1W6
70June 22RedsW 3–2 (10)44–25–1W7
71 (1)June 23RedsL 1–444–26–1L1
72 (2)June 23RedsW 5–145–26–1W1
73June 24RedsW 5–246–26–1W2
76 (1)June 28@ BravesL 2–348–27–1L1
77 (2)June 28@ BravesW 8–349–27–1W1
78June 29@ BravesW 12–9 (12)50–27–1W2
79June 30@ RedsW 8–7 (13)51–27–1W3
July: 15–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 4–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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80 (1)July 1@ RedsL 3–451–28–1L1
81 (2)July 1@ RedsL 2–3 (10)51–29–1L2
82July 2@ RedsL 2–451–30–1L3
86July 6PiratesW 3–252–33–1W1
87July 7PiratesW 8–653–33–1W2
88July 8PiratesW 3–2 (12)54–33–1W3
89July 10CardinalsL 4–554–34–1L1
90July 11CardinalsW 3–155–34–1W1
91July 12CardinalsW 4–056–34–1W2
92July 13CubsW 5–057–34–1W3
93July 14CubsW 7–358–34–1W4
94July 15CubsW 9–359–34–1W5
95July 16@ PiratesW 1–060–34–1W6
96July 17@ PiratesW 8–461–34–1W7
97July 18@ PiratesL 3–761–35–1L1
98July 19@ CardinalsW 3–262–35–1W6
99July 20@ CardinalsW 4–3 (15)63–35–1WL2
100July 21@ CardinalsL 1–863–36–1L1
101July 22@ CardinalsL 4–563–37–1L2
—July 245:15 p.m. PDT44th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
102July 26AstrosW 3–164–37–1W1
103July 27AstrosL 2–564–38–1L1
104July 28GiantsL 0–564–39–1L2
105July 29GiantsW 6–265–39–1W1
105July 30GiantsW 5–266–39–1W2
107July 31@ AstrosL 2–366–40–1L1
August: 17–12 (Home: 6–4; Away: 11–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
108August 1@ AstrosL 0–566–41–1L2
109August 2@ AstrosW 4–2 (11)67–41–1W1
110August 3@ GiantsW 3–068–41–1W2
111August 4@ GiantsL 2–3 (11)68–42–1L1
112August 5@ GiantsW 4–369–42–1W1
115August 8MetsL 0–171–43–1L1
116August 9MetsW 1–072–43–1W1
120August 13ExposW 8–574–45–1W2
121August 14ExposW 4–375–45–1W3
122August 15ExposW 7–276–45–1W4
123August 17@ CubsL 1–576–46–1L1
124August 18@ CubsL 1–276–47–1L2
125August 19@ CubsW 2–177–47–1W1
126August 21@ MetsL 1–277–48–1L1
127August 22@ MetsL 3–477–49–1L2
128August 23@ MetsW 5–478–49–1W1
132August 27@ ExposL 0–481–50–1L1
133August 28@ ExposW 6–182–50–1W1
134August 29@ ExposL 5–682–51–1L1
135August 30AstrosW 6–583–51–1W1
136August 31AstrosL 2–383–52–1L1
September: 12–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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137September 1AstrosL 0–283–53–1L2
138September 2AstrosL 0–983–54–1L3
139September 3@ GiantsL 8–1183–55–1L4
140September 4@ GiantsL 1–383–56–1L5
141September 5@ GiantsL 0–783–57–1L6
146September 11@ RedsL 3–684–61–1L1
147September 12@ RedsL 3–784–62–1L2
148September 13@ AstrosW 8–685–62–1W1
149September 14@ AstrosW 13–186–62–1W2
150September 15@ AstrosL 1–586–63–1L1
151September 16@ AstrosL 2–686–64–1L2
152September 17GiantsW 7–287–64–1W1
153September 18GiantsW 3–188–64–1W2
154September 19BravesW 4–189–64–1W3
155September 20BravesW 5–3 (12)90–64–1W4
156September 21RedsL 1–4 (10)90–65–1L1
157September 22RedsL 9–1190–66–1L2
158September 23RedsW 6–491–66–1W1
159September 25@ BravesW 5–192–66–1W2
160September 26@ BravesW 9–893–66–1W3
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Detailed records

More information Opponent, Home ...
National League
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
NL East
Chicago Cubs4–23–37–5.5835335
Montreal Expos4–23–37–5.5834942
New York Mets4–23–37–5.5834135
Pittsburgh Pirates5–15–110–2.8335842
St. Louis Cardinals5–13–38–4.6674837
22–817–1339–21.650249191
NL West
Atlanta Braves9–06–215–2.8829950
Cincinnati Reds4–53–67–11.3896679
Houston Astros4–53–67–11.3895871
Los Angeles Dodgers——————
San Francisco Giants5–44–59–9.5007368
22–1316–1938–33.535296268
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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

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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
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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

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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
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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
Don Sutton33256.118102.42200
Andy Messersmith33249.214102.70177
Claude Osteen33236.216113.3186
Tommy John36218.01673.10116
Al Downing30193.0993.31124
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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
Geoff Zahn613.1101.359
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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
Jim Brewer5668203.0156
Pete Richert393373.1831
Charlie Hough374252.7670
Doug Rau314233.9651
George Culver284423.0023
Greg Shanahan70013.4511
Eddie Solomon40007.116
Greg Heydeman10004.501
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Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

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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
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1973 Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 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 to 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 to 1977 in the Dodgers farm system, hitting .235.

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