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1973 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 61-101
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 609
Runs Allowed: 794
Exp W-L: 62-100
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,036,668
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 91-46, 1st in the National League
AA: 76-61, 2nd in the National League
A: 59-78, 9th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Willie Davis 33 157 616 76 178 40 4 11 71 38 14 34 91 .289 .327 .420 .747 80.3 16.0 2.5
2B  Bobby Grich 24 155 548 79 152 29 4 15 74 3 2 85 99 .277 .376 .427 .803 89.0 19.8 3.4
RF *Larry Stahl 32 156 574 67 148 11 4 10 58 16 18 45 104 .258 .309 .343 .653 58.3 6.6 3.1
SS #Tom Tresh 35 153 526 59 94 17 4 12 57 10 4 70 123 .179 .278 .295 .573 44.2 1.7 4.9
CF  Don Young 27 153 508 52 116 20 2 9 44 0 3 62 140 .228 .315 .329 .644 50.8 5.7 3.8
C  Ellie Rodriguez 27 144 488 55 133 20 1 0 48 4 5 67 53 .273 .371 .318 .689 56.9 9.0 7.3
C  Thurman Munson 26 139 530 66 134 20 3 5 57 3 0 29 37 .253 .290 .330 .620 46.8 4.0 0.0
SS  Bob Heise 26 146 517 41 124 16 4 1 46 0 0 40 13 .240 .297 .292 .589 41.3 2.5 2.1
DH *Frank Baker 29 104 324 38 80 19 1 2 34 0 4 21 60 .247 .295 .330 .625 29.5 3.3 1.5
RF #Jim Qualls 26 124 300 30 67 10 4 2 24 24 10 33 24 .223 .302 .303 .606 28.2 2.2 1.8
C *Bob Chance 32 106 230 15 56 5 2 8 35 0 0 22 52 .243 .308 .387 .695 26.8 4.0 1.7
SS  Dal Maxvill 34 78 176 15 37 5 1 0 12 0 0 11 31 .210 .257 .250 .507 7.5 0.0 1.0
LF *Leon Wagner 39 50 85 7 22 2 1 2 11 0 1 2 12 .259 .276 .376 .652 8.2 1.1 0.3
1B *Mike Fiore 28 24 63 4 8 3 0 2 8 0 0 3 16 .127 .179 .270 .449 2.5 0.0 0.2
3B  Julio Gotay 34 40 46 3 14 1 1 1 8 0 0 3 10 .304 .347 .435 .782 6.8 1.7 0.1
2B  Tom Ragland 27 21 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .063 .143 .063 .205 -1.5 0.0 0.2
LF *Jim Small 36 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Baney 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1753 5566 609 1366 218 36 80 587 98 61 530 873 .245 .313 .341 .654 575.5 77.6 34.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 9 8 9 3 9 9 3 9 6 7 8 8 9 9 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Buzz Capra 25 14 19 .424 34 34 0 273.7 281 134 29 116 201 4.41 14.2
*Tom House 26 10 19 .345 32 32 0 242.7 273 132 28 69 86 4.90 7.5
*Ken Reynolds 26 7 18 .280 34 34 0 228.7 228 111 15 119 129 4.37 9.8
 Jim Barr 25 12 12 .500 26 26 0 220.3 244 105 28 64 44 4.29 10.7
 Dick Baney 26 7 16 .304 48 24 4 211.3 226 99 28 43 96 4.22 11.7
 Rollie Sheldon 36 2 7 .222 12 12 0 98.0 98 44 7 28 38 4.04 4.4
*Bill Lee 26 2 7 .222 38 0 4 70.3 90 37 9 22 14 4.73 2.7
 Andy Messersmith 27 6 2 .750 40 0 9 68.0 56 36 8 42 60 4.76 5.3
 Gary Gentry 26 0 1 .000 17 0 0 28.7 26 8 1 9 9 2.51 2.8
*Bill Laxton 25 0 0 .000 8 0 0 11.0 7 2 1 3 7 1.64 1.4
 Diego Segui 35 0 0 .000 2 0 0 4.7 8 5 1 1 4 9.66 0.0
*Steve Hamilton 37 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.9
*Dave Roberts 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 61 101 .377 296 162 17 1462.3 1545 714 155 518 690 4.39 71.2
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 8 9 3 9 6 7 4 10 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 37.9
E.Rodriguez 1152.3 125 136 599 62 4 1 .994 47.2
B.Chance 287.7 36 37 124 10 0 1 1.000 11.5
T.Munson 22.3 1 5 10 0 1 0 .909 0.0
Team Total 1462.3 162 178 733 72 5 2 .994 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.39
W.Davis 1321.7 146 148 1648 104 14 151 .992 11.93
M.Fiore 120.7 15 16 136 17 1 15 .994 11.41
J.Gotay 9.0 1 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.00
B.Chance 8.0 0 4 11 0 0 2 1.000 12.38
L.Wagner 2.0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
L.Stahl 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 172 1807 123 15 170 .992 11.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.87
B.Grich 1285.3 143 154 301 580 26 128 .971 6.17
T.Ragland 90.0 11 15 18 31 2 5 .961 4.90
D.Maxvill 64.3 7 12 11 21 0 6 1.000 4.48
J.Gotay 22.7 1 4 6 3 0 0 1.000 3.57
Team Total 1462.3 162 185 336 635 28 139 .972 5.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
B.Heise 1227.0 143 145 72 322 23 30 .945 2.89
D.Maxvill 173.0 17 34 9 37 8 3 .852 2.39
J.Gotay 62.3 2 20 6 15 3 2 .875 3.03
Team Total 1462.3 162 199 87 374 34 35 .931 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.17
T.Tresh 1305.0 149 150 222 553 29 104 .964 5.34
D.Maxvill 126.0 13 20 20 59 4 10 .952 5.64
J.Gotay 15.0 0 9 1 5 1 1 .857 3.60
F.Baker 10.3 0 1 5 5 0 1 1.000 8.71
T.Ragland 4.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Baney 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.3 162 184 248 625 34 117 .963 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
L.Stahl 819.3 92 99 206 10 1 2 .995 2.37
F.Baker 519.0 61 65 122 6 2 2 .985 2.22
D.Maxvill 62.0 8 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
L.Wagner 43.0 1 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 3.14
W.Davis 16.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Tresh 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Munson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 202 363 18 3 4 .992 2.34
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.48
D.Young 1280.3 144 147 365 14 6 5 .984 2.66
J.Qualls 74.3 7 11 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.66
F.Baker 66.7 7 7 13 0 1 0 .929 1.76
L.Stahl 40.0 4 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
L.Wagner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 174 411 15 7 5 .984 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.93
J.Qualls 774.3 99 102 164 4 1 1 .994 1.95
L.Stahl 408.0 48 50 89 1 0 0 1.000 1.99
B.Chance 113.0 1 43 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
F.Baker 69.7 7 16 14 1 1 0 .938 1.94
L.Wagner 39.3 0 15 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
D.Maxvill 33.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
D.Young 24.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Small 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 234 310 6 2 1 .994 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.92
B.Capra 273.7 34 34 20 41 0 4 1.000 2.01
T.House 242.7 32 32 10 44 1 5 .982 2.00
K.Reynolds 228.7 34 34 16 42 0 3 1.000 2.28
J.Barr 220.3 26 26 12 26 6 3 .864 1.55
D.Baney 211.3 24 48 11 50 1 2 .984 2.60
R.Sheldon 98.0 12 12 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.47
B.Lee 70.3 0 38 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.82
A.Messersmith 68.0 0 40 2 16 1 0 .947 2.38
G.Gentry 28.7 0 17 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.51
B.Laxton 11.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Segui 4.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Hamilton 4.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Roberts 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 296 84 255 9 18 .974 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Davis .289
On-Base Pct Grich .376
Slugging Pct Grich .427
OPS Grich .803
XR Grich 89.0
Games Davis 157
At-Bats Davis 616
Runs Grich 79
Hits Davis 178
Total Bases Davis 259
Singles Stahl, Davis 123
Doubles Davis 40
Triples Davis, Grich, Heise, Qualls, Stahl, Tresh 4
Homeruns Grich 15
RBIs Grich 74
Stolen Bases Davis 38
Caught Stealing Stahl 18
Walks Grich 85
Strikeouts Young 140
ERA Baney 4.22
Wins Capra 14
Losses Capra, House 19
Winning Pct Barr .500
Saves Messersmith 9
Games Pitched Baney 48
Games Started Capra, Reynolds 34
Complete Games Capra 16
Shutouts House 2
Innings Pitched Capra 273.7
Hits Allowed Capra 281
Homeruns Allowed Capra 29
Strikeouts Capra 201
Walks Allowed Reynolds 119
Walks per 9IP Baney 1.8
Hits per 9IP Reynolds 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Capra 6.6
WHiP Baney 1.27
OAVG Reynolds .261
OOBP Baney .313
OSLG Reynolds .369
OOPS Reynolds .719
Team All-Stars
Bobby Grich
Player Salaries
Rollie Sheldon $ 9,000,000
Steve Hamilton $ 2,000,000
Tom Tresh $ 2,000,000
Don Buford $ 1,500,000
Red Swanson $ 1,000,000
Diego Segui $ 1,000,000
Jim Small $ 900,000
Stan Williams $ 620,000
Bob Chance $ 600,000
Aurelio Monteagudo $ 510,000
Ed Connolly $ 450,000
Jackie Brown $ 400,000
Dick Kelley $ 400,000
Jack Fisher $ 400,000
Larry Stahl $ 390,000
Andy Messersmith $ 350,000
Frank Baker $ 350,000
Jim Hannan $ 350,000
Charley Smith $ 350,000
Dave Roberts $ 350,000
Mike Fiore $ 300,000
Willie Davis $ 300,000
Vic Davalillo $ 300,000
Gary Gentry $ 300,000
Larry Burchart $ 300,000
Jim Barr $ 300,000
Dick Baney $ 300,000
Buzz Capra $ 300,000
Julio Gotay $ 300,000
Bobby Grich $ 300,000
Bob Heise $ 300,000
Tom House $ 300,000
Bill Lee $ 300,000
Don Young $ 300,000
Dal Maxvill $ 300,000
Thurman Munson $ 300,000
Gene Oliver $ 300,000
Jim Qualls $ 300,000
Tom Ragland $ 300,000
Ken Reynolds $ 300,000
Ellie Rodriguez $ 300,000
Leon Wagner $ 300,000
Bill Laxton $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jerry Johnson Seattle Rollie Sheldon
2/2 Signed     Larry Stahl
2/2 Signed     Dick Kelley
2/2 Signed     Jackie Brown
2/4 Signed     Jim Small
2/4 Signed     Bob Chance
2/5 Signed     Vic Davalillo
2/5 Signed     Gene Oliver
2/5 Signed     Charley Smith
2/5 Signed     Jack Fisher
2/7 Signed     Aurelio Monteagudo
2/8 Signed     Tom Tresh
2/8 Signed     Red Swanson
 
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