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1973 Oakland Athletics
Record: 86-77
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 825
Runs Allowed: 770
Exp W-L: 87-76
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,634,502
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 8th in the American League
AA: 60-77, 9th in the American League
A: 70-67, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
CF *Rick Monday 27 158 564 106 159 29 3 28 98 7 6 114 106 .282 .403 .493 .896 111.2 25.3 3.0
DH *Don Mincher 35 157 576 102 171 25 9 23 102 0 1 84 78 .297 .387 .491 .878 104.7 22.9 0.3
LF  Frank Howard 36 157 578 89 156 35 1 24 114 1 4 69 92 .270 .346 .458 .805 86.8 16.2 4.0
2B  Terry Harmon 29 150 588 101 171 29 0 2 42 27 8 50 77 .291 .346 .350 .696 69.2 11.0 6.6
SS  Bobby Cox 32 151 573 77 159 22 2 7 66 1 0 53 81 .277 .340 .360 .699 66.8 10.3 2.9
LF #Roy White 29 154 530 79 150 28 2 9 74 5 6 77 49 .283 .373 .394 .767 75.1 13.7 3.1
SS  Chuck Harrison 32 155 488 58 122 15 0 10 52 1 1 52 50 .250 .319 .342 .661 55.1 6.7 6.4
C  Andy Etchebarren 30 135 472 55 128 24 1 8 78 0 5 51 85 .271 .353 .377 .730 58.7 8.9 5.9
3B *Graig Nettles 28 137 392 49 86 14 3 16 56 0 4 48 59 .219 .305 .393 .698 46.9 5.8 2.2
C *Paul Ratliff 29 94 203 24 49 14 1 7 26 1 0 22 46 .241 .323 .424 .747 27.7 4.6 1.4
CF *Mike Hegan 30 82 189 24 35 9 0 1 15 6 3 18 49 .185 .260 .249 .508 12.1 0.0 1.4
SS  Tommy Helms 32 80 177 16 45 6 1 1 15 0 0 9 11 .254 .287 .316 .604 13.8 0.6 2.0
1B *Dick Nen 33 48 102 9 20 0 0 1 9 0 0 14 22 .196 .286 .225 .511 8.9 0.0 0.5
C  Jose Morales 28 36 96 8 25 6 1 0 21 0 0 7 13 .260 .314 .344 .658 10.2 1.3 1.0
CF  Ken Berry 32 19 54 4 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 5 .204 .246 .241 .486 2.3 0.0 0.5
1B #Roger Metzger 25 85 53 22 10 2 0 0 4 13 11 4 5 .189 .246 .226 .472 1.0 0.0 1.1
1B  Gorman Thomas 22 14 42 2 7 2 1 1 6 1 0 5 9 .167 .255 .333 .589 4.1 0.2 0.1
  Team Totals 29.9 1812 5677 825 1504 262 25 138 784 63 49 679 837 .265 .344 .393 .737 754.7 127.6 42.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 5 7 9 6 5 8 5 3 4 5 4 7 5 5  
* - 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
*Steve Carlton 28 18 11 .621 35 35 0 291.7 278 102 9 93 220 3.15 24.1
*Mickey Lolich 32 16 11 .593 34 34 0 254.3 251 120 27 86 157 4.25 15.3
*Sandy Koufax 37 10 16 .385 33 33 0 244.7 231 124 33 124 214 4.56 10.0
 Don Durham 24 7 9 .438 26 21 0 152.3 168 86 14 74 90 5.08 4.9
 Bill Gogolewski 25 10 9 .526 24 24 0 148.3 162 71 12 54 65 4.31 8.1
 Tom Timmermann 33 4 6 .400 49 1 5 107.3 112 58 11 54 53 4.86 5.0
 Darrell Osteen 30 7 1 .875 33 2 2 84.3 66 43 11 45 46 4.59 5.2
*Rob Gardner 28 7 5 .583 45 0 15 73.7 67 19 2 24 47 2.32 12.5
 Nelson Briles 29 2 2 .500 14 3 0 44.7 57 23 2 25 16 4.64 1.7
 Tom Seaver 28 3 2 .600 5 5 0 38.0 43 22 4 20 15 5.21 1.4
 Jim Nash 28 1 2 .333 5 3 0 26.3 34 22 6 14 12 7.52 0.0
 Bob Lee 35 1 3 .250 21 0 0 9.3 17 6 1 4 3 5.79 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 86 77 .528 324 161 22 1475.0 1486 696 132 617 938 4.25 88.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 8 5 2 3 2 3 5 5 3  
* - 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 .991 34.8
A.Etchebarren 1127.3 123 129 733 56 10 0 .987 40.2
J.Morales 175.0 20 21 127 8 2 0 .985 38.5
P.Ratliff 172.7 20 24 107 14 2 0 .984 54.5
Team Total 1475.0 163 174 967 78 14 0 .987 42.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.37
B.Cox 861.0 104 104 1052 78 9 105 .992 11.81
D.Nen 231.7 28 35 293 16 0 24 1.000 12.00
D.Mincher 150.7 14 24 198 9 3 14 .986 12.37
P.Ratliff 111.7 12 19 141 8 4 16 .974 12.01
J.Morales 57.0 3 14 57 6 0 6 1.000 9.95
R.Metzger 32.0 0 17 40 7 2 3 .959 13.22
M.Hegan 18.0 2 7 18 0 0 3 1.000 9.00
F.Howard 10.0 0 6 9 0 0 1 1.000 8.10
T.Harmon 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1475.0 163 227 1812 124 18 173 .991 11.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.85
C.Harrison 1269.3 149 150 298 523 11 121 .987 5.82
T.Helms 137.3 11 25 38 65 4 14 .963 6.75
R.Metzger 52.7 2 17 18 30 1 5 .980 8.20
M.Hegan 15.7 1 7 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.45
Team Total 1475.0 163 199 357 621 16 141 .984 5.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.81
G.Nettles 907.7 110 116 54 236 21 21 .932 2.88
B.Cox 365.3 42 43 31 101 2 11 .985 3.25
P.Ratliff 86.0 6 20 5 18 1 0 .958 2.41
T.Helms 73.0 5 16 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.60
R.Metzger 36.0 0 15 0 8 1 0 .889 2.00
T.Harmon 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Harrison 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1475.0 163 213 92 375 25 33 .949 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.25
T.Harmon 1243.3 144 146 186 568 29 107 .963 5.46
T.Helms 169.3 17 32 21 84 2 19 .981 5.58
R.Metzger 46.3 2 17 12 28 0 5 1.000 7.77
D.Nen 7.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Cox 4.0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Monday 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Harrison 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Ratliff 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1475.0 163 202 224 685 31 132 .967 5.55
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
R.White 1210.0 138 148 218 10 0 1 1.000 1.70
M.Hegan 146.3 16 23 30 1 1 0 .969 1.91
G.Nettles 74.7 8 12 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.81
F.Howard 13.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Harrison 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
K.Berry 3.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
B.Cox 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1456.9 162 193 265 12 1 2 .996 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.39
F.Howard 1231.3 141 142 295 2 4 1 .987 2.17
M.Hegan 145.0 14 19 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.42
K.Berry 107.3 14 15 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.60
R.Monday 22.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.Cox 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
G.Thomas 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1513.6 169 187 369 4 4 2 .989 2.22
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
R.Monday 1318.0 147 148 237 3 7 0 .972 1.64
M.Hegan 131.0 14 18 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.72
K.Berry 17.5 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
G.Thomas 9.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1475.5 163 172 268 4 7 1 .975 1.66
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
S.Carlton 291.7 35 35 13 59 6 4 .923 2.22
M.Lolich 254.3 34 34 13 47 0 3 1.000 2.12
S.Koufax 244.7 33 33 7 51 5 2 .921 2.13
D.Durham 152.3 21 26 10 35 1 3 .978 2.66
B.Gogolewski 148.3 24 24 8 31 1 3 .975 2.37
T.Timmermann 107.3 1 49 6 14 1 0 .952 1.68
D.Osteen 84.3 2 33 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.60
R.Gardner 73.7 0 45 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.71
N.Briles 44.7 3 14 4 9 1 0 .929 2.62
T.Seaver 38.0 5 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.42
J.Nash 26.3 3 5 3 5 1 0 .889 2.73
B.Lee 9.3 0 21 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1475.0 161 324 76 278 16 17 .957 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mincher .297
On-Base Pct Monday .403
Slugging Pct Monday .493
OPS Monday .896
XR Monday 111.2
Games Monday 158
At-Bats Harmon 588
Runs Monday 106
Hits Harmon, Mincher 171
Total Bases Mincher 283
Singles Harmon 140
Doubles Howard 35
Triples Mincher 9
Homeruns Monday 28
RBIs Howard 114
Stolen Bases Harmon 27
Caught Stealing Metzger 11
Walks Monday 114
Strikeouts Monday 106
ERA Carlton 3.15
Wins Carlton 18
Losses Koufax 16
Winning Pct Carlton .621
Saves Gardner 15
Games Pitched Timmermann 49
Games Started Carlton 35
Complete Games Carlton 18
Shutouts Carlton 2
Innings Pitched Carlton 291.7
Hits Allowed Carlton 278
Homeruns Allowed Koufax 33
Strikeouts Carlton 220
Walks Allowed Koufax 124
Walks per 9IP Carlton 2.9
Hits per 9IP Koufax 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 7.9
WHiP Carlton 1.27
OAVG Koufax .245
OOBP Carlton .307
OSLG Carlton .344
OOPS Carlton .651
Team All-Stars
Rob Gardner
Player Salaries
Don Mincher $ 11,080,000
Steve Carlton $ 10,100,000
Rick Monday $ 8,500,000
Roy White $ 6,000,000
Sandy Koufax $ 4,940,000
Frank Howard $ 4,310,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 4,000,000
Mickey Lolich $ 3,200,000
Chuck Harrison $ 1,542,857
Graig Nettles $ 1,375,714
Rob Gardner $ 1,035,000
Tommy Helms $ 350,000
Paul Lindblad $ 350,000
Mel Queen $ 350,000
Tom Timmermann $ 350,000
Dick Nen $ 350,000
Bob Lee $ 350,000
Bobby Cox $ 300,000
Don Durham $ 300,000
Gorman Thomas $ 300,000
Paul Ratliff $ 300,000
Bill Gogolewski $ 300,000
Mike Hegan $ 300,000
Roger Metzger $ 300,000
Darrell Osteen $ 300,000
Tim Johnson $ 300,000
Jim Nash $ 300,000
Nelson Briles $ 300,000
Jose Morales $ 300,000
Fred Whitfield $ 300,000
Terry Harmon $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Carl Warwick
4/2 Signed     Gary Peters
5/1 Traded Ken Berry
Tom Seaver		 New York (N) Jim Nash
Fred Whitfield
$8,003,327
6/1 Signed     Joe Horlen
6/1 Signed     Curt Flood
 
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