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1973 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 64-98
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 623
Runs Allowed: 863
Exp W-L: 58-104
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,496,901
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 3rd in the American League
AA: 77-60, 4th in the American League
A: 79-58, 3rd in the American 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
LF *Bobby Murcer 27 154 551 84 143 30 4 17 75 7 2 85 82 .260 .359 .421 .780 82.0 12.3 6.3
3B *Oscar Gamble 23 154 537 66 137 23 3 18 74 7 2 62 75 .255 .337 .410 .747 75.1 10.4 3.5
LF  George Hendrick 23 148 543 47 133 39 3 7 74 0 0 41 95 .245 .295 .366 .661 54.7 3.9 2.4
2B  Paul Schaal 30 140 501 61 139 21 2 10 63 2 4 66 46 .277 .363 .387 .751 70.0 9.6 6.0
1B  Roger Freed 27 150 503 57 106 28 3 13 52 0 0 57 135 .211 .291 .356 .647 57.0 4.6 0.0
RF *Steve Whitaker 30 139 451 53 97 18 3 19 53 3 5 42 102 .215 .282 .395 .676 48.7 3.3 2.5
C  Jack Hiatt 30 106 350 53 83 22 3 6 33 0 0 65 83 .237 .356 .369 .724 47.9 6.3 4.0
CF *Larry Elliot 35 111 301 37 78 20 4 9 42 0 0 34 55 .259 .336 .442 .778 45.1 6.9 2.6
C  Larry Howard 28 92 316 25 74 17 0 0 21 0 1 16 70 .234 .269 .288 .557 21.3 0.0 3.8
3B  Danny Cater 33 74 290 25 95 18 0 2 35 3 4 9 33 .328 .349 .410 .759 35.6 5.5 2.5
3B  Gene Alley 32 111 261 34 65 17 1 2 19 5 3 20 55 .249 .305 .345 .650 25.5 2.2 2.9
3B  Ed Spiezio 31 82 257 28 55 12 1 8 30 0 0 19 52 .214 .273 .362 .635 24.5 0.8 1.4
SS  Frank Duffy 26 86 261 17 49 8 1 1 13 1 0 9 34 .188 .218 .238 .455 8.4 0.0 3.6
LF  Brant Alyea 32 80 192 10 23 2 0 0 5 0 0 23 49 .120 .220 .130 .350 2.0 0.0 1.9
3B  Dick Howser 37 73 116 17 34 7 1 1 6 1 0 9 25 .293 .341 .397 .738 15.3 2.3 0.9
SS  George Banks 34 12 27 5 9 0 0 4 6 0 0 8 5 .333 .486 .778 1.263 9.0 2.1 0.4
C  Dick Brown 38 8 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .065 .000 .065 -1.9 0.0 0.3
C  Don Bryant 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1721 5487 619 1320 282 29 117 601 29 21 566 1003 .241 .313 .367 .679 619.9 70.2 45.0
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 4 7 8 10 10 1 7 7 10 9 9 9 9  
* - 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
*Tommy John 30 6 11 .353 35 21 0 185.0 201 106 22 99 88 5.16 7.6
*Paul Splittorff 26 8 14 .364 36 27 0 181.0 232 131 31 81 56 6.51 0.6
 Don Drysdale 36 9 9 .500 29 23 1 163.7 171 91 19 66 115 5.00 8.3
 Cecil Butler 35 7 10 .412 27 22 1 158.3 158 63 15 52 109 3.58 12.1
 Tom Seaver 28 10 5 .667 16 16 0 136.0 127 44 11 30 71 2.91 14.9
 Ron Reed 30 6 5 .545 30 10 0 118.0 120 55 11 45 51 4.19 8.3
*Al Jackson 37 3 8 .273 45 0 4 96.0 94 38 14 37 37 3.56 8.1
 Tommie Sisk 31 8 3 .727 60 3 16 92.3 92 36 5 37 35 3.51 13.1
 Carroll Sembera 31 1 11 .083 12 12 0 74.7 89 62 7 47 34 7.47 0.0
 Bob Gibson 37 1 8 .111 11 11 0 64.0 76 51 9 48 20 7.17 0.0
 Paul Edmondson 30 1 4 .200 23 5 1 59.3 74 40 7 26 15 6.07 0.4
 Cal Koonce 32 1 1 .500 29 0 0 43.7 50 30 5 32 26 6.18 0.8
 Dave Leonhard 32 1 4 .200 5 5 0 32.3 32 19 4 15 11 5.29 0.6
*Dave McNally 30 1 3 .250 5 5 0 17.7 28 19 5 9 4 9.68 0.0
 Horacio Pina 28 0 2 .000 2 2 0 11.0 8 4 1 7 7 3.27 0.7
*Rudy May 28 1 0 1.000 2 0 1 3.3 1 0 0 2 0 0.00 1.3
Team Totals 31.3 64 98 .395 367 162 24 1436.3 1553 789 166 633 679 4.94 76.7
Rank among 10 AL teams 9 9 7 8 9 9 9 8 6 10 8  
* - 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
J.Hiatt 759.3 82 96 396 29 5 0 .988 29.7
L.Howard 611.0 73 76 292 42 3 0 .991 43.9
D.Brown 66.0 7 8 34 3 1 0 .974 20.0
Team Total 1436.3 162 180 722 74 9 0 .989 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.37
G.Hendrick 842.3 98 106 1003 74 11 98 .990 11.51
E.Spiezio 473.0 54 59 533 37 2 71 .997 10.85
G.Alley 60.0 6 14 73 7 0 4 1.000 12.00
L.Howard 28.0 2 10 34 5 0 5 1.000 12.54
J.Hiatt 17.0 1 4 23 1 0 2 1.000 12.71
O.Gamble 16.0 1 5 18 1 0 3 1.000 10.69
D.Cater 6.3 0 4 8 0 0 2 1.000 11.43
Team Total 1442.6 162 202 1692 125 13 185 .993 11.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.85
P.Schaal 996.7 113 119 242 430 8 107 .988 6.07
F.Duffy 300.0 36 38 77 143 4 30 .982 6.60
G.Alley 94.0 9 19 19 43 0 10 1.000 5.94
D.Howser 44.7 4 13 9 18 0 6 1.000 5.44
G.Banks 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 190 347 635 12 154 .988 6.15
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.81
D.Cater 585.5 61 63 38 158 12 16 .942 3.01
F.Duffy 328.7 40 40 29 90 2 13 .983 3.26
E.Spiezio 140.0 16 23 8 38 2 5 .958 2.96
P.Schaal 115.7 14 19 12 37 2 3 .961 3.81
D.Howser 113.0 11 24 3 26 3 1 .906 2.31
G.Alley 89.0 7 21 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.53
O.Gamble 17.0 1 5 0 6 0 1 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1388.8 150 195 95 375 21 40 .957 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.25
B.Murcer 993.7 117 117 169 411 9 72 .985 5.25
G.Alley 344.0 39 46 61 148 6 38 .972 5.47
D.Howser 73.7 5 15 14 28 0 6 1.000 5.13
F.Duffy 20.0 1 6 3 6 0 2 1.000 4.05
G.Banks 5.0 0 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1436.3 162 186 249 597 15 120 .983 5.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
S.Whitaker 982.3 110 121 217 11 12 2 .950 2.09
G.Hendrick 373.0 43 45 75 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
D.Cater 40.0 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Elliot 34.0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
B.Alyea 25.0 3 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.80
O.Gamble 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Murcer 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1474.3 166 184 315 12 13 2 .962 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.39
L.Elliot 655.0 73 86 200 4 6 1 .971 2.80
B.Alyea 469.7 56 64 141 3 3 0 .980 2.76
B.Murcer 273.7 31 31 86 3 1 0 .989 2.93
S.Whitaker 27.0 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
G.Banks 7.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Spiezio 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 191 438 10 10 1 .978 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
O.Gamble 1211.7 141 142 312 4 9 1 .972 2.35
G.Banks 66.0 8 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
S.Whitaker 52.7 4 11 8 0 1 0 .889 1.37
B.Alyea 52.0 5 10 14 1 1 1 .938 2.60
L.Elliot 48.0 4 10 14 1 1 1 .938 2.81
B.Murcer 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 184 366 7 12 3 .969 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
T.John 185.0 21 35 7 30 0 4 1.000 1.80
P.Splittorff 181.0 27 36 13 34 0 3 1.000 2.34
D.Drysdale 163.7 23 29 6 27 0 4 1.000 1.81
C.Butler 158.3 22 27 10 19 3 2 .906 1.65
T.Seaver 136.0 16 16 8 16 0 2 1.000 1.59
R.Reed 118.0 10 30 6 14 1 2 .952 1.53
A.Jackson 96.0 0 45 14 13 0 0 1.000 2.53
T.Sisk 92.3 3 60 11 7 1 1 .947 1.75
C.Sembera 74.7 12 12 8 6 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Gibson 64.0 11 11 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.83
P.Edmondson 59.3 5 23 6 9 0 3 1.000 2.28
C.Koonce 43.7 0 29 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.82
D.Leonhard 32.3 5 5 3 4 1 1 .875 1.95
D.McNally 17.7 5 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.02
H.Pina 11.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.May 3.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1436.3 162 367 96 197 6 25 .980 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Schaal .277
On-Base Pct Schaal .363
Slugging Pct Murcer .421
OPS Murcer .780
XR Murcer 82.0
Games Murcer, Gamble 154
At-Bats Murcer 551
Runs Murcer 84
Hits Murcer 143
Total Bases Murcer 232
Singles Schaal 106
Doubles Hendrick 39
Triples Elliot, Murcer 4
Homeruns Whitaker 19
RBIs Murcer 75
Stolen Bases Gamble, Murcer 7
Caught Stealing Whitaker 5
Walks Murcer 85
Strikeouts Freed 135
ERA Drysdale 5.00
Wins Seaver 10
Losses Splittorff 14
Winning Pct Drysdale .500
Saves Sisk 16
Games Pitched Sisk 60
Games Started Splittorff 27
Complete Games Seaver 11
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched John 185.0
Hits Allowed Splittorff 232
Homeruns Allowed Splittorff 31
Strikeouts Drysdale 115
Walks Allowed John 99
Walks per 9IP Drysdale 3.6
Hits per 9IP Drysdale 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Drysdale 6.3
WHiP Drysdale 1.45
OAVG Drysdale .268
OOBP Drysdale .336
OSLG Drysdale .418
OOPS Drysdale .754
Team All-Stars
Paul Schaal
Tommie Sisk
Player Salaries
Bobby Murcer $ 15,750,000
Tom Seaver $ 5,957,143
Don Drysdale $ 5,500,000
Cecil Butler $ 4,500,000
Paul Schaal $ 3,290,000
Steve Whitaker $ 2,321,429
Al Jackson $ 2,000,000
Jack Hiatt $ 1,620,000
Dick Howser $ 1,000,000
Eddie Watt $ 904,000
Tommie Sisk $ 820,000
Ron Reed $ 750,000
Bill Hands $ 750,000
Rudy May $ 750,000
Dennis Higgins $ 712,000
Tony Kubek $ 700,007
Gene Alley $ 660,000
Tommy John $ 620,000
Sam Bowens $ 510,000
Jerry Johnson $ 350,000
Dave McNally $ 350,000
Tommy Harper $ 330,000
Roger Freed $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Paul Splittorff $ 300,000
Frank Duffy $ 300,000
Dick Brown $ 300,000
Oscar Gamble $ 300,000
Bob Gibson $ 300,000
Ed Spiezio $ 300,000
Horacio Pina $ 300,000
Larry Howard $ 300,000
Carroll Sembera $ 300,000
Dave Leonhard $ 300,000
George Hendrick $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Rudy May
2/3 Signed     Cecil Butler
2/4 Signed     Bobby Murcer
2/4 Signed     Ron Reed
2/8 Signed     Jerry Johnson
2/10 Signed     Tommy Harper
2/10 Signed     Dave Mcnally
2/11 Signed     Jorge Rubio
2/15 Signed     Dick Howser
2/15 Signed     Bill Hands
2/28 Signed     Sam Bowens
4/2 Signed     Jerry May
4/2 Signed     Eddie Watt
4/2 Signed     Sam Mcdowell
4/2 Signed     Dennis Higgins
4/2 Signed     Dick Simpson
5/1 Traded Ron Cash New York (N) Tom Seaver
7/1 Traded Danny Cater Washington Ken Hubbs
7/31 Signed     Bobby Darwin
10/31 Released Don Bryant    
10/31 Released Brant Alyea    
10/31 Released Bobby Wine    
10/31 Released Paul Edmondson    
10/31 Released Larry Elliot    
10/31 Released Cal Koonce    
 
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