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1973 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 72-90
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 753
Runs Allowed: 776
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,008,835
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 7th in the National League
AA: 67-70, 5th in the National League
A: 79-58, 2nd 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
CF  Amos Otis 26 154 595 89 179 37 8 18 77 9 4 57 48 .301 .359 .481 .840 96.3 20.6 2.6
3B  Mike Shannon 33 145 574 69 173 19 8 5 58 0 0 40 75 .301 .345 .389 .733 74.2 13.1 4.2
RF  Bobby Bonds 27 150 538 102 160 23 5 37 109 16 11 84 87 .297 .392 .565 .957 112.7 26.2 1.4
LF  George Foster 24 157 515 75 121 17 2 24 88 4 0 56 128 .235 .310 .416 .725 70.7 11.1 1.9
C  Johnny Bench 25 145 528 79 142 16 3 30 90 1 0 45 81 .269 .324 .481 .805 81.4 15.4 8.1
SS  Don Money 26 155 500 56 130 29 4 5 37 0 0 27 60 .260 .296 .364 .660 50.3 6.3 4.9
CF  Cleon Jones 30 136 431 52 132 21 3 7 60 3 4 24 73 .306 .343 .418 .760 57.6 11.3 0.3
1B *Willie Smith 34 103 353 32 79 11 4 2 25 2 3 17 88 .224 .261 .295 .556 23.9 0.2 0.5
1B  Bill Robinson 30 90 294 24 59 11 2 2 38 0 0 15 55 .201 .235 .272 .507 17.2 0.0 0.1
2B  Felix Millan 29 73 252 33 68 12 1 4 31 0 1 25 4 .270 .335 .373 .708 30.6 4.7 1.5
3B  Jim Fregosi 31 74 254 29 67 19 5 4 32 6 2 11 72 .264 .293 .425 .718 29.1 4.7 2.6
C *John Stephenson 32 70 198 29 33 10 0 3 17 0 0 23 24 .167 .273 .263 .536 14.6 0.0 0.4
2B  Winston Llenas 29 82 193 25 48 10 1 0 15 0 0 12 27 .249 .291 .311 .602 15.8 1.2 1.9
CF *Gates Brown 34 85 151 27 38 7 0 3 18 1 2 26 38 .252 .362 .358 .719 20.0 3.4 0.4
C *John Sullivan 32 33 108 13 22 6 0 3 12 0 0 9 15 .204 .265 .343 .608 10.0 0.8 1.8
1B  Billy Conigliaro 25 35 85 11 16 4 1 1 9 0 0 5 11 .188 .223 .294 .518 6.1 0.0 0.2
RF *Dave Marshall 30 50 73 8 17 2 0 1 14 0 1 8 19 .233 .305 .301 .606 7.5 0.6 0.2
  Team Totals 29.2 1737 5642 753 1484 254 47 149 730 42 28 484 905 .263 .320 .404 .724 718.1 119.5 33.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 7 5 6 2 6 7 7 4 8 8 7 7 6 7 7  
* - 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
 Joe Moeller 30 18 13 .581 36 36 0 289.7 281 111 20 56 203 3.45 21.9
 Fergie Jenkins 30 13 16 .448 34 34 0 249.7 283 154 30 97 116 5.55 4.4
 Jim McAndrew 29 11 16 .407 33 33 0 246.0 266 128 32 65 123 4.68 9.3
 Nolan Ryan 26 9 15 .375 33 33 0 217.0 165 105 26 150 241 4.35 8.7
 Rick Reuschel 24 10 14 .417 26 26 0 203.3 229 101 11 43 89 4.47 8.4
 Catfish Hunter 27 8 11 .421 67 0 13 123.3 141 69 21 35 65 5.04 5.1
 Tony Cloninger 32 3 3 .500 37 0 5 51.3 53 23 4 20 29 4.03 3.8
 Cisco Carlos 32 0 2 .000 22 0 1 39.3 43 19 9 13 13 4.35 1.6
 Joe Niekro 28 0 0 .000 12 0 0 23.3 25 14 7 6 15 5.40 0.3
Team Totals 28.7 72 90 .444 300 162 19 1443.0 1486 724 160 485 894 4.52 63.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 7 7 9 7 7 8 2 3 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 .992 37.9
J.Bench 1181.0 131 138 744 87 8 1 .990 55.9
J.Sullivan 245.0 29 30 182 12 0 0 1.000 34.6
J.Stephenson 17.0 2 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1443.0 162 171 937 99 8 1 .992 51.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.39
W.Smith 742.0 89 93 771 54 5 82 .994 10.01
C.Jones 571.7 61 81 569 56 11 61 .983 9.84
B.Conigliaro 73.0 8 13 68 3 1 9 .986 8.75
B.Robinson 43.3 3 15 39 4 2 1 .956 8.93
J.Sullivan 9.0 1 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
J.Stephenson 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Fregosi 3.3 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 10.91
Team Total 1446.3 162 205 1465 117 19 154 .988 9.84
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.87
M.Shannon 653.3 74 75 173 220 6 58 .985 5.41
F.Millan 619.7 72 73 143 231 14 51 .964 5.43
W.Llenas 165.0 16 30 40 65 1 19 .991 5.73
D.Marshall 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Foster 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 181 357 517 21 128 .977 5.45
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
D.Money 1035.0 120 121 64 230 11 21 .964 2.56
M.Shannon 235.0 27 28 15 55 3 9 .959 2.68
J.Stephenson 88.3 8 20 8 18 2 3 .929 2.65
W.Llenas 79.7 7 19 4 14 1 0 .947 2.03
G.Foster 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Fregosi 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Marshall 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.1 162 192 92 317 17 33 .960 2.55
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.17
J.Fregosi 622.7 68 69 85 226 12 43 .963 4.49
M.Shannon 328.3 39 39 56 118 4 25 .978 4.77
D.Money 271.7 30 33 44 86 2 17 .985 4.31
W.Llenas 220.7 21 33 36 87 2 20 .984 5.02
D.Marshall 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
G.Brown 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.4 158 177 223 520 20 107 .974 4.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
B.Bonds 1254.7 141 143 296 9 32 4 .905 2.19
B.Conigliaro 65.0 8 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Brown 58.3 7 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
D.Marshall 36.0 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Robinson 24.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
C.Jones 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 170 330 9 32 4 .914 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.48
A.Otis 1301.7 147 151 408 12 0 10 1.000 2.90
G.Brown 66.0 8 8 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.59
D.Marshall 26.0 3 5 11 0 1 0 .917 3.81
B.Conigliaro 26.0 3 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.15
B.Robinson 17.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
C.Jones 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonds 2.3 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 3.86
Team Total 1443.0 162 173 455 13 2 11 .996 2.92
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.93
G.Foster 1234.7 150 154 323 9 5 4 .985 2.42
G.Brown 130.7 7 40 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.14
D.Marshall 33.7 3 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
B.Conigliaro 23.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
M.Shannon 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
W.Smith 5.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Robinson 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Bonds 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Jones 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 218 370 10 5 5 .987 2.37
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.92
J.Moeller 289.7 36 36 18 31 2 1 .961 1.52
F.Jenkins 249.7 34 34 17 23 1 4 .976 1.44
J.McAndrew 246.0 33 33 16 33 0 4 1.000 1.79
N.Ryan 217.0 33 33 16 18 2 1 .944 1.41
R.Reuschel 203.3 26 26 6 22 3 0 .903 1.24
C.Hunter 123.3 0 67 4 19 0 1 1.000 1.68
T.Cloninger 51.3 0 37 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Carlos 39.3 0 22 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Niekro 23.3 0 12 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1443.0 162 300 85 165 8 12 .969 1.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shannon .301
On-Base Pct Bonds .392
Slugging Pct Bonds .565
OPS Bonds .957
XR Bonds 112.7
Games Foster 157
At-Bats Otis 595
Runs Bonds 102
Hits Otis 179
Total Bases Bonds 304
Singles Shannon 141
Doubles Otis 37
Triples Otis, Shannon 8
Homeruns Bonds 37
RBIs Bonds 109
Stolen Bases Bonds 16
Caught Stealing Bonds 11
Walks Bonds 84
Strikeouts Foster 128
ERA Moeller 3.45
Wins Moeller 18
Losses Jenkins, McAndrew 16
Winning Pct Moeller .581
Saves Hunter 13
Games Pitched Hunter 67
Games Started Moeller 36
Complete Games Moeller 20
Shutouts Moeller 2
Innings Pitched Moeller 289.7
Hits Allowed Jenkins 283
Homeruns Allowed McAndrew 32
Strikeouts Ryan 241
Walks Allowed Ryan 150
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.7
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.0
WHiP Moeller 1.16
OAVG Ryan .213
OOBP Moeller .288
OSLG Moeller .373
OOPS Moeller .661
Team All-Stars
Bobby Bonds
Amos Otis
Mike Shannon
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,000,000
Jim Fregosi $ 6,184,739
Bobby Bonds $ 6,035,714
Nolan Ryan $ 5,500,000
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Amos Otis $ 3,785,714
Johnny Bench $ 3,200,000
Felix Millan $ 1,800,000
Cleon Jones $ 1,500,000
Willie Smith $ 1,450,000
Jim McAndrew $ 1,221,429
Catfish Hunter $ 1,034,286
John Sullivan $ 350,000
Joe Niekro $ 350,000
George Culver $ 350,000
Cisco Carlos $ 350,000
John Stephenson $ 350,000
Don Money $ 300,000
Winston Llenas $ 300,000
Rick Reuschel $ 300,000
Bill Robinson $ 300,000
George Foster $ 300,000
Billy Conigliaro $ 300,000
Dave Marshall $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded Jimmy Rosario Colorado Jim Fregosi
10/14 Released Denny Lemaster    
10/14 Released Tony Cloninger    
10/14 Released Fergie Jenkins    
10/14 Released Gates Brown    
 
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