1973 New York (N) Giants
Record: 66-96
Finish: 5th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 618
Runs Allowed: 822
Exp W-L: 60-102
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,350,917
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 3rd in the National League
AA: 74-63, 3rd in the National League
A: 56-81, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
LF  Tommy Davis 34 157 593 55 163 21 1 13 60 0 2 37 88 .275 .314 .379 .694 67.8 10.5 2.3
2B  Chuck Schilling 35 153 533 66 140 20 2 2 42 0 1 48 114 .263 .324 .319 .643 54.7 7.4 5.3
3B  Bob Oliver 30 153 564 63 126 31 1 24 74 1 1 20 138 .223 .250 .410 .660 54.4 4.9 6.7
C  Don Pavletich 34 138 509 51 118 34 2 11 58 0 0 30 111 .232 .278 .371 .649 49.4 5.1 8.2
CF *Leron Lee 25 146 494 55 121 32 1 8 67 1 1 36 90 .245 .296 .362 .658 50.9 6.4 3.0
CF *Lou Brock 34 142 481 60 127 24 6 1 41 34 25 30 80 .264 .307 .345 .652 45.2 4.3 3.0
SS  Bill Melton 27 145 461 41 90 19 1 15 55 1 0 34 76 .195 .252 .338 .590 39.0 1.1 1.7
LF  Dave Nicholson 33 102 356 44 87 10 0 16 53 1 2 63 105 .244 .357 .407 .764 53.7 10.6 3.1
SS  Larry Brown 33 113 308 32 70 12 1 4 21 0 0 31 70 .227 .302 .312 .614 27.2 2.1 0.8
CF  Ken Berry 32 75 252 37 77 18 0 5 21 1 2 19 21 .306 .360 .437 .797 35.3 7.8 2.7
LF  Angel Mangual 26 82 240 27 65 15 2 1 18 2 3 7 33 .271 .291 .363 .654 22.2 2.9 1.3
RF  Lou Clinton 35 69 178 18 37 10 0 3 22 1 0 15 49 .208 .267 .315 .581 14.6 0.3 0.5
LF *Len Gabrielson 33 54 175 19 51 4 0 4 26 6 3 14 32 .291 .340 .383 .723 21.8 3.7 0.7
C  Bernie Smith 31 71 133 19 28 2 1 1 12 2 0 9 26 .211 .277 .263 .540 11.5 0.2 2.0
DH *Fred Whitfield 35 25 95 5 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 22 .126 .152 .211 .362 0.2 0.0 0.2
3B *Bill Sorrell 32 57 89 12 19 3 0 1 7 0 0 7 15 .213 .271 .281 .552 7.1 0.4 0.3
SS *Ed Goodson 25 19 43 3 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 5 .209 .239 .349 .588 3.3 0.0 0.6
1B *Lou Klimchock 33 27 35 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .229 .289 .257 .547 2.8 0.1 0.1
1B  Johnny Werhas 35 16 16 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .313 .421 .313 .734 2.5 0.7 0.1
C  Jerry Grote 30 17 14 5 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 .429 .529 .714 1.244 4.5 1.4 0.0
SS  Dick Kenworthy 32 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Andy Kosco 31 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.6 1769 5574 617 1359 262 18 113 596 50 40 414 1084 .244 .297 .358 .655 567.9 69.9 42.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 8 9 3 10 8 8 6 6 10 10 9 10 8 8 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
*Jon Matlack 23 12 18 .400 34 34 0 276.0 267 116 28 74 137 3.78 22.2
*Jerry Reuss 24 12 17 .414 36 36 0 263.7 269 117 24 85 117 3.99 19.6
*Luke Walker 29 13 12 .520 34 34 0 212.3 227 113 22 118 132 4.79 11.4
*Jim Kaat 34 6 17 .261 32 32 0 206.3 224 110 28 66 119 4.80 9.5
 Steve Stone 25 5 11 .313 22 22 0 157.7 162 86 19 60 96 4.91 7.2
 Pete Mikkelsen 33 10 9 .526 63 0 6 127.7 135 75 18 56 92 5.29 6.9
 Dooley Womack 33 1 6 .143 41 0 2 76.3 74 39 10 29 50 4.60 4.1
 Randy Moffitt 24 6 3 .667 51 0 8 70.7 86 40 6 33 45 5.09 4.8
*Frank Carpin 34 1 0 1.000 28 0 1 28.0 46 25 5 27 11 8.04 0.0
*Dick Ellsworth 33 0 3 .000 4 4 0 18.7 42 25 2 4 3 12.06 0.0
 Jim Nash 28 0 0 .000 4 2 0 7.3 9 5 1 7 3 6.14 0.0
Team Totals 29.1 66 96 .407 349 164 17 1444.6 1541 751 163 559 805 4.68 85.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 6 7 9  
* - 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
D.Pavletich 1193.7 134 136 691 55 3 3 .996 42.1
B.Smith 245.0 28 30 147 11 1 0 .994 28.6
J.Grote 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1444.7 162 168 839 66 4 3 .996 39.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.39
L.Lee 455.3 53 59 546 31 8 52 .986 11.40
L.Gabrielson 265.7 28 28 306 22 3 28 .991 11.11
A.Mangual 239.0 30 32 267 22 3 23 .990 10.88
F.Whitfield 220.3 25 25 256 17 2 27 .993 11.15
B.Sorrell 24.0 1 5 28 0 0 1 1.000 10.50
L.Brock 20.7 1 9 20 2 0 2 1.000 9.58
C.Schilling 18.0 0 8 28 0 0 2 1.000 14.00
D.Pavletich 5.3 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.13
B.Oliver 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Werhas 2.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Klimchock 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1255.4 138 174 1464 94 16 135 .990 11.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.87
C.Schilling 1251.0 149 152 293 499 14 101 .983 5.70
L.Brown 105.7 6 25 22 41 4 9 .940 5.37
E.Goodson 51.0 6 8 17 17 0 4 1.000 6.00
L.Klimchock 23.0 0 11 3 7 0 3 1.000 3.91
J.Werhas 13.0 1 3 5 4 1 2 .900 6.23
B.Melton 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 200 340 569 19 119 .980 5.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
B.Melton 1173.0 143 143 86 291 21 24 .947 2.89
B.Sorrell 187.3 16 44 15 46 6 5 .910 2.93
L.Klimchock 30.0 1 9 1 3 3 0 .571 1.20
J.Werhas 29.0 2 6 2 4 2 0 .750 1.86
L.Gabrielson 26.1 3 3 3 7 1 1 .909 3.45
B.Oliver 22.3 0 9 1 4 0 2 1.000 2.02
E.Goodson 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1470.8 165 215 109 355 33 32 .934 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.17
B.Oliver 1257.7 146 149 189 517 14 88 .981 5.05
L.Brown 124.0 10 24 17 48 8 11 .890 4.72
E.Goodson 52.0 6 9 7 23 0 5 1.000 5.19
J.Werhas 7.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Melton 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Schilling 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 187 213 593 22 104 .973 5.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
D.Nicholson 848.6 92 95 200 6 1 0 .995 2.18
T.Davis 434.0 50 50 106 0 7 0 .938 2.20
A.Mangual 59.0 7 8 6 0 1 0 .857 0.92
L.Gabrielson 43.6 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
L.Lee 40.0 5 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
B.Sorrell 24.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
K.Berry 18.6 1 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.39
L.Brock 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
B.Smith 9.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
L.Clinton 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Kosco 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1497.8 165 179 357 7 9 0 .976 2.19
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.48
L.Lee 532.0 63 70 144 3 0 3 1.000 2.49
K.Berry 519.5 56 58 145 7 1 3 .993 2.63
A.Mangual 159.7 20 21 48 1 0 1 1.000 2.76
B.Smith 44.0 4 8 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.45
L.Brock 37.7 2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
T.Davis 13.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
A.Kosco 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Melton 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Kenworthy 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Clinton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1323.8 145 180 365 13 1 8 .997 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.93
L.Brock 916.3 107 112 194 2 1 1 .995 1.93
T.Davis 234.3 25 27 58 2 1 2 .984 2.30
L.Clinton 151.7 18 23 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
K.Berry 84.5 9 11 14 0 1 0 .933 1.49
L.Gabrielson 60.5 6 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
A.Mangual 54.0 7 9 17 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Lee 40.0 4 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
B.Smith 14.0 1 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
B.Melton 12.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Nicholson 11.9 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.76
L.Klimchock 10.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Oliver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Kenworthy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Kosco 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1591.6 177 219 344 6 3 4 .992 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.92
J.Matlack 276.0 34 34 13 37 4 1 .926 1.63
J.Reuss 263.7 36 36 22 49 1 3 .986 2.42
L.Walker 212.3 34 34 10 28 5 2 .884 1.61
J.Kaat 206.3 32 32 13 34 3 3 .940 2.05
S.Stone 157.7 22 22 8 14 1 2 .957 1.26
P.Mikkelsen 127.7 0 63 2 17 0 3 1.000 1.34
D.Womack 76.3 0 41 3 14 0 1 1.000 2.00
R.Moffitt 70.7 0 51 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.78
F.Carpin 28.0 0 28 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
D.Ellsworth 18.7 4 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.41
J.Nash 7.3 2 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1444.6 164 349 80 212 14 17 .954 1.82
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Davis .275
On-Base Pct Schilling .324
Slugging Pct Oliver .410
OPS Davis .694
XR Davis 67.8
Games Davis 157
At-Bats Davis 593
Runs Schilling 66
Hits Davis 163
Total Bases Oliver 231
Singles Davis 128
Doubles Pavletich 34
Triples Brock 6
Homeruns Oliver 24
RBIs Oliver 74
Stolen Bases Brock 34
Caught Stealing Brock 25
Walks Nicholson 63
Strikeouts Oliver 138
ERA Matlack 3.78
Wins Walker 13
Losses Matlack 18
Winning Pct Mikkelsen .526
Saves Moffitt 8
Games Pitched Mikkelsen 63
Games Started Reuss 36
Complete Games Matlack 21
Shutouts Matlack, Reuss 3
Innings Pitched Matlack 276.0
Hits Allowed Reuss 269
Homeruns Allowed Kaat, Matlack 28
Strikeouts Matlack 137
Walks Allowed Walker 118
Walks per 9IP Matlack 2.4
Hits per 9IP Matlack 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Walker 5.6
WHiP Matlack 1.24
OAVG Matlack .253
OOBP Matlack .302
OSLG Reuss .388
OOPS Matlack .704
Team All-Stars
Randy Moffitt
Player Salaries
Jim Kaat $ 5,000,000
Chuck Schilling $ 3,750,000
Bob Oliver $ 3,500,000
Luke Walker $ 3,003,003
Jerry Reuss $ 2,807,143
Larry Brown $ 2,500,000
Len Gabrielson $ 1,750,000
Tommy Davis $ 1,400,000
Lou Brock $ 1,000,028
Pete Mikkelsen $ 860,000
Frank Carpin $ 700,000
Jerry Grote $ 440,000
Don Pavletich $ 360,000
Bill Melton $ 350,000
Woody Woodward $ 350,000
Dooley Womack $ 350,000
Lou Clinton $ 300,000
Jon Matlack $ 300,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
Ed Goodson $ 300,000
Dick Kenworthy $ 300,000
Lou Klimchock $ 300,000
Andy Kosco $ 300,000
Steve Blass $ 300,000
Angel Mangual $ 300,000
Randy Moffitt $ 300,000
Bernie Smith $ 300,000
Bill Sorrell $ 300,000
Steve Stone $ 300,000
Johnny Werhas $ 300,000
Leron Lee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Bob Priddy Cleveland (N) Jim Kaat
2/6 Signed     Luke Walker
2/16 Signed     Dave Nicholson
2/25 Signed     Lou Brock
3/3 Traded Bob Aspromonte
Jose Santiago
Cleveland (A) Larry Brown
Dave Rosello
5/1 Traded Jim Nash
Fred Whitfield
$8,003,327
Oakland Ken Berry
Tom Seaver
5/1 Traded Tom Seaver Boston (A) Ron Cash
7/31 Traded Ken Berry Cleveland (A) Jose Arcia
7/31 Traded Dave Nicholson Cleveland (N) Chico Salmon
Len Gabrielson
Jerry Grote
10/31 Released Jack Aker    
10/31 Released Chico Salmon