1973 Cincinnati Reds season
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| 1973 NL West Championship | |
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| Owner(s) | Francis L. Dale |
| General manager(s) | Bob Howsam |
| Manager(s) | Sparky Anderson |
| Local television | WLWT (Charlie Jones, Wes Parker) |
| Local radio | WLW (Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall) |
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The 1973 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West with a record of 99-63, 3½ games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers, before losing the NLCS to the New York Mets in five games. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson, and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.
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Offseason[edit]
- November 27, 1972: Nardi Contreras was drafted from the Reds by the New York Mets in the 1972 minor league draft.[1]
- November 30, 1972: Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson were traded by the Reds to the Kansas City Royals for Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum.[2]
- March 27, 1973: Mel Behney was traded by the Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Andy Kosco and Phil Gagliano.[3]
Regular season[edit]
The Reds won their division despite having three regular players (Denis Menke, César Gerónimo, and Bobby Tolan) hit a combined .204 for the season, and being in fourth place, 11 games behind the Dodgers on June 30. After that point, the Reds went 60-26 to finish the season. Pete Rose won his third and final batting title with a .338 average, collected a career-high 230 hits and was named the NL MVP.
1973 Cincinnati Reds Team Schedule
April
4-5-73 San Francisco Giants L 4-1 4-7-74 San Francisco Giants L 7-5 4-8-73 San Francisco Giants W 3-1 4-9-73 @ Atlanta Braves W 8-7 4-11-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers W 4-1 4-12-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers W 5-2 4-13-71 @ San Francisco Giants L 5-4 4-14-73 @ San Francisco Giants W 3-0 4-15-73 @ San Francisco Giants W 11-0 W 7-3 Doubleheader 4-16-73 @ San Diego Padres W 7-6 4-17-73 @ San Diego Padres W 3-0 4-18-73 @ San Diego Padres L 4-2 4-20-73 Atlanta Braves W 4-2 4-21-73 Atlanta Braves L 5-4 4-22-73 Atlanta Braves W 6-3 4-24-73 Montreal Expos L 7-2 4-25-73 Montreal Expos W 7-4 4-27-73 Philadelphia Phillies L 3-1 4-28-73 Philadelphia Phillies L 1-0 4-29-73 Philadelphia Phillies W 8-0
May
5-2-73 @ New York Mets W 6-1 5-3-73 @ New York Mets W 6-5 5-4-73 @ Montreal Expos L 6-3 5-5-73 @ Montreal Expos L 8-6 5-6-73 @ Montreal Expos W 6-1 5-7-73 @ Philadelphia Phillies L 3-2 5-8-73 @ Philadelphia Phillies W 7-1 5-9-73 @ Philadelphia Phillies W 9-7 5-11-73 @ Houston Astros L 5-1 5-12-73 @ Houston Astros L 7-1 5-13-73 @ Houston Astros W 2-0 5-15-73 Los Angeles Dodgers W 4-1 5-16-73 Los Angeles Dodgers L 8-6 5-17-73 Los Angeles Dodgers L 3-1 5-18-73 San Diego Padres W 5-4 5-19-73 San Diego Padres W 10-4 5-20-73 San Diego Padres L 2-1 W 3-2 Double Header 5-22-73 Houston Astros W 6-3 5-23-73 Houston Astros W 4-3 5-25-73 Chicago Cubs L 7-2 5-26-73 Chicago Cubs L 2-0 5-27-73 Chicago Cubs L 6-0 5-28-73 Chicago Cubs W 6-5 5-29-73 @ St. Louis Cardinals L 2-0 5-30-73 @ St. Louis Cardinals L 5-2 5-31-73 @ St. Louis Cardinals W 3-2
June
6-1-73 @ Pittsburgh Pirates L 9-6 6-2-73 @ Pittsburgh Pirates L 4-3 6-3-73 @ Pittsburgh Pirates W 5-1 6-4-73 New York Mets W 5-0 6-5-73 New York Mets W 6-5 6-8-73 @ Chicago Cubs L 6-5 6-9-73 @ Chicago Cubs W 8-4 6-10-73 @ Chicago Cubs L 9-7 6-11-73 St. Louis Cardinals L 12-4 6-12-73 St. Louis Cardinals L 11-5 6-13-73 St. Louis Cardinals L 8-0 6-15-73 Pittsburgh Pirates W 6-0 6-16-73 Pittsburgh Pirates L 5-0 6-17-73 Pittsburgh Pirates W 3-1 W 5-1 Doubleheader 6-19-73 @ San Francisco Giants W 4-0 6-20-73 @ San Francisco Giants W 7-5 6-21-73 @ San Francisco Giants L 7-1 6-22-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers L 3-2 6-23-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers W 4-1 L 5-1 Doubleheader 6-24-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers L 5-2 6-25-73 @ Houston Astros L 13-2 6-26-73 @ Houston Astros W 5-1 6-27-73 @ Houston Astros L 10-2 6-28-73 San Diego Padres L 6-1 6-29-73 San Diego Padres W 4-0 6-30-73 Los Angeles Dodgers L 8-7
July
7-1-73 Los Angeles Dodgers W 4-3 W 3-2 Doubleheader 7-2-73 Los Angeles Dodgers W 4-2 7-3-73 San Francisco Giants W 6-3 7-4-73 San Francisco Giants L 6-2 7-5-73 San Francisco Giants W 4-3 7-6-73 @ Philadelphia Phillies W 8-2 7-7-73 @ Philadelphia Phillies W 5-4 7-8-73 @ Philadelphia Phillies W 4-0 7-9-73 @ Montreal Expos W 11-6 7-10-73 @ Montreal Expos W 6-2 7-11-73 @ Montreal Expos L 4-3 7-13-73 New York Mets W 2-1 L 7-5 Doubleheader 7-14-73 New York Mets L 5-2 7-15-73 New York Mets W 3-1 7-16-73 Philadelphia Phillies W 1-0 7-17-73 Philadelphia Phillies L 2-1 7-18-73 Philadelphia Phillies W 7-3 7-19-73 Montreal Expos W 3-2 7-20-73 Montreal Expos W 4-0 7-21-73 Montreal Expos W 6-4 7-22-73 Montreal Expos W 6-0 7-26-73 Atlanta Braves W 5-3 L 6-4 Doubleheader 7-27-73 Atlanta Braves W 12-2 7-28-73 @ San Diego Padres W 2-1 7-29-73 @ San Diego Padres L 7-1 W 4-2 Doubleheader 7-31-73 @ Atlanta Braves W 9-5 W 13-11 Doubleheader
August
8-1-73 @ Atlanta Braves L 14-6 8-2-73 @ Atlanta Braves W 17-2 8-3-73 Houston Astros L 1-0 W 11-5 Doubleheader 8-4-73 Houston Astros W 7-6 8-5-73 Houston Astros W 7-1 8-6-73 Houston Astros L 5-4 8-7-73 Chicago Cubs W 1-0 8-8-73 Chicago Cubs W 4-3 8-10-73 @ St. Louis Cardinals W 8-4 8-11-73 @ St. Louis Cardinals W 7-5 8-12-73 @ St. Louis Cardinals W 7-2 8-13-73 @ Pittsburgh Pirates L 3-2 8-14-73 @ Pittsburgh Pirates W 5-4 8-15-73 @ Pittsburgh Pirates W 1-0 8-17-73 @ New York Mets W 2-1 8-18-73 @ New York Mets L 12-1 8-19-73 @ New York Mets L 2-1 8-20-73 @ New York Mets W 8-3 8-21-73 @ Chicago Cubs L 6-4 8-22-73 @ Chicago Cubs L 6-5 8-23-73 @ Chicago Cubs L 4-3 8-24-73 St. Louis Cardinals L 5-4 8-25-73 St. Louis Cardinals W 6-4 8-26-73 St. Louis Cardinals W 4-1 8-28-73 Pittsburgh Pirates L 8-3 8-29-73 Pittsburgh Pirates W 5-3 8-31-73 @ San Diego Padres W 10-4
September
9-1-73 @ San Diego Padres W 3-2 9-2-73 @ San Diego Padres W 6-1 9-3-73 @ Houston Astros W 4-3 9-4-73 @ Houston Astros W 12-7 9-5-73 @ Houston Astros W 9-3 9-7-73 @ Atlanta Braves L 5-0 9-8-73 @ Atlanta Braves L 3-2 9-9-73 @ Atlanta Braves W 14-6 W 7-0 Doubleheader 9-11-73 Los Angeles Dodgers W 6-3 9-12-73 Los Angeles Dodgers W 7-3 9-14-73 Atlanta Braves W 7-6 9-15-73 Atlanta Braves W 3-2 9-16-73 Atlanta Braves W 4-3 9-17-73 Houston Astros L 5-2 9-18-73 Houston Astros W 1-0 9-19-73 @ San Francisco Giants W 5-1 9-20-73 @ San Francisco Giants L 7-5 9-21-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers W 4-1 9-22-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers W 11-9 9-23-73 @ Los Angeles Dodgers L 6-4 9-24-73 San Diego Padres W 2-1 9-25-73 San Diego Padres W 3-2 9-26-73 San Diego Padres L 5-1 9-28-73 San Francisco Giants L 5-3 9-29-73 San Francisco Giants W 13-6 9-30-73 San Francisco Giants L 4-3
Season standings[edit]
| NL West | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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| Cincinnati Reds | 99 | 63 | -- | .611 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 66 | 3.5 | .590 |
| San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | 11 | .543 |
| Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | 17 | .506 |
| Atlanta Braves | 76 | 85 | 22.5 | .472 |
| San Diego Padres | 60 | 102 | 39 | .370 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
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1973 National League Records
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
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| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
| Atlanta | — | 7–5 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 2–15–1 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 6–6 | |||||
| Chicago | 5–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 10–7 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 9–9 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 13–5 | 4–8 | — | 11–7 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–6 | |||||
| Houston | 7–11 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 5–7 | |||||
| Los Angeles | 15–2–1 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 7–11 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | |||||
| Montreal | 6–6 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | |||||
| New York | 6–6 | 7–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 9–9 | 13–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 9–9 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 12–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 | |||||
| San Diego | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 4–8 | — | 7–11 | 4–8 | |||||
| San Francisco | 10–8 | 10–2 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | |||||
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | — | |||||
Notable transactions[edit]
- June 12, 1973: Gene Locklear and Mike Johnson were traded by the Reds to the San Diego Padres for Fred Norman.[4]
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench | 152 | 557 | 141 | .253 | 25 | 104 |
| 1B | Pérez, TonyTony Pérez | 151 | 564 | 177 | .314 | 27 | 101 |
| 2B | Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan | 157 | 576 | 167 | .290 | 26 | 82 |
| 3B | Menke, DenisDenis Menke | 139 | 241 | 46 | .191 | 3 | 26 |
| SS | Concepción, DaveDave Concepción | 89 | 328 | 94 | .287 | 8 | 46 |
| CF | Gerónimo, CésarCésar Gerónimo | 139 | 324 | 68 | .210 | 4 | 33 |
| RF | Tolan, BobbyBobby Tolan | 129 | 457 | 94 | .206 | 9 | 51 |
Other batters[edit]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Kosco, AndyAndy Kosco | 47 | 118 | 33 | .280 | 9 | 21 |
| Gagliano, PhilPhil Gagliano | 63 | 69 | 20 | .290 | 0 | 7 |
| Scheinblum, RichieRichie Scheinblum | 29 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 1 | 8 |
| Locklear, GeneGene Locklear | 29 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Billingham, JackJack Billingham | 40 | 293.1 | 19 | 10 | 3.04 | 155 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Nelson, RogerRoger Nelson | 14 | 54.2 | 3 | 2 | 3.46 | 17 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Borbón, PedroPedro Borbón | 80 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 2.16 | 60 |
| Carroll, ClayClay Carroll | 53 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 3.69 | 41 |
| Baney, DickDick Baney | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.93 | 17 |
1973 National League Championship Series[edit]
The Reds lost the National League Championship Series to the Mets 3 games to 2 despite heroics by Rose and Bench in Game 1 and Rose again in Game 4. Rose's eighth-inning home run against Tom Seaver tied the score at 1-1 and Bench won it in the 9th with another solo home run. Rose also hit a game-winning home run in the 12th-inning to tie the series at 2-2. During Game Three of the series, Rose got into a fight with the popular Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson while trying to break up a double play; the fight resulted in a bench-clearing brawl. The game was nearly called off when, after the Reds took the field, fans threw objects from the stands at Rose, causing the Reds team to leave the field until order was restored.
Game 1[edit]
October 6: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Pedro Borbón (1-0) L: Tom Seaver (0-1) S: None | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYM – None CIN – Pete Rose (1), Johnny Bench (1) | ||||||||||||
| Pitchers: NYM – Seaver CIN – Billingham, Hall (9), Borbón (9) | ||||||||||||
| Attendance: 53,431 | ||||||||||||
Game 2[edit]
October 7: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| W: Jon Matlack (1-0) L: Don Gullett (0-1) S: None | |||||||||||||
| HR: NYM – Rusty Staub (1) CIN – None | |||||||||||||
| Pitchers: NYM – Matlack CIN – Gullett, Carroll (6), Hall (9), Borbón (9) | |||||||||||||
| Attendance: 54,041 | |||||||||||||
Game 3[edit]
October 8: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
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| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| New York | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 9 | 11 | 1 | ||
| W: Jerry Koosman (1-0) L: Ross Grimsley (0-1) S: None | ||||||||||||||
| HR: CIN – Denis Menke (1) NYM – Rusty Staub (2), (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Pitchers: CIN – Grimsley, Hall (2), Tomlin (3), Nelson (4), Borbón (7) NYM – Koosman | ||||||||||||||
| Attendance: 53,967 | ||||||||||||||
Game 4[edit]
October 9: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | |
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| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| W: Clay Carroll (1-0) L: Harry Parker (0-1) S: Pedro Borbón (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| HR: CIN – Tony Pérez (1), Pete Rose (2) NYM – None | ||||||||||||||||
| Pitchers: CIN – Norman, Gullett (6), Carroll (10), Borbón (12) NYM – Stone, McGraw (7), Parker (12) | ||||||||||||||||
| Attendance: 50,786 | ||||||||||||||||
Game 5[edit]
October 10: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 7 | 13 | 1 | |
| W: Tom Seaver (1-1) L: Jack Billingham (0-1) S: Tug McGraw (1) | |||||||||||||
| HR: CIN – None NYM – None | |||||||||||||
| Pitchers: CIN – Billingham, Gullett (5), Carroll (5), Grimsley (7) NYM – Seaver, McGraw (9) | |||||||||||||
| Attendance: 50,323 | |||||||||||||
Awards and honors[edit]
- Pete Rose – National League Most Valuable Player
- Pete Rose – National League Batting Champion
Farm system[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Nardi Contreras page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Roger Nelson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Andy Kosco page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gene Locklear page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
References[edit]
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