1973 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1973 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1973

World Series Champions

Oakland Athletics

Runner Up

New York Mets

Most Valuable Players

AL: Reggie Jackson NL: Pete Rose

Cy Young Winners

AL: Jim Palmer NL: Tom Seaver

Rookies of the Year

AL: Al Bumbry NL: Gary Matthews

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

David Clyde (Texas Rangers)

All-Star Game

Kansas City,Missouri

Teams

Players

820

Attendance

30,108,926

Payroll

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1973 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	754	561	193	Lost ALCS (Athletics)	958,667	18	Frank Cashen	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	8.0	738	647	91	dnq	1,481,002	6	Dick O'Connell	Eddie Kasko, Eddie Popowski	Fenway Park
3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	12.0	642	674	-32	dnq	1,724,146	4	Jim Campbell	Billy Martin, Joe Schultz	Tiger Stadium
4	7	14	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	17.0	641	610	31	dnq	1,262,103	13	Lee MacPhail	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
5	10	20	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	23.0	708	731	-23	dnq	1,092,158	15	Jim Wilson	Del Crandall	County Stadium
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	26.0	680	826	-146	dnq	615,107	23	Phil Seghi	Ken Aspromonte	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	--	758	615	143	Won World Series (Mets)	1,000,763	17	Charlie Finley	Dick Williams	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	6.0	755	752	3	dnq	1,345,341	10	Cedric Tallis	Jack McKeon	Royals Stadium
3	6	12	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	13.0	738	692	46	dnq	907,499	19	Calvin Griffith	Frank Quilici	Metropolitan Stadium
4	8	15	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	15.0	629	657	-28	dnq	1,058,206	16	Harry Dalton	Bobby Winkles	Anaheim Stadium
5	9	18	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	17.0	652	705	-53	dnq	1,302,527	12	Roland Hemond, Stu Holcomb	Chuck Tanner	Comiskey Park
6	12	24	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	57	105	.352	37.0	619	844	-225	dnq	686,085	22	Joe Burke	Whitey Herzog, Billy Martin, Del Wilber	Arlington Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	9	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	161	82	79	.509	--	608	588	20	Lost World Series (Athletics)	1,912,390	3	Bob Scheffing	Yogi Berra	Shea Stadium
2	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	1.5	643	603	40	dnq	1,574,046	5	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
3	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	2.5	704	693	11	dnq	1,319,913	11	Joe Brown	Bill Virdon, Danny Murtaugh	Three Rivers Stadium
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	3.5	668	702	-34	dnq	1,246,863	14	Jim Fanning	Gene Mauch	Jarry Park
5	9	17	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	77	84	.478	5.0	614	655	-41	dnq	1,351,705	9	John Holland	Whitey Lockman	Wrigley Field
6	11	22	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	11.5	642	717	-75	dnq	1,475,934	7	Paul Owens	Danny Ozark	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	99	63	.611	--	741	621	120	Lost NLCS (Mets)	2,017,601	2	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
2	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	161	95	66	.590	3.5	675	565	110	dnq	2,136,192	1	Al Campanis	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	11.0	739	702	37	dnq	834,193	20	Horace Stoneham	Charlie Fox	Candlestick Park
4	5	10	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	17.0	681	672	9	dnq	1,394,004	8	Spec Richardson	Leo Durocher	Astrodome
5	10	19	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	161	76	85	.472	22.5	799	774	25	dnq	800,655	21	Eddie Robinson	Eddie Mathews	Atlanta Stadium
6	12	23	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	60	102	.370	39.0	548	770	-222	dnq	611,826	24	Buzzie Bavasi	Don Zimmer	San Diego Stadium
24 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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