1973 Texas Rangers season

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1973 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1973 Information
Owner(s)	Bob Short
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog, Del Wilber, and Billy Martin
Local television	KDFW (Dick Risenhoover, Tom Hedrick)
Local radio	KRLD (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Mercer)

The Texas Rangers 1973 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses.

Contents 1 Regular Season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 David Clyde 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular Season

• July 11, 1973: Jim Fregosi was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the New York Mets.

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	--
Kansas City Royals	88	74	.543	6
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	13
California Angels	79	83	.488	15
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	17
Texas Rangers	57	105	.352	37

[edit] David Clyde

David Clyde was a high school pitching that was quickly promoted to the majors and was the youngest player to play in an MLB game that year. Clyde won his first ever Major League start and played in eighteen games (all starts) that season, finishing with a record of 4-8, with a 5.01 ERA.

[edit] Roster

1973 Texas Rangers roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

• 1973 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1973 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1973 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1973 All-Star Game • 1973 World Series

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