1973 Chicago White Sox season

1973 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1973 information
Owner(s) Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
Manager(s) Chuck Tanner
Local television WSNS-TV
(Harry Caray, Bob Waller)
Local radio WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Gene Osborn)
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The 1973 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 73rd season in the major leagues, and its 74th season overall. They finished with a record 77-85, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 17 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

AL West W L GB Pct.
Oakland Athletics 94 68 -- .580
Kansas City Royals 88 74 6 .543
Minnesota Twins 81 81 13 .500
California Angels 79 83 15 .488
Chicago White Sox 77 85 17 .475
Texas Rangers 57 105 37 .352

Notable transactions

Roster

1973 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
1B Muser, TonyTony Muser 109 309 88 .285 4 30
SS Leon, EddieEddie Leon 127 399 91 .228 3 30
RF Kelly, PatPat Kelly 144 550 154 .280 1 44

Other batters

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
Brinkman, ChuckChuck Brinkman 63 139 26 .187 1 10
Keough, JoeJoe Keough 5 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wood, WilburWilbur Wood 49 359.1 24 20 3.46 199
Bahnsen, StanStan Bahnsen 42 282.1 18 21 3.57 120

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Fisher, EddieEddie Fisher 26 110.2 6 7 4.88 57

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Acosta, CyCy Acosta 48 10 6 18 2.23 60
Baldwin, DaveDave Baldwin 3 0 0 0 3.60 1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Joe Sparks
AA Knoxville White Sox Southern League Jim Napier
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Deacon Jones and Bert Thiel
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Joe Jones

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Notes

  1. ^ Walt Williams page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Joe Keough page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 136, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. ^ Jim Kaat page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
  8. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1973as.shtml

References

AL East
AL West
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NL West
Formerly the Sioux City Cornhuskers, St. Paul Saints, and the White Stockings • Based in Chicago, Illinois
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Retired Numbers
2 • 3 • 4 • 9 • 11 • 16 • 19 • 35 • 42 • 72
Key Personnel
Owners: Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn • General Manager: Kenny Williams • Manager: Robin Ventura • Team Captain: Paul Konerko
World Series
Championships (3)
1906 • 1917 • 2005
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Championships (6)
1901 • 1906 • 1917 • 1919 • 1959 • 2005
Division Championships (5)
Western: 1983 • 1993, Central: 2000 • 2005 • 2008
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