1973 Milwaukee Brewers season

1973 Milwaukee Brewers
Major league affiliations
Location
1973 information
Owner(s) Bud Selig
Manager(s) Del Crandall
Local television WTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker,Tom Collins, Johnny Logan)
Local radio 620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats ESPN.com

BB-reference
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The 1973 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L GB Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 -- .599
Boston Red Sox 89 73 8 .549
Detroit Tigers 85 77 12 .525
New York Yankees 80 82 17 .494
Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 23 .457
Cleveland Indians 71 91 26 .438

Notable transactions

Roster

Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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 Scott, GeorgeGeorge Scott 158 604 185 .306 24 107
2B García, PedroPedro García 160 580 142 .245 15 54
3B Money, DonDon Money 145 556 158 .284 11 61
SS Johnson, TimTim Johnson 136 465 99 .213 0 32
LF Briggs, JohnnyJohnny Briggs 142 488 120 .246 18 57
RF Coluccio, BobBob Coluccio 124 438 98 .224 15 58

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
Rodríguez, EllieEllie Rodríguez 94 290 78 .269 0 30
Mitchell, BobbyBobby Mitchell 47 130 29 .223 5 20
Vukovich, JohnJohn Vukovich 55 128 16 .125 2 9
Howard, WilburWilbur Howard 16 39 8 .205 0 1

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
Colborn, JimJim Colborn 43 314.1 20 12 3.18 135
Bell, JerryJerry Bell 31 183.2 9 9 3.97 57

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
Champion, BillBill Champion 37 163.1 5 8 3.70 67
Lockwood, SkipSkip Lockwood 37 154.2 5 12 3.90 87
Rodriguez, EduardoEduardo Rodriguez 30 76.1 9 7 3.30 49
Kobel, KevinKevin Kobel 2 8.1 0 1 8.64 4

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
Linzy, FrankFrank Linzy 42 2 6 13 3.57 21
Velázquez, CarlosCarlos Velázquez 18 2 2 2 2.58 12
Newman, RayRay Newman 11 2 1 1 2.95 10
Gardner, RobRob Gardner 10 1 1 1 9.95 5
Sprague, EdEd Sprague 7 0 1 1 9.31 3

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Evansville Triplets American Association Mike Roarke
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Gene Freese
A Danville Warriors Midwest League Bernie Smith
Short-Season A Newark Co-Pilots New York-Penn League Matt Galante

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Notes

  1. ^ Jim Lonborg page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Robin Yount page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

AL East
Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York
AL West
NL East
NL West
Formerly the Seattle Pilots • Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Retired Numbers
4 • 19 • 34 • 42 • 44
Key Personnel
Owner: Mark Attanasio • General Manager: Doug Melvin • Manager: Ron Roenicke
Minors
Rivalries
League Pennants
American League: 1982 • National League: none
Division Titles
AL East: 1981 (second half) • 1982 • NL Central: 2011 • Wild Card: 2008