Английская Википедия:1973 Chicago Cubs season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1973 Chicago Cubs season was the 102nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 98th in the National League and the 58th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 77–84.

Offseason

• October 27, 1972: Elrod Hendricks was traded by the Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles for Frank Estrada.

Regular season

After a strong finish to the 1972 season, the Cubs dominated the National League East for the first half of 1973. On June 29, they were 47–31 with an 8.5 game lead in the National League East. But then the Cubs fell into a deep swoon, losing 33 of their next 42 games, including 11 straight losses from August 4–16, to fall below .500 and out of the division lead. However, the rest of the division was so mediocre that it was nicknamed the "National League Least", enabling the Cubs to stay in contention even as they remained below .500.

In fact, 1973 was the only season between 1945 and 1984 in which the Cubs were still in contention on the last day of the regular season, September 30. Due to several rainouts, the Cubs still had four games to play against the first place Mets, so double headers were scheduled for September 30 and October 1, the day after the end of the season. If the Cubs were to win all four games, there could have been an unprecedented five-way tie for first place, with each team having a below .500 record of 80–82 (also unprecedented). It would have taken at least three days of games to break a five-way tie.

Rain was still in the forecast for both days, and with Wrigley Field having no lights, National League president Chub Feeney ordered both double headers to start at 10AM (again, unprecedented), making it clear that the umpires would wait out any rain as long as there was daylight.

The Cubs won the first game on September 30, and suddenly it seemed possible that the most unusual end to any season of baseball might happen. But the Mets won the second game, eliminating three of the teams, including the Cubs. On a dismal October 1, in light cold rain, the Mets won the first game and clinched the NL East. The second game was immediately canceled. Milt Pappas was scheduled to pitch for the Cubs in the second game, and the cancellation cost him his chance for his 100th victory in the National League as he retired during the offseason.

Notable transactions

• May 19, 1973: Joe Pepitone was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Andre Thornton.
• June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Jerry Tabb was drafted by the Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick).
  • Dave Geisel was drafted by the Cubs in the 5th round.
  • Mike Krukow was drafted by the Cubs in the 8th round. Player signed June 10, 1973.
  • Joe Wallis was drafted by the Cubs in the 6th round.
• August 13, 1973: Rico Carty was purchased by the Cubs from the Texas Rangers.
• August 29, 1973: Pat Bourque was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Gonzalo Márquez.
• September 11, 1973: Rico Carty was purchased from the Cubs by the Oakland Athletics.

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
C	Randy Hundley	124	368	83	.226	10	43
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	92	201	49	.244	3	20
2B	Glenn Beckert	114	372	95	.255	0	29
SS	Don Kessinger	160	577	151	.262	0	43
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	149	536	143	.267	20	77
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	156	576	166	.288	20	86
CF	Rick Monday	149	554	148	.267	26	56
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	145	522	158	.303	11	68

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
Paul Popovich	99	280	66	.236	2	24
Ken Rudolph	64	170	35	.206	2	17
Carmen Fanzone	64	150	41	.273	6	22
Шаблон:Sortname	57	139	29	.209	7	20
Шаблон:Sortname	31	112	30	.268	3	18
Gene Hiser	100	109	19	.174	1	6
Шаблон:Sortname	22	70	15	.214	1	8
Шаблон:Sortname	19	58	13	.224	1	4
Adrian Garrett	36	54	12	.222	3	8
Cleo James	44	45	5	.111	0	0
Dave Rosello	16	38	10	.263	0	2
Шаблон:Sortname	17	35	7	.200	0	2
Pete LaCock	11	16	4	.250	0	3
Matt Alexander	12	5	1	.200	0	1
Tom Lundstedt	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	1	0	0	----	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
Шаблон:Sortname	38	271.0	14	16	3.89	170
Шаблон:Sortname	42	239.2	14	17	3.68	134
Rick Reuschel	36	237.0	14	15	3.00	168
Шаблон:Sortname	30	162.0	7	12	4.28	48

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
Шаблон:Sortname	44	152.0	7	5	3.02	121
Шаблон:Sortname	21	64.2	2	4	4.87	43

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
Шаблон:Sortname	63	10	6	18	2.54	76
Шаблон:Sortname	47	4	5	12	4.10	25
Шаблон:Sortname	45	4	1	4	5.80	34
Шаблон:Sortname	31	1	1	0	2.92	57
Mike Paul	11	0	1	0	3.44	6
Juan Pizarro	2	0	1	0	11.25	3

References

• Шаблон:Cite book
• 1973 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference