Английская Википедия:1973 Texas Rangers season
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1973 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses.
Offseason
- October 27, 1972: Jim Panther was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Rico Carty.[1]
- November 30, 1972: Horacio Piña was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Mike Epstein.[2]
- November 30, 1972: Tom Ragland was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Vince Colbert.[3]
- January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
- Jeff Schneider was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round, but did not sign.[4]
- Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the Secondary Phase.[5]
Regular season
On July 30, 1973, Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history as he no-hit the Oakland Athletics.[6] The Rangers won the game 6–0.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Шаблон:1973 AL Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
- May 20, 1973: Mike Epstein, Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek were traded by the Rangers to the California Angels for Jim Spencer and Lloyd Allen.[7]
- June 5, 1973: David Clyde was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft.[8]
- July 11, 1973: Jim Fregosi was purchased by the Rangers from the New York Mets.[9]
David Clyde
David Clyde was a high school pitching phenom who was made the number one overall pick in the 1973 June draft. 22 days later, without having played in the minor leagues, Clyde made his MLB debut, the youngest player to play in an MLB game that year. Clyde won his first ever major league start (in front of a sellout crowd at Arlington Stadium, the first sellout in club history) and played in eighteen games (all starts) that season, finishing with a record of 4–8, with a 5.01 ERA.
Roster
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 | Ken Suarez | 93 | 278 | 69 | .248 | 1 | 27 |
| 1B | Jim Spencer | 102 | 352 | 94 | .267 | 4 | 43 |
| 2B | Шаблон:Sortname | 142 | 576 | 165 | .286 | 7 | 48 |
| SS | Toby Harrah | 118 | 461 | 120 | .260 | 10 | 50 |
| 3B | Jim Fregosi | 45 | 157 | 42 | .268 | 6 | 16 |
| LF | Шаблон:Sortname | 86 | 306 | 71 | .232 | 3 | 33 |
| CF | Шаблон:Sortname | 152 | 555 | 138 | .249 | 8 | 44 |
| RF | Jeff Burroughs | 151 | 526 | 147 | .279 | 30 | 85 |
| DH | Alex Johnson | 158 | 624 | 179 | .287 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Billings | 81 | 280 | 50 | .179 | 3 | 32 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 83 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 1 | 12 |
| Jim Mason | 93 | 238 | 49 | .206 | 3 | 19 |
| Bill Sudakis | 82 | 235 | 60 | .255 | 15 | 43 |
| Elliott Maddox | 100 | 172 | 41 | .238 | 1 | 17 |
| Tom Grieve | 66 | 123 | 38 | .309 | 7 | 21 |
| Pete Mackanin | 44 | 90 | 9 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 27 | 85 | 16 | .188 | 1 | 6 |
| Bill Madlock | 21 | 77 | 21 | .351 | 1 | 5 |
| Joe Lovitto | 26 | 44 | 6 | .136 | 0 | 0 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 10 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 1 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 4 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Stelmaszek | 7 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 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 | 26 | 180.1 | 9 | 10 | 3.24 | 155 |
| Sonny Siebert | 25 | 119.2 | 7 | 11 | 3.99 | 76 |
| Pete Broberg | 22 | 118.2 | 5 | 9 | 5.61 | 57 |
| David Clyde | 18 | 93.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.01 | 74 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 8 | 41.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.40 | 14 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 7 | 40.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.24 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Merritt | 35 | 160.0 | 5 | 13 | 4.05 | 65 |
| Steve Dunning | 23 | 94.1 | 2 | 6 | 5.34 | 38 |
| Mike Paul | 36 | 87.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.95 | 49 |
| Don Stanhouse | 21 | 70.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.76 | 42 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 23 | 41.0 | 0 | 6 | 9.22 | 25 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 15 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.59 | 23 |
| Rick Henninger | 6 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.74 | 6 |
| Jim Kremmel | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Foucault | 32 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3.88 | 28 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 49 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4.22 | 77 |
| Jackie Brown | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3.92 | 45 |
| Charlie Hudson | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.62 | 34 |
| Jim Shellenback | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Rick Waits | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane, GCL Rangers
Notes
References
- Шаблон:Cite book
- 1973 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
- 1973 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Шаблон:1973 MLB season by team Шаблон:Texas Rangers
- ↑ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Jeff Schneider page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Mike Epstein page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference
