1973 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersJerry Donovan
ManagersCharlie Fox
TelevisionKTVU
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
RadioKSFO
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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The 1973 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 91st season, 16th season in San Francisco and 14th in Candlestick Park. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 88–74, 11 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 99 63 .611 — 50‍–‍31 49‍–‍32
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 66 .590 3½ 50‍–‍31 45‍–‍35
San Francisco Giants 88 74 .543 11 47‍–‍34 41‍–‍40
Houston Astros 82 80 .506 17 41‍–‍40 41‍–‍40
Atlanta Braves 76 85 .472 22½ 40‍–‍40 36‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 60 102 .370 39 31‍–‍50 29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1973 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 7–5 5–13 11–7 2–15–1 6–6 6–6 6–6 7–5 12–6 8–10 6–6
Chicago 5–7 — 8–4 6–6 5–7 9–9 10–7 10–8 6–12 7–5 2–10 9–9
Cincinnati 13–5 4–8 — 11–7 11–7 8–4 8–4 8–4 7–5 13–5 10–8 6–6
Houston 7–11 6–6 7–11 — 11–7 6–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 10–8 11–7 5–7
Los Angeles 15–2–1 7–5 7–11 7–11 — 7–5 7–5 9–3 10–2 9–9 9–9 8–4
Montreal 6–6 9–9 4–8 6–6 5–7 — 9–9 13–5 6–12 7–5 6–6 8–10
New York 6–6 7–10 4–8 6–6 5–7 9–9 — 9–9 13–5 8–4 5–7 10–8
Philadelphia 6-6 8–10 4–8 5–7 3–9 5–13 9–9 — 8–10 9–3 5–7 9–9
Pittsburgh 5–7 12–6 5–7 6–6 2–10 12–6 5–13 10–8 — 8–4 5–7 10–8
San Diego 6–12 5–7 5–13 8–10 9–9 5–7 4–8 3–9 4–8 — 7–11 4–8
San Francisco 10–8 10–2 8–10 7–11 9–9 6–6 7–5 7–5 7–5 11–7 — 6–6
St. Louis 6–6 9–9 6–6 7–5 4–8 10–8 8–10 9–9 8–10 8–4 6–6 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1973 San Francisco Giants
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
C Dave Rader 148 462 106 .229 9 41
1B Willie McCovey 130 383 102 .266 29 75
2B Tito Fuentes 160 656 182 .277 6 63
SS Chris Speier 153 542 135 .249 11 71
3B Ed Goodson 102 384 116 .302 12 53
LF Gary Matthews 148 540 162 .300 12 58
CF Garry Maddox 144 587 187 .319 11 76
RF Bobby Bonds 160 643 182 .283 39 96

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
Dave Kingman 112 305 62 .203 24 55
Gary Thomasson 112 235 67 .285 4 30
Mike Phillips 63 104 25 .240 1 9
Jim Howarth 65 90 18 .200 0 7
Mike Sadek 39 66 11 .167 0 4
Chris Arnold 49 54 16 .296 1 13
Steve Ontiveros 24 33 8 .242 1 5
Bruce Miller 12 21 3 .143 0 2
Dámaso Blanco 28 12 0 .000 0 0
Al Gallagher 5 9 2 .222 0 1
Jim Ray Hart 5 3 0 .000 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
Ron Bryant 41 270.0 24 12 3.53 143
Jim Barr 41 231.1 11 17 3.81 88
Tom Bradley 35 224.0 13 12 3.90 136
Juan Marichal 34 207.1 11 15 3.82 87

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 Willoughby 39 123.0 4 5 4.68 60
John D'Acquisto 7 27.2 1 1 3.58 29
Charlie Williams 12 23.0 3 0 6.65 11

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
Elias Sosa 71 10 4 18 3.28 70
Randy Moffitt 60 4 4 14 2.42 65
Don Carrithers 25 1 2 0 4.81 36
Don McMahon 22 4 0 6 1.48 20
Sam McDowell 18 1 2 3 4.50 35
John Morris 7 1 0 0 8.53 3
Dave Kingman 2 0 0 0 9.00 4

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport
AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Dennis Sommers
A Fresno Giants California League Frank Funk
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League John VanOrnum
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Art Mazmanian

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References

  1. ^ Rob Picciolo at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Dave Heaverlo at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ "1973 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. ^ Greg Minton at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Johnnie LeMaster Stats".
  7. ^ Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Sam McDowell at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "1973 All-Star Game".
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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