1973 Baltimore Orioles season
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| 1973 Baltimore Orioles 1973 AL East Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Jerold Hoffberger |
| Manager(s) | Earl Weaver |
| Local television | WJZ-TV |
| Local radio | WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell) |
The 1973 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses.
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[edit] Roster
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1973 Baltimore Orioles roster
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[edit] Season standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 65 | .599 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23 |
| Cleveland Indians | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26
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[edit] Player stats
[edit] Batting
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 |
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[edit] Other batters
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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[edit] Starting pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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[edit] Other pitchers
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[edit] Relief pitchers
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[edit] ALCS
[edit] Game 1
October 6, 1973 at Memorial Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Baltimore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Jim Palmer (1-0) L: Vida Blue (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: None | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2
October 7, 1973 at Memorial Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Oakland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| W: Catfish Hunter (1-0) L: Dave McNally (0-1) S: Rollie Fingers (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: OAK – Bert Campaneris (1), Joe Rudi (1), Sal Bando 2 (2) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3
October 9, 1973 at Oakland Coliseum
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
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| Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| W: Ken Holtzman (1-0) L: Mike Cuellar (0-1) | |||||||||||||||
| HR: OAK – Bert Campaneris (2) BAL – Earl Williams (1) | |||||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4
October 10, 1973 at Oakland Coliseum
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Oakland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Grant Jackson (1-0) L: Rollie Fingers (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: BAL – Andy Etchebarren (1), Bobby Grich (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 11, 1973 at Oakland Coliseum
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Catfish Hunter (2-0) L: Doyle Alexander (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: None | ||||||||||||
[edit] References
- 1973 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
- 1973 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
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| Preceded by Detroit Tigers 1972 |
AL East Championship Season 1973 |
Succeeded by Baltimore Orioles 1974 |
