1973 California Angels season

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1973 California Angels
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (Since 1966) Anaheim, California (Since 1966)
1973 Information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
Manager(s)	Bobby Winkles
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Dave Niehaus)

The California Angels 1973 season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Season standings 3 Player stats 4 References

[edit] Offseason

• November 28, 1972: Frank Robinson was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Billy Grabarkewitz, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler, and Bobby Valentine to the California Angels for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen.

[edit] Regular Season

• Nolan Ryan set a Major League Baseball record for most strikeouts in a season with 383.

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	--
Kansas City Royals	88	74	.543	6
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	13
California Angels	79	83	.488	15
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	17
Texas Rangers	57	105	.352	37

[edit] Player stats

Hitting				Pitching
Stat	Player	Total		Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Frank Robinson Bob Oliver Vada Pinson	.266 .265 .260		W	Nolan Ryan Bill Singer Clyde Wright	21 20 11
HR	Frank Robinson Bob Oliver 3 players tied	30 18 08		L	Clyde Wright Rudy May Nolan Ryan	19 17 16
RBI	Frank Robinson Bob Oliver Vada Pinson	97 89 57		ERA	Nolan Ryan Bill Singer Clyde Wright	2.87 3.22 3.68
R	Frank Robinson Vada Pinson Bob Oliver	85 56 51		SO	Nolan Ryan Bill Singer Rudy May	383* 2410 1340
H	Bob Oliver Frank Robinson Vada Pinson	144 142 121		SV	Dave Sells Steve Barber Aurelio Monteagudo	10 04 03
SB	Sandy Alomar Mickey Rivers Bobby Valentine	25 08 06		IP	Nolan Ryan Bill Singer Clyde Wright	32600 315⅔ 25700

*Major League Baseball single-season record

[edit] References

• 1973 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1973 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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