1973 Cincinnati Reds season

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1973 Cincinnati Reds 1973 NL West Championship
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Riverfront Stadium (Since 1970) Cincinnati, Ohio (Since 1882)
1973 Information
Owner(s)	Francis Dale
General Manager(s)	Bob Howsam
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WLWT (Charlie Jones, Wes Parker)
Local radio	WLW (Al Michaels, Joe Nuxhall)

The Cincinnati Reds' 1973 season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West with a record of 99-63, 3½ games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers, before losing the NLCS to the New York Mets in five games. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson, and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.^[1]

The team won their division despite having three regular players (Denis Menke, Dave Concepcion, and Bobby Tolan) hit a combined .204 for the season. Pete Rose won his third and final batting title with a .338 average, collected a career-high 230 hits and was named the NL MVP. The Reds ended up losing the National League Championship Series to the Mets despite Rose’s eighth-inning home run to tie Game One and his 12th-inning home run to win Game Four. During Game Three of the series, Rose got into a fight with the popular Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson while trying to break up a double play; the fight resulted in a bench-clearing brawl. The game was nearly called off when, after the Reds took the field, fans threw objects from the stands at Rose, causing the Reds team to leave the field until order was restored.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
3 1973 National League Championship Series
4 Awards and Honors
5 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	99	63	--	.611
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	66	3.5	.590
San Francisco Giants	88	74	11	.543
Houston Astros	82	80	17	.506
Atlanta Braves	76	85	22.5	.472
San Diego Padres	60	102	39	.370

[edit] Roster

1973 Cincinnati Reds roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Sparky Anderson

[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
Johnny Bench	152	557	141	.253	25	104
Tony Pérez	151	564	177	.314	27	101

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 1973 National League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 6: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	0
W: Pedro Borbon (1-0) L: Tom Seaver (0-1) S: None
HR: NYM – None CIN – Pete Rose (1), Johnny Bench (1)
Pitchers: NYM – Seaver CIN – Billingham, Hall (9), Borbon (9)
Attendance: 53,431

[edit] Game 2

October 7: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	7	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
W: Jon Matlack (1-0) L: Don Gullett (0-1) S: None
HR: NYM – Rusty Staub (1) CIN – None
Pitchers: NYM – Matlack CIN – Gullett, Carroll (6), Hall (9), Borbon (9)
Attendance: 54,041

[edit] Game 3

October 8: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
New York	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	x	9	11	1
W: Jerry Koosman (1-0) L: Ross Grimsley (0-1) S: None
HR: CIN – Denis Menke (1) NYM – Rusty Staub (2), (3)
Pitchers: CIN – Grimsley, Hall (2), Tomlin (3), Nelson (4), Borbon (7) NYM – Koosman
Attendance: 53,967

[edit] Game 4

October 9: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	0
New York	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
W: Clay Carroll (1-0) L: Harry Parker (0-1) S: Pedro Borbon (1)
HR: CIN – Tony Perez (1), Pete Rose (2) NYM – None
Pitchers: CIN – Norman, Gullett (6), Carroll (10), Borbon (12) NYM – Stone, McGraw (7), Parker (12)
Attendance: 50,786

[edit] Game 5

October 10: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
New York	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	x	7	13	1
W: Tom Seaver (1-1) L: Jack Billingham (0-1) S: Tug McGraw (1)
HR: CIN – None NYM – None
Pitchers: CIN – Billingham, Gullett (5), Carroll (5), Grimsley (7) NYM – Seaver, McGraw (9)
Attendance: 50,323

[edit] Awards and Honors

Pete Rose – National League Most Valuable Player
Pete Rose – National League Batting Champion

[edit] References

^ 1973 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.

v • d • e 1973 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York •

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1973 All-Star Game • 1973 World Series

v • d • e Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Redlegs • Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Franchise	History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers • Broadcasters

Ballparks	Lincoln Park Grounds • Avenue Grounds • Bank Street Grounds • League Park • League Park II • Palace of the Fans • Crosley Field • Riverfront Stadium • Great American Ball Park

Culture	Mr. Red • The Big Red Machine • The Nasty Boys • Dowd Report • Hall of Fame

Rivalries	Battle of Ohio

Important Figures	Johnny Bench • Bid McPhee • Ken Griffey • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Bob Howsam • Paul Derringer • Barry Larkin • Ernie Lombardi • Joe Morgan • Frank Robinson • Tony Perez • Pete Rose • Johnny Vander Meer • George Wright • Dave Concepción • Ted Kluszewski • George Foster • Joe Nuxhall Sparky Anderson

Retired Numbers	1 • 5 • 8 • 10 • 13 • 18 • 20 • 24 • 42

Key Personnel	Owner: Robert Castellini • General Manager: Walt Jocketty • Manager: Dusty Baker

World Series Championships (5)	1919 • 1940 • 1975 • 1976 • 1990

National League Championships (9)	1919 • 1939 • 1940 • 1961 • 1970 • 1972 • 1975 • 1976 • 1990

Seasons (127)	1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

Minor League Affiliates	Louisville Bats (AAA) • Chattanooga Lookouts (AA) • Sarasota Reds (A) • Dayton Dragons (A) • Billings Mustangs (Rookie) • Gulf Coast Reds (Rookie) • VSL Reds (Rookie)

Preceded by Cincinnati Reds 1972	NL West Championship Season 1973	Succeeded by Los Angeles Dodgers 1974

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