1973 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1973
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General Managers:	Roland Hemond
Managers:	Chuck Tanner
Television:	WSNS-TV (Harry Caray, Bob Waller)
Radio:	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Gene Osborn)

The 1973 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 73rd season in the major leagues, and its 74th season overall. They finished with a record 77–85, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 17 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

• October 19, 1972: Walt Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Eddie Leon.^[1]
• February 1, 1973: Jim Lyttle was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Keough.^[2]
• February 7, 1973: Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon were traded by the White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Skip Pitlock.^[3]

Regular season

• July 20, 1973: Wilbur Wood became the last pitcher in the 20th century to start both ends of a doubleheader.^[4]

Opening Day lineup

• Pat Kelly, RF
• Carlos May, LF
• Dick Allen, 1B
• Bill Melton, 3B
• Ken Henderson, CF
• Mike Andrews, DH
• Ed Herrmann, C
• Jorge Orta, 2B
• Eddie Leon, SS
• Wilbur Wood, P

Notable transactions

• August 15, 1973: Jim Kaat was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins.^[5]
• August 29, 1973: Eddie Fisher was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox.^[6]

Roster

1973 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Cy Acosta, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dick Allen, 1B	72	250	39	79	20	3	16	41	33	51	.316	7
Hank Allen, 1B,LF	28	39	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	9	.103	0
Luis Alvarado, 2B,SS,3B	80	203	21	47	7	2	0	20	4	20	.232	6
Mike Andrews, DH,1B,2B,3B	52	159	10	32	9	0	0	10	23	28	.201	0
Buddy Bradford, CF	53	168	24	40	3	1	8	15	17	43	.238	4
Chuck Brinkman, C	63	139	13	26	6	0	1	10	11	37	.187	0
Bucky Dent, SS	40	117	17	29	2	0	0	10	10	18	.248	2
Brian Downing, C,3B,RF,LF	34	73	5	13	1	0	2	4	10	17	.178	0
Sam Ewing, 1B	11	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	6	.150	0
Terry Forster, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jerry Hairston, LF,1B,DH	60	210	25	57	11	1	0	23	33	30	.271	0
Ken Henderson, CF,DH,LF	73	262	32	68	13	0	6	32	27	49	.260	3
Ed Herrmann, C	119	379	42	85	17	1	10	39	31	55	.224	2
Johnny Jeter, OF	89	300	38	72	14	4	7	26	9	74	.240	4
Pat Kelly, RF	144	550	77	154	24	5	1	44	65	91	.280	22
Joe Keough, PH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eddie Leon, SS,2B	127	399	37	91	10	3	3	30	34	103	.228	1
Carlos May, DH,LF	149	553	62	148	20	0	20	96	53	73	.268	8
Bill Melton, 3B	152	560	83	155	29	1	20	87	75	66	.277	4
Rich Morales, 3B,2B	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	0
Tony Muser, 1B,DH	109	309	38	88	14	3	4	30	33	36	.285	8
Jorge Orta, 2B,DH	128	425	46	113	9	10	6	40	37	87	.266	8
Rick Reichardt, LF,CF,DH	46	153	15	42	8	1	3	16	8	29	.275	2
Bill Sharp, CF,LF	77	196	23	54	8	3	4	22	19	28	.276	2
Pete Varney, C	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
	162	5475	652	1400	228	38	111	598	537	952	.256	83

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Cy Acosta	10	6	2.23	48	0	18	97.0	66	30	24	8	42	60
Stan Bahnsen	18	21	3.57	42	42	0	282.1	290	128	112	20	119	120
Dave Baldwin	0	0	3.60	3	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	5	1
Eddie Fisher	6	7	4.88	26	16	0	110.2	135	64	60	12	39	57
Terry Forster	6	11	3.23	51	12	16	172.2	174	69	62	7	84	120
Ken Frailing	0	0	1.96	10	0	0	18.1	18	6	4	1	7	15
Jim Geddes	0	0	2.87	6	1	0	15.2	14	6	5	0	14	7
Goose Gossage	0	4	7.43	20	4	0	49.2	57	44	41	9	39	33
Bart Johnson	3	3	4.13	22	9	0	80.2	76	39	37	6	40	56
Jim Kaat	4	1	4.22	7	7	0	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	16
Steve Kealey	0	0	15.09	7	0	0	11.1	23	22	19	2	8	4
Jim McGlothlin	0	1	3.91	5	1	0	18.1	13	8	8	2	13	14
Denny O'Toole	0	0	5.63	6	0	0	16.0	23	11	10	3	3	8
Steve Stone	6	11	4.24	36	22	1	176.1	163	87	83	11	82	138
Wilbur Wood	24	20	3.46	49	48	0	359.1	381	166	138	25	94	199
	77	85	3.86	162	162	35	1456.0	1484	705	625	110	593	848

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Pat Kelly, reserve^[8]

References

• 1973 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williwa02.shtml Walt Williams
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougjo01.shtml Joe Keough
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein
4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 136, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat
6. Web site: Eddie Fisher Stats.
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
8. Web site: 1973 All-Star Game.