Texas Rangers | |
Season: | 1973 |
League: | American League |
Division: | West |
Ballpark: | Arlington Stadium |
City: | Arlington, Texas |
Owners: | Bob Short |
General Managers: | Joe Burke, Dan O'Brien Sr. |
Managers: | Whitey Herzog, Del Wilber, Billy Martin |
Television: | KDFW (Dick Risenhoover, Tom Hedrick) |
Radio: | KRLD (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Mercer) |
The 1973 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses.
On July 30, 1973, Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history as he no-hit the Oakland Athletics.[6] The Rangers won the game 6–0.
David Clyde was a high school pitching phenom who was made the number one overall pick in the 1973 June draft. 22 days later, without having played in the minor leagues, Clyde made his MLB debut, the youngest player to play in an MLB game that year. Clyde won his first ever major league start (in front of a sellout crowd at Arlington Stadium, the first sellout in club history) and played in eighteen games (all starts) that season, finishing with a record of 4–8, with a 5.01 ERA.
1973 Texas Rangers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | OutfieldersOther batters | ManagerCoaches | ||||||
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 | |
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C | 93 | 278 | 69 | .248 | 1 | 27 | ||
1B | 102 | 352 | 94 | .267 | 4 | 43 | ||
2B | 142 | 576 | 165 | .286 | 7 | 48 | ||
SS | 118 | 461 | 120 | .260 | 10 | 50 | ||
3B | 45 | 157 | 42 | .268 | 6 | 16 | ||
LF | 86 | 306 | 71 | .232 | 3 | 33 | ||
CF | 152 | 555 | 138 | .249 | 8 | 44 | ||
RF | 151 | 526 | 147 | .279 | 30 | 85 | ||
DH | 158 | 624 | 179 | .287 | 8 | 68 |
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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81 | 280 | 50 | .179 | 3 | 32 | ||
83 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 1 | 12 | ||
93 | 238 | 49 | .206 | 3 | 19 | ||
82 | 235 | 60 | .255 | 15 | 43 | ||
100 | 172 | 41 | .238 | 1 | 17 | ||
66 | 123 | 38 | .309 | 7 | 21 | ||
44 | 90 | 9 | .100 | 0 | 2 | ||
27 | 85 | 16 | .188 | 1 | 6 | ||
21 | 77 | 21 | .351 | 1 | 5 | ||
26 | 44 | 6 | .136 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 1 | ||
4 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 2 | ||
7 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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26 | 180.1 | 9 | 10 | 3.24 | 155 | ||
25 | 119.2 | 7 | 11 | 3.99 | 76 | ||
22 | 118.2 | 5 | 9 | 5.61 | 57 | ||
18 | 93.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.01 | 74 | ||
8 | 41.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.40 | 14 | ||
7 | 40.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.24 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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35 | 160.0 | 5 | 13 | 4.05 | 65 | ||
23 | 94.1 | 2 | 6 | 5.34 | 38 | ||
36 | 87.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.95 | 49 | ||
21 | 70.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.76 | 42 | ||
23 | 41.0 | 0 | 6 | 9.22 | 25 | ||
15 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.59 | 23 | ||
6 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.74 | 6 | ||
4 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 6 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
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32 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3.88 | 28 | ||
49 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4.22 | 77 | ||
25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3.92 | 45 | ||
25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.62 | 34 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane, GCL Rangers