The 1973 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 91st season, 16th season in San Francisco and 14th in Candlestick Park. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 88–74, 11 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft Rob Picciolo was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round, but did not sign.Rob Picciolo at Baseball Reference Dave Heaverlo was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the Secondary Phase.Dave Heaverlo at Baseball Reference February 7, 1973: Skip Pitlock was traded by the Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon.Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Bobby Bonds Tito Fuentes Al Gallagher Garry Maddox Juan Marichal Gary Matthews Willie McCovey Dave Rader Chris Speier

Notable transactions April 2, 1973: Fran Healy was traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Greg Minton.Greg Minton at Baseball Reference June 5, 1973: Johnnie LeMaster was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. June 5, 1973: Jeff Little was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.Jeff Little at Baseball Reference June 7, 1973: Sam McDowell was purchased from the Giants by the New York Yankees.Sam McDowell at Baseball Reference

Roster 1973 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader Batting

Starters by position 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 C Dave Rader 148 462 106 .229 9 41 1B Willie McCovey 130 383 102 .266 29 75 2B 160 656 182 .277 6 63 SS Chris Speier 153 542 135 .249 11 71 3B Ed Goodson 102 384 116 .302 12 53 LF Gary Matthews 148 540 162 .300 12 58 CF Garry Maddox 144 587 187 .319 11 76 RF 160 643 182 .283 39 96

Other batters 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 Dave Kingman 112 305 62 .203 24 55 Gary Thomasson 112 235 67 .285 4 30 Mike Phillips 63 104 25 .240 1 9 65 90 18 .200 0 7 39 66 11 .167 0 4 Chris Arnold 49 54 16 .296 1 13 24 33 8 .242 1 5 Bruce Miller 12 21 3 .143 0 2 28 12 0 .000 0 0 Al Gallagher 5 9 2 .222 0 1 Jim Ray Hart 5 3 0 .000 0 1

Pitching

= Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 41 270.0 24 12 3.53 143 41 231.1 11 17 3.81 88 35 224.0 13 12 3.90 136 Juan Marichal 34 207.1 11 15 3.82 87

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 39 123.0 4 5 4.68 60 7 27.2 1 1 3.58 29 12 23.0 3 0 6.65 11

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Elias Sosa 71 10 4 18 3.28 70 Randy Moffitt 60 4 4 14 2.42 65 Don Carrithers 25 1 2 0 4.81 36 Don McMahon 22 4 0 6 1.48 20 Sam McDowell 18 1 2 3 4.50 35 7 1 0 0 8.53 3 Dave Kingman 2 0 0 0 9.00 4

Awards and honors All-Star Game Bobby Bonds, outfield

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1973 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1973 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac