1973 San Francisco Giants season

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.

1973 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersJerry Donovan
ManagersCharlie Fox
Local televisionKTVU
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radioKSFO
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Los Angeles Dodgers 9566 0.590 3½ 50–31 45–35
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 11 47–34 41–40
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 17 41–40 41–40
Atlanta Braves 7685 0.472 22½ 40–40 36–45
San Diego Padres 60102 0.370 39 31–50 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1973 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–55–1311–72–15–16–66–66–67–512–68–106–6
Chicago 5–7—8–46–65–79–910–710–86–127–52–109–9
Cincinnati 13–54–8—11–711–78–48–48–47–513–510–86–6
Houston 7–116–67–11—11–76–66–67–56–610–811–75–7
Los Angeles 15–2–17–57–117–11—7–57–59–310–29–99–98–4
Montreal 6–69–94–86–65–7—9–913–56–127–56–68–10
New York 6–67–104–86–65–79–9—9–913–58–45–710–8
Philadelphia 6-68–104–85–73–95–139–9—8–109–35–79–9
Pittsburgh 5–712–65–76–62–1012–65–1310–8—8–45–710–8
San Diego 6–125–75–138–109–95–74–83–94–8—7–114–8
San Francisco 10–810–28–107–119–96–67–57–57–511–7—6–6
St. Louis 6–69–96–67–54–810–88–109–98–108–46–6—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1973 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDave Rader148462106.229941
1BWillie McCovey130383102.2662975
2BTito Fuentes160656182.277663
SSChris Speier153542135.2491171
3BEd Goodson102384116.3021253
LFGary Matthews148540162.3001258
CFGarry Maddox144587187.3191176
RFBobby Bonds160643182.2833996

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 Kingman11230562.2032455
Gary Thomasson11223567.285430
Mike Phillips6310425.24019
Jim Howarth659018.20007
Mike Sadek396611.16704
Chris Arnold495416.296113
Steve Ontiveros24338.24215
Bruce Miller12213.14302
Dámaso Blanco28120.00000
Al Gallagher592.22201
Jim Ray Hart530.00001

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
Ron Bryant41270.024123.53143
Jim Barr41231.111173.8188
Tom Bradley35224.013123.90136
Juan Marichal34207.111153.8287

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
Jim Willoughby39123.0454.6860
John D'Acquisto727.2113.5829
Charlie Williams1223.0306.6511

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 Sosa71104183.2870
Randy Moffitt6044142.4265
Don Carrithers251204.8136
Don McMahon224061.4820
Sam McDowell181234.5035
John Morris71008.533
Dave Kingman20009.004

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Bobby Bonds, outfield[9]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport
AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Dennis Sommers
A Fresno Giants California League Frank Funk
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League John VanOrnum
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Art Mazmanian

[10]

References
  1. Rob Picciolo at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Heaverlo at Baseball Reference
  3. Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
  4. "1973 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. Greg Minton at Baseball Reference
  6. "Johnnie LeMaster Stats".
  7. Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  8. Sam McDowell at Baseball Reference
  9. "1973 All-Star Game".
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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