The 1973 Boston Red Sox season was the 73rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, eight games behind the Baltimore Orioles. The team was managed by Eddie Kasko until he was reassigned at the end of September; third-base coach Eddie Popowski managed the team in their final contest of the season.

Offseason January 18, 1973: Orlando Cepeda was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.Orlando Cepeda page at Baseball Reference March 27, 1973: Phil Gagliano and Andy Kosco were traded by the Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Mel Behney.Phil Gagliano page at Baseball Reference

Regular season +Record by monthMonth Record Cumulative AL East Ref. Won Lost Won Lost Position GB April 7 10 7 10 6th 2 May 13 13 20 23 4th June 15 12 35 35 4th 5 July 19 14 54 49 4th August 18 13 72 62 2nd 6 September 17 11 89 73 2nd 8

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup   4 Tommy Harper CF11 Luis Aparicio SS  8 Carl Yastrzemski     1B  7 Reggie Smith CF25 Orlando Cepeda DH  6 Rico Petrocelli 3B27 Carlton Fisk C  2 Doug Griffin 2B40 Dwight Evans RF 23 Luis Tiant P Source:

Roster 1973 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Bullpen) (First base) (Third base) (Pitching)

Player statistics

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 135 508 125 .246 26 71 1B 152 540 160 .296 19 95 2B 113 396 101 .255 1 33 SS 132 499 135 .271 0 49 3B 100 356 87 .244 13 45 LF 147 566 159 .281 17 71 CF 115 423 128 .303 21 69 RF 119 282 63 .223 10 32 DH 142 550 159 .289 20 86

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 143 441 115 .261 6 43 66 219 51 .233 0 11 63 195 61 .313 1 24 67 155 28 .181 1 16 58 147 32 .218 2 9 34 128 41 .320 7 25 30 101 24 .238 3 11 13 7 3 .429 0 2

Pitching

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 38 284.2 17 11 2.75 120 35 272.0 20 13 3.34 206 35 221.1 13 13 3.58 101 34 219.1 15 15 4.31 119 10 50.1 2 6 4.47 32

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 30 156.1 13 2 3.17 90 12 54.2 3 2 5.60 24 6 23.0 1 2 8.22 16

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 39 3 4 15 2.70 31 32 2 3 11 3.47 25 12 0 0 0 5.32 9 11 0 1 1 6.28 22 9 0 0 1 0.00 8 2 0 1 0 7.71 5 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Statistical leaders

Category Player Statistic Youngest player Dwight Evans 21 Oldest player Luis Aparicio 39 Wins Above Replacement Bill Lee 6.1 Source:

Batting Abbr. Category Player Statistic G Games played Carl Yastrzemski 152 PA Plate appearances Carl Yastrzemski 652 AB At bats Tommy Harper 566 R Runs scored Tommy Harper 92 H Hits Carl Yastrzemski 1602B Doubles Orlando Cepeda 25 Carl Yastrzemski 3B Triples Rick Miller 7 HR Home runs Carlton Fisk 26 RBI Runs batted in Carl Yastrzemski 95 SB Stolen bases Tommy Harper 54 CS Caught stealing Tommy Harper 14 BB Base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 105 SO Strikeouts Carlton Fisk 99 BA Batting average Carl Yastrzemski .296 OBP On-base percentage Carl Yastrzemski .407 SLG Slugging percentage Reggie Smith .515 OPS On-base plus slugging Reggie Smith .913 OPS+ Adjusted OPS Reggie Smith 150 TB Total bases Carl Yastrzemski 250 GIDP Grounded into double play Orlando Cepeda 24 HBP Hit by pitch Carlton Fisk 10 SH Sacrifice hits Doug Griffin 13 SF Sacrifice flies Luis Aparicio 7IBB Intentional base on balls Orlando Cepeda 13 Carl Yastrzemski Source:

Pitching Abbr. Category Player Statistic W Wins Luis Tiant 20 L Losses Marty Pattin 15 W-L % Winning percentage Roger Moret .867 (13–2) ERA Earned run average Bob Bolin 2.70 G Games pitched Bob Bolin 39 GS Games started Luis Tiant 35 GF Games finished Bob Bolin 29 CG Complete games Luis Tiant 23 SHO Shutouts John Curtis 4 SV Saves Bob Bolin 15 IP Innings pitched Bill Lee SO Strikeouts Luis Tiant 206 WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Luis Tiant 1.085 Source:

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket, Winston-Salem

Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1973 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1973 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com