The 1973 Texas Rangers season was the 13th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 2nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 2nd season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses.

Offseason October 27, 1972: Jim Panther was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Rico Carty.Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1972: Horacio Piña was traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Mike Epstein.Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1972: Tom Ragland was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Vince Colbert. January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft Jeff Schneider was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round, but did not sign.Jeff Schneider page at Baseball Reference Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the Secondary Phase.Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference

Regular season On July 30, 1973, Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history as he no-hit the Oakland Athletics.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, The Rangers won the game 6–0.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 20, 1973: Mike Epstein, Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek were traded by the Rangers to the California Angels for Jim Spencer and Lloyd Allen.Mike Epstein page at Baseball Reference June 5, 1973: David Clyde was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.David Clyde page at Baseball Reference July 11, 1973: Jim Fregosi was purchased by the Rangers from the New York Mets.Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference

David Clyde 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.

Roster 1973 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Ken Suarez 93 278 69 .248 1 27 1B Jim Spencer 102 352 94 .267 4 43 2B 142 576 165 .286 7 48 SS Toby Harrah 118 461 120 .260 10 50 3B Jim Fregosi 45 157 42 .268 6 16 LF 86 306 71 .232 3 33 CF 152 555 138 .249 8 44 RF Jeff Burroughs 151 526 147 .279 30 85 DH Alex Johnson 158 624 179 .287 8 68

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 Dick Billings 81 280 50 .179 3 32 83 258 65 .252 1 12 Jim Mason 93 238 49 .206 3 19 Bill Sudakis 82 235 60 .255 15 43 Elliott Maddox 100 172 41 .238 1 17 Tom Grieve 66 123 38 .309 7 21 Pete Mackanin 44 90 9 .100 0 2 27 85 16 .188 1 6 Bill Madlock 21 77 21 .351 1 5 Joe Lovitto 26 44 6 .136 0 0 10 29 6 .207 1 1 4 13 4 .308 0 2 Rick Stelmaszek 7 9 1 .111 0 0

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 26 180.1 9 10 3.24 155 Sonny Siebert 25 119.2 7 11 3.99 76 Pete Broberg 22 118.2 5 9 5.61 57 David Clyde 18 93.1 4 8 5.01 74 8 41.2 2 3 5.40 14 7 40.1 2 5 4.24 14

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 Merritt 35 160.0 5 13 4.05 65 Steve Dunning 23 94.1 2 6 5.34 38 Mike Paul 36 87.1 5 4 4.95 49 Don Stanhouse 21 70.0 1 7 4.76 42 23 41.0 0 6 9.22 25 15 40.1 0 4 7.59 23 Rick Henninger 6 23.0 1 0 2.74 6 Jim Kremmel 4 9.0 0 2 9.00 6

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 Steve Foucault 32 2 4 8 3.88 28 49 3 6 6 4.22 77 Jackie Brown 25 5 5 2 3.92 45 Charlie Hudson 25 4 2 1 4.62 34 Jim Shellenback 2 0 0 0 0.00 3 Rick Waits 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane, GCL Rangers

Notes

References

1973 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1973 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com