The 1973 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 73rd season in the major leagues, and its 74th season overall. They finished with a record 77–85, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 17 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason October 19, 1972: Walt Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Eddie Leon.Walt Williams at Baseball Reference February 1, 1973: Jim Lyttle was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Keough.Joe Keough at Baseball Reference February 7, 1973: Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon were traded by the White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Skip Pitlock.Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference

Regular season July 20, 1973: Wilbur Wood became the last pitcher in the 20th century to start both ends of a doubleheader.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 136, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Opening Day lineup Pat Kelly, RF Carlos May, LF Dick Allen, 1B Bill Melton, 3B Ken Henderson, CF Mike Andrews, DH Ed Herrmann, C Jorge Orta, 2B Eddie Leon, SS Wilbur Wood, P

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions August 15, 1973: Jim Kaat was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins.Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference August 29, 1973: Eddie Fisher was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox.

Roster 1973 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season Legend White Sox win White Sox loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldWhite Sox team member

|-style=background:#bbbfff | style=";" |— || || style=";" |7:15p.m. CDT || colspan="9" style=";" |44th All-Star Game in Kansas City, MO

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Cy Acosta, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Dick Allen, 1B 72 250 39 79 20 3 16 41 33 51 .316 7 Hank Allen, 1B, LF 28 39 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 9 .103 0 Luis Alvarado, 2B, SS, 3B 80 203 21 47 7 2 0 20 4 20 .232 6 Mike Andrews, DH, 1B, 2B, 3B 52 159 10 32 9 0 0 10 23 28 .201 0 Buddy Bradford, CF 53 168 24 40 3 1 8 15 17 43 .238 4 Chuck Brinkman, C 63 139 13 26 6 0 1 10 11 37 .187 0 Bucky Dent, SS 40 117 17 29 2 0 0 10 10 18 .248 2 Brian Downing, C, 3B, RF, LF 34 73 5 13 1 0 2 4 10 17 .178 0 Sam Ewing, 1B 11 20 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 6 .150 0 Terry Forster, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jerry Hairston, LF, 1B, DH 60 210 25 57 11 1 0 23 33 30 .271 0 Ken Henderson, CF, DH, LF 73 262 32 68 13 0 6 32 27 49 .260 3 Ed Herrmann, C 119 379 42 85 17 1 10 39 31 55 .224 2 Johnny Jeter, OF 89 300 38 72 14 4 7 26 9 74 .240 4 Pat Kelly, RF 144 550 77 154 24 5 1 44 65 91 .280 22 Joe Keough, PH 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Eddie Leon, SS, 2B 127 399 37 91 10 3 3 30 34 103 .228 1 Carlos May, DH, LF 149 553 62 148 20 0 20 96 53 73 .268 8 Bill Melton, 3B 152 560 83 155 29 1 20 87 75 66 .277 4 Rich Morales, 3B, 2B 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 0 Tony Muser, 1B, DH 109 309 38 88 14 3 4 30 33 36 .285 8 Jorge Orta, 2B, DH 128 425 46 113 9 10 6 40 37 87 .266 8 Rick Reichardt, LF, CF, DH 46 153 15 42 8 1 3 16 8 29 .275 2 Bill Sharp, CF, LF 77 196 23 54 8 3 4 22 19 28 .276 2 Pete Varney, C 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 162 5475 652 1400 228 38 111 598 537 952 .256 83

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Cy Acosta 10 6 2.23 48 0 18 97.0 66 30 24 8 42 60 Stan Bahnsen 18 21 3.57 42 42 0 282.1 290 128 112 20 119 120 Dave Baldwin 0 0 3.60 3 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 Eddie Fisher 6 7 4.88 26 16 0 110.2 135 64 60 12 39 57 Terry Forster 6 11 3.23 51 12 16 172.2 174 69 62 7 84 120 Ken Frailing 0 0 1.96 10 0 0 18.1 18 6 4 1 7 15 Jim Geddes 0 0 2.87 6 1 0 15.2 14 6 5 0 14 7 Goose Gossage 0 4 7.43 20 4 0 49.2 57 44 41 9 39 33 Bart Johnson 3 3 4.13 22 9 0 80.2 76 39 37 6 40 56 Jim Kaat 4 1 4.22 7 7 0 42.2 44 23 20 4 4 16 Steve Kealey 0 0 15.09 7 0 0 11.1 23 22 19 2 8 4 Jim McGlothlin 0 1 3.91 5 1 0 18.1 13 8 8 2 13 14 Denny O'Toole 0 0 5.63 6 0 0 16.0 23 11 10 3 3 8 Steve Stone 6 11 4.24 36 22 1 176.1 163 87 83 11 82 138 Wilbur Wood 24 20 3.46 49 48 0 359.1 381 166 138 25 94 199 77 85 3.86 162 162 35 1456.0 1484 705 625 110 593 848

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Awards and honors

All-Star Game Pat Kelly, reserve

Notes

References 1973 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference