The 1973 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 73rd season and the 62nd season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers compiled a record of 85–77. They finished in third place in the AL East, 12 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They were outscored by their opponents 674 to 642.
Offseason November 30, 1972: Rich Reese was purchased by the Tigers from the Minnesota Twins.Rich Reese at Baseball Reference
Regular season April 27, 1973: Steve Busby threw the first no-hitter in Kansas City Royals history against the Tigers.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, The Royals beat Detroit by a score of 3–0.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 2, 1973: Tim Hosley was traded by the Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Don Shaw.Tim Hosley at Baseball Reference June 5, 1973: Bob Adams was drafted by the Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.Bob Adams at Baseball Reference August 17, 1973: Rich Reese was released by the Tigers.
Roster 1973 Detroit Tigers 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 110 380 89 .234 6 29 1B 121 363 95 .262 19 40 2B 106 343 94 .274 12 47 3B 160 555 123 .222 9 58 SS 162 515 122 .237 7 40 LF 111 411 130 .316 17 53 CF 157 602 147 .244 17 57 RF 119 404 124 .307 12 44 DH 125 377 89 .236 12 50
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 91 310 79 .255 10 45 84 275 63 .229 5 24 80 252 61 .242 8 30 85 227 58 .256 12 29 91 178 43 .242 7 16 59 102 14 .137 2 4 42 76 22 .289 1 9 14 39 16 .410 0 6 12 32 9 .281 0 3 7 22 10 .455 0 1 18 20 6 .300 0 2 9 17 4 .235 0 3 6 8 2 .250 1 2 7 0 0 ---- 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 42 308.2 16 15 3.82 214 40 288.1 23 15 3.53 202 35 203.0 14 13 4.03 66 34 169.2 6 13 5.36 119
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 22 80.1 4 5 4.37 37 5 14.2 0 1 6.75 9 3 4.2 0 0 3.86 4
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV GF ERA SO 65 10 5 38 60 1.44 124 34 2 2 1 17 4.23 28 24 3 0 2 12 5.00 28 22 4 2 1 10 3.43 23 21 1 5 3 7 4.33 33 17 1 1 1 7 3.69 21 5 1 0 0 0 3.86 2 3 0 0 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.57 0
Awards and honors John Hiller, Hutch Award Al Kaline, Roberto Clemente Award Mickey Stanley, AL Gold Glove Award, outfield
League top ten finishers Ed Brinkman MLB leader in games played (162) AL leader in games played at shortstop (162) AL leader in complete games at shortstop (141) AL leader in innings played at shortstop (1390-2/3) #2 in AL in sacrifice hits (14) #2 in AL times grounded into double plays (22)
Joe Coleman AL leader in hit batsmen (10) #2 in AL in wins (23) #4 in AL in home runs allowed (32) #5 in MLB in games started (40) #9 in MLB in batters faced (1219)
Bill Freehan #2 in AL in times hit by pitch (11)
John Hiller MLB leader in saves (38) AL leader in games (65) AL leader in games finished (60) #5 in AL in win percentage (.667)
Al Kaline 4th oldest player in AL (38)
Mickey Lolich #2 in MLB in games started (42) #2 in MLB in home runs allowed (35) #2 in MLB in hits allowed (315) #2 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.71) #3 in MLB in earned runs allowed (131) #5 in AL in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (2.30) #5 in AL in strikeouts (214) #5 in AL in wild pitches (12) #6 in MLB in batters faced (1286) #7 in MLB in innings pitched (308.7)
Aurelio Rodríguez AL leader in games played at third base (160) AL leader in complete games at third base (151) AL leader in innings played at third base (1394-2/3) #5 in AL in games played (160)
Mickey Stanley #4 in AL in outs (481)
Players ranking among top 100 all time at position The following members of the 1975 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001: Bill Freehan: 12th best catcher of all time Norm Cash: 20th best first baseman of all time Aurelio Rodríguez: 91st best third baseman of all time Al Kaline: 11th best right fielder of all time Willie Horton: 55th best left fielder of all time Mickey Lolich: 72nd best pitcher of all time
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery
References
External links
1973 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference