1973 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1973 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 74 88 y 5th Bud Selig Jim Wilson Del Crandall WTMJ-TV(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Tom Collins, Johnny Logan) 620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) mil MIL The 1973 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 4th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 5th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. Offseason October 31, 1972: Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Ken Sanders, and Earl Stephenson were traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Money, John Vukovich, and Bill Champion.Jim Lonborg at Baseball Reference November 15, 1972: Joe Azcue was released by the Brewers.Joe Azcue at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions June 5, 1973: Robin Yount was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.Robin Yount at Baseball Reference Roster Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 40 Jerry Bell 38 Bill Champion 48 Jim Colborn 33 Rob Gardner 34 Kevin Kobel 25 Frank Linzy 42 Skip Lockwood 49 Ray Newman 52 Bill Parsons 46 Ken Reynolds 23 Eduardo Rodríguez 43 Gary Ryerson 27 Chris Short 41 Jim Slaton 29 Ed Sprague 33 Carlos Velázquez Catchers 39 John Felske 22 Charlie Moore 15 Darrell Porter  6 Ellie Rodríguez Infielders 19 Rick Auerbach  9 Pedro García  2 Bob Heise  4 Tim Johnson  7 Don Money  5 George Scott 21 John Vukovich Outfielders 12 Johnny Briggs 14 Ollie Brown 26 Bob Coluccio 28 Wilbur Howard  3 Joe Lahoud 11 Dave May 17 Bobby Mitchell 44 Gorman Thomas Manager  1 Del Crandall Coaches 31 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) 24 Joe Nossek (Third Base) 18 Bob Shaw (Pitching, 4/6 – 6/30) 30 Jim Walton (First Base) 18 Al Widmar (Pitching, 7/1 – 9/30) 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 Darrell Porter 117 350 89 .254 16 67 1B George Scott George Scott (first baseman) 158 604 185 .306 24 107 2B Pedro García Pedro García (baseball) 160 580 142 .245 15 54 3B Don Money 145 556 158 .284 11 61 SS Tim Johnson Tim Johnson (baseball) 136 465 99 .213 0 32 LF Johnny Briggs Johnny Briggs (baseball) 142 488 120 .246 18 57 CF Dave May 156 624 189 .303 25 93 RF Bob Coluccio 124 438 98 .224 15 58 DH Ollie Brown 97 296 83 .280 7 32 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 Ellie Rodríguez 94 290 78 .269 0 30 Joe Lahoud 96 225 46 .204 5 26 Gorman Thomas 60 155 29 .187 2 11 Bobby Mitchell Bobby Mitchell (1970s outfielder) 47 130 29 .223 5 20 John Vukovich 55 128 16 .125 2 9 Bob Heise 49 98 20 .204 0 4 Wilbur Howard 16 39 8 .205 0 1 Charlie Moore 8 27 5 .185 0 3 John Felske 13 22 3 .136 0 4 Rick Auerbach 6 10 1 .100 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 Jim Colborn 43 314.1 20 12 3.18 135 Jim Slaton 38 276.1 13 15 3.71 134 Jerry Bell Jerry Bell (pitcher) 31 183.2 9 9 3.97 57 Bill Parsons 20 59.2 3 6 6.79 30 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 Bill Champion Bill Champion (baseball) 37 163.1 5 8 3.70 67 Skip Lockwood 37 154.2 5 12 3.90 87 Eduardo Rodriguez Eduardo Rodríguez (right-handed pitcher) 30 76.1 9 7 3.30 49 Gary Ryerson 9 23.0 0 1 7.83 10 Kevin Kobel 2 8.1 0 1 8.64 4 Ken Reynolds 2 7.1 0 1 7.36 3 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 Frank Linzy 42 2 6 13 3.57 21 Chris Short 42 3 5 2 5.13 44 Carlos Velázquez Carlos Velázquez (baseball) 18 2 2 2 2.58 12 Ray Newman Ray Newman (baseball) 11 2 1 1 2.95 10 Rob Gardner Rob Gardner (baseball) 10 1 1 1 9.95 5 Ed Sprague Ed Sprague (pitcher) 7 0 1 1 9.31 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1973.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1973 1973 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 Triple-A Evansville Triplets American Association Mike Roarke Double-A Shreveport Captains Texas League Gene Freese Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Bernie Smith Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Matt Galante Notes 2 References 1973 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1973 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Milwaukee Brewers Category:1970s in Milwaukee