1973 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1973 American League East Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 89–73 (.549) 2nd Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Dick O'Connell Eddie Kasko (88–73) Eddie Popowski (1–0) WBZ-TV, Ch. 4(Ken Coleman, Johnny Pesky) WHDH-AM 850(Ned Martin, Dave Martin) bos BOS 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.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60120665/houk-quits-kasko-fired/ Houk Quits, Kasko Fired Abilene Reporter-News Abilene, Texas 3-B October 1, 1973 September 27, 2020 newspapers.com 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 monthhttps://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/TBOS01973.htm The 1973 Boston Red Sox Retrosheet October 10, 2020Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref. Won Lost Won Lost Position GB April 7 10 7 10 6th 2 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/04291973.htm Events of Sunday, April 29, 1973 May 13 13 20 23 4th 3 1 2 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/05311973.htm Events of Thursday, May 31, 1973 June 15 12 35 35 4th 5 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/06301973.htm Events of Saturday, June 30, 1973 July 19 14 54 49 4th 3 1 2 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/07311973.htm Events of Tuesday, July 31, 1973 August 18 13 72 62 2nd 6 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/08311973.htm Events of Friday, August 31, 1973 September 17 11 89 73 2nd 8 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/09301973.htm Events of Sunday, September 30, 1973 Season standings Boston Red Sox Record vs. opponents BOS 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:https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/B04060BOS1973.htm Boston Red Sox 15, New York Yankees 5 April 6, 1973 Retrosheet October 11, 2020 Roster 1973 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 26 Bobby Bolin 21 Ray Culp 22 John Curtis 39 Mike Garman 37 Bill Lee 36 Lynn McGlothen 29 Roger Moret 28 Don Newhauser 33 Marty Pattin 45 Dick Pole 42 Sonny Siebert 49 Craig Skok 19 Ken Tatum 23 Luis Tiant 55 Bob Veale Catchers 27 Carlton Fisk 10 Bob Montgomery Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio  5 Danny Cater 17 Cecil Cooper  2 Doug Griffin 18,41 Mario Guerrero 3,38 Buddy Hunter 12 John Kennedy  6 Rico Petrocelli  8 Carl Yastrzemski Outfielders 24,40 Dwight Evans  4 Tommy Harper 16 Rick Miller 14 Ben Oglivie  7 Reggie Smith Other batters 25 Orlando Cepeda Manager 30 Eddie Kasko Coaches 34 Doug Camilli (Bullpen) 31 Don Lenhardt (First base) 32 Eddie Popowski (Third base) 35 Lee Stange (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 Carlton Fisk 135 508 125 .246 26 71 1B Carl Yastrzemski 152 540 160 .296 19 95 2B Doug Griffin 113 396 101 .255 1 33 SS Luis Aparicio 132 499 135 .271 0 49 3B Rico Petrocelli 100 356 87 .244 13 45 LF Tommy Harper 147 566 159 .281 17 71 CF Reggie Smith 115 423 128 .303 21 69 RF Dwight Evans Dwight Evans (baseball) 119 282 63 .223 10 32 DH Orlando Cepeda 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 Rick Miller Rick Miller (baseball) 143 441 115 .261 6 43 Mario Guerrero 66 219 51 .233 0 11 Danny Cater 63 195 61 .313 1 24 John Kennedy John Kennedy (third baseman) 67 155 28 .181 1 16 Ben Oglivie 58 147 32 .218 2 9 Bob Montgomery Bob Montgomery (baseball) 34 128 41 .320 7 25 Cecil Cooper 30 101 24 .238 3 11 Buddy Hunter 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 Bill Lee Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) 38 284.2 17 11 2.75 120 Luis Tiant 35 272.0 20 13 3.34 206 John Curtis John Curtis (baseball) 35 221.1 13 13 3.58 101 Marty Pattin 34 219.1 15 15 4.31 119 Ray Culp 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 Roger Moret 30 156.1 13 2 3.17 90 Dick Pole 12 54.2 3 2 5.60 24 Lynn McGlothen 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 Bobby Bolin 39 3 4 15 2.70 31 Bob Veale 32 2 3 11 3.47 25 Mike Garman 12 0 0 0 5.32 9 Craig Skok 11 0 1 1 6.28 22 Don Newhauser 9 0 0 1 0.00 8 Sonny Siebert 2 0 1 0 7.71 5 Ken Tatum 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Statistical leaders thumb|right|upright=.66|Bill Lee Category Player Statistic Youngest player Dwight Evans 21 Oldest player Luis Aparicio 39 Wins Above Replacement Bill Lee 6.1 Source:https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1973.shtml 1973 Boston Red Sox Statistics Baseball-Reference.com October 13, 2020 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 284 2 3 SO Strikeouts Luis Tiant 206 WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Luis Tiant 1.085 Source: Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Darrell Johnson AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Rac Slider A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Al Lehrer A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino 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, 2007https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxpres1973bost/page/2/mode/2up Boston Red Sox Guide for Press TV Radio 1973 2 March 14, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links 1973 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1973 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Red Sox Category:Long stubs with short prose