1973 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1973 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 57 105 y 6th Bob Short Joe Burke, Dan O'Brien Sr. Whitey Herzog, Del Wilber, Billy Martin KDFW(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Hedrick) KRLD(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Mercer) 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/raglato01.shtml Tom Ragland Stats 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, 978-0-451-22363-0 The Rangers won the game 6–0. Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX 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 26 Lloyd Allen 22 Jim Bibby 27 Dick Bosman 18 Pete Broberg 31 Jackie Brown 32,50 David Clyde 27 Steve Dunning 34 Don Durham 29 Steve Foucault 28 Bill Gogolewski 25 Rich Hand 22 Rick Henninger 14 Charlie Hudson 33 Jim Kremmel 16 Jim Merritt 30 Mike Paul 25 Jim Shellenback 19 Sonny Siebert 17 Don Stanhouse 39 Rick Waits Catchers  8 Dick Billings 32 Rick Stelmaszek 10 Ken Suarez Infielders 26 Mike Epstein 17 Jim Fregosi 11 Toby Harrah 35 Joe Lovitto 24 Pete Mackanin 38 Bill Madlock  2 Jim Mason  1 Dave Nelson 21 Lenny Randle 3,24 Jim Spencer 21 Bill Sudakis Outfielders  4 Larry Biittner 20 Jeff Burroughs 5,25 Rico Carty  6 Tom Grieve  7 Vic Harris 15 Alex Johnson 23 Elliott Maddox Other batters 37 Don Castle Manager 40 Whitey Herzog  1 Billy Martin 44 Del Wilber Coaches 43 Chuck Estrada 41 Chuck Hiller 42 Jackie Moore 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 Dave Nelson 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 Rico Carty 86 306 71 .232 3 33 CF Vic Harris Vic Harris (second baseman) 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 Larry Biittner 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 Mike Epstein 27 85 16 .188 1 6 Bill Madlock 21 77 21 .351 1 5 Joe Lovitto 26 44 6 .136 0 0 Lenny Randle 10 29 6 .207 1 1 Don Castle Don Castle (baseball) 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 Jim Bibby 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 Rich Hand 8 41.2 2 3 5.40 14 Dick Bosman 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 Lloyd Allen 23 41.0 0 6 9.22 25 Don Durham 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 Bill Gogolewski 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Del Wilber AA Pittsfield Rangers Eastern League Joe Klein A Gastonia Rangers Western Carolinas League Rich Donnelly Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Bill Haywood LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane, GCL Rangers Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1973 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1973 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Texas Rang