1973 San Francisco Giants season

1973 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Jerry Donovan
Managers	Charlie Fox
Television	KTVU (Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Radio	KSFO (Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Seasons

The 1973 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 91st season, 16th season in San Francisco and 14th in Candlestick Park. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 88–74, 11 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

• January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
  • Rob Picciolo was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round, but did not sign.
  • Dave Heaverlo was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the Secondary Phase.
• February 7, 1973: Skip Pitlock was traded by the Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon.

Regular season

Season standings

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	99	63	.611	—	50‍–‍31	49‍–‍32
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	66	.590	3½	50‍–‍31	45‍–‍35
San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	11	47‍–‍34	41‍–‍40
Houston Astros	82	80	.506	17	41‍–‍40	41‍–‍40
Atlanta Braves	76	85	.472	22½	40‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
San Diego Padres	60	102	.370	39	31‍–‍50	29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1973 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	5–13	11–7	2–15–1	6–6	6–6	6–6	7–5	12–6	8–10	6–6
Chicago	5–7	—	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–9	10–7	10–8	6–12	7–5	2–10	9–9
Cincinnati	13–5	4–8	—	11–7	11–7	8–4	8–4	8–4	7–5	13–5	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	6–6	7–11	—	11–7	6–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	10–8	11–7	5–7
Los Angeles	15–2–1	7–5	7–11	7–11	—	7–5	7–5	9–3	10–2	9–9	9–9	8–4
Montreal	6–6	9–9	4–8	6–6	5–7	—	9–9	13–5	6–12	7–5	6–6	8–10
New York	6–6	7–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–9	—	9–9	13–5	8–4	5–7	10–8
Philadelphia	6-6	8–10	4–8	5–7	3–9	5–13	9–9	—	8–10	9–3	5–7	9–9
Pittsburgh	5–7	12–6	5–7	6–6	2–10	12–6	5–13	10–8	—	8–4	5–7	10–8
San Diego	6–12	5–7	5–13	8–10	9–9	5–7	4–8	3–9	4–8	—	7–11	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	10–2	8–10	7–11	9–9	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5	11–7	—	6–6
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	6–6	7–5	4–8	10–8	8–10	9–9	8–10	8–4	6–6	—

Opening Day starters

• Bobby Bonds
• Tito Fuentes
• Al Gallagher
• Garry Maddox
• Juan Marichal
• Gary Matthews
• Willie McCovey
• Dave Rader
• Chris Speier

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1973: Fran Healy was traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Greg Minton.
• June 5, 1973: Johnnie LeMaster was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.
• June 5, 1973: Jeff Little was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.
• June 7, 1973: Sam McDowell was purchased from the Giants by the New York Yankees.

Roster

1973 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 33 Jim Barr 40 Tom Bradley 32 Ron Bryant 30 Don Carrithers 34 John D'Acquisto 27 Juan Marichal 48 Sam McDowell 47 Don McMahon 39 Randy Moffitt 42 John Morris 38 Elías Sosa 49 Charlie Williams 42 Jim Willoughby		Catchers 17 Chris Arnold 14 Dave Rader  3 Mike Sadek Infielders 18 Dámaso Blanco 23 Tito Fuentes 10 Al Gallagher 21 Ed Goodson 16 Jim Ray Hart 26 Dave Kingman 44 Willie McCovey 29 Bruce Miller 16 Steve Ontiveros 10 Mike Phillips 35 Chris Speier 12 Gary Thomasson		Outfielders 25 Bobby Bonds 19 Jim Howarth 31 Garry Maddox 36 Gary Matthews		Manager  7 Charlie Fox Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  8 Andy Gilbert 47 Don McMahon  1 John McNamara

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	Dave Rader	148	462	106	.229	9	41
1B	Willie McCovey	130	383	102	.266	29	75
2B	Tito Fuentes	160	656	182	.277	6	63
SS	Chris Speier	153	542	135	.249	11	71
3B	Ed Goodson	102	384	116	.302	12	53
LF	Gary Matthews	148	540	162	.300	12	58
CF	Garry Maddox	144	587	187	.319	11	76
RF	Bobby Bonds	160	643	182	.283	39	96

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
Dave Kingman	112	305	62	.203	24	55
Gary Thomasson	112	235	67	.285	4	30
Mike Phillips	63	104	25	.240	1	9
Jim Howarth	65	90	18	.200	0	7
Mike Sadek	39	66	11	.167	0	4
Chris Arnold	49	54	16	.296	1	13
Steve Ontiveros	24	33	8	.242	1	5
Bruce Miller	12	21	3	.143	0	2
Dámaso Blanco	28	12	0	.000	0	0
Al Gallagher	5	9	2	.222	0	1
Jim Ray Hart	5	3	0	.000	0	1

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
Ron Bryant	41	270.0	24	12	3.53	143
Jim Barr	41	231.1	11	17	3.81	88
Tom Bradley	35	224.0	13	12	3.90	136
Juan Marichal	34	207.1	11	15	3.82	87

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 Willoughby	39	123.0	4	5	4.68	60
John D'Acquisto	7	27.2	1	1	3.58	29
Charlie Williams	12	23.0	3	0	6.65	11

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
Elias Sosa	71	10	4	18	3.28	70
Randy Moffitt	60	4	4	14	2.42	65
Don Carrithers	25	1	2	0	4.81	36
Don McMahon	22	4	0	6	1.48	20
Sam McDowell	18	1	2	3	4.50	35
John Morris	7	1	0	0	8.53	3
Dave Kingman	2	0	0	0	9.00	4

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Bobby Bonds, outfield

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Jim Davenport
AA	Amarillo Giants	Texas League	Dennis Sommers
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Frank Funk
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	John VanOrnum
Rookie	Great Falls Giants	Pioneer League	Art Mazmanian

External links

• 1973 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1973 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac