1973 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBob Short
General managersJoe Burke, Dan O'Brien Sr.
ManagersWhitey Herzog, Del Wilber, Billy Martin
TelevisionKDFW
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Hedrick)
RadioKRLD
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Mercer)
Seasons

The 1973 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

On July 30, 1973, Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history as he no-hit the Oakland Athletics.[6] The Rangers won the game 6–0.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9468 0.580 — 50–31 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8874 0.543 6 48–33 40–41
Minnesota Twins 8181 0.500 13 37–44 44–37
California Angels 7983 0.488 15 43–38 36–45
Chicago White Sox 7785 0.475 17 40–41 37–44
Texas Rangers 57105 0.352 37 35–46 22–59

Record vs. opponents

1973 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —7–116–68–412–69–98–415–38–49–95–710–2
Boston 11–7—7–56–69–93–158–412–66–614–44–89–3
California 6–65–7—8–105–77–510–85–710–86–66–1211–7
Chicago 4–86–610–8—7–55–76–123–99–98–46–1213–5
Cleveland 6–129–97–55–7—9–92–109–97–57–113–97–5
Detroit 9–915–35–77–59–9—4–812–65–77–117–55–7
Kansas City 4–84–88–1012–610–28–4—8–49–96–68–1011–7
Milwaukee 3–156–127–59–39–96–124–8—8–410–84–88–4
Minnesota 4–86–68–109–95–77–59–94–8—3–914–412–6
New York 9–94–146–64–811–711–76–68–109–3—4–88–4
Oakland 7–58–412–612–69–35–710–88–44–148–4—11–7
Texas 2–103–97–115–135–77–57–114–86–124–87–11—

Notable transactions

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 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
CKen Suarez9327869.248127
1BJim Spencer10235294.267443
2BDave Nelson142576165.286748
SSToby Harrah118461120.2601050
3BJim Fregosi4515742.268616
LFRico Carty8630671.232333
CFVic Harris152555138.249844
RFJeff Burroughs151526147.2793085
DHAlex Johnson158624179.287868

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 Billings8128050.179332
Larry Biittner8325865.252112
Jim Mason9323849.206319
Bill Sudakis8223560.2551543
Elliott Maddox10017241.238117
Tom Grieve6612338.309721
Pete Mackanin44909.10002
Mike Epstein278516.18816
Bill Madlock217721.35115
Joe Lovitto26446.13600
Lenny Randle10296.20711
Don Castle4134.30802
Rick Stelmaszek791.11100

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 Bibby26180.19103.24155
Sonny Siebert25119.27113.9976
Pete Broberg22118.2595.6157
David Clyde1893.1485.0174
Rich Hand841.2235.4014
Dick Bosman740.1254.2414

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 Merritt35160.05134.0565
Steve Dunning2394.1265.3438
Mike Paul3687.1544.9549
Don Stanhouse2170.0174.7642
Lloyd Allen2341.0069.2225
Don Durham1540.1047.5923
Rick Henninger623.0102.746
Jim Kremmel49.0029.006

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 Foucault322483.8828
Bill Gogolewski493664.2277
Jackie Brown255523.9245
Charlie Hudson254214.6234
Jim Shellenback20000.003
Rick Waits10009.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

  1. ↑ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Tom Ragland Stats".
  4. ↑ Jeff Schneider page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ↑ Mike Epstein page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference

References

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