1973 Chicago White Sox season

The 1973 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 73rd season in the major leagues, and its 74th season overall. They finished with a record 77–85, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 17 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

1973 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General managers	Roland Hemond
Managers	Chuck Tanner
Television	WSNS-TV 44 (Harry Caray, Bob Waller)
Radio	WMAQ–AM 670 (Harry Caray, Gene Osborn)
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Offseason

• October 19, 1972: Walt Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Eddie Leon.^[1]
• February 1, 1973: Jim Lyttle was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Keough.^[2]
• February 7, 1973: Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon were traded by the White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Skip Pitlock.^[3]

Regular season

• July 20, 1973: Wilbur Wood became the last pitcher in the 20th century to start both ends of a doubleheader.^[4]

Opening Day lineup

• Pat Kelly, RF
• Carlos May, LF
• Dick Allen, 1B
• Bill Melton, 3B
• Ken Henderson, CF
• Mike Andrews, DH
• Ed Herrmann, C
• Jorge Orta, 2B
• Eddie Leon, SS
• Wilbur Wood, P

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	—	50‍–‍31	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	88	74	.543	6	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	13	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
California Angels	79	83	.488	15	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	17	40‍–‍41	37‍–‍44
Texas Rangers	57	105	.352	37	35‍–‍46	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1973 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	7–11	6–6	8–4	12–6	9–9	8–4	15–3	8–4	9–9	5–7	10–2
Boston	11–7	—	7–5	6–6	9–9	3–15	8–4	12–6	6–6	14–4	4–8	9–3
California	6–6	5–7	—	8–10	5–7	7–5	10–8	5–7	10–8	6–6	6–12	11–7
Chicago	4–8	6–6	10–8	—	7–5	5–7	6–12	3–9	9–9	8–4	6–12	13–5
Cleveland	6–12	9–9	7–5	5–7	—	9–9	2–10	9–9	7–5	7–11	3–9	7–5
Detroit	9–9	15–3	5–7	7–5	9–9	—	4–8	12–6	5–7	7–11	7–5	5–7
Kansas City	4–8	4–8	8–10	12–6	10–2	8–4	—	8–4	9–9	6–6	8–10	11–7
Milwaukee	3–15	6–12	7–5	9–3	9–9	6–12	4–8	—	8–4	10–8	4–8	8–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	8–10	9–9	5–7	7–5	9–9	4–8	—	3–9	14–4	12–6
New York	9–9	4–14	6–6	4–8	11–7	11–7	6–6	8–10	9–3	—	4–8	8–4
Oakland	7–5	8–4	12–6	12–6	9–3	5–7	10–8	8–4	4–14	8–4	—	11–7
Texas	2–10	3–9	7–11	5–13	5–7	7–5	7–11	4–8	6–12	4–8	7–11	—

Notable transactions

• August 15, 1973: Jim Kaat was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins.^[5]
• August 29, 1973: Eddie Fisher was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox.^[6]

Roster

1973 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 41 Cy Acosta 45 Stan Bahnsen 26 Dave Baldwin 34 Eddie Fisher 51 Terry Forster 47 Ken Frailing 55 Jim Geddes 54 Goose Gossage 21 Bart Johnson 36 Jim Kaat 23 Steve Kealey 40 Jim McGlothlin 52 Dennis O'Toole 32 Steve Stone 28 Wilbur Wood		Catchers 11 Chuck Brinkman 12 Ed Herrmann  8 Pete Varney Infielders 15 Dick Allen 42 Hank Allen  1 Luis Alvarado  2 Mike Andrews 30 Bucky Dent 10 Sam Ewing  3 Eddie Leon 14 Bill Melton 30 Rich Morales 25 Tony Muser  6 Jorge Orta		Outfielders 22 Buddy Bradford 16 Brian Downing 2,30 Jerry Hairston 24 Ken Henderson 20 Johnny Jeter 18 Pat Kelly 17 Carlos May 48 Rick Reichardt  5 Bill Sharp Other batters 46 Joe Keough		Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 37 Joe Lonnett 31 Jim Mahoney 35 Alex Monchak 33 Johnny Sain

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	White Sox team member

1973 regular season game log: 77–85 (Home: 40–41; Away: 37–44)[7]
April: 10–5 (Home: 3–4; Away: 7–1) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
May: 17–10 (Home: 13–6; Away: 4–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
June: 11–18 (Home: 4–9; Away: 7–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
July: 14–20 (Home: 4–8; Away: 10–12) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak — July 24 7:15 p.m. CDT 44th All-Star Game in Kansas City, MO
August: 12–17 (Home: 9–8; Away: 3–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
September: 13–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Cy Acosta, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dick Allen, 1B	72	250	39	79	20	3	16	41	33	51	.316	7
Hank Allen, 1B, LF	28	39	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	9	.103	0
Luis Alvarado, 2B, SS, 3B	80	203	21	47	7	2	0	20	4	20	.232	6
Mike Andrews, DH, 1B, 2B, 3B	52	159	10	32	9	0	0	10	23	28	.201	0
Buddy Bradford, CF	53	168	24	40	3	1	8	15	17	43	.238	4
Chuck Brinkman, C	63	139	13	26	6	0	1	10	11	37	.187	0
Bucky Dent, SS	40	117	17	29	2	0	0	10	10	18	.248	2
Brian Downing, C, 3B, RF, LF	34	73	5	13	1	0	2	4	10	17	.178	0
Sam Ewing, 1B	11	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	6	.150	0
Terry Forster, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jerry Hairston, LF, 1B, DH	60	210	25	57	11	1	0	23	33	30	.271	0
Ken Henderson, CF, DH, LF	73	262	32	68	13	0	6	32	27	49	.260	3
Ed Herrmann, C	119	379	42	85	17	1	10	39	31	55	.224	2
Johnny Jeter, OF	89	300	38	72	14	4	7	26	9	74	.240	4
Pat Kelly, RF	144	550	77	154	24	5	1	44	65	91	.280	22
Joe Keough, PH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eddie Leon, SS, 2B	127	399	37	91	10	3	3	30	34	103	.228	1
Carlos May, DH, LF	149	553	62	148	20	0	20	96	53	73	.268	8
Bill Melton, 3B	152	560	83	155	29	1	20	87	75	66	.277	4
Rich Morales, 3B, 2B	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	0
Tony Muser, 1B, DH	109	309	38	88	14	3	4	30	33	36	.285	8
Jorge Orta, 2B, DH	128	425	46	113	9	10	6	40	37	87	.266	8
Rick Reichardt, LF, CF, DH	46	153	15	42	8	1	3	16	8	29	.275	2
Bill Sharp, CF, LF	77	196	23	54	8	3	4	22	19	28	.276	2
Pete Varney, C	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Team Totals	162	5475	652	1400	228	38	111	598	537	952	.256	83

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Cy Acosta	10	6	2.23	48	0	18	97.0	66	30	24	8	42	60
Stan Bahnsen	18	21	3.57	42	42	0	282.1	290	128	112	20	119	120
Dave Baldwin	0	0	3.60	3	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	5	1
Eddie Fisher	6	7	4.88	26	16	0	110.2	135	64	60	12	39	57
Terry Forster	6	11	3.23	51	12	16	172.2	174	69	62	7	84	120
Ken Frailing	0	0	1.96	10	0	0	18.1	18	6	4	1	7	15
Jim Geddes	0	0	2.87	6	1	0	15.2	14	6	5	0	14	7
Goose Gossage	0	4	7.43	20	4	0	49.2	57	44	41	9	39	33
Bart Johnson	3	3	4.13	22	9	0	80.2	76	39	37	6	40	56
Jim Kaat	4	1	4.22	7	7	0	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	16
Steve Kealey	0	0	15.09	7	0	0	11.1	23	22	19	2	8	4
Jim McGlothlin	0	1	3.91	5	1	0	18.1	13	8	8	2	13	14
Denny O'Toole	0	0	5.63	6	0	0	16.0	23	11	10	3	3	8
Steve Stone	6	11	4.24	36	22	1	176.1	163	87	83	11	82	138
Wilbur Wood	24	20	3.46	49	48	0	359.1	381	166	138	25	94	199
Team Totals	77	85	3.86	162	162	35	1456.0	1484	705	625	110	593	848

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Oaks	American Association	Joe Sparks
AA	Knoxville White Sox	Southern League	Jim Napier
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Deacon Jones and Bert Thiel
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Pat Kelly, reserve^[9]