1973 Major League Baseball season

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Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "about". Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:MLB Team Maps (1973) The 1973 Major League Baseball season was the first season of the designated hitter rule in the American League.[1]

American League umpires began wearing burgundy blazers with blue pants, a change from the navy blue coats and gray pants worn the previous five seasons (1968–1972). The burgundy blazers were worn through 1979.

California Angels ace Nolan Ryan broke Sandy Koufax's 1965 strikeout record of 382 when he struck out 383 batters during the season.

The Oakland Athletics won their second straight World Series championship in seven games over the New York Mets.

The Kansas City Royals moved from Municipal Stadium to the new Royals Stadium (adjacent to the Chiefs' football facility) and also hosted the All-Star Game on July 24 with the NL defeating the AL, 7–1.

The New York Yankees played their final season at the original Yankee Stadium; it was closed for remodeling during the 1974 and 1975 seasons.

In California on June 19, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collected their 2000th career hit. Rose singled against the San Francisco Giants while Davis hit a home run against the Atlanta Braves.[2][3]

A lockout in the offseason (February 8–25) did not result in any regular season games being canceled, but the start of spring training was delayed.[4]

Awards and honors

Standings

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American League

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National League

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Postseason

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Bracket

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Statistical leaders

Statistic American League National League
AVG Rod Carew MIN .350 Pete Rose CIN .338
HR Reggie Jackson OAK 32 Willie Stargell PIT 44
RBI Reggie Jackson OAK 117 Willie Stargell PIT 119
Wins Wilbur Wood CWS 24 Ron Bryant SF 24
ERA Jim Palmer BAL 2.40 Tom Seaver NYM 2.08
SO Nolan Ryan1 CAL 383 Tom Seaver NYM 251
SV John Hiller DET 38 Mike Marshall MTL 31
SB Tommy Harper BOS 54 Lou Brock STL 70

1 Modern (1901–present) single-season strikeouts record

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
Los Angeles Dodgers[5] 95 11.8% 2,136,192 14.8% 26,373
Cincinnati Reds[6] 99 4.2% 2,017,601 25.2% 24,909
New York Mets[7] 82 −1.2% 1,912,390 −10.4% 23,610
Detroit Tigers[8] 85 −1.2% 1,724,146 −8.9% 21,286
St. Louis Cardinals[9] 81 8.0% 1,574,046 31.5% 19,433
Boston Red Sox[10] 89 4.7% 1,481,002 2.7% 18,284
Philadelphia Phillies[11] 71 20.3% 1,475,934 9.9% 18,221
Houston Astros[12] 82 −2.4% 1,394,004 −5.1% 17,210
Chicago Cubs[13] 77 −9.4% 1,351,705 4.0% 16,896
Kansas City Royals[14] 88 15.8% 1,345,341 90.1% 16,609
Pittsburgh Pirates[15] 80 −16.7% 1,319,913 −7.5% 16,295
Chicago White Sox[16] 77 −11.5% 1,302,527 10.6% 16,081
New York Yankees[17] 80 1.3% 1,262,103 30.6% 15,582
Montreal Expos[18] 79 12.9% 1,246,863 9.2% 15,393
Milwaukee Brewers[19] 74 13.8% 1,092,158 81.9% 13,483
California Angels[20] 79 5.3% 1,058,206 42.2% 13,064
Oakland Athletics[21] 94 1.1% 1,000,763 8.6% 12,355
Baltimore Orioles[22] 97 21.3% 958,667 6.5% 11,835
Minnesota Twins[23] 81 5.2% 907,499 13.7% 11,204
San Francisco Giants[24] 88 27.5% 834,193 28.8% 10,299
Atlanta Braves[25] 76 8.6% 800,655 6.3% 9,885
Texas Rangers[26] 57 5.6% 686,085 3.5% 8,470
Cleveland Indians[27] 71 −1.4% 615,107 −1.8% 7,594
San Diego Padres[28] 60 3.4% 611,826 −5.0% 7,553

Television coverage

NBC was the exclusive national TV broadcaster of MLB, airing the weekend Game of the Week, Monday Night Baseball, the All-Star Game, both League Championship Series, and the World Series.

References

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External links

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