This article is about the 1973 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1973 in baseball .
Sports season
Angels White Sox Royals Twins Athletics Rangers Orioles Red Sox Indians Tigers Brewers Yankees class=notpageimage| Locations of teams for the 1973 American League seasonWest East
Braves Reds Astros Dodgers Padres Giants Cubs Expos Mets Phillies Pirates Cardinals class=notpageimage| Locations of teams for the 1971–1976 National League seasonsWest East
The 1973 Major League Baseball season was the first season of the designated hitter rule in the American League .
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 .
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.
Awards and honors
Standings
American League
National League
Postseason
See also: 1973 MLB Postseason
Bracket
*Denotes walk-off
Statistical leaders
Home field attendance
Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Los Angeles Dodgers
95
11.8%
2,136,192
14.8%
26,373
Cincinnati Reds
99
4.2%
2,017,601
25.2%
24,909
New York Mets
82
−1.2%
1,912,390
−10.4%
23,610
Detroit Tigers
85
−1.2%
1,724,146
−8.9%
21,286
St. Louis Cardinals
81
8.0%
1,574,046
31.5%
19,433
Boston Red Sox
89
4.7%
1,481,002
2.7%
18,284
Philadelphia Phillies
71
20.3%
1,475,934
9.9%
18,221
Houston Astros
82
−2.4%
1,394,004
−5.1%
17,210
Chicago Cubs
77
−9.4%
1,351,705
4.0%
16,896
Kansas City Royals
88
15.8%
1,345,341
90.1%
16,609
Pittsburgh Pirates
80
−16.7%
1,319,913
−7.5%
16,295
Chicago White Sox
77
−11.5%
1,302,527
10.6%
16,081
New York Yankees
80
1.3%
1,262,103
30.6%
15,582
Montreal Expos
79
12.9%
1,246,863
9.2%
15,393
Milwaukee Brewers
74
13.8%
1,092,158
81.9%
13,483
California Angels
79
5.3%
1,058,206
42.2%
13,064
Oakland Athletics
94
1.1%
1,000,763
8.6%
12,355
Baltimore Orioles
97
21.3%
958,667
6.5%
11,835
Minnesota Twins
81
5.2%
907,499
13.7%
11,204
San Francisco Giants
88
27.5%
834,193
28.8%
10,299
Atlanta Braves
76
8.6%
800,655
6.3%
9,885
Texas Rangers
57
5.6%
686,085
3.5%
8,470
Cleveland Indians
71
−1.4%
615,107
−1.8%
7,594
San Diego Padres
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 All-Star Game , both League Championship Series, and the World Series .
References
"The Historical Evolution of the Designated Hitter Rule," Archived June 1, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), John Cronin, Fall 2016.
"Rose gets 2,000th hit, Norman blanks Giants" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. June 20, 1973. p. 29."Phils triumph as Lonborg, Schmidt lead" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. June 20, 1973. p. 3B."The Lockout of 1973" . MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement . August 5, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Blogspot ."Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."New York Mets Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Kansas City Royals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Washington Nationals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Milwaukee Brewers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Los Angeles Angels Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020."San Diego Padres Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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