1973 Baltimore Orioles Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 97-65
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 958,667, Avg. 13,338
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Won Division
American League Championship Series - Lost to Oakland Athletics 3-2
Manager: Earl Weaver (97-65)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1973 Baltimore Orioles Roster
1973 Baltimore Orioles Results

The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1973 season with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the AL's East Division.

The Orioles led the league with just 561 runs allowed. Baltimore scored 754 runs. Earl Williams paced the team with 22 home runs Tommy Davis drove in 89 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .306. Jim Palmer paced the squad with 22 wins, while Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally as well added 15 or more victories as well Jim Palmer recorded a 2.40 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Earl Weaver coached the team. The 1973 Baltimore Orioles qualified for the playoffs as a division winner.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jim Palmer	22	9	.710	2.40	38	37	1	19	6	1	296.3	225	86	79	16	113	5	158	3	0	7	1190
Mike Cuellar	18	13	.581	3.27	38	38	0	17	2	0	267.0	265	120	97	29	84	2	140	0	0	8	1127
Dave McNally	17	17	.500	3.21	38	38	0	17	4	0	266.0	247	100	95	16	81	6	87	5	1	5	1083
Doyle Alexander	12	8	.600	3.86	29	26	2	10	0	0	174.7	169	85	75	19	52	5	63	7	0	3	726
Grant Jackson	8	0	1.000	1.90	45	0	33	0	0	9	80.3	54	18	17	5	24	4	47	0	0	1	305
Bob Reynolds	7	5	.583	1.95	42	1	28	0	0	9	111.0	88	27	24	3	31	6	77	0	0	3	443
Jesse Jefferson	6	5	.545	4.11	18	15	2	3	0	0	100.7	104	53	46	15	46	1	52	0	0	8	439
Don Hood	3	2	.600	3.90	8	4	3	1	1	1	32.3	31	17	14	1	6	0	18	1	0	1	132
Eddie Watt	3	4	.429	3.30	30	0	18	0	0	5	71.0	62	26	26	8	21	5	38	2	0	1	290
Orlando Pena	1	1	.500	4.03	11	2	5	0	0	1	44.7	36	20	20	10	8	1	23	2	0	0	177
Mickey Scott	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.7	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	9
Wayne Garland	0	1	.000	3.94	4	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	14	8	7	1	7	0	10	0	0	0	68
Totals	97	65	.599	3.08	302	162	95	67	13	26	1461.7	1297	561	501	124	475	35	715	20	1	37	5989

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Tommy Davis	137	590	552	53	169	20	3	7	89	11	3	30	56	.306	.341	.391	.732	216	15	1	3	4	3
Bobby Grich	162	700	581	82	146	29	7	12	50	17	9	107	91	.251	.373	.387	.760	225	7	7	3	2	3
Brooks Robinson	155	619	549	53	141	17	2	9	72	2	0	55	50	.257	.326	.344	.670	189	19	3	8	4	5
Paul Blair	146	554	500	73	140	25	3	10	64	18	8	43	72	.280	.334	.402	.736	201	10	0	6	5	4
Rich Coggins	110	426	389	54	124	19	9	7	41	17	9	28	24	.319	.363	.468	.831	182	7	0	7	2	2
Al Bumbry	110	395	356	73	120	15	11	7	34	23	10	34	49	.337	.398	.500	.898	178	5	3	1	1	0
Don Baylor	118	459	405	64	116	20	4	11	51	32	9	35	48	.286	.357	.437	.794	177	11	13	0	6	3
Earl Williams	132	536	459	58	109	18	1	22	83	0	2	66	107	.237	.333	.425	.758	195	13	3	1	7	8
Mark Belanger	154	544	470	60	106	15	1	0	27	13	6	49	54	.226	.302	.262	.564	123	9	5	15	5	1
Boog Powell	114	464	370	52	98	13	1	11	54	0	2	85	64	.265	.398	.395	.792	146	11	0	4	5	10
Merv Rettenmund	95	390	321	59	84	17	2	9	44	11	2	57	38	.262	.378	.411	.789	132	4	4	6	2	4
Andy Etchebarren	54	168	152	16	39	9	1	2	23	1	1	12	21	.257	.317	.368	.686	56	7	2	1	1	1
Terry Crowley	54	148	131	16	27	4	0	3	15	0	0	16	14	.206	.297	.305	.603	40	4	1	0	0	1
Elrod Hendricks	41	114	101	9	18	5	1	3	15	0	0	10	22	.178	.257	.337	.593	34	2	1	1	1	4
Frank Baker	44	71	63	10	12	1	2	1	11	0	0	7	7	.190	.268	.317	.585	20	0	0	0	1	0
Enos Cabell	32	53	47	12	10	2	0	1	3	1	3	3	7	.213	.250	.319	.569	15	1	0	1	2	0
Larry Brown	17	35	28	4	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	5	4	.250	.353	.357	.710	10	1	0	1	1	0
Jim Fuller	9	27	26	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	17	.115	.148	.346	.494	9	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Motton	5	7	6	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.833	1.262	5	0	0	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	10	19	18	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sergio Robles	8	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.077	.250	.077	.327	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Reynolds	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Pena	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McNally	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Jefferson	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Hood	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Garland	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Doyle Alexander	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2009	6335	5537	754	1474	229	48	119	692	146	64	648	752	.266	.345	.389	.734	2156	126	43	58	49	49

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Boog Powell	1B	111	104	916.7	988	77	12	95	.989	1.456	9.595	0	0	0
Earl Williams	1B	42	39	339.3	326	19	2	36	.994	9.150	8.214	0	0	0
Enos Cabell	1B	23	9	107.0	111	4	1	14	.991	9.673	5.000	0	0	0
Don Baylor	1B	6	5	38.0	24	5	2	2	.935	6.868	4.833	0	0	0
Tommy Davis	1B	4	4	27.0	32	2	1	3	.971	11.333	8.500	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	1B	7	0	25.0	21	4	1	3	.962	9.000	3.571	0	0	0
Jim Fuller	1B	2	1	7.0	8	1	0	1	1.000	11.571	4.500	0	0	0
Frank Baker	1B	1	0	1.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	16.200	3.000	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	2B	162	162	1417.7	431	509	5	130	.995	5.968	5.802	0	0	0
Frank Baker	2B	7	0	37.0	11	14	2	1	.926	6.081	3.571	0	0	0
Larry Brown	2B	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.000	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	2B	2	0	3.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.500	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	3B	154	151	1341.7	129	354	15	25	.970	3.240	3.136	0	0	0
Larry Brown	3B	15	7	68.0	9	13	3	2	.880	2.912	1.467	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	3B	8	4	47.0	3	14	2	2	.895	3.255	2.125	0	0	0
Frank Baker	3B	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Enos Cabell	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Earl Williams	C	95	86	769.0	407	33	6	5	.987	5.150	4.632	4	38	33	46.5
Andy Etchebarren	C	51	45	388.0	201	14	2	5	.991	4.987	4.216	1	16	13	44.8
Elrod Hendricks	C	38	27	259.7	148	9	1	1	.994	5.442	4.132	1	16	8	33.3
Sergio Robles	C	8	4	45.0	32	1	0	0	1.000	6.600	4.125	0	0	0
Paul Blair	OF	144	123	1154.3	369	14	4	4	.990	2.986	2.660	0	0	0
Don Baylor	OF	110	96	894.3	204	5	4	0	.981	2.103	1.900	0	0	0
Rich Coggins	OF	101	94	833.0	220	6	3	3	.987	2.442	2.238	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	OF	90	78	720.7	196	4	3	1	.985	2.498	2.222	0	0	0
Al Bumbry	OF	86	82	678.7	134	2	3	0	.978	1.804	1.581	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	OF	10	9	68.0	12	1	2	0	.867	1.721	1.300	0	0	0
Jim Fuller	OF	5	4	32.0	12	1	0	0	1.000	3.656	2.600	0	0	0
Curt Motton	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	P	38	37	296.3	24	35	2	3	.967	1.792	1.553	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	P	38	38	267.0	9	47	3	2	.949	1.888	1.474	0	0	0
Dave McNally	P	38	38	266.0	13	51	2	4	.970	2.165	1.684	0	0	0
Doyle Alexander	P	29	26	174.7	15	34	2	1	.961	2.525	1.690	0	0	0
Bob Reynolds	P	42	1	111.0	5	7	5	1	.706	.973	.286	0	0	0
Jesse Jefferson	P	18	15	100.7	5	20	0	0	1.000	2.235	1.389	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	P	45	0	80.3	2	12	1	3	.933	1.568	.311	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	P	30	0	71.0	3	6	1	0	.900	1.141	.300	0	0	0
Orlando Pena	P	11	2	44.7	3	7	1	0	.909	2.015	.909	0	0	0
Don Hood	P	8	4	32.3	1	3	2	1	.667	1.113	.500	0	0	0
Wayne Garland	P	4	1	16.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.125	.500	0	0	0
Mickey Scott	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	SS	154	145	1308.7	241	530	23	100	.971	5.302	5.006	0	0	0
Frank Baker	SS	32	17	150.0	30	51	3	16	.964	4.860	2.531	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	SS	1	0	3.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	9.000	3.000	0	0	0
Totals		1775	1458	13153.0	4385	1915	119	464	.981	4.311	3.549	6	70	54	43.5

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Grant Jackson	ALCS	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10
Jim Palmer	ALCS	1	0	1.000	1.84	3	2	1	1	1	14.7	11	3	3	0	8	1	15	0	0	62
Eddie Watt	ALCS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Bob Reynolds	ALCS	0	0		3.18	2	0	0	0	0	5.7	5	2	2	0	3	2	5	0	0	25
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	0	1	.000	1.80	1	1	0	1	0	10.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	11	0	0	37
Doyle Alexander	ALCS	0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	3.7	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	16
Dave McNally	ALCS	0	1	.000	5.87	1	1	0	0	0	7.7	7	5	5	4	2	0	7	0	1	32
Totals		2	3	.400	2.80	11	5	3	2	1	45.0	32	15	14	5	17	3	39	2	1	184

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	IBB
Tommy Davis	ALCS	5	22	21	1	6	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	.286	.318	.333	.652	7	1	0	0
Andy Etchebarren	ALCS	4	15	14	1	5	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	.357	.400	.643	1.043	9	0	1	0
Earl Williams	ALCS	5	20	18	2	5	2	1	4	0	0	2	2	.278	.350	.556	.906	10	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	ALCS	5	21	20	1	5	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.286	.350	.636	7	0	0	1
Rich Coggins	ALCS	2	9	9	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	5	0	0	0
Don Baylor	ALCS	4	14	11	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.273	.429	.273	.701	3	1	0	0
Paul Blair	ALCS	5	20	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.167	.250	.167	.417	3	0	1	0
Mark Belanger	ALCS	5	17	16	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	ALCS	5	22	20	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	.100	.182	.250	.432	5	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	3	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	.091	.286	.091	.377	1	0	0	0
Boog Powell	ALCS	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Bumbry	ALCS	2	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	ALCS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dave McNally	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	ALCS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Reynolds	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Doyle Alexander	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Frank Baker	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Don Hood	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		63	189	171	15	36	7	3	15	1	4	16	25	.211	.286	.304	.590	52	2	2	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Earl Williams	ALCS	1B	4	4	36.0	35	2	0	2	1.000	9.250	9.250	0
Boog Powell	ALCS	1B	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000	7.000	0
Bobby Grich	ALCS	2B	5	5	45.0	16	9	0	1	1.000	5.000	5.000	0
Brooks Robinson	ALCS	3B	5	5	44.0	2	14	1	0	.941	3.273	3.200	0
Larry Brown	ALCS	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Andy Etchebarren	ALCS	C	4	4	36.0	30	2	0	0	1.000	8.000	8.000	0
Earl Williams	ALCS	C	1	1	9.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000	8.000	1
Paul Blair	ALCS	CF	5	5	44.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.636	1.600	0
Rich Coggins	ALCS	CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Don Baylor	ALCS	LF	3	3	28.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.333	0
Al Bumbry	ALCS	LF	2	2	17.0	4	1	1	0	.833	2.647	2.500	0
Jim Palmer	ALCS	P	3	2	14.7	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.227	.667	0
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	P	1	1	10.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.800	2.000	0
Dave McNally	ALCS	P	1	1	7.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Bob Reynolds	ALCS	P	2	0	5.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.588	.500	0
Doyle Alexander	ALCS	P	1	1	3.7	0	2	0	1	1.000	4.909	2.000	0
Grant Jackson	ALCS	P	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Eddie Watt	ALCS	P	1	0	0.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	27.000	1.000	0
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	RF	3	3	28.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.964	1.000	0
Rich Coggins	ALCS	RF	2	2	16.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0
Terry Crowley	ALCS	RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0
Mark Belanger	ALCS	SS	5	5	43.0	8	17	0	1	1.000	5.233	5.000	0
Frank Baker	ALCS	SS	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Totals			56	45	405.0	135	51	2	6	.989	4.133	3.321	1

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