1973 Bristol Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 62-77
Finished 3rd in the EL's American Division
Manager: Rac Slider (62-77)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 47,288, Avg. 680
The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 62 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the league's American Division.
The Red Sox scored 562 runs and allowed 581 runs. Jim Rice led Bristol with 27 home runs and recorded 93 runs batted in, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Chuck Ross topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.49 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Steve Barr, Jim Rice, Ramón Avilés, Tim Blackwell, Bill Denehy, Dave Coleman, Andy Merchant, Jim Burton and Fred Lynn were all players from the 1973 Bristol Red Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Rac Slider served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ross | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.49 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 134.0 | 118 | 52 | 37 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Alan Jackson | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.76 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 127.0 | 100 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Barr | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.20 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 117 | 62 | 47 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Wayne Milam | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.38 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 115.0 | 114 | 59 | 56 | 9 | 51 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Lease | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.96 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 91.0 | 86 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Glenn Lohfink | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.98 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 120.0 | 132 | 64 | 53 | 6 | 59 | 5 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Curran Percival | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.37 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 72 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kenneth Watkins | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.54 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 56.0 | 60 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Burton | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.13 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 86.0 | 91 | 57 | 49 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Peckham | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 46 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Jones | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.43 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 96 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Danchik | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.80 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bill Denehy | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.72 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 36 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kurt Lohrke | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Koritko | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 77 | .446 | 3.84 | 331 | 139 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 29 | 1147.0 | 1110 | 581 | 490 | 54 | 627 | 28 | 732 | 39 | 4 | 80 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rice | 119 | 479 | 423 | 66 | 134 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 93 | .317 | .384 | .586 | .970 | 248 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Coleman | 133 | 541 | 454 | 69 | 129 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 80 | .284 | .392 | .416 | .808 | 189 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Reginald Niles | 130 | 544 | 474 | 64 | 120 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 56 | 80 | .253 | .341 | .312 | .654 | 148 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mike Koritko | 113 | 454 | 382 | 65 | 101 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 43 | .264 | .377 | .374 | .751 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tim Blackwell | 102 | 383 | 318 | 39 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 59 | .283 | .386 | .377 | .764 | 120 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Donnie Collins | 93 | 333 | 296 | 37 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 38 | .291 | .369 | .372 | .741 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Avilés | 109 | 423 | 353 | 39 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 35 | .224 | .339 | .266 | .605 | 94 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Manuel Crespo | 85 | 318 | 288 | 37 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 21 | .264 | .307 | .361 | .668 | 104 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Cason | 85 | 259 | 220 | 25 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .250 | .343 | .323 | .665 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Andy Merchant | 70 | 207 | 171 | 25 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 18 | .269 | .396 | .374 | .770 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ludwig Benedetti | 57 | 208 | 178 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 18 | .242 | .337 | .309 | .646 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Fred Lynn | 53 | 201 | 162 | 26 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 24 | .259 | .388 | .475 | .863 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kurt Lohrke | 55 | 207 | 173 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 19 | .208 | .319 | .243 | .561 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Steve Barr | 20 | 51 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .204 | .220 | .204 | .424 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Suchan | 21 | 67 | 59 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .153 | .254 | .203 | .457 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Eagan | 18 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .167 | .300 | .262 | .562 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Ross | 21 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .135 | .179 | .154 | .332 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alan Jackson | 28 | 47 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .111 | .149 | .111 | .260 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Peckham | 17 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .235 | .235 | .412 | .647 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Denehy | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 1.286 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Curran Percival | 16 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .136 | .269 | .136 | .406 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Lohfink | 52 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .125 | .333 | .208 | .542 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| James Lease | 19 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .107 | .242 | .107 | .350 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Jones | 25 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .080 | .200 | .080 | .280 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Burton | 25 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .062 | .091 | .094 | .185 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Milam | 39 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .061 | .111 | .061 | .172 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Danchik | 15 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Watkins | 32 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1575 | 5097 | 4359 | 562 | 1097 | 180 | 38 | 63 | 505 | 67 | 30 | 613 | 729 | .252 | .346 | .354 | .700 | 1542 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Coleman | 1B | 113 | 1004 | 56 | 10 | 99 | .991 | 9.381 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | 1B | 26 | 207 | 17 | 2 | 23 | .991 | 8.615 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | 1B | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .929 | 8.667 | ||||
| Mike Koritko | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Kurt Lohrke | 2B | 54 | 111 | 137 | 9 | 41 | .965 | 4.593 | ||||
| Manuel Crespo | 2B | 53 | 112 | 129 | 5 | 46 | .980 | 4.547 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | 2B | 24 | 52 | 52 | 3 | 14 | .972 | 4.333 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | 2B | 19 | 48 | 53 | 5 | 17 | .953 | 5.316 | ||||
| Thomas Cason | 2B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mike Koritko | 3B | 82 | 54 | 194 | 12 | 24 | .954 | 3.024 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | 3B | 42 | 14 | 77 | 10 | 8 | .901 | 2.167 | ||||
| Manuel Crespo | 3B | 12 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | 3B | 11 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.818 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Blackwell | C | 91 | 497 | 63 | 5 | 12 | .991 | 6.154 | 17 | |||
| Andy Merchant | C | 40 | 208 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .970 | 5.675 | 4 | |||
| Steve Eagan | C | 12 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 1 | |||
| Reginald Niles | OF | 127 | 260 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .965 | 2.157 | ||||
| Jim Rice | OF | 116 | 169 | 13 | 12 | 3 | .938 | 1.569 | ||||
| Thomas Cason | OF | 68 | 112 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.809 | ||||
| Fred Lynn | OF | 47 | 79 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 1.745 | ||||
| Mike Koritko | OF | 29 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.414 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | OF | 20 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Andy Merchant | OF | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.133 | ||||
| Curtis Suchan | OF | 13 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 2.231 | ||||
| Tim Blackwell | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Glenn Lohfink | P | 52 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .519 | ||||
| Wayne Milam | P | 39 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .564 | ||||
| Kenneth Watkins | P | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .344 | ||||
| Alan Jackson | P | 28 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.036 | ||||
| John Jones | P | 25 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .840 | ||||
| Jim Burton | P | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .542 | ||||
| Bill Denehy | P | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Chuck Ross | P | 21 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .895 | 1.619 | ||||
| Steve Barr | P | 20 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.800 | ||||
| James Lease | P | 19 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Pete Peckham | P | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
| Curran Percival | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| John Danchik | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Mike Koritko | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kurt Lohrke | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ramón Avilés | SS | 77 | 117 | 242 | 15 | 55 | .960 | 4.662 | ||||
| Ludwig Benedetti | SS | 51 | 63 | 162 | 20 | 24 | .918 | 4.412 | ||||
| Manuel Crespo | SS | 21 | 34 | 61 | 4 | 10 | .960 | 4.524 | ||||
| Totals | 1507 | 3444 | 1559 | 165 | 404 | .968 | 3.320 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
