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1973 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1973
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Jerry Donovan
managers	Charlie Fox
television	KTVU
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
radio	KSFO
(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

(Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) (Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) |}} The 1973 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 91st season, 16th season in San Francisco and 14th in Candlestick Park. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 88–74, 11 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
- Rob Picciolo was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round, but did not sign.
- Dave Heaverlo was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the Secondary Phase.
February 7, 1973: Skip Pitlock was traded by the Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Bobby Bonds
Tito Fuentes
Al Gallagher
Garry Maddox
Juan Marichal
Gary Matthews
Willie McCovey
Dave Rader
Chris Speier

Notable transactions

April 2, 1973: Fran Healy was traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Greg Minton.
June 5, 1973: Johnnie LeMaster was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.
June 5, 1973: Jeff Little was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.
June 7, 1973: Sam McDowell was purchased from the Giants by the New York Yankees.

Roster

1973 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dave Rader	148	462	106	.229	9	41
1B	Willie McCovey	130	383	102	.266	29	75
2B		160	656	182	.277	6	63
SS	Chris Speier	153	542	135	.249	11	71
3B	Ed Goodson	102	384	116	.302	12	53
LF	Gary Matthews	148	540	162	.300	12	58
CF	Garry Maddox	144	587	187	.319	11	76
RF		160	643	182	.283	39	96

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dave Kingman	112	305	62	.203	24	55
Gary Thomasson	112	235	67	.285	4	30
Mike Phillips	63	104	25	.240	1	9
	65	90	18	.200	0	7
	39	66	11	.167	0	4
Chris Arnold	49	54	16	.296	1	13
	24	33	8	.242	1	5
Bruce Miller	12	21	3	.143	0	2
	28	12	0	.000	0	0
Al Gallagher	5	9	2	.222	0	1
Jim Ray Hart	5	3	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	41	270.0	24	12	3.53	143
	41	231.1	11	17	3.81	88
	35	224.0	13	12	3.90	136
Juan Marichal	34	207.1	11	15	3.82	87

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	123.0	4	5	4.68	60
7	27.2	1	1	3.58	29
12	23.0	3	0	6.65	11

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Elias Sosa	71	10	4	18	3.28	70
Randy Moffitt	60	4	4	14	2.42	65
Don Carrithers	25	1	2	0	4.81	36
Don McMahon	22	4	0	6	1.48	20
Sam McDowell	18	1	2	3	4.50	35
	7	1	0	0	8.53	3
Dave Kingman	2	0	0	0	9.00	4

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Bobby Bonds, outfield

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/picciro01.shtml Rob Picciolo] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/heaveda01.shtml Dave Heaverlo] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1973 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml Greg Minton] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Johnnie LeMaster Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlje01.shtml Jeff Little] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdowsa01.shtml Sam McDowell] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1973 All-Star Game".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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