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1973 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1973
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	81–81 (.500)
divisional_place	2nd
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	Bing Devine
managers	Red Schoendienst
television	KSD-TV
(Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Harry Walker)

Note

the Major League Baseball team

(Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Harry Walker) The 1973 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 92nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 82nd season in the National League. The Cardinals overcame an 8–23 start to finish with an 81–81 record during the season and finished second in the National League East, games behind the NL East and eventual NL pennant winners New York Mets. St. Louis' record went to 61–50 (meaning they won 53 of 80 games after their terrible start), then fell to 20–31 to finish the season.

To date, this is the only season the Cardinals have finished at .500 instead of above or below it.

Offseason

October 27, 1972: Jerry McNertney was released by the Cardinals.

Regular season

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 8, 1973: Al Santorini was traded by the Cardinals to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Murphy.
June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
- John Tamargo was drafted by the Cardinals in the 6th round.
- Eric Rasmussen was drafted by the Cardinals in the 32nd round.
- Bryn Smith was drafted by the Cardinals in the 49th round, but did not sign. However, he would pitch for the team from 1990 to 1992.
August 7, 1973: Wayne Granger was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and cash. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Ken Crosby to the Cardinals on September 12.
August 18, 1973: Dave Campbell and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Tommie Agee.
August 29, 1973: Eddie Fisher was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox.

Roster

1973 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

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	Ted Simmons	161	619	192	.310	13	91
1B	Joe Torre	141	519	149	.287	13	69
2B	Ted Sizemore	142	521	147	.282	1	54
SS	Mike Tyson	144	469	114	.243	1	33
3B	Ken Reitz	147	426	100	.235	6	42
LF	Lou Brock	160	650	193	.297	7	63
CF	José Cruz	132	406	92	.227	10	57
RF	Bernie Carbo	111	308	88	.286	8	40

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
	121	341	91	.267	2	35
Tim McCarver	130	331	88	.266	3	49
Ray Busse	24	70	10	.143	2	5
Bake McBride	40	63	19	.302	0	5
Tommie Agee	26	62	11	.177	3	7
Jim Dwyer	28	57	11	.193	0	0
Bill Stein	32	55	12	.218	0	2
Ed Crosby	22	39	5	.128	0	1
Mick Kelleher	43	38	7	.184	0	2
Tom Heintzelman	23	29	9	.310	0	0
	13	21	0	.000	0	1
Dwain Anderson	18	17	2	.118	0	0
Terry Hughes	11	14	3	.214	0	1
Hector Cruz	11	11	0	.000	0	0
Matty Alou	11	11	3	.273	0	1
Bobby Fenwick	5	6	1	.167	0	1
Marc Hill	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Larry Haney	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Tommy Cruz	3	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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
Rick Wise	35	259.0	16	12	3.37	144
	32	224.0	14	10	3.01	122
Alan Foster	35	203.2	13	9	3.14	106
	25	195.0	12	10	2.77	142
	19	88.2	3	7	3.76	42
Mike Nagy	9	40.2	0	2	4.20	14
Scipio Spinks	8	38.2	1	5	4.89	25
Mike Thompson	2	4.0	0	0	0.00	3

Other 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
Rich Folkers	34	82.1	4	4	3.61	44
	6	16.0	0	2	9.56	12

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
	65	7	6	17	2.78	93
Al Hrabosky	44	2	4	5	2.09	57
Orlando Peña	42	4	4	6	2.18	35
	33	2	4	5	2.78	93
	16	1	1	0	4.42	5
Ed Sprague Sr.	8	0	0	0	2.25	2
	6	0	0	0	5.40	2
	6	2	1	0	1.29	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcnerje01.shtml Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santoal01.shtml Al Santorini page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tamarjo01.shtml John Tamargo page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rasmuer01.shtml Eric Rasmussen page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbr01.shtml Bryn Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crosbke01.shtml Ken Crosby page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ageeto01.shtml Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference]
"Eddie Fisher Stats".
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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