1973 AL Standings and League Leaders

 June 1, 1973

  It's June 1st in the 1973 AL season. The Baltimore Orioles are in 1st place in the AL East and have the best overall record in the league. They have an 8.5 game lead over my 2nd place Detroit Tigers. The AL West is much more closely contested. The Chicago White Sox have a 2 game lead over the Oakland A's. The Minnesota Twins are only 3 games back, while Kansas City and California are 5 and 6 games back respectively. 

  New York Yankee Bobby Murcer is still making a run at the Triple Crown. He's 1st in HR and RBI and 2nd in BA. There's been many good pitching performances this season. Boston's Luis Tiant, Chicago's Wilbur Wood, California's Nolan Ryan, and Oakland's Ken Holtzman are some of the top pitchers. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1973 American League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Baltimore BAA           30  11  .732 ----   111    20  21 .488   97  65 .599
1973 Detroit DEA             24  22  .522  8.5          25  21 .543   85  77 .525
1973 New York NYA            23  24  .489 10.0          24  23 .511   80  82 .494
1973 Boston BOA              21  22  .488 10.0          20  23 .465   89  73 .549
1973 Cleveland CLA           22  25  .468 11.0          20  27 .426   71  91 .438
1973 Milwaukee MLA           14  31  .311 18.0          19  26 .422   74  88 .457
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Chicago CHA             26  16  .619 ----   117    27  15 .643   77  85 .475
1973 Oakland OAA             27  21  .563  2.0          24  24 .500   94  68 .580
1973 Minnesota MNA           24  20  .545  3.0          25  19 .568   81  81 .500
1973 Kansas City KCA         25  25  .500  5.0          27  23 .540   88  74 .543
1973 California CAA          21  23  .477  6.0          24  20 .545   79  83 .488
1973 Texas TEA               13  30  .302 13.5          15  28 .349   57 105 .352
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     30   11  .732 11- 5 19- 6 12- 2 18- 9  6- 2  7- 6     6-4     Won 5
BOA     21   22  .488 12-12  9-10  5- 6 16-16  1- 1  3- 7     6-4     Lost 1
CAA     21   23  .477  9-10 12-13  7- 7 14-16  0- 3  7-12     5-5     Won 1
CHA     26   16  .619 19- 7  7- 9  9- 5 17-11  4- 2 13- 6     7-3     Won 4
CLA     22   25  .468  9-12 13-13  7-10 15-15  5- 2  9- 5     6-4     Won 3
DEA     24   22  .522 14-11 10-11  5- 9 19-13  2- 2  4- 6     6-4     Lost 2
KCA     25   25  .500 13-13 12-12  7- 7 18-18  5- 2  8- 8     3-7     Lost 4
MLA     14   31  .311  8-17  6-14  5- 9  9-22  2- 5  5- 6     3-7     Lost 5
MNA     24   20  .545  9-12 15- 8  5- 7 19-13  3- 4  7- 7     5-5     Won 3
NYA     23   24  .489 14-12  9-12  7-12 16-12  7- 6 10- 9     5-5     Lost 1
OAA     27   21  .563 10-11 17-10 10- 8 17-13  3- 5 10- 9     3-7     Won 1
TEA     13   30  .302  7-13  6-17  7-11  6-19  2- 6  6- 8     3-7     Lost 6
TOTAL  270  270  .500
HOME   135  135  .500
ROAD   135  135  .500
LEFT    86   93  .480
RIGHT  184  177  .510
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     16- 3 14- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   16- 8  14- 3   227   142  +85
BOA      7-10 14-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-13   8- 9   201   164  +37
CAA      8- 9 13-14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   12-14   9- 9   173   180   -7
CHA      9- 6 17-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   12-14  14- 2   194   179  +15
CLA      8-13 14-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14-14   8-11   185   229  -44
DEA     10-10 14-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14-13  10- 9   214   190  +24
KCA     11-10 14-15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14-16  11- 9   231   242  -11
MLA      5-13  9-18  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-18   6-13   182   232  -50
MNA     11- 6 13-14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   16-12   8- 8   200   193   +7
NYA      8-11 15-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   15-14   8-10   180   197  -17
OAA     11- 9 16-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   16-12  11- 9   241   203  +38
TEA      6-10  7-20  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11-13   2-17   166   243  -77
AL League Leaders
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 BAA  30  11    R.Carew   MNA .353  B.Murcer  NYA   11  B.Murcer  NYA   48
1973 DEA  24  22    B.Murcer  NYA .340  B.Oliver  CAA    9  R.Jackson OAA   37
1973 NYA  23  24    R.Smith   BOA .333  D.Allen   CHA    9  A.Otis    KCA   32
1973 BOA  21  22    V.Pinson  CAA .328  J.Mayberr KCA    9  D.Allen   CHA   31
1973 CLA  22  25    D.Nelson  TEA .324  R.Jackson OAA    9  OTHERS TIED W   28
1973 MLA  14  31
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 CHA  26  16    L.Tiant   BOA   10  J.Hiller  DEA    7  K.Holtzma OAA 1.69
1973 OAA  27  21    W.Wood    CHA   10  R.Corbin  MNA    5  L.Tiant   BOA 1.81
1973 MNA  24  20    J.Coleman DEA    9  OTHERS TIED W    4  N.Ryan    CAA 2.00
1973 KCA  25  25    L.McDanie NYA    9                      B.Singer  CAA 2.18
1973 CAA  21  23    N.Ryan    CAA    9                      G.Perry   CLA 2.23
1973 TEA  13  30
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Carew   MNA   12  T.Harper  BOA   18  N.Ryan    CAA  126
                    G.Mitterw MNA   10  B.North   OAA   18  B.Blyleve MNA  101
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  R.Carew   MNA   14  B.Singer  CAA   80
                                        D.Baylor  BAA   12  W.Wood    CHA   68
                                        OTHERS TIED W   11  OTHERS TIED W   65

1973 NL Standings and League Leaders

 June 1, 1973

 We've reached the 1st of June in the 1973 NL season. The New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to lead their Divisions. LA has proven to be the top team in the NL by a large margin. New York is the only team in the NL East to be above .500. SF and Atlanta have gotten off to good starts, and the powerful Cincinnati Reds have finally gotten going. The rest of the teams in the NL have been struggling. 

  Atlanta's Darrell Evans has been a standout player so far. He leads the league in RBI, is 2nd in Hr's and 3rd in BA. LA's Don Sutton has been the top pitcher (8-1, 1.30 ERA). 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1973 National League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 New York NYN            24  19  .558 ----   118    21  22 .488   82  79 .509
1973 Montreal MON            20  21  .488  3.0          19  22 .463   79  83 .488
1973 St. Louis SLN           19  25  .432  5.5          19  25 .432   81  81 .500
1973 Chicago CHN             19  30  .388  8.0          30  19 .612   77  84 .478
1973 Pittsburgh PIN          16  26  .381  7.5          21  21 .500   80  82 .494
1973 Philadelphia PHN        16  30  .348  9.5          19  27 .413   71  91 .438
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Los Angeles LAN         35  14  .714 ----   109    30  19 .612   95  66 .590
1973 San Francisco SFN       31  21  .596  5.5          32  20 .615   88  74 .543
1973 Atlanta ATN             28  19  .596  6.0          17  30 .362   76  85 .472
1973 Cincinnati CIN          25  23  .521  9.5          27  21 .563   99  63 .611
1973 San Diego SDN           25  25  .500 10.5          17  33 .340   60 102 .370
1973 Houston HON             23  28  .451 13.0          29  22 .569   82  80 .506
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     28   19  .596 13- 6 15-13 14- 8 14-11  0- 1  3- 8     6-4     Lost 1
CHN     19   30  .388 10-12  9-18  2-13 17-17  2- 7  6-13     2-8     Lost 1
CIN     25   23  .521 12-12 13-11  6- 7 19-16  2- 2  5-10     7-3     Lost 1
HON     23   28  .451 11-12 12-16  6- 5 17-23  3- 3 10-11     5-5     Won 1
LAN     35   14  .714 24- 6 11- 8  9- 4 26-10  1- 1  8- 4     8-2     Won 4
MON     20   21  .488  7- 8 13-13  4- 5 16-16  9- 0 11- 6     5-5     Won 1
NYN     24   19  .558 14- 6 10-13  8- 3 16-16  5- 2 11- 8     5-5     Lost 4
PHN     16   30  .348 10-11  6-19  4-10 12-20  3- 7  9-10     2-8     Lost 7
PIN     16   26  .381 11-11  5-15  3- 8 13-18  1- 1  3- 4     4-6     Won 1
SDN     25   25  .500 15-16 10- 9  6- 6 19-19  3- 1 11- 7     5-5     Lost 1
SFN     31   21  .596 18-12 13- 9 11- 4 20-17  1- 3 10- 4     8-2     Won 5
SLN     19   25  .432 11-13  8-12  5-10 14-15  0- 2  3- 5     4-6     Won 1

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1973 National League                 Date: 6/1/1973
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 NYN  24  19    P.Rose    CIN .362  B.Bonds   SFN   20  D.Evans   ATN   54
1973 MON  20  21    J.Grubb   SDN .361  D.Evans   ATN   19  J.Bench   CIN   48
1973 SLN  19  25    D.Evans   ATN .353  H.Aaron   ATN   16  B.Bonds   SFN   47
1973 CHN  19  30    W.Stargel PIN .338  D.Johnson ATN   14  J.Morgan  CIN   38
1973 PIN  16  26    A.Oliver  PIN .338  OTHERS TIED W   13  J.Ferguso LAN   38
1973 PHN  16  30
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 LAN  35  14    D.Sutton  LAN    8  E.Sosa    SFN    5  D.Sutton  LAN 1.30
1973 SFN  31  21    B.Gibson  SLN    7  OTHERS TIED W    4  T.John    LAN 1.64
1973 ATN  28  19    R.Reed    ATN    7                      B.Greif   SDN 1.65
1973 CIN  25  23    R.Bryant  SFN    7                      R.Bryant  SFN 1.73
1973 SDN  25  25    OTHERS TIED W    6                      R.Reusche CHN 1.75
1973 HON  23  28
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    E.Goodson SFN   11  B.Bonds   SFN   16  F.Jenkins CHN   85
                    P.Popovic CHN   10  C.Cedeno  HON   14  S.Carlton PHN   81
                    J.Grubb   SDN    9  W.Davis   LAN   14  T.Seaver  NYN   75
                    C.Cedeno  HON    8  R.Garr    ATN   10  F.Norman  SDN   68
                    T.Foli    MON    7  D.Lopes   LAN    9  OTHERS TIED W   66

1973 AL Game: CAL. @ BSN.

 May 29, 1973

  California's Nolan Ryan racked up 16 strikeouts in the Angels 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox toady. Ryan was effectively wild in the game, giving up 7 hits (3 homers), walking 8 and allowing 5 runs (4 earned). 

Nolan now has the top 3 strikeout marks in MLB this season (16, 15, 14). The Win upped his record to 9-3.

Event Codes:  K L
BOXSCORE: 1973 California Angels At 1973 Boston Red Sox             5/29/1973
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Alomar 2B         4  0  1  1 .196     R.Miller RF         4  0  0  0 .288  
  B.Brooks LF         4  0  0  0 .000   A-B.Montgomery PH     1  0  0  0 .240  
C-V.Pinson LF         0  0  0  0 .328   B-D.Evans RF          0  0  0  0 .265  
  F.Robinson DH       5  1  2  0 .206     L.Aparicio SS       5  1  1  0 .279  
  B.Oliver RF         4  2  4  2 .258     C.Fisk C            4  1  2  2 .228  
  M.Epstein 1B        5  1  1  0 .212     R.Smith CF          4  2  2  2 .318  
  A.Gallagher 3B      4  1  1  0 .286     O.Cepeda DH         4  0  1  0 .268  
  K.Berry CF          5  1  3  2 .336     R.Petrocelli 3B     4  0  0  0 .287  
  R.Meoli SS          4  1  2  2 .160     T.Harper LF         3  1  0  0 .285  
  J.Torborg C         4  0  0  0 .226     D.Cater 1B          3  0  1  1 .261  
                                          J.Kennedy 2B        1  0  0  0 .224  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  7 14  7                 Totals      33  5  7  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Miller In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Montgomery In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Brooks In 9th Inning
 
Angels.......... 0 0 1  3 2 0  0 1 0  -  7 14  2
Red Sox......... 2 0 1  0 1 1  0 0 0  -  5  7  0
 
Angels (20-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
N.Ryan WIN(9-3)           9       7   5   4   8  16   3   2.00
Totals                    9       7   5   4   8  16   3
 
Red Sox (20-21)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Lee LOSS(2-6)           9      14   7   7   4   4   1   3.43
Totals                    9      14   7   7   4   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,595 DATE- Tuesday, May 29th 1973 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Angels:10  Red Sox:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- S.Alomar, B.Brooks
DOUBLES- S.Alomar(3rd), F.Robinson-2(7th), K.Berry(3rd), R.Meoli(6th),
         O.Cepeda(12th)
HOME RUNS- B.Oliver(9th), C.Fisk(6th), R.Smith-2(6th)
RBIs- S.Alomar(7th), B.Oliver-2(23rd), K.Berry-2(15th), R.Meoli-2(14th),
      C.Fisk-2(23rd), R.Smith-2(18th), D.Cater(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- T.Harper-2(18th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Smith
WALKS- S.Alomar, B.Brooks, A.Gallagher, R.Meoli, C.Fisk, R.Smith, O.Cepeda,
       R.Petrocelli, T.Harper-2, D.Cater, J.Kennedy
HIT BY PITCH- B.Oliver, J.Kennedy-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Brooks-2, F.Robinson, M.Epstein, R.Miller-3, L.Aparicio-2,
             C.Fisk-2, R.Smith, O.Cepeda, R.Petrocelli-3, T.Harper-2, D.Cater-2
GIDP- F.Robinson, R.Smith
WILD PITCHES- N.Ryan
2-out RBI- B.Oliver-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Oliver, D.Cater-2, J.Torborg, R.Miller-2, F.Robinson, O.Cepeda,
             B.Brooks-2, L.Aparicio
TEAM RISP- Angels: 5 for 12  Red Sox: 2 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Carlton Fisk blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Bob Oliver had 4 hits and 2 RBI and Nolan Ryan racked up an impressive total
of 16 strikeouts as the California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox 7 to 5
at Fenway Park.
 
Ryan(9-3) delivered a fine performance for California.  He surrendered 7 hits
and 8 walks in 9 innings and surrendered 3 'round-trippers'.  California had
a total of 14 hits for the game.  
 
Bill Lee(2-6) was the losing pitcher.  He allowed a few too many baserunners
giving up 14 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings.  
 
'Everything felt great' Ryan said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could
throw it by everybody tonight.'

1973 NL Game Stories

 May 25, 1973

 In today's slate of games in the NL 4 shutouts were pitched. Jon Matlack (NY), Bob Moose (Pitt), Fred Norman (SD), and Don Gullet (Cin) all had fine outings for their teams. They won 2-0, 3-0, 1-0 and 1-0 for their respective teams.

NEW YORK AT LOS ANGELES
Mets............ 0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  2  8  0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  1
Win:Matlack(4-2) Loss:Osteen(5-3)
 
Jon Matlack carried a no-hitter into the 6th inning at Dodger Stadium as the
New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers by the count of 2 to
0.
 
Matlack(4-2) escaped virtually unscathed against the Los Angeles hitters.  He
didn't allow much, just 2 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop
from 3.24 to 2.81.  The left-handed Matlack lost his chance for a no-hitter
when Davey Lopes singled with two outs in the 6th inning.  New York had 8
hits for the night.  
 
Claude Osteen(5-3) took the loss.  'Matlack pitched a gem of a game', Walter
Alston recounted.  'He kept our batters off balance the entire game.'
 

 
HOUSTON AT PITTSBURGH
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  3 0    -  3  6  1
Win:Moose(4-3) Loss:Reuss(5-6)
 
Bob Moose had an impressive outing and catcher Milt May hit 2 doubles and had
2 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates outscored the Houston Astros 3 to
0.
 
Moose(4-3) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the
Houston batters.  He surrendered only 4 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings
improving his ERA from 3.02 to 2.52.  Pittsburgh finished with just 6 hits in
the victory.  
 
Jerry Reuss(5-6) was the loser.  'He came out with good stuff,' Bill Virdon
said about Moose. 'He threw the ball good from the first pitch on.'
 

 
PHILADELPHIA AT SAN DIEGO
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Padres.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0    -  1  2  0
Win:Norman(5-4) Loss:Brett(3-1)
Homeruns- N.Colbert(9th)
 
Fred Norman took a no-hitter into the 7th inning at San Diego Stadium where
the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1 to 0.
 
Norman(5-4) was simply too much for the Philadelphia batters.  He gave up just
2 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings.  Norman racked up 10 strikeouts lowering his
ERA from 2.90 to 2.58.  The left-handed Norman lost his no-hit bid when Greg
Luzinski doubled with nobody out in the 7th inning.  Philadelphia proved to
be no trouble in the 9th.  
 
Ken Brett(3-1) was the losing pitcher.  He allowed just 2 hits and 1 walk in 8
innings.  Danny Ozark was upset after the game.  'I don't like to complain
but did you see that umpires strike zone?', he said.  'Maybe they ought to
start calling the strike zone the way it's printed in the rule book.'
 
 
CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI
Cubs............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0    -  1  5  0
Win:Gullett(5-1) Loss:Reuschel(5-3)
 
Don Gullett went 9 solid innings and Bobby Tolan had 2 base hits as the
Cincinnati Reds bested the Chicago Cubs 1 to 0 at Riverfront Stadium.
 
The game's only run was scored in the 6th inning.  Cincinnati had only 5 hits
for the game.  It was the 2nd shutout of the year for Gullett(5-1). Rick
Reuschel(5-3) was tagged with the loss.  He surrendered 5 hits and 4 walks in
8 innings.  
 
Whitey Lockman was obviously impressed with the pitching of Gullett, 'That guy
made us look a little silly out there tonight.  We just couldn't get to him
at all - everything was working for him.  I just hope that he got that kinda
performance out of his system.'
 

 

1973 NL Game: SF @ Atl.

 May 22, 1973 

    Atlanta's Darrell Evans had a game he won't soon forget. Evans went 5 for 6 with 8 RBI in the Brave's pounding of the SF Giants 19-8. He hit 3 homeruns off Giant starter Juan Marichal, then added 2 triples later on in the game. The 8 RBI are the most by any batter in a game this season in the NL.

Event Codes:  C D F G I
BOXSCORE: 1973 San Francisco Giants At 1973 Atlanta Braves          5/22/1973
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Bonds RF          5  1  1  0 .240     R.Garr RF           6  2  1  1 .336  
  T.Fuentes 2B        5  1  2  3 .311     J.Oates C           6  3  3  1 .214  
  G.Maddox CF         5  1  1  0 .336     D.Evans 3B          6  4  5  8 .379  
  W.McCovey 1B        3  1  1  0 .308     H.Aaron LF          6  3  2  0 .298  
  E.Goodson 3B        5  2  3  1 .285     J.Pepitone 1B       5  2  3  1 .214  
  G.Matthews LF       4  0  3  1 .276     D.Baker CF          4  2  2  2 .242  
  C.Speier SS         5  0  1  0 .235     D.Johnson 2B        5  1  4  3 .319  
  D.Rader C           4  1  1  2 .231     M.Perez SS          5  1  2  1 .248  
  J.Marichal P        2  1  2  1 .238     P.Dobson P          3  1  1  0 .182  
  C.Williams P        0  0  0  0 .000   B-D.Dietz PH          1  0  0  0 .275  
A-C.Arnold PH         1  0  0  0 .381     J.Panther P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Carrithers P      0  0  0  0 ----     T.House P           1  0  0  0 .000  
C-J.Howarth PH        1  0  0  0 .245                                          
  R.Moffitt P         0  0  0  0 .333                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  8 15  8                 Totals      48 19 23 17
 
A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Carrithers In 7th Inning
 
Giants.......... 1 2 2  2 0 0  1 0 0  -  8 15  3
Braves.......... 2 0 4 10 0 2  0 1    - 19 23  1
 
Giants (25-20)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Marichal LOSS(4-3)      3      12   9   9   0   1   3   4.95
C.Williams                1       5   7   3   1   0   0   6.00
D.Carrithers              2       4   2   2   2   1   0   6.75
R.Moffitt                 2       2   1   1   0   1   0   2.28
Totals                    8      23  19  15   3   3   3
 
Braves (23-16)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Dobson WIN(4-3)         5      10   7   7   2   3   1   4.70
J.Panther                 1       4   1   1   0   0   0   9.00
T.House SAVE(1st)         3       1   0   0   1   1   0   5.40
Totals                    9      15   8   8   3   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,796 DATE- Tuesday, May 22nd 1973 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:39
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 9  Braves: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0  Braves: 1
ERRORS- C.Speier-2, D.Rader, D.Johnson
DOUBLES- E.Goodson(7th), D.Rader(6th), R.Garr(7th), D.Baker(5th)
TRIPLES- D.Evans-2(4th)
HOME RUNS- T.Fuentes(2nd), D.Evans-3(17th)
RBIs- T.Fuentes-3(20th), E.Goodson(22nd), G.Matthews(16th), D.Rader-2(20th),
      J.Marichal, R.Garr(18th), J.Oates(8th), D.Evans-8(49th), J.Pepitone(14th),
      D.Baker-2(17th), D.Johnson-3(31st), M.Perez(15th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Bonds-2(12th), J.Pepitone(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Rader
WALKS- W.McCovey-2, G.Matthews, J.Pepitone, D.Baker-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Bonds-2, C.Speier, C.Arnold, H.Aaron, M.Perez-2
GIDP- C.Speier
BALKS- J.Marichal
2-out RBI- D.Rader, J.Marichal, D.Evans, D.Baker, D.Johnson-2, J.Pepitone
RLISP 2-out- P.Dobson-2, D.Rader, J.Pepitone, R.Garr, B.Bonds
TEAM RISP- Giants: 5 for 12  Braves: 9 for 22
 
Darrell Evans smashed 3 homeruns and had 8 RBI as the Atlanta Braves ballclub
embarrassed the San Francisco Giants by the count of 19 to 8.
 
Evans was in a groove all evening.  He smashed a two-run homer in the 1st
inning, hit a bases-empty home run in the 3rd inning, blasted a two-run home
run in the 4th inning, tripled clearing all three ducks off the pond in the
4th inning and tripled in the 8th inning.  Atlanta lit up the scoreboard in
the 3rd inning which saw them score 4 runs on 6 hits and the 4th inning when
they had 10 runs on 8 hits.  This was the kind of game that many fans love as
the lead changed hands 6 times.  
 
Pat Dobson(4-3) was the winner allowing 7 runs in 5 innings. Tom House earned
his 1st save.  The losing pitcher was Juan Marichal(4-3).  He was touched for
3 homeruns in his 3 innings of work.  
 

1973 AL Standings and League Leaders

 May 16, 1973

 The Baltimore Orioles lead the AL East by a large margin over my 2nd place Detroit Tigers. They have the best record in the AL (24-7). The AL West is a different story with 5 teams bunched up near the top of the Division. The Chicago White Sox and Oakland A's are tied for 1st. Kansas City is only 1 game back. 

  Minnesota's Rod Carew is hitting a MLB best .413. Chicago's Wilbur Wood has the most Wins (8), but California's Nolan Ryan has been the best overall starter (7-2, 1.79 ERA, 97 K's). 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1973 American League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Baltimore BAA           24   7  .774 ----   123    14  17 .452   97  65 .599
1973 Detroit DEA             16  16  .500  8.5          15  17 .469   85  77 .525
1973 Boston BOA              13  16  .448 10.0          14  15 .483   89  73 .549
1973 Cleveland CLA           14  20  .412 11.5          15  19 .441   71  91 .438
1973 New York NYA            12  19  .387 12.0          14  17 .452   80  82 .494
1973 Milwaukee MLA           11  19  .367 12.5          15  15 .500   74  88 .457
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Chicago CHA             18  10  .643 ----   132    19   9 .679   77  85 .475
1973 Oakland OAA             21  13  .618 ----          18  16 .529   94  68 .580
1973 Kansas City KCA         20  14  .588  1.0          20  14 .588   88  74 .543
1973 Minnesota MNA           15  14  .517  3.5          14  15 .483   81  81 .500
1973 California CAA          14  16  .467  5.0          17  13 .567   79  83 .488
1973 Texas TEA                8  22  .267 11.0          11  19 .367   57 105 .352
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     24    7  .774 10- 3 14- 4  9- 2 15- 5  5- 1  6- 5     8-2     Won 4
BOA     13   16  .448  9- 9  4- 7  3- 4 10-12  1- 1  3- 6     4-6     Lost 1
CAA     14   16  .467  7- 7  7- 9  4- 6 10-10  0- 1  5- 8     4-6     Lost 1
CHA     18   10  .643 11- 3  7- 7  8- 3 10- 7  3- 1 10- 3     6-4     Lost 3
CLA     14   20  .412  6- 9  8-11  5- 7  9-13  2- 2  7- 5     5-5     Lost 1
DEA     16   16  .500  8- 8  8- 8  4- 6 12-10  2- 2  4- 6     6-4     Lost 1
KCA     20   14  .588 12- 8  8- 6  5- 3 15-11  4- 1  7- 6     7-3     Won 1
MLA     11   19  .367  6-10  5- 9  3- 6  8-13  1- 4  3- 4     6-4     Won 1
MNA     15   14  .517  5- 8 10- 6  3- 5 12- 9  1- 4  4- 5     4-6     Won 3
NYA     12   19  .387  6-11  6- 8  4- 9  8-10  3- 5  6- 8     4-6     Won 1
OAA     21   13  .618  8- 7 13- 6  7- 6 14- 7  3- 2  8- 6     6-4     Won 3
TEA      8   22  .267  5-10  3-12  3- 9  5-13  2- 3  5- 6     2-8     Lost 4
TOTAL  186  186  .500
HOME    93   93  .500
ROAD    93   93  .500
LEFT    58   66  .468
RIGHT  128  120  .516
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     16- 3  8- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   15- 4   9- 3   174   101  +73
BOA      7-10  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-10   5- 6   137   132   +5
CAA      8- 9  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9- 9   5- 7   112   121   -9
CHA      9- 6  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 9  10- 1   121   119   +2
CLA      8-13  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10-11   4- 9   125   166  -41
DEA     10-10  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-10   8- 6   160   139  +21
KCA     11-10  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10-10  10- 4   183   163  +20
MLA      5-13  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6-11   5- 8   142   152  -10
MNA     11- 6  4- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 8   5- 6   112   116   -4
NYA      8-11  4- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9-10   3- 9   125   151  -26
OAA     11- 9 10- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   12- 8   9- 5   196   158  +38
TEA      6-10  2-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6-11   2-11   120   189  -69

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1973 American League                 Date: 5/16/1973
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 BAA  24   7    R.Carew   MNA .413  D.Duncan  CLA    7  B.Murcer  NYA   33
1973 DEA  16  16    D.Nelson  TEA .378  B.Murcer  NYA    7  A.Otis    KCA   26
1973 BOA  13  16    B.Murcer  NYA .373  B.Oliver  CAA    7  R.Jackson OAA   26
1973 CLA  14  20    V.Pinson  CAA .345  D.Allen   CHA    7  E.William BAA   25
1973 NYA  12  19    T.Harper  BOA .333  J.Mayberr KCA    7  D.Allen   CHA   24
1973 MLA  11  19
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 CHA  18  10    W.Wood    CHA    8  J.Hiller  DEA    4  N.Ryan    CAA 1.79
1973 OAA  21  13    D.McNally BAA    7  R.Corbin  MNA    4  J.Slaton  MLA 1.91
1973 KCA  20  14    N.Ryan    CAA    7  OTHERS TIED W    3  K.Holtzma OAA 1.99
1973 MNA  15  14    L.Tiant   BOA    6                      G.Garber  KCA 2.04
1973 CAA  14  16    J.Coleman DEA    6                      W.Wood    CHA 2.08
1973 TEA   8  22
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    V.Pinson  CAA   11  B.North   OAA   16  N.Ryan    CAA   97
                    T.Taylor  DEA    9  T.Harper  BOA   14  B.Blyleve MNA   74
                    T.Davis   BAA    8  B.Campane OAA   11  B.Singer  CAA   58
                    G.Tenace  OAA    8  F.Patek   KCA   10  W.Wood    CHA   51
                    V.Harris  TEA    8  R.Carew   MNA   10  M.Lolich  DEA   49
 

1973 NL Standings and League Leaders

 May 16, 1973

  Halfway through the month of May finds the New York Mets leading the NL East and the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the West. The Mets lost 6 in a row recently which has allowed the rest of the teams in the division to gain some ground. The Montreal Expos are now only 2 games back and St. Louis is 3 back.

  The Dodgers continue their winning ways in the West, going 9-1 in their last 10. At 26-9, LA has the best record in the NL. The Dodgers' Don Sutton (6-1, 1.19 ERA, 52 K) has been the top starter in the league. SF's Bobby Bonds has hit 15 bombs, most in the NL this season and he's chipped in with 34 RBI, 2nd most in the league.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1973 National League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 New York NYN            18  14  .563 ----   130    17  15 .531   82  79 .509
1973 Montreal MON            15  15  .500  2.0          14  16 .467   79  83 .488
1973 St. Louis SLN           15  17  .469  3.0           9  23 .281   81  81 .500
1973 Chicago CHN             15  20  .429  4.5          22  13 .629   77  84 .478
1973 Philadelphia PHN        12  20  .375  6.0          12  20 .375   71  91 .438
1973 Pittsburgh PIN          10  19  .345  6.5          13  16 .448   80  82 .494
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Los Angeles LAN         26   9  .743 ----   123    19  16 .543   95  66 .590
1973 Atlanta ATN             19  14  .576  6.0          14  19 .424   76  85 .472
1973 San Francisco SFN       21  18  .538  7.0          26  13 .667   88  74 .543
1973 San Diego SDN           18  18  .500  8.5          13  23 .361   60 102 .370
1973 Cincinnati CIN          16  17  .485  9.0          20  13 .606   99  63 .611
1973 Houston HON             16  20  .444 10.5          22  14 .611   82  80 .506
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     19   14  .576 10- 4  9-10 11- 6  8- 8  0- 0  2- 6     5-5     Lost 3
CHN     15   20  .429  7-10  8-10  2- 8 13-12  1- 5  6- 8     4-6     Won 1
CIN     16   17  .485  5- 7 11-10  3- 6 13-11  2- 2  2- 6     6-4     Lost 3
HON     16   20  .444  9- 8  7-12  6- 4 10-16  3- 3  6- 8     7-3     Won 4
LAN     26    9  .743 17- 4  9- 5  6- 2 20- 7  0- 1  4- 2     9-1     Won 3
MON     15   15  .500  5- 5 10-10  3- 3 12-12  6- 0  9- 4     5-5     Won 2
NYN     18   14  .563 11- 6  7- 8  5- 2 13-12  5- 2  9- 6     2-8     Lost 6
PHN     12   20  .375  6-10  6-10  4- 6  8-14  3- 5  7- 7     3-7     Lost 1
PIN     10   19  .345  5- 8  5-11  1- 5  9-14  1- 1  2- 3     4-6     Lost 2
SDN     18   18  .500 10-13  8- 5  4- 4 14-14  2- 1  7- 5     5-5     Lost 2
SFN     21   18  .538 13-11  8- 7  6- 4 15-14  1- 2  7- 3     7-3     Won 2
SLN     15   17  .469  9- 8  6- 9  3- 8 12- 9  0- 2  2- 5     4-6     Won 1

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1973 National League                 Date: 5/16/1973
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 NYN  18  14    J.Grubb   SDN .388  B.Bonds   SFN   15  J.Bench   CIN   39
1973 MON  15  15    W.Crawfor LAN .368  D.Evans   ATN   12  B.Bonds   SFN   34
1973 SLN  15  17    P.Rose    CIN .368  H.Aaron   ATN   11  D.Evans   ATN   33
1973 CHN  15  20    B.Buckner LAN .361  D.Johnson ATN   11  W.Davis   LAN   30
1973 PHN  12  20    W.Stargel PIN .357  J.Bench   CIN   11  OTHERS TIED W   29
1973 PIN  10  19
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 LAN  26   9    D.Sutton  LAN    6  R.Harriso ATN    4  R.Reusche CHN 1.11
1973 ATN  19  14    OTHERS TIED W    5  OTHERS TIED W    3  D.Sutton  LAN 1.19
1973 SFN  21  18                                            R.Bryant  SFN 1.85
1973 SDN  18  18                                            T.Seaver  NYN 2.01
1973 CIN  16  17                                            B.Greif   SDN 2.06
1973 HON  16  20
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Grubb   SDN   16  W.Davis   LAN   12  F.Jenkins CHN   65
                    P.Popovic CHN    7  C.Cedeno  HON   10  S.Carlton PHN   59
                    W.Davis   LAN    7  R.Garr    ATN    9  T.Seaver  NYN   56
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  D.Lopes   LAN    8  D.Sutton  LAN   52
                                        OTHERS TIED W    7  F.Norman  SDN   50