1973 AL Standings and League Leaders

 May 1, 1973

  The month of April is in the books for the 1973 AL season. As we begin May we see the Baltimore Orioles (16-3) have been red hot out of the gate and have won their last 9 in a row. That's allowed them to jump into a big 6.5 game lead in the AL East over my 2nd place Detroit Tigers (10-10). 

  In the AL West, the Minnesota Twins (11-6) have gotten off to a good start to grab the division lead. The race is a lot closer in the West, with the last place team only 4.5 games out. 

  Detroit Tiger Willie Horton has gotten off to a good start and leads the AL with 6 HR and is 3rd in batting with a .410 average. Rod Carew leads in BA with a .484 mark. Baltimore's Don Baylor leads in RBI with 19. Chicago's Wilbur Wood (5-0) and Detroit's Joe Coleman (5-1) lead the AL in Wins.

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           16   3  .842 ----   137    10   9 .526   97  65 .599
1973 Detroit DEA             10  10  .500  6.5          10  10 .500   85  77 .525
1973 New York NYA             8  11  .421  8.0           9  10 .474   80  82 .494
1973 Boston BOA               7  10  .412  8.0           7  10 .412   89  73 .549
1973 Cleveland CLA            8  13  .381  9.0           9  12 .429   71  91 .438
1973 Milwaukee MLA            5  13  .278 10.5           9   9 .500   74  88 .457
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Minnesota MNA           11   6  .647 ----   146     9   8 .529   81  81 .500
1973 Chicago CHA              9   6  .600  1.0          10   5 .667   77  85 .475
1973 Oakland OAA             11   9  .550  1.5           9  11 .450   94  68 .580
1973 Kansas City KCA         11  10  .524  2.0          13   8 .619   88  74 .543
1973 California CAA           8   9  .471  3.0           9   8 .529   79  83 .488
1973 Texas TEA                6  10  .375  4.5           6  10 .375   57 105 .352
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     16    3  .842  6- 2 10- 1  6- 1 10- 2  3- 1  3- 2     9-1     Won 9
BOA      7   10  .412  5- 6  2- 4  1- 4  6- 6  0- 1  2- 3     4-6     Lost 1
CAA      8    9  .471  5- 5  3- 4  2- 3  6- 6  0- 0  2- 5     4-6     Won 1
CHA      9    6  .600  4- 3  5- 3  4- 0  5- 6  1- 0  5- 1     6-4     Won 1
CLA      8   13  .381  4- 5  4- 8  1- 5  7- 8  2- 1  5- 4     4-6     Lost 1
DEA     10   10  .500  3- 5  7- 5  3- 4  7- 6  2- 2  3- 6     4-6     Won 1
KCA     11   10  .524  6- 6  5- 4  4- 3  7- 7  1- 1  3- 4     7-3     Lost 1
MLA      5   13  .278  1- 6  4- 7  2- 4  3- 9  0- 4  1- 3     3-7     Won 1
MNA     11    6  .647  4- 3  7- 3  1- 2 10- 4  1- 2  2- 3     7-3     Lost 1
NYA      8   11  .421  4- 6  4- 5  3- 5  5- 6  2- 0  4- 1     4-6     Won 1
OAA     11    9  .550  6- 7  5- 2  4- 5  7- 4  1- 2  5- 5     6-4     Lost 3
TEA      6   10  .375  3- 5  3- 5  2- 5  4- 5  2- 1  4- 2     2-8     Lost 1
TOTAL  110  110  .500
HOME    51   59  .464
ROAD    59   51  .536
LEFT    33   41  .446
RIGHT   77   69  .527
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     16- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 3   5- 0   110    66  +44
BOA      7-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 7   1- 3    86    84   +2
CAA      8- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 6   2- 3    69    69   +0
CHA      9- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 5   3- 1    70    71   -1
CLA      8-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 8   1- 5    74   104  -30
DEA     10-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 8   4- 2   103    88  +15
KCA     11-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 9   5- 1   128   116  +12
MLA      5-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 8   1- 5    88   105  -17
MNA     11- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 5   4- 1    69    55  +14
NYA      8-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 7   1- 4    68    94  -26
OAA     11- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 6   3- 3   102    94   +8
TEA      6-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 6   2- 4    69    90  -21

1973 American League Leaders                               Date: 5/01/1973
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 BAA  16   3    R.Carew   MNA .484  W.Horton  DEA    6  D.Baylor  BAA   19
1973 DEA  10  10    D.Nelson  TEA .422  OTHERS TIED W    5  C.Yastrze BOA   17
1973 NYA   8  11    W.Horton  DEA .410                      A.Otis    KCA   17
1973 BOA   7  10    E.Brinkma DEA .379                      R.Jackson OAA   17
1973 CLA   8  13    V.Pinson  CAA .365                      OTHERS TIED W   16
1973 MLA   5  13
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 MNA  11   6    J.Coleman DEA    5  R.Corbin  MNA    4  G.Garber  KCA 1.13
1973 CHA   9   6    W.Wood    CHA    5  G.Garber  KCA    3  K.Holtzma OAA 1.48
1973 OAA  11   9    OTHERS TIED W    4  OTHERS TIED W    2  J.Slaton  MLA 2.04
1973 KCA  11  10                                            G.Perry   CLA 2.25
1973 CAA   8   9                                            W.Wood    CHA 2.44
1973 TEA   6  10
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    F.Patek   KCA   12  B.North   OAA    9  N.Ryan    CAA   57
                    R.Carew   MNA   10  F.Patek   KCA    7  B.Blyleve MNA   48
                    W.Horton  DEA    8  R.Carew   MNA    7  M.Lolich  DEA   37
                    L.Piniell KCA    8  B.Grich   BAA    5  J.Coleman DEA   35
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  T.Harper  BOA    5  G.Perry   CLA   32

1973 NL Standings and League Leaders

 May 1, 1973

The first month of the 1973 season is done. May begins with the New York Mets leading the NL East and the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the NL West. The Mets have been doing it with great pitching. LA is getting a combination of good hitting and pitching. Both Divisions are up for grabs so far, especially this early in the season. 

  Cincinnati's Pete Rose (.425) leads the league in hitting while teammates Johnny Bench (24) and Joe Morgan (23) are 1/2 in RBI. Atlanta's Hank Aaron (9) and SF's Bobby Bonds (8) are 1/2 in Homeruns. There's been some very good starting pitching this year with many sub 2.00 ERA's.

  

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            14   6  .700 ----   141    12   8 .600   82  79 .509
1973 St. Louis SLN           10   8  .556  3.0           3  15 .167   81  81 .500
1973 Montreal MON            10   8  .556  3.0           7  11 .389   79  83 .488
1973 Chicago CHN              9  11  .450  5.0          12   8 .600   77  84 .478
1973 Pittsburgh PIN           5  10  .333  6.5           8   7 .533   80  82 .494
1973 Philadelphia PHN         6  12  .333  7.0           9   9 .500   71  91 .438
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Los Angeles LAN         15   7  .682 ----   140    11  11 .500   95  66 .590
1973 Atlanta ATN             12   8  .600  2.0           7  13 .350   76  85 .472
1973 Cincinnati CIN          10  11  .476  4.5          13   8 .619   99  63 .611
1973 San Francisco SFN       11  13  .458  5.0          18   6 .750   88  74 .543
1973 San Diego SDN           10  12  .455  5.0           7  15 .318   60 102 .370
1973 Houston HON              9  15  .375  7.0          14  10 .583   82  80 .506
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     12    8  .600  7- 2  5- 6  7- 4  5- 4  0- 0  2- 3     6-4     Lost 1
CHN      9   11  .450  4- 8  5- 3  1- 4  8- 7  1- 2  4- 5     5-5     Lost 2
CIN     10   11  .476  5- 6  5- 5  2- 2  8- 9  1- 2  2- 5     5-5     Won 1
HON      9   15  .375  5- 7  4- 8  5- 2  4-13  2- 2  1- 6     4-6     Lost 1
LAN     15    7  .682  9- 3  6- 4  4- 2 11- 5  0- 1  4- 2     5-5     Won 2
MON     10    8  .556  3- 2  7- 6  3- 1  7- 7  5- 0  8- 3     4-6     Won 1
NYN     14    6  .700  7- 2  7- 4  4- 0 10- 6  5- 0  9- 2     6-4     Won 1
PHN      6   12  .333  3- 5  3- 7  2- 4  4- 8  1- 4  3- 6     4-6     Lost 1
PIN      5   10  .333  2- 6  3- 4  0- 2  5- 8  0- 1  0- 2     3-7     Lost 2
SDN     10   12  .455  4- 8  6- 4  4- 3  6- 9  1- 1  3- 2     6-4     Won 2
SFN     11   13  .458  5- 6  6- 7  3- 4  8- 9  0- 2  4- 2     4-6     Won 1
SLN     10    8  .556  6- 6  4- 2  2- 2  8- 6  0- 1  0- 2     7-3     Lost 1
TOTAL  121  121  .500
HOME    60   61  .496
ROAD    61   60  .504
LEFT    37   30  .552
RIGHT   84   91  .480
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN     12- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9- 6   3- 2   118    93  +25
CHN      9-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 7   2- 4    79    79   +0
CIN     10-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 9   3- 2   105    96   +9
HON      9-15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   2- 4    97   106   -9
LAN     15- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13- 4   2- 3   103    67  +36
MON     10- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 6   3- 2    70    90  -20
NYN     14- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 3   3- 3    72    62  +10
PHN      6-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 9   2- 3    70    74   -4
PIN      5-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 7   1- 3    72    95  -23
SDN     10-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   3- 1    85   105  -20
SFN     11-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-10   3- 3   121   128   -7
SLN     10- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 7   4- 1    84    81   +3

NL League Leaders                                     May 1, 1973
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 NYN  14   6    P.Rose    CIN .425  H.Aaron   ATN    9  J.Bench   CIN   24
1973 SLN  10   8    R.Fairly  MON .404  B.Bonds   SFN    8  J.Morgan  CIN   23
1973 MON  10   8    W.Crawfor LAN .403  OTHERS TIED W    7  W.Crawfor LAN   22
1973 CHN   9  11    J.Torre   SLN .380                      B.Bonds   SFN   21
1973 PIN   5  10    B.William CHN .375                      OTHERS TIED W   19
1973 PHN   6  12
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 LAN  15   7    M.Marshal MON    4  T.McGraw  NYN    3  D.Sutton  LAN 1.32
1973 ATN  12   8    B.Gibson  SLN    4  R.Harriso ATN    3  R.Reusche CHN 1.42
1973 CIN  10  11    OTHERS TIED W    3  OTHERS TIED W    2  T.Seaver  NYN 1.67
1973 SFN  11  13                                            R.Wise    SLN 1.71
1973 SDN  10  12                                            J.Billing CIN 1.92
1973 HON   9  15
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    D.Johnson ATN   12  R.Garr    ATN    9  F.Jenkins CHN   46
                    B.Buckner LAN   12  W.Davis   LAN    9  T.Seaver  NYN   36
                    G.Beckert CHN    8  C.Cedeno  HON    8  J.Billing CIN   33
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  OTHERS TIED W    4  D.Wilson  HON   31
                                                            OTHERS TIED W   30