Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason
You Are Here > smileyleague.org > Teams > 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1972)  (1974) 109-54, 1st in NL Western Division Scored 809 runs, Allowed 524 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 114-48 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .742 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 105-57   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-66 Manager(s): Scott Campbell Defeated Montreal Expos in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Defeated Oakland A's in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
Click on the Games to see a player's splits for this season.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Willie McCovey       35  135  437   77  104  21   1  31   85   1   0   97   84  .238  .379  .503   88   6.9  4e18      -83  
 OF *Willie Davis         33  163  616   94  169  23   7  22   86  20   3   42   76  .274  .319  .442   87   5.0  1(-1)e8    -4  
 OF  Garry Maddox         23  145  462   69  151  22   7  18   72  14   6   23   58  .327  .360  .522   84   6.8  3(-2)e14   72  
 C   Joe Ferguson         26  152  507   89  116  20   0  24   92   0   0   87  100  .229  .337  .410   74   4.9  3(-1)e1   -92  
 OF  Gary Matthews        23  122  339   60  114  16   5  12   54   8   2   31   38  .336  .390  .519   69   7.9  2(-1)e6    97  
 OF *Willie Crawford      26  122  363   83  107  24   0  13   32  12   2   49   62  .295  .378  .468   66   6.8  2(-1)e7    -3  
 SS  Bill Russell         24  163  606   52  164  23   4   7   84  10   5   27   70  .271  .300  .356   61   3.6  2e31       18  
 2B  Davey Lopes          28  157  596   85  140  10   4   8   39  24  12   65  100  .235  .316  .305   61   3.4  3e14      -82  
 3B *Ed Goodson           25  109  354   40  115  21   0   5   46   0   0   22   32  .325  .359  .427   51   5.4  4e44        1  
 OF *Oscar Gamble         23  106  234   45   73   4   2  13   46   1   3   29   19  .312  .390  .513   48   7.8  4(-1)e9   110  
 3B  Ron Cey              25   94  269   32   72  13   4   7   34   0   1   46   47  .268  .374  .424   44   5.8  3e20       75  
 C   Dick Dietz           31   65   98   12   33   2   1   3   19   0   0   32   20  .337  .500  .469   27  10.8  4(+2)e12   64  
 1B  Steve Garvey         24   84  173   23   49   7   1   5   25   0   0   13   30  .283  .337  .422   23   4.9  4e11       -7  
 1B  Jim Fregosi          31   76   62    8   21   2   3   0   17   0   0    6   11  .339  .397  .468   11   7.5  3e10       95  
 3B  John Vukovich        25   75   20    3    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    6  .300  .417  .350    3   6.2  1e25      389  
 2B  Billy Grabarkewitz   27   26   51    8    7   1   1   1    5   0   1    9   14  .137  .262  .255    2   1.4  3e32      -94  
 OF *Dave Marshall        30    5    2    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500  .667 1.000    1  40.7  3(0)e11   889  
 1B *Frank Tepedino       25    6   12    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .250  .250  .250    0   1.4  4e12     -273  
 C  *Charlie Sands        25    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   1.2  4(0)e16  -520  
 2B  Lee Lacy             25    4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3e29     -509  
 PH  Larry Brown          33    3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -710  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           808                   -1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
Click on the Games to see a pitcher's splits for this season.

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Andy Messersmith     27  20   8  .714  36  35  11   0   0   0   4  273.0  197   85   66  15   76  190  2.18   74   2.4  -94  
  P *Ron Bryant           25  18   2  .900  30  30   7   0   0   0   1  218.2  176   81   62  19   88  154  2.55   76   3.1  -73  
  P *Al Downing           32  18   7  .720  30  30   5   0   0   0   2  215.2  156   64   59  17   67  132  2.46   65   2.7  -77  
  P  Don Sutton           28  17   8  .680  35  35  13   0   0   0   5  279.0  235   99   85  21   69  217  2.74   93   3.0    8  
  P *Tommy John           30  15   7  .682  33  33   4   0   0   0   2  233.2  201   84   74  23   41  108  2.85   79   3.0  -53  
  P  Horacio Pina         28   9   9  .500  61   0   0  27   5   4   0   88.1   64   30   26  12   24   46  2.65   28   2.9    3  
  P *Grant Jackson        30   5   5  .500  55   0   0  50  28   7   0   56.1   47   21   19   4   12   26  3.04   18   2.9   61  
  P *Larry Gura           25   5   5  .500  46   0   0  22   2   0   0   64.1   63   30   30   7   20   53  4.20   32   4.4 -138  
  P  Barry Lersch         28   2   2  .500  25   0   0  17   2   1   0   31.2   28   13   13   6    6   13  3.69   12   3.6  -91  
  P *Doug Rau             24   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   0   0   0    5.2    2    4    2   0    3    4  3.18    0   1.3 -300  
  P  Steve Dunning        24   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    1    1  4.50    0   2.6 -104  
  P *Dave LaRoche         25   0   1  .000   9   0   0   4   1   0   0   10.0   15   12   12   6    5    4 10.80   14  12.7  370  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      495        -50

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Ferguson 1263 141 151 899 51 1 2 .999 36 22 Dick Dietz 215 22 37 138 12 5 1 .968 15 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie McCovey 1032 120 124 990 75 9 89 .992 9.28 Steve Garvey 310 36 45 289 25 3 20 .991 9.11 Jim Fregosi 116 5 53 123 9 0 11 1.000 10.27 Frank Tepedino 17 2 2 20 1 0 5 1.000 11.12 Dick Dietz 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Lopes 1320 146 156 434 373 14 91 .983 5.50 Billy Grabarkewitz 143 16 23 34 43 7 11 .917 4.85 Lee Lacy 9 1 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 Oscar Gamble 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Ed Goodson 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Goodson 727 91 95 73 136 23 16 .901 2.59 Ron Cey 619 72 82 69 134 7 13 .967 2.95 John Vukovich 128 0 74 12 30 4 0 .913 2.95 Jim Fregosi 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 Billy Grabarkewitz 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 1466 163 163 229 557 36 92 .956 4.83 Jim Fregosi 10 0 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.35 John Vukovich 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Crawford 770 90 99 140 5 6 0 .960 1.69 Gary Matthews 702 73 105 147 5 2 0 .987 1.95 Oscar Gamble 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Steve Garvey 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Billy Grabarkewitz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dave Marshall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Davis 1473 163 163 481 11 8 3 .984 3.01 Garry Maddox 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Willie Crawford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Maddox 988 110 121 174 3 6 0 .967 1.61 Oscar Gamble 449 53 59 83 2 4 0 .955 1.70 Willie Crawford 35 0 22 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Dave Marshall 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gary Matthews 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Steve Garvey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1973 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Oscar Gamble
Round 2 (#30):	Horacio Pina
Round 3 (#49):	Dick Dietz
Round 4 (#66):	Jim Fregosi
Round 5 (#83):	Barry Lersch
Round 6 (#96):	Frank Tepedino
Round 7 (#108):	Larry Gura
Round 8 (#118):	Charlie Sands
Round 9 (#127):	Dave Marshall
Round 10 (#132):	Dave LaRoche
Round 11 (#137):	Steve Dunning
Round 12 (#141):	John Vukovich
Round 13 (#145):	Larry Brown

Transactions

• 1973-01: traded Charlie Hough to ATN for Grant Jackson
• 1973-01: acquired Billy Grabarkewitz as a free agent
• 1973 postseason: released Steve Dunning, Dave LaRoche, Frank Tepedino, John Vukovich

Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason