1973 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1973 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 73rd season in the major leagues, and its 74th season overall. They finished with a record 77–85, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 17 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

• October 19, 1972: Walt Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Eddie Leon.^[1]
• February 1, 1973: Jim Lyttle was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Keough.^[2]
• February 7, 1973: Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon were traded by the White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Skip Pitlock.^[3]

Regular season

• July 20, 1973: Wilbur Wood became the last pitcher in the 20th century to start both ends of a doubleheader.^[4]

Opening Day lineup

• Pat Kelly, RF
• Carlos May, LF
• Dick Allen, 1B
• Bill Melton, 3B
• Ken Henderson, CF
• Mike Andrews, DH
• Ed Herrmann, C
• Jorge Orta, 2B
• Eddie Leon, SS
• Wilbur Wood, P

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• August 15, 1973: Jim Kaat was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins.^[5]
• August 29, 1973: Eddie Fisher was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox.^[6]

Roster

Game log

Regular season

Detailed records

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Farm system

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Pat Kelly, reserve^[8]

Notes

1. Walt Williams at Baseball Reference
2. Joe Keough at Baseball Reference
3. Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 136, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
5. Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference
6. "Eddie Fisher Stats".
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
8. "1973 All-Star Game".

References

• 1973 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference