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1973 Minnesota Twins season

Field	Value
name	Minnesota Twins
season	1973
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Metropolitan Stadium
city	Bloomington, Minnesota
owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
general_managers	Calvin Griffith
managers	Frank Quilici
television	WCCO-TV
(Ray Scott, Ralph Fritz)
radio	830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Ray Christensen)

(Ray Scott, Ralph Fritz) (Herb Carneal, Ray Christensen) The **1973 Minnesota Twins season ** was the 13th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 13th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 73rd overall in the American League. The Twins finished 81–81, third in the American League West.

Offseason

November 30, 1972: Rich Reese was purchased from the Twins by the Detroit Tigers.
November 30, 1972: César Tovar was traded by the Twins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Lis, Ken Sanders and Ken Reynolds.

Regular season

With the American League's new designated hitter rule taking effect, on April 6 in Oakland, California, Tony Oliva became the first DH to hit a home run.

On July 3, Tony Oliva hit three home runs against the Kansas City Royals. The Twins record feat was accomplished twice before, by both Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew in 1963.

Two Twins made the All-Star Game: second baseman Rod Carew and pitcher Bert Blyleven. 907,499 fans attended Twins games, the third lowest total in the American League.

On September 27, California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan struck out sixteen Twins and set a major league season mark of 383 strikeouts. Minnesota's Rich Reese was Ryan's 383rd victim.

Pitcher Bert Blyleven finished with a 20–17 record and set several team records: total innings pitched (325.0), complete games (25), shutouts (9), and strikeouts (258).

Rod Carew won his third AL batting title with a .350 average. Bobby Darwin continued to show potential as a hitter with 18 home runs and 90 RBI. Tony Oliva limped through the season, hitting 16 HR and collecting 92 RBI. Bert Blyleven won 20 games for the first time, and three other pitchers had double digit wins: Jim Kaat (11–12), Dick Woodson (10–8), and Joe Decker (10–10). Kaat also won his 12th Gold Glove Award.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 5, 1973: Luis Gómez was drafted by the Twins in the 7th round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.
August 15, 1973: Jim Kaat was selected off waivers from the Twins by the Chicago White Sox.
August 17, 1973: Rich Reese was signed as a free agent by the Twins.

Roster

1973 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	George Mitterwald	125	432	112	.259	16	64
1B		103	253	62	.245	9	25
2B		149	580	203	.350	6	62
SS	Danny Thompson	99	347	78	.225	1	36
3B	Steve Braun	115	361	102	.283	6	42
LF		132	441	131	.297	11	58
CF	Larry Hisle	143	545	148	.272	15	64
RF		145	560	141	.252	18	90
DH		146	571	166	.291	16	92

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
Jerry Terrell	124	438	116	.265	1	32
Steve Brye	92	278	73	.263	6	33
Harmon Killebrew	69	248	60	.242	5	32
Phil Roof	47	117	23	.197	1	15
Eric Soderholm	35	111	33	.297	1	9
Danny Walton	37	96	17	.177	4	8
Dan Monzon	39	76	17	.224	0	4
Mike Adams	55	66	14	.212	3	6
Craig Kusick	15	48	12	.250	0	4
	12	34	9	.265	0	9
	22	23	4	.174	1	3

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
	40	325.0	20	17	2.52	258
Jim Kaat	29	181.2	11	12	4.41	93
	29	170.1	10	10	4.17	109
Dick Woodson	23	141.1	10	8	3.95	53
Danny Fife	10	51.2	3	2	4.35	18

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
Bill Hands	39	142.0	7	10	3.49	78
Dave Goltz	32	106.1	6	4	5.25	65
	23	60.1	0	5	4.92	42

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
	51	8	5	14	3.03	83
	28	3	3	7	3.14	42
	27	2	4	8	6.09	19
	14	1	0	0	2.70	13
Jim Strickland	7	0	1	0	11.81	6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Rod Carew, Second Base, Starter
Bert Blyleven, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wisconsin Rapids

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reeseri01.shtml Rich Reese page at baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lisjo01.shtml Joe Lis] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gomezlu01.shtml Luis Gómez] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat] at ''Baseball Reference''

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