# 1973 San Francisco Giants season

The 1973 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 91st season, 16th season in San Francisco and 14th in Candlestick Park. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 88–74, 11 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

## Offseason

* January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
** Rob Picciolo was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round, but did not sign.
** Dave Heaverlo was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the Secondary Phase.
* February 7, 1973: Skip Pitlock was traded by the Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 49‍–‍32 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 66 | .590 | 3½ | 50‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍35 |
| San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11 | 47‍–‍34 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | .506 | 17 | 41‍–‍40 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Atlanta Braves | 76 | 85 | .472 | 22½ | 40‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍45 |
| San Diego Padres | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39 | 31‍–‍50 | 29‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1973 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 7–5 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 2–15–1 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 10–7 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati | 13–5 | 4–8 | — | 11–7 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Houston | 7–11 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 15–2–1 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 7–11 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 |
| New York | 6–6 | 7–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 9–9 | 13–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 |
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 12–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 4–8 | — | 7–11 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 10–8 | 10–2 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Bobby Bonds
* Tito Fuentes
* Al Gallagher
* Garry Maddox
* Juan Marichal
* Gary Matthews
* Willie McCovey
* Dave Rader
* Chris Speier

### Notable transactions

* April 2, 1973: Fran Healy was traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Greg Minton.
* June 5, 1973: Johnnie LeMaster was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.
* June 5, 1973: Jeff Little was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 7, 1973: Sam McDowell was purchased from the Giants by the New York Yankees.

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 | Dave Rader | 148 | 462 | 106 | .229 | 9 | 41 |
| 1B | Willie McCovey | 130 | 383 | 102 | .266 | 29 | 75 |
| 2B | Tito Fuentes | 160 | 656 | 182 | .277 | 6 | 63 |
| SS | Chris Speier | 153 | 542 | 135 | .249 | 11 | 71 |
| 3B | Ed Goodson | 102 | 384 | 116 | .302 | 12 | 53 |
| LF | Gary Matthews | 148 | 540 | 162 | .300 | 12 | 58 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 144 | 587 | 187 | .319 | 11 | 76 |
| RF | Bobby Bonds | 160 | 643 | 182 | .283 | 39 | 96 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Kingman | 112 | 305 | 62 | .203 | 24 | 55 |
| Gary Thomasson | 112 | 235 | 67 | .285 | 4 | 30 |
| Mike Phillips | 63 | 104 | 25 | .240 | 1 | 9 |
| Jim Howarth | 65 | 90 | 18 | .200 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike Sadek | 39 | 66 | 11 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Arnold | 49 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 1 | 13 |
| Steve Ontiveros | 24 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 1 | 5 |
| Bruce Miller | 12 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Dámaso Blanco | 28 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Gallagher | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Ray Hart | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Ron Bryant | 41 | 270.0 | 24 | 12 | 3.53 | 143 |
| Jim Barr | 41 | 231.1 | 11 | 17 | 3.81 | 88 |
| Tom Bradley | 35 | 224.0 | 13 | 12 | 3.90 | 136 |
| Juan Marichal | 34 | 207.1 | 11 | 15 | 3.82 | 87 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Willoughby | 39 | 123.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.68 | 60 |
| John D'Acquisto | 7 | 27.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.58 | 29 |
| Charlie Williams | 12 | 23.0 | 3 | 0 | 6.65 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Elias Sosa | 71 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 3.28 | 70 |
| Randy Moffitt | 60 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2.42 | 65 |
| Don Carrithers | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.81 | 36 |
| Don McMahon | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.48 | 20 |
| Sam McDowell | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.50 | 35 |
| John Morris | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.53 | 3 |
| Dave Kingman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game
* Bobby Bonds, outfield

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Jim Davenport |
| AA | Amarillo Giants | Texas League | Dennis Sommers |
| A | Fresno Giants | California League | Frank Funk |
| A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | John VanOrnum |
| Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Art Mazmanian |