# 1973 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1973 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 4th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 5th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

## Offseason

* October 31, 1972: Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Ken Sanders, and Earl Stephenson were traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Money, John Vukovich, and Bill Champion.
* November 15, 1972: Joe Azcue was released by the Brewers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 | 48‍–‍33 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 | 50‍–‍31 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23 | 40‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Cleveland Indians | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 34‍–‍47 | 37‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1973 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | TEX |
| Baltimore | — | 7–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 15–3 | 8–4 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 10–2 |
| Boston | 11–7 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 3–15 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 14–4 | 4–8 | 9–3 |
| California | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 3–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 6–12 | 13–5 |
| Cleveland | 6–12 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 2–10 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 7–5 |
| Detroit | 9–9 | 15–3 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 4–8 | 12–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 |
| Milwaukee | 3–15 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 4–8 | — | 3–9 | 14–4 | 12–6 |
| New York | 9–9 | 4–14 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–3 | — | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–4 | 4–14 | 8–4 | — | 11–7 |
| Texas | 2–10 | 3–9 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 4–8 | 7–11 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 5, 1973: Robin Yount was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.

### 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 | Darrell Porter | 117 | 350 | 89 | .254 | 16 | 67 |
| 1B | George Scott | 158 | 604 | 185 | .306 | 24 | 107 |
| 2B | Pedro García | 160 | 580 | 142 | .245 | 15 | 54 |
| 3B | Don Money | 145 | 556 | 158 | .284 | 11 | 61 |
| SS | Tim Johnson | 136 | 465 | 99 | .213 | 0 | 32 |
| LF | Johnny Briggs | 142 | 488 | 120 | .246 | 18 | 57 |
| CF | Dave May | 156 | 624 | 189 | .303 | 25 | 93 |
| RF | Bob Coluccio | 124 | 438 | 98 | .224 | 15 | 58 |
| DH | Ollie Brown | 97 | 296 | 83 | .280 | 7 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Ellie Rodríguez | 94 | 290 | 78 | .269 | 0 | 30 |
| Joe Lahoud | 96 | 225 | 46 | .204 | 5 | 26 |
| Gorman Thomas | 60 | 155 | 29 | .187 | 2 | 11 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 47 | 130 | 29 | .223 | 5 | 20 |
| John Vukovich | 55 | 128 | 16 | .125 | 2 | 9 |
| Bob Heise | 49 | 98 | 20 | .204 | 0 | 4 |
| Wilbur Howard | 16 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Moore | 8 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 3 |
| John Felske | 13 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 4 |
| Rick Auerbach | 6 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Jim Colborn | 43 | 314.1 | 20 | 12 | 3.18 | 135 |
| Jim Slaton | 38 | 276.1 | 13 | 15 | 3.71 | 134 |
| Jerry Bell | 31 | 183.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.97 | 57 |
| Bill Parsons | 20 | 59.2 | 3 | 6 | 6.79 | 30 |

#### 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 Champion | 37 | 163.1 | 5 | 8 | 3.70 | 67 |
| Skip Lockwood | 37 | 154.2 | 5 | 12 | 3.90 | 87 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 30 | 76.1 | 9 | 7 | 3.30 | 49 |
| Gary Ryerson | 9 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.83 | 10 |
| Kevin Kobel | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.64 | 4 |
| Ken Reynolds | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Linzy | 42 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3.57 | 21 |
| Chris Short | 42 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5.13 | 44 |
| Carlos Velázquez | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.58 | 12 |
| Ray Newman | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.95 | 10 |
| Rob Gardner | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.95 | 5 |
| Ed Sprague | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.31 | 3 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1973.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Evansville Triplets | American Association | Mike Roarke |
| Double-A | Shreveport Captains | Texas League | Gene Freese |
| Class A | Danville Warriors | Midwest League | Bernie Smith |
| Class A Short Season | Newark Co-Pilots | New York–Penn League | Matt Galante |