# 1973 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1973 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 91st season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Danny Ozark, played their third season at Veterans Stadium and finished last in the National League East, 111⁄2 games behind the Mets.

## Offseason

* October 31, 1972: Don Money, John Vukovich, and Bill Champion were traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Ken Sanders, and Earl Stephenson.
* November 30, 1972: Oscar Gamble and Roger Freed were traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Del Unser and Terry Wedgewood (minors).
* November 30, 1972: Joe Lis, Ken Sanders and Ken Reynolds were traded by the Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for César Tovar.
* January 10, 1973: Rick Bosetti was drafted by the Phillies in the 7th round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed January 17, 1973.

## Regular season

Steve Carlton, the highest paid pitcher in the game at $165,000, never recovered from a spring training illness and went 13–20. Pitchers Jim Lonborg and Ken Brett, both obtained in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, won 13 games each, as did Wayne Twitchell, whose 2.50 ERA was third in the league. Left fielder Greg Luzinski led the team with 29 home runs, 97 RBIs, and 76 runs, and hit .285. In his rookie season, Mike Schmidt hit just .196 and struck out 136 times in 367 at-bats.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Mets | 82 | 79 | .509 | — | 43‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍41 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 1½ | 43‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 2½ | 41‍–‍40 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Montreal Expos | 79 | 83 | .488 | 3½ | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 84 | .478 | 5 | 41‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 91 | .438 | 11½ | 38‍–‍43 | 33‍–‍48 |

### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball draft
** Todd Cruz was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round. Player signed June 18, 1973.
** Dan Boitano was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (11th pick) of the secondary phase. Player signed June 19, 1973.
* September 11, 1973: Willie Hernández was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1973 Game Log Overall Record: 71–91 :
April (9–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Mets0–3Tom Seaver (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)Tug McGraw (1)27,3260–1
2April 7@ Mets2–3Jon Matlack (1–0)Dick Selma (0–1)None18,7380–2
–April 8@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 27 as a traditional double-header
3April 10Expos7–5Steve Carlton (1–1)Mike Torrez (0–2)None40,8091–2
4April 12Expos3–5Balor Moore (1–0)Jim Lonborg (0–1)Mike Marshall (1)5,1301–3
5April 13Mets7–1Larry Christenson (1–0)Jon Matlack (1–1)None7,1272–3
6April 14Mets7–3Steve Carlton (2–1)Jim McAndrew (0–1)None11,0633–3
7April 15Mets1–2Harry Parker (1–0)Jim Lonborg (0–2)Tug McGraw (2)30,7183–4
8April 17@ Expos9–6Dick Selma (1–1)Mike Marshall (0–2)Bill Wilson (1)7,8314–4
9April 18@ Expos1–2Steve Renko (1–0)Steve Carlton (2–2)None13,7284–5
10April 19@ Expos5–6Mike Torrez (1–3)Larry Christenson (1–1)Tom Walker (1)12,3594–6
11April 21Cardinals7–4Jim Lonborg (1–2)Scipio Spinks (0–3)Mac Scarce (1)8,0315–6
12April 22 (1)Cardinals4–2Steve Carlton (3–2)Reggie Cleveland (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game6–6
13April 22 (2)Cardinals2–1Bill Wilson (1–0)Bob Gibson (0–2)None18,0427–6
14April 24@ Braves2–11Carl Morton (1–1)Larry Christenson (1–2)Ron Schueler (1)3,4057–7
15April 25@ Braves2–5Gary Gentry (2–2)Jim Lonborg (1–3)Phil Niekro (1)2,8667–8
16April 27@ Reds3–1Steve Carlton (4–2)Ross Grimsley (3–1)None13,6908–8
17April 28@ Reds1–0Dick Ruthven (1–0)Don Gullett (3–2)Mac Scarce (2)14,1269–8
18April 29@ Reds0–8Jack Billingham (4–0)Larry Christenson (1–3)None39,1919–9 :
May (10–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1Astros0–3Jerry Reuss (4–1)Steve Carlton (4–3)None10,3339–10
20May 2Astros4–9Dave Roberts (2–1)Jim Lonborg (1–4)Jim Ray (2)8,1019–11
21May 4Braves5–4 (20)Jim Lonborg (2–4)Tom Kelley (0–1)None10,15810–11
22May 5Braves0–7Carl Morton (2–2)Steve Carlton (4–4)None11,36810–12
23May 6Braves1–3Gary Gentry (3–2)Mac Scarce (0–1)None60,12010–13
24May 7Reds3–2 (14)Barry Lersch (1–0)Pedro Borbón (0–2)None7,88611–13
25May 8Reds1–7Jack Billingham (5–1)Dick Ruthven (1–1)None6,19611–14
26May 9Reds7–9Tom Hall (3–1)Barry Lersch (1–1)None11,99211–15
27May 11@ Cubs3–4Bob Locker (4–1)Ken Brett (0–1)Jack Aker (6)5,51411–16
28May 12@ Cubs1–3Rick Reuschel (3–2)Wayne Twitchell (0–1)None15,09511–17
29May 13 (1)@ Cubs2–4Ferguson Jenkins (3–3)Steve Carlton (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game11–18
30May 13 (2)@ Cubs3–9Bill Bonham (2–0)Dick Ruthven (1–2)None19,24211–19
31May 14@ Cardinals10–5Ken Brett (1–1)Reggie Cleveland (2–4)Mac Scarce (3)7,67712–19
32May 15@ Cardinals4–8Rick Wise (4–2)Bucky Brandon (0–1)None7,36812–20
33May 16@ Pirates5–2Wayne Twitchell (1–1)Dock Ellis (3–4)Mac Scarce (4)6,88513–20
34May 17@ Pirates2–5Bob Moose (3–3)Steve Carlton (4–6)Jim Rooker (4)6,88513–21
35May 18Cubs2–9Ferguson Jenkins (4–3)Dick Ruthven (1–3)None10,06713–22
36May 19 (1)Cubs3–0Ken Brett (2–1)Burt Hooton (5–3)Nonesee 2nd game14–22
37May 19 (2)Cubs6–7Bob Locker (5–1)Jim Lonborg (2–5)Jack Aker (8)27,56914–23
–May 20CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 31 as a traditional double-header
38May 21Pirates4–5Steve Blass (2–2)Mac Scarce (0–2)Dave Giusti (3)9,01014–24
39May 22Pirates7–4Wayne Twitchell (2–1)Dock Ellis (3–5)None11,61715–24
–May 23PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 4 as a traditional double-header
40May 25@ Padres8–1Ken Brett (3–1)Fred Norman (1–6)None26,61516–24
41May 26@ Padres4–0Steve Carlton (5–6)Mike Caldwell (2–6)None7,26017–24
42May 27 (1)@ Padres4–3Wayne Twitchell (3–1)Bill Greif (3–5)Barry Lersch (1)see 2nd game18–24
43May 27 (2)@ Padres6–4Jim Lonborg (3–5)Steve Arlin (2–2)Mac Scarce (5)9,98319–24
44May 28@ Dodgers1–5Andy Messersmith (5–4)Dick Ruthven (1–4)None15,30019–25
45May 29@ Dodgers3–9Tommy John (4–2)Ken Brett (3–2)Jim Brewer (5)12,35019–26
46May 30@ Dodgers4–9Claude Osteen (5–3)Steve Carlton (5–7)None15,46219–27 :
June (16–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1@ Giants1–2Ron Bryant (8–3)Wayne Twitchell (3–2)None5,35919–28
48June 2@ Giants7–11Charlie Williams (1–0)Jim Lonborg (3–6)Elías Sosa (3)5,94919–29
49June 3@ Giants4–5Charlie Williams (2–0)Bill Wilson (1–1)None15,48319–30
50June 4@ Astros0–7Dave Roberts (6–3)Larry Christenson (1–4)None13,29119–31
51June 5@ Astros4–0Wayne Twitchell (4–2)Jerry Reuss (6–4)None12,91220–31
52June 6@ Astros3–4 (10)Jim Crawford (2–2)Barry Lersch (1–2)None13,08120–32
53June 8Padres5–1Steve Carlton (6–7)Steve Arlin (2–3)None18,09621–32
54June 9Padres4–1Ken Brett (4–2)Bill Greif (4–7)Bill Wilson (2)15,22622–32
55June 10Padres11–0Wayne Twitchell (5–2)Clay Kirby (2–7)None27,86323–32
56June 11Dodgers3–5Don Sutton (8–4)Dick Ruthven (1–5)Pete Richert (6)10,63523–33
57June 12Dodgers6–8Doug Rau (1–1)Mac Scarce (0–3)Jim Brewer (6)16,21823–34
58June 13Dodgers16–3Ken Brett (5–2)Tommy John (5–3)None13,06824–34
59June 15Giants3–4 (10)Ron Bryant (11–3)Bill Wilson (1–2)Elías Sosa (4)23,58524–35
60June 16Giants5–4Barry Lersch (2–2)Jim Barr (4–7)None25,61525–35
61June 17Giants11–7Steve Carlton (7–7)Tom Bradley (5–5)Bill Wilson (3)25,29926–35
62June 18Mets9–6Ken Brett (6–2)Jim McAndrew (3–5)None13,19027–35
63June 19Mets6–1Jim Lonborg (4–6)Harry Parker (5–1)Mac Scarce (6)17,48128–35
64June 20Mets4–3Wayne Twitchell (6–2)Jon Matlack (4–9)None24,30229–35
65June 22@ Expos2–4Mike Torrez (4–5)Steve Carlton (7–8)None11,70729–36
66June 23@ Expos7–2Ken Brett (7–2)Balor Moore (4–7)None18,38530–36
67June 24@ Expos5–4Jim Lonborg (5–6)Steve Renko (6–4)Bill Wilson (4)17,77631–36
68June 25Cardinals7–6Bucky Brandon (1–1)Diego Seguí (3–3)Mac Scarce (7)16,57032–36
69June 26 (1)Cardinals10–3Dick Ruthven (2–5)Bob Gibson (7–7)Mac Scarce (8)see 2nd game33–36
70June 26 (2)Cardinals4–5 (11)Wayne Granger (2–2)Bucky Brandon (1–2)Orlando Peña (2)40,49233–37
71June 27 (1)@ Mets6–7George Stone (4–2)Barry Lersch (2–3)Buzz Capra (1)see 2nd game33–38
72June 27 (2)@ Mets7–1Mike Wallace (1–0)Harry Parker (5–2)None31,09534–38
73June 28@ Mets11–4Jim Lonborg (6–6)Jim McAndrew (3–6)None9,96535–38
74June 29@ Cardinals1–2 (10)Orlando Peña (2–1)Mac Scarce (0–4)None13,74335–39
75June 30@ Cardinals8–9Alan Foster (5–5)Steve Carlton (7–9)Diego Seguí (10)45,86935–40 :
July (14–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1@ Cardinals1–0Dick Ruthven (3–5)Bob Gibson (7–8)None15,47736–40
77July 2@ Cardinals4–7Reggie Cleveland (9–5)Mike Wallace (1–1)Orlando Peña (3)13,09636–41
78July 3@ Cubs8–2Jim Lonborg (7–6)Milt Pappas (5–6)None18,84937–41
79July 4@ Cubs2–3 (10)Jack Aker (4–5)Bill Wilson (1–3)None22,14137–42
80July 5@ Cubs7–4Steve Carlton (8–9)Rick Reuschel (9–5)None24,84938–42
81July 6Reds2–8Fred Norman (6–8)Dick Ruthven (3–6)None58,29438–43
82July 7Reds4–5Jim McGlothlin (3–2)Jim Lonborg (7–7)Don Gullett (1)31,25038–44
83July 8Reds0–4Jack Billingham (12–5)Wayne Twitchell (6–3)None36,16538–45
84July 9Braves3–6 (10)Tom House (1–1)Barry Lersch (2–4)Joe Hoerner (2)18,80438–46
85July 10Braves2–4Roric Harrison (5–2)Dick Ruthven (3–7)Adrian Devine (2)22,29738–47
86July 11Braves6–5Ken Brett (8–2)Jimmy Freeman (0–2)None18,11739–47
87July 12Astros6–7Juan Pizarro (1–1)Barry Lersch (2–5)None13,11039–48
88July 13Astros5–3Wayne Twitchell (7–3)Don Wilson (6–10)None19,08740–48
89July 14Astros7–0Steve Carlton (9–9)Jerry Reuss (11–7)None25,06241–48
90July 15Astros0–2 (6)Dave Roberts (9–7)Dick Ruthven (3–8)None20,64841–49
91July 16@ Reds0–1Fred Norman (7–9)Ken Brett (8–3)None16,45741–50
92July 17@ Reds2–1Jim Lonborg (8–7)Jack Billingham (13–6)None19,54942–50
93July 18@ Reds3–7Tom Hall (6–4)Steve Carlton (9–10)Clay Carroll (7)17,42942–51
94July 20@ Braves6–4Wayne Twitchell (8–3)Phil Niekro (9–5)Dick Ruthven (1)9,23143–51
95July 21@ Braves8–4Ken Brett (9–3)Ron Schueler (5–5)Bucky Brandon (1)16,23644–51
96July 22 (1)@ Braves6–5Dick Ruthven (4–8)Max León (0–1)Nonesee 2nd game45–51
97July 22 (2)@ Braves5–1Jim Lonborg (9–7)Carl Morton (8–7)Bucky Brandon (2)18,78846–51
–July 241973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Royals Stadium in Kansas City
98July 26 (1)Expos0–4Steve Rogers (1–0)Steve Carlton (9–11)Nonesee 2nd game46–52
99July 26 (2)Expos1–5Steve Renko (10–6)Ken Brett (9–4)Mike Marshall (19)34,45946–53
100July 27Expos4–5Tom Walker (4–4)Bucky Brandon (1–3)Mike Marshall (20)18,25446–54
101July 28@ Pirates5–0Wayne Twitchell (9–3)Jim Rooker (4–3)None14,63047–54
102July 29 (1)@ Pirates2–5Ramón Hernández (3–2)Dick Ruthven (4–9)Nonesee 2nd game47–55
103July 29 (2)@ Pirates2–5Luke Walker (7–8)Barry Lersch (2–6)Dave Giusti (13)26,94747–56
104July 30@ Pirates1–0Steve Carlton (10–11)Bob Moose (6–10)None17,22048–56
105July 31 (1)Cubs3–4Ferguson Jenkins (10–9)Jim Lonborg (9–8)Bob Locker (10)see 2nd game48–57
106July 31 (2)Cubs6–5Ken Brett (10–4)Milt Pappas (5–10)None37,00349–57 :
August (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Cubs2–0Wayne Twitchell (10–3)Burt Hooton (9–9)None23,38150–57
108August 2Cubs4–1Dick Ruthven (5–9)Bill Bonham (4–2)None16,85551–57
109August 3Pirates1–3John Morlan (1–0)Steve Carlton (10–12)Ramón Hernández (5)24,15251–58
110August 4 (1)Pirates11–5Ken Brett (11–4)Luke Walker (7–9)Nonesee 2nd game52–58
111August 4 (2)Pirates4–11Ramón Hernández (4–2)Jim Lonborg (9–9)None48,29452–59
112August 5Pirates1–4Dock Ellis (11–9)Wayne Twitchell (10–4)Dave Giusti (14)31,15752–60
113August 8@ Padres0–3Bill Greif (7–12)Steve Carlton (10–13)None2,69652–61
114August 9@ Padres9–10 (11)Mike Corkins (4–7)Bucky Brandon (1–4)None4,79152–62
115August 10@ Dodgers5–3Wayne Twitchell (11–4)Tommy John (11–7)None21,16753–62
116August 11@ Dodgers3–1Ken Brett (12–4)Al Downing (9–7)None50,55754–62
117August 12@ Dodgers1–2Jim Brewer (5–4)Steve Carlton (10–14)None22,28154–63
118August 14@ Giants4–3Jim Lonborg (10–9)Jim Barr (9–12)None4,12855–63
119August 15@ Giants2–11Juan Marichal (10–8)Wayne Twitchell (11–5)None4,08955–64
120August 16@ Giants1–2Tom Bradley (10–11)Ken Brett (12–5)Elías Sosa (11)4,51955–65
121August 17@ Astros8–3Steve Carlton (11–14)Don Wilson (9–13)None20,69056–65
122August 18@ Astros2–3Jim Ray (6–1)Jim Lonborg (10–10)Ken Forsch (3)23,04756–66
123August 19@ Astros5–3Wayne Twitchell (12–5)Jerry Reuss (13–9)None17,20257–66
124August 21Padres9–8George Culver (5–4)Mike Caldwell (5–14)None13,10858–66
125August 22Padres3–8Steve Arlin (9–11)Steve Carlton (11–15)None16,13158–67
126August 23Padres6–3Jim Lonborg (11–10)Clay Kirby (7–14)None10,60159–67
127August 24Dodgers0–3Tommy John (12–7)Wayne Twitchell (12–6)None30,67159–68
128August 25Dodgers4–6 (12)Pete Richert (3–1)Mac Scarce (0–5)Doug Rau (2)44,11659–69
129August 26Dodgers3–7Don Sutton (16–8)Steve Carlton (11–16)Charlie Hough (2)31,04559–70
130August 27Giants7–4Jim Lonborg (12–10)Jim Barr (10–14)Mac Scarce (9)17,02760–70
131August 28Giants1–0Wayne Twitchell (13–6)Juan Marichal (10–11)None20,36361–70
132August 29Giants1–3Tom Bradley (12–11)Ken Brett (12–6)None25,14661–71
133August 30Expos8–7George Culver (6–4)Mike Marshall (10–8)None10,22062–71
134August 31Expos2–5Steve Rogers (6–3)Jim Lonborg (12–11)Mike Marshall (26)14,17162–72 :
September (9–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Expos5–11Mike Marshall (11–8)Wayne Twitchell (13–7)None14,21762–73
136September 2Expos0–12Mike Torrez (9–11)Ken Brett (12–7)None10,42762–74
137September 3 (1)@ Mets0–5Jerry Koosman (12–14)Steve Carlton (11–17)Nonesee 2nd game62–75
138September 3 (2)@ Mets6–3Dick Ruthven (6–9)Craig Swan (0–1)Mac Scarce (10)30,74863–75
139September 4@ Mets1–7Tom Seaver (16–8)Jim Lonborg (12–12)None13,67463–76
140September 5@ Mets0–4Ray Sadecki (4–3)Wayne Twitchell (13–8)Tug McGraw (16)12,56363–77
141September 7Pirates8–10Bob Johnson (4–1)Mac Scarce (0–6)Ramón Hernández (7)15,23363–78
142September 8Pirates3–5Bob Moose (10–11)Steve Carlton (11–18)Dave Giusti (17)16,32063–79
143September 9Pirates8–7Mac Scarce (1–6)Bob Johnson (4–2)None14,35664–79
144September 11Mets6–4Jim Lonborg (13–12)Jerry Koosman (12–15)None8,15965–79
145September 12Mets2–3Jon Matlack (13–15)Wayne Twitchell (13–9)Tug McGraw (19)8,41865–80
146September 13Mets2–4 (12)Tom Seaver (17–9)George Culver (6–5)Tug McGraw (20)8,19465–81
147September 14@ Expos2–3Chuck Taylor (2–0)Steve Carlton (11–19)None13,45865–82
148September 15@ Expos4–5 (10)Tom Walker (7–5)Mac Scarce (1–7)None34,33165–83
149September 16@ Expos2–4Steve Renko (14–10)Jim Lonborg (13–13)None18,12265–84
–September 17@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 18 as a traditional double-header
150September 18 (1)@ Cubs5–2Barry Lersch (3–6)Bob Locker (9–6)Mac Scarce (11)see 2nd game66–84
151September 18 (2)@ Cubs2–3Bill Bonham (6–4)Ken Brett (12–8)None2,75766–85
152September 19Cardinals3–2Steve Carlton (12–19)Tom Murphy (3–7)None7,06667–85
153September 20Cardinals6–5Bucky Brandon (2–4)Alan Foster (13–9)Mac Scarce (12)6,15568–85
154September 21Cardinals3–12Rick Wise (14–12)Jim Lonborg (13–14)None13,15868–86
155September 22Cubs2–5 (10)Bill Bonham (7–4)Mac Scarce (1–8)None22,27368–87
156September 23Cubs9–7Ken Brett (13–8)Burt Hooton (14–15)Ron Diorio (1)9,99169–87
157September 25@ Pirates2–1Steve Carlton (13–19)Jim Rooker (9–6)None13,31270–87
158September 26@ Pirates2–13Bob Moose (12–12)Jim Lonborg (13–15)Bob Johnson (4)8,99170–88
159September 27@ Pirates3–2 (13)George Culver (7–5)Chris Zachary (0–1)Mike Wallace (1)11,57771–88
160September 28@ Cardinals0–3Diego Seguí (7–6)Ken Brett (13–9)None10,37771–89
161September 29@ Cardinals1–7Bob Gibson (12–10)Steve Carlton (13–20)Orlando Peña (7)16,10471–90
162September 30@ Cardinals1–3Rick Wise (16–12)Jim Lonborg (13–16)None16,10871–91 :
The July 15, 1973, game was protested by the Phillies in the middle of the sixth inning. The protest was later denied. :

### 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 | Bob Boone | 145 | 521 | 136 | .261 | 10 | 61 |
| 1B | Willie Montañez | 146 | 552 | 145 | .263 | 11 | 65 |
| 2B | Denny Doyle | 116 | 370 | 101 | .273 | 3 | 26 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 122 | 446 | 94 | .211 | 0 | 23 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 132 | 367 | 72 | .196 | 18 | 52 |
| LF | Greg Luzinski | 161 | 610 | 174 | .285 | 29 | 97 |
| CF | Del Unser | 136 | 440 | 127 | .289 | 11 | 52 |
| RF | Bill Robinson | 124 | 452 | 130 | .288 | 25 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| César Tovar | 97 | 328 | 88 | .268 | 1 | 21 |
| Tommy Hutton | 106 | 247 | 65 | .263 | 5 | 29 |
| Mike Anderson | 87 | 193 | 49 | .254 | 9 | 28 |
| Terry Harmon | 72 | 148 | 31 | .209 | 0 | 8 |
| Craig Robinson | 46 | 146 | 33 | .226 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike Rogodzinski | 66 | 80 | 19 | .238 | 2 | 7 |
| José Pagán | 46 | 78 | 16 | .205 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Ryan | 28 | 69 | 16 | .232 | 1 | 5 |
| Billy Grabarkewitz | 25 | 66 | 19 | .288 | 2 | 7 |
| Deron Johnson | 12 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 1 | 5 |
| Jim Essian | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 40 | 293.1 | 13 | 20 | 3.90 | 223 |
| Wayne Twitchell | 34 | 223.1 | 13 | 9 | 2.50 | 169 |
| Ken Brett | 31 | 211.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.44 | 111 |
| Jim Lonborg | 38 | 199.1 | 13 | 16 | 4.88 | 106 |
| Dick Ruthven | 25 | 128.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.21 | 98 |
| Larry Christenson | 10 | 34.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.55 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Wallace | 20 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.78 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Mac Scarce | 52 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2.42 | 57 |
| Bill Wilson | 44 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6.66 | 24 |
| Barry Lersch | 42 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4.39 | 51 |
| Bucky Brandon | 36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5.43 | 25 |
| Ron Diorio | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 | 11 |
| George Culver | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 7 |
| Dick Selma | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 4 |
| Dave Wallace | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.09 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Eugene Emeralds | Pacific Coast League | Jim Bunning |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Cal Emery |
| A | Rocky Mount Phillies | Carolina League | Bob Wellman |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Howie Bedell |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Phillies | New York–Penn League | Harry Lloyd |
| Rookie | Pulaski Phillies | Appalachian League | Bob Wren |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Reading, Spartanburg, Auburn