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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Barnes, Lute 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Beauchamp, Jim 48 59 4 15 1 1 0 14 7 1 11 2 0 0 1 0 .254 18 .305 .324 Boswell, Ken 71 106 10 23 2 1 2 14 10 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 .217 33 .311 .284 Capra, Buzz 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Chiles, Rich 8 25 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .120 5 .200 .120 Dyer, Duffy 68 188 9 34 5 1 1 8 13 1 40 0 0 2 0 1 .181 44 .234 .241 Fregosi, Jim 45 124 7 29 4 1 0 11 20 3 25 0 0 0 1 2 .234 35 .282 .340 Garrett, Wayne 129 464 63 112 18 2 13 50 65 4 69 3 4 1 6 5 .241 173 .373 .334 Gosger, Jim 38 92 9 22 2 0 0 10 9 2 16 1 0 0 0 1 .239 24 .261 .304 Grote, Jerry 73 245 16 62 6 2 1 26 10 1 21 1 5 1 0 0 .253 75 .306 .284 Hahn, Don 83 239 22 56 9 0 2 19 19 1 40 4 2 0 1 1 .234 71 .297 .286 Harrelson, Bud 95 319 31 82 10 3 0 19 44 3 42 0 3 1 4 1 .257 98 .307 .349 Harts, Greg 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 .500 Hennigan, Phil 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Hodges, Ron 43 124 5 31 2 0 1 16 11 2 19 2 2 0 0 1 .250 36 .290 .307 Jones, Cleon 81 299 40 78 12 0 5 34 20 5 44 7 0 3 1 1 .261 105 .351 .307 Koosman, Jerry 32 72 3 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 33 0 14 0 0 0 .111 9 .125 .123 Kranepool, Ed 96 281 28 68 12 2 1 35 30 4 28 2 4 0 1 0 .242 87 .310 .313 Martinez, Ted 90 263 32 67 11 0 1 14 13 2 38 1 1 2 3 5 .255 81 .308 .294 Matlack, Jon 32 61 5 9 0 0 0 2 11 0 34 0 11 0 0 0 .148 9 .148 .278 May, Jerry 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .250 .333 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Mays, Willie 66 209 24 44 10 0 6 25 27 0 47 1 1 1 1 0 .211 72 .344 .303 McAndrew, Jim 24 15 3 2 1 0 0 2 6 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .133 3 .200 .381 McGraw, Tug 54 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .136 3 .136 .174 Millan, Felix 142 596 77 173 23 3 3 32 30 1 21 1 15 5 2 2 .290 211 .354 .329 Milner, John 118 413 61 104 12 3 22 69 50 5 73 4 0 1 1 1 .252 188 .455 .331 Moore, Tommy 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ostrosser, Brian 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Parker, Harry 35 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 .143 3 .143 .143 Sadecki, Ray 28 30 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .233 9 .300 .233 Schneck, Dave 6 18 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 7 .389 .278 Seaver, Tom 36 87 8 14 2 1 1 5 6 0 33 0 9 0 1 0 .161 21 .241 .215 Staub, Rusty 141 537 69 144 35 1 14 68 70 10 49 3 1 3 1 1 .268 223 .415 .354 Stone, George 26 46 3 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 .261 12 .261 .261 Strohmayer, John 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Swan, Craig 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Theodore, George 44 115 14 30 4 0 1 15 10 0 12 1 6 1 1 0 .261 37 .322 .323 Webb, Hank 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of September 17, 1973

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Capra, Buzz 23 41 2 7 .222 35 18 18 35 26 0 0 0 3 3.95 Hennigan, Phil 30 43.1 0 4 .000 50 30 30 22 16 0 0 0 3 6.23 Koosman, Jerry 32 239.1 12 15 .444 218 88 82 137 68 32 11 3 0 3.08 Matlack, Jon 31 222 13 15 .464 197 88 81 183 93 31 12 2 0 3.28 McAndrew, Jim 23 80.1 3 8 .273 109 60 48 38 31 12 0 0 1 5.38 McGraw, Tug 54 104.1 4 6 .400 97 52 50 74 51 2 0 0 21 4.31 Moore, Tommy 3 3.1 0 1 .000 6 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 10.80 Parker, Harry 35 88.2 7 3 .700 73 37 33 61 33 9 0 0 5 3.35 Sadecki, Ray 28 107.2 4 4 .500 106 47 44 80 39 11 1 0 1 3.68 Seaver, Tom 33 273 17 10 .630 200 63 57 239 57 33 17 3 0 1.88 Stone, George 25 140 11 3 .786 144 48 41 75 31 18 2 0 1 2.64 Strohmayer, John 7 10 0 0 .000 13 10 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 8.10 Swan, Craig 3 8.1 0 1 .000 16 9 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 8.64 Webb, Hank 2 1.2 0 0 .000 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.80

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September 18, 1973

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