1973 Atlanta Braves

76-85 • .472 Win% • 5th in NL W

The 1973 Atlanta Braves went 76-85 (.472) finishing 5th in the NL W division. The club scored 799 runs, allowed 774, and played home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Team leaders included Davey Johnson (43 HR, 99 RBI) and Carl Morton (15-10, 3.41 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
85 Losses
.472 Win %
5th Rank
799 R 774 RA
Diff +25

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799 Runs Scored
774 Runs Allowed
+25 Run Diff
802K Attendance

📈 vs. 1973 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 4% above the 1973 league average (.254)
OBP .338 5% above the 1973 league average (.321)
SLG .426 13% above the 1973 league average (.375)
Team ERA 4.25 16% worse than the 1973 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 799 19% above the 1973 league average (672 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 802,848
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Avg per Game 9,911

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1973

Batting Avg

1 Frank Tepedino 0.304 2 Hank Aaron 0.301 3 Ralph Garr 0.299 4 Dick Dietz 0.295 5 Mike Lum 0.294

Home Runs

1 Davey Johnson 43 2 Darrell Evans 41 3 Hank Aaron 40 4 Dusty Baker 21 5 Mike Lum 16

RBI

1 Darrell Evans 104 2 Dusty Baker 99 3 Davey Johnson 99 4 Hank Aaron 96 5 Mike Lum 82
1973 Atlanta Braves — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ralph Garr 148 668 94 200 32 6 11 55 22 64 35 0.299
Dusty Baker 159 604 101 174 29 4 21 99 67 72 24 0.288
Darrell Evans 161 595 114 167 25 8 41 104 124 104 6 0.281
Davey Johnson 157 559 84 151 25 0 43 99 81 93 5 0.270
Mike Lum 138 513 74 151 26 6 16 82 41 89 2 0.294
Marty Perez 141 501 66 125 15 5 8 57 49 66 2 0.250
Hank Aaron 120 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 51 1 0.301
Johnny Oates 93 322 27 80 6 0 4 27 22 31 1 0.248
Paul Casanova 82 236 18 51 7 0 7 18 11 36 0 0.216
Sonny Jackson 117 206 29 43 5 2 0 12 22 13 6 0.209
Frank Tepedino 74 148 20 45 5 0 4 29 13 21 0 0.304
Dick Dietz 83 139 22 41 8 1 3 24 49 25 0 0.295
Carl Morton 40 94 7 17 4 0 3 15 4 25 0 0.181
Chuck Goggin 64 90 18 26 5 0 0 7 9 19 0 0.289
Phil Niekro 42 82 3 10 4 0 1 2 1 26 0 0.122
Rod Gilbreath 29 74 10 21 2 1 0 2 6 10 2 0.284
Ron Schueler 39 62 6 11 0 0 0 2 2 20 0 0.177
Oscar Brown 22 58 3 12 3 0 0 0 3 10 0 0.207
Roric Harrison 39 54 3 3 1 0 2 5 3 27 0 0.056
Ron Reed 21 45 4 9 1 0 0 7 0 15 0 0.200
Gary Gentry 17 30 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 15 0 0.233
Freddie Velazquez 15 23 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.348
Jack Pierce 11 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.050
Larvell Blanks 17 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.222
Pat Dobson 12 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.067
Jimmy Freeman 14 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.154
Joe Pepitone 3 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.364
Tom House 52 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.200
Larry Howard 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.125
Norm Miller 9 8 2 3 1 0 1 6 3 3 0 0.375
Max Leon 16 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.286
Leo Foster 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Wenty Ford 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.400
Adrian Devine 24 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.250
Gary Neibauer 16 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.250
Joe Niekro 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Danny Frisella 42 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Tom Kelley 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Cheadle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Closter 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Hoerner 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Panther 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cecil Upshaw 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1973

ERA

1 Phil Niekro 3.31 2 Carl Morton 3.41 3 Gary Gentry 3.43 4 Ron Schueler 3.87 5 Roric Harrison 4.16

Wins

1 Carl Morton 15 2 Phil Niekro 13 3 Roric Harrison 11 4 Ron Schueler 8 5 Gary Gentry 4

Strikeouts

1 Phil Niekro 131 2 Roric Harrison 130 3 Ron Schueler 124 4 Carl Morton 112 5 Ron Reed 64
1973 Atlanta Braves — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Carl Morton 15 10 3.41 38 37 0 256.1 254 97 70 112
Phil Niekro 13 10 3.31 42 30 4 245.0 214 90 89 131
Ron Schueler 8 7 3.87 39 20 2 186.0 179 80 66 124
Roric Harrison 11 8 4.16 38 22 5 177.1 161 82 98 130
Ron Reed 4 11 4.41 20 19 1 116.1 133 57 31 64
Gary Gentry 4 6 3.43 16 14 1 86.2 74 33 35 42
Tom House 4 2 4.68 52 0 4 67.1 58 35 31 42
Pat Dobson 3 7 4.99 12 10 0 57.2 73 32 19 23
Danny Frisella 1 2 4.20 42 0 8 45.0 40 21 23 27
Jimmy Freeman 0 2 7.71 13 5 1 37.1 50 32 25 20
Adrian Devine 2 3 6.40 24 1 4 32.1 45 23 12 15
Jim Panther 2 3 7.63 23 0 0 30.2 45 26 9 8
Max Leon 2 2 5.33 12 1 0 27.0 30 16 9 18
Joe Niekro 2 4 4.13 20 0 3 24.0 23 11 11 12
Gary Neibauer 2 1 7.17 16 1 0 21.1 24 17 19 9
Wenty Ford 1 2 5.51 4 2 0 16.1 17 10 8 4
Joe Hoerner 2 2 6.39 20 0 2 12.2 17 9 4 10
Tom Kelley 0 1 2.84 7 0 0 12.2 13 4 7 5
Al Closter 0 0 14.54 4 0 0 4.1 7 7 4 2
Cecil Upshaw 0 1 9.82 5 0 0 3.2 8 4 2 3
Dave Cheadle 0 1 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 2 4 3 2

👥 Roster (43)

Hank Aaron Dusty Baker Larvell Blanks Oscar Brown Paul Casanova Dave Cheadle Al Closter Adrian Devine Dick Dietz Pat Dobson Darrell Evans Wenty Ford +31 more

43 players

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The 1973 Atlanta Braves in brief

The 1973 Atlanta Braves won 76 games and lost 85, ending up 5th in the NL West. Runs came in at 799 scored against 774 allowed (+25). Against a league average of .254, the 1973 Atlanta Braves batted .265. The staff ERA of 4.25 was 16% worse than the league average of 3.66. League clubs averaged 672 runs that year, so the Atlanta Braves scored 19% more.

Attendance at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium totaled 802,848 for the year. The home run leader was Davey Johnson, who hit 43. Darrell Evans led in RBI with 104. The hits leader was Ralph Garr with 200. The pitching staff's wins leader was Carl Morton (15). Phil Niekro struck out 131, the most on the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1973 Atlanta Braves

What was the 1973 Atlanta Braves record?
The 1973 Atlanta Braves finished 76-85 (.472 win pct).
Who led the 1973 Atlanta Braves in home runs?
Davey Johnson led the 1973 Atlanta Braves with 43 home runs.
What was the 1973 Atlanta Braves team ERA?
The 1973 Atlanta Braves posted a team ERA of 4.25.
Did the 1973 Atlanta Braves win the World Series?
No. The 1973 Atlanta Braves did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1973 Atlanta Braves play?
The 1973 Atlanta Braves played home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Who led the 1973 Atlanta Braves in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Davey Johnson (43 HR, 99 RBI) and Carl Morton (15-10, 3.41 ERA).
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