1973 Chicago Cubs

77-84 • .478 Win% • 5th in NL E

📊 Season Record

77 Wins
84 Losses
.478 Win %
5th Rank
614 R 655 RA
Diff -41

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614 Runs Scored
655 Runs Allowed
-41 Run Diff
1,351K Attendance

📈 vs. 1973 NL Average

Batting Avg .246 3% below the 1973 league average (.254)
OBP .319 1% below the 1973 league average (.321)
SLG .357 5% below the 1973 league average (.375)
Team ERA 3.66 equal to the 1973 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 614 9% below the 1973 league average (672 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,351,971
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Avg per Game 16,899

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1973

Batting Avg

1 Jose Cardenal 0.303 2 Billy Williams 0.288 3 Carmen Fanzone 0.273 4 Joe Pepitone 0.268 5 Rick Monday 0.267

Home Runs

1 Rick Monday 26 2 Ron Santo 20 3 Billy Williams 20 4 Jose Cardenal 11 5 Randy Hundley 10

RBI

1 Billy Williams 86 2 Ron Santo 77 3 Jose Cardenal 68 4 Rick Monday 56 5 Randy Hundley 43
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Don Kessinger 160 577 52 151 22 3 0 43 57 44 6 0.262
Billy Williams 156 576 72 166 22 2 20 86 76 72 4 0.288
Rick Monday 149 554 93 148 24 5 26 56 92 124 5 0.267
Ron Santo 149 536 65 143 29 2 20 77 63 97 1 0.267
Jose Cardenal 145 522 80 158 33 2 11 68 58 62 19 0.303
Glenn Beckert 114 372 38 95 13 0 0 29 30 15 0 0.255
Randy Hundley 124 368 35 83 11 1 10 43 30 51 5 0.226
Paul Popovich 99 280 24 66 6 3 2 24 18 27 3 0.236
Jim Hickman 92 201 27 49 1 2 3 20 42 42 1 0.244
Ken Rudolph 64 170 12 35 8 1 2 17 7 25 1 0.206
Carmen Fanzone 64 150 22 41 7 0 6 22 20 38 1 0.273
Pat Bourque 57 139 11 29 6 0 7 20 16 21 1 0.209
Joe Pepitone 31 112 16 30 3 0 3 18 8 6 3 0.268
Gene Hiser 100 109 15 19 3 0 1 6 11 17 4 0.174
Fergie Jenkins 38 84 2 10 4 0 0 4 6 40 0 0.119
Rick Reuschel 36 73 3 9 1 0 0 2 1 27 0 0.123
Rico Carty 22 70 4 15 0 0 1 8 6 10 0 0.214
Burt Hooton 42 70 4 9 0 0 0 3 10 24 0 0.129
Gonzalo Marquez 19 58 5 13 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 0.224
Adrian Garrett 36 54 7 12 0 0 3 8 4 18 1 0.222
Milt Pappas 30 48 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 28 0 0.062
Cleo James 44 45 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 0.111
Bill Bonham 44 43 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 17 0 0.093
Dave Rosello 16 38 4 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0.263
Andre Thornton 17 35 3 7 3 0 0 2 7 9 0 0.200
Pete LaCock 11 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.250
Larry Gura 22 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.200
Bob Locker 63 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.067
Jack Aker 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ray Burris 31 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.143
Matt Alexander 12 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0.200
Tom Lundstedt 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave LaRoche 45 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Mike Paul 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Juan Pizarro 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony LaRussa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1973

ERA

1 Bob Locker 2.54 2 Ray Burris 2.92 3 Rick Reuschel 3.00 4 Bill Bonham 3.02 5 Burt Hooton 3.68

Wins

1 Burt Hooton 14 2 Fergie Jenkins 14 3 Rick Reuschel 14 4 Bob Locker 10 5 Bill Bonham 7

Strikeouts

1 Fergie Jenkins 170 2 Rick Reuschel 168 3 Burt Hooton 134 4 Bill Bonham 121 5 Bob Locker 76
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fergie Jenkins 14 16 3.89 38 38 0 271.0 267 117 57 170
Burt Hooton 14 17 3.68 42 34 0 239.2 248 98 73 134
Rick Reuschel 14 15 3.00 36 36 0 237.0 244 79 62 168
Milt Pappas 7 12 4.28 30 29 0 162.0 192 77 40 48
Bill Bonham 7 5 3.02 44 15 6 152.0 126 51 64 121
Bob Locker 10 6 2.54 63 0 18 106.1 96 30 42 76
Ray Burris 1 1 2.92 31 1 0 64.2 65 21 27 57
Larry Gura 2 4 4.87 21 7 0 64.2 79 35 11 43
Jack Aker 4 5 4.10 47 0 12 63.2 76 29 23 25
Dave LaRoche 4 1 5.80 45 0 4 54.1 55 35 29 34
Mike Paul 0 1 3.44 11 1 0 18.1 17 7 9 6
Juan Pizarro 0 1 11.25 2 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 3

👥 Roster (36)

Jack Aker Matt Alexander Glenn Beckert Bill Bonham Pat Bourque Ray Burris Jose Cardenal Rico Carty Carmen Fanzone Adrian Garrett Larry Gura Jim Hickman +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1973 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1973 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1973 Chicago Cubs finished 77-84 (.478 win pct).
Who led the 1973 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Rick Monday led the 1973 Chicago Cubs with 26 home runs.
What was the 1973 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1973 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 3.66.
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