1973 Major League Baseball Opening Day Rosters

1972 MLB / 1974 MLB Opening Day Rosters

Lineups are the starting lineups for Opening Day.

Teams	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
Baltimore Orioles - AL (all-time)	Williams	Powell	Grich	Robinson	Belanger	Baylor	Blair	Rettenmund	McNally	Crowley
Boston Red Sox - AL (all-time)	Fisk	Yastrzemski	Griffin	Petrocelli	Aparicio	Harper	Smith	Evans	Tiant	Cepeda
California Angels - AL (all-time)	Stephenson	Spencer	Alomar	Grabarkewitz	Valentine	Robinson	Berry	Pinson	Ryan	McCraw
Chicago White Sox - AL (all-time)	Herrmann	Allen	Orta	Melton	Leon	May	Henderson	Kelly	Wood	Andrews
Cleveland Indians - AL (all-time)	Duncan	Chambliss	Brohamer	Bell	Cardenas	Spikes	Hendrick	Torres	Perry	Ellis
Detroit Tigers - AL (all-time)	Sims	Cash	McAuliffe	Rodriguez	Brinkman	Northrup	Stanley	Kaline	Lolich	Brown
Kansas City Royals - AL (all-time)	May	Mayberry	Rojas	Schaal	Patek	Piniella	Otis	McRae	Busby	Kirkpatrick
Milwaukee Brewers - AL (all-time)	Rodriguez	Scott	Garcia	Money	Auerbach	Briggs	May	Thomas	Colborn	Brown
Minnesota Twins - AL (all-time)	Mitterwald	Lis	Carew	Braun	Thompson	Holt	Hisle	Darwin	Blyleven	Oliva
New York Yankees - AL (all-time)	Munson	Alou	Clarke	Nettles	Michael	White	Murcer	Alou	Stottlemyre	Blomberg
Oakland Athletics - AL (all-time)	Fosse	Tenace	Green	Bando	Maxvill	Rudi	Conigliaro	Jackson	Hunter	North
Texas Rangers - AL (all-time)	Billings	Epstein	Nelson	Lovitto	Harrah	Johnson	Maddox	Burroughs	Bosman	Carty
Atlanta Braves - NL (all-time)	Oates	Evans	Johnson	Gilbreath	Perez	Garr	Baker	Aaron	Gentry
Chicago Cubs - NL (all-time)	Hundley	Pepitone	Beckert	Santo	Kessinger	Williams	Monday	Cardenal	Jenkins
Cincinnati Reds - NL (all-time)	Bench	Perez	Morgan	Menke	Chaney	Rose	Geronimo	Tolan	Gullett
Houston Astros - NL (all-time)	Edwards	May	Helms	Rader	Metzger	Watson	Cedeno	Wynn	Roberts
Los Angeles Dodgers - NL (all-time)	Ferguson	Buckner	Lacy	McMullen	Russell	Mota	Davis	Crawford	Sutton
Montreal Expos - NL (all-time)	Boccabella	Jorgensen	Hunt	Bailey	Foli	Fairly	Roque	Singleton	Torrez
New York Mets - NL (all-time)	Dyer	Milner	Millan	Fregosi	Harrelson	Jones	Mays	Staub	Seaver
Philadelphia Phillies - NL (all-time)	Ryan	Hutton	Doyle	Pagan	Bowa	Luzinski	Unser	Montanez	Carlton
Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (all-time)	May	Robertson	Stennett	Hebner	Alley	Stargell	Oliver	Sanguillen	Blass
San Diego Padres - NL (all-time)	Davis	Colbert	Roberts	Hilton	Hernandez	Lee	Grubb	Gaston	Kirby
San Francisco Giants - NL (all-time)	Rader	McCovey	Fuentes	Gallagher	Speier	Matthews	Maddox	Bonds	Marichal
St. Louis Cardinals - NL (all-time)	Simmons	Torre	Sizemore	Reitz	Busse	Brock	Cruz	Carbo	Gibson

1972 MLB / 1974 MLB Opening Day Rosters

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