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1973 NL Championship Series (3-2): New York Mets (82-79) over Cincinnati Reds (99-63)

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WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1973 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Seaver
              CIN - Billingham, Hall (9), Borbon (9)

               WP - Pedro Borbon
	       LP - Tom Seaver
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              CIN - Bench, Rose

  ATTENDANCE: 53,431

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1973 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  4     5  7  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Matlack
              CIN - Gullett, Carroll (6), Hall (9), Borbon (9)

               WP - Jon Matlack
	       LP - Don Gullett
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Staub
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,041

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1973 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  8  1
    New York Mets                1  5  1    2  0  0    0  0  x     9 11  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Grimsley, Hall (2), Tomlin (3), Nelson (4), Borbon (7)
              NYM - Koosman

               WP - Jerry Koosman
	       LP - Ross Grimsley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Menke
              NYM - Staub (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 53,967

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1973 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     2  8  0
    New York Mets                0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Norman, Gullett (6), Carroll (10), Borbon (12)
              NYM - Stone, McGraw (7), Parker (12)

               WP - Clay Carroll
	       LP - Harry Parker
             SAVE - Pedro Borbon

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Perez, Rose
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,786

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1973 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0     2  7  1
    New York Mets                2  0  0    0  4  1    0  0  x     7 13  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Billingham, Gullett (5), Carroll (5), Grimsley (7)
              NYM - Seaver, McGraw (9)

               WP - Tom Seaver
	       LP - Jack Billingham
             SAVE - Tug McGraw

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,323

Series Batting Stats

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New York Mets

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Ken Boswell         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 110  25  2  .227  .621   0
*Wayne Garrett       5  23  1  2  1  0  0   1  0  5  .087  .083  .130  0 | 504 129 16  .256  .751   6
 Jerry Grote         5  19  2  4  0  0  0   2  1  3  .211  .250  .211  0 | 285  73  1  .256  .606   0
 Don Hahn            5  17  2  4  0  0  0   1  2  4  .235  .316  .235  0 | 262  60  2  .229  .575   2
#Bud Harrelson       5  18  1  3  0  0  0   2  1  1  .167  .211  .167  0 | 356  92  0  .258  .657   5
 Cleon Jones         5  20  3  6  2  0  0   3  2  4  .300  .364  .400  0 | 339  88 11  .260  .710   1
 Jerry Koosman       1   4  1  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  78   8  0  .103  .240   0
*Ed Kranepool        1   2  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 284  68  1  .239  .616   1
*Jon Matlack         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .333  .000  0 |  65   9  0  .138  .420   0
 Willie Mays         1   3  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 | 209  44  6  .211  .647   1
 Tug McGraw          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  24   4  0  .167  .426   0
 Felix Millan        5  19  5  6  0  0  0   2  2  1  .316  .381  .316  0 | 638 185  3  .290  .685   2
*John Milner         5  17  2  3  0  0  0   1  5  3  .176  .364  .176  0 | 451 108 23  .239  .761   1
 Harry Parker        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  23   4  0  .174  .348   0
 Tom Seaver          2   6  1  2  2  0  0   1  1  1  .333  .429  .667  0 |  93  15  1  .161  .457   1
*Rusty Staub         4  15  4  3  0  0  3   5  3  2  .200  .333  .800  0 | 585 163 15  .279  .782   1
*George Stone        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .500  .000  0 |  48  13  0  .271  .542   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 168 23 37  5  0  3  22 19 28  .220  .298  .304  0 |         85  .246  .653  27

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cincinnati Reds

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ed Armbrister       3   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  5  .167  .167  .167  0 |  37   8  1  .216  .682   0
 Johnny Bench        5  19  1  5  2  0  1   1  2  3  .263  .333  .526  0 | 557 141 25  .253  .774   4
 Jack Billingham     2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  93   6  0  .065  .191   0
 Pedro Borbon        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  15   5  0  .333  .666   1
 Clay Carroll        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  14   3  0  .214  .428   0
#Darrel Chaney       5   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  3  4  .000  .250  .000  0 | 227  41  0  .181  .487   4
*Ed Crosby           3   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |+ 90  16  0  .178  .538   0
*Dan Driessen        4  12  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  2  .167  .154  .250  0 | 366 110  4  .301  .731   8
 Phil Gagliano       3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  69  20  0  .290  .721   0
*Cesar Geronimo      4  15  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  7  .067  .067  .067  0 | 324  68  4  .210  .575   5
*Ken Griffey         3   7  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .143  .250  .286  0 |  86  33  3  .384  .994   4
*Ross Grimsley       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  82   5  0  .061  .122   0
 Don Gullett         3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  64  12  0  .188  .483   1
*Tom Hall            3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  22   1  0  .045  .090   0
*Hal King            3   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .500  .667  .500  0 |  43   8  4  .186  .751   0
 Andy Kosco          3  10  0  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  .300  .417  .300  0 | 118  33  9  .280  .914   0
 Denis Menke         3   9  1  2  0  0  1   1  1  2  .222  .300  .556  0 | 241  46  3  .191  .638   1
*Joe Morgan          5  20  1  2  1  0  0   1  2  2  .100  .182  .150  0 | 576 167 26  .290  .899  67
 Roger Nelson        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  18   2  0  .111  .222   0
#Fred Norman         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 80   6  0  .075  .194   0
 Tony Perez          5  22  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  4  .091  .091  .227  0 | 564 177 27  .314  .920   3
#Pete Rose           5  21  3  8  1  0  2   2  2  2  .381  .435  .714  0 | 680 230  5  .338  .838  10
*Larry Stahl         4   4  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 | 111  25  2  .225  .648   1
*Dave Tomlin         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 167  8 31  6  0  5   8 13 42  .186  .247  .311  0 |        137  .254  .715 148

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Mets

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Tom Seaver          2   1.62 1-1  0  1 16.7 13  3  5 17 | 19-10 290  2.08  0.98 251   
*Jerry Koosman       1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  8  2  0  9 | 14-15 263  2.84  1.18 156   
*Jon Matlack         1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  2  0  3  9 | 14-16 242  3.20  1.28 205   
*George Stone        1   1.35 0-0  0  0  6.7  3  1  2  4 | 12-3  148  2.80  1.27  77  1
*Tug McGraw          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  4  0  3  3 |  5-6  119  3.87  1.36  81 25
 Harry Parker        1   9.00 0-1  0  0  1.0  1  1  0  0 |  8-4   97  3.35  1.19  63  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.33 3-2  0  3 47.3 31  7 13 42 |            3.26 1.250   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Jack Billingham     2   4.50 0-1  0  0 12.0  9  6  4  9 | 19-10 293  3.04  1.20 155   
*Don Gullett         3   2.00 0-1  0  0  9.0  4  2  3  6 | 18-8  228  3.51  1.17 153  2
 Clay Carroll        3   1.29 1-0  0  0  7.0  5  1  1  2 |  8-8   93  3.69  1.56  41 14
*Fred Norman         1   1.80 0-0  0  0  5.0  1  1  3  3 |+13-13 240  3.60  1.29 161   
 Pedro Borbon        4   1.93 1-0  1  0  4.7  3  1  1  3 | 11-4  121  2.16  1.42  60 14
*Ross Grimsley       2  12.27 0-1  0  0  3.7  7  5  2  3 | 13-10 242  3.23  1.29  90  1
 Roger Nelson        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  0  0  1  0 |  3-2   55  3.46  1.34  17   
*Dave Tomlin         1  16.20 0-0  0  0  1.7  5  3  1  1 |  1-2   28  4.88  1.41  20  1
*Tom Hall            3  54.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  3  4  3  1 |  8-5  104  3.47  1.18  96  8
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.50 2-3  1  0 46.0 37 23 19 28 |            3.40 1.290   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN

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