1973 League Championship Series - New York Mets over Cincinnati Reds (3-2)

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

WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN
1972 NLCS / 1974 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 6, 1973 at Riverfront Stadium (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

  Sunday, October 7, 1973 at Riverfront Stadium (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

  Monday, October 8, 1973 at Shea Stadium (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

  Tuesday, October 9, 1973 at Shea Stadium (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

  Wednesday, October 10, 1973 at Shea Stadium (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

New York Mets Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ken Boswell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	76	110	12	25	2	14	0	.227	.621
Wayne Garrett	5	23	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	.087	.083	.130	.214	0	0	140	504	76	129	16	58	6	.256	.751
Jerry Grote	5	19	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	3	.211	.250	.211	.461	0	0	84	285	17	73	1	32	0	.256	.606
Don Hahn	5	17	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	.235	.316	.235	.551	0	1	93	262	22	60	2	21	2	.229	.575
Bud Harrelson	5	18	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	.167	.211	.167	.377	0	0	106	356	35	92	0	20	5	.258	.657
Cleon Jones	5	20	3	6	2	0	0	3	2	4	.300	.364	.400	.764	0	0	92	339	48	88	11	48	1	.260	.710
Jerry Koosman	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	35	78	3	8	0	3	0	.103	.240
Ed Kranepool	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	100	284	28	68	1	35	1	.239	.616
Jon Matlack	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	35	65	5	9	0	2	0	.138	.421
Willie Mays	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	66	209	24	44	6	25	1	.211	.647
Tug McGraw	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	60	24	0	4	0	2	0	.167	.426
Felix Millan	5	19	5	6	0	0	0	2	2	1	.316	.381	.316	.697	0	0	153	638	82	185	3	37	2	.290	.685
John Milner	5	17	2	3	0	0	0	1	5	3	.176	.364	.176	.540	0	0	129	451	69	108	23	72	1	.239	.762
Harry Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	23	0	4	0	2	0	.174	.348
Tom Seaver	2	6	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	.333	.429	.667	1.095	0	0	39	93	9	15	1	5	1	.161	.457
Rusty Staub	4	15	4	3	0	0	3	5	3	2	.200	.333	.800	1.133	0	0	152	585	77	163	15	76	1	.279	.781
George Stone	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	28	48	4	13	0	5	0	.271	.542
Totals	50	168	23	37	5	0	3	22	19	28	.220	.298	.304	.601	0	1	161	5457	608	1345	85		27	.246	.653

Cincinnati Reds Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ed Armbrister	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	18	37	5	8	1	5	0	.216	.682
Johnny Bench	5	19	1	5	2	0	1	1	2	3	.263	.333	.526	.860	0	0	152	557	83	141	25	104	4	.253	.774
Jack Billingham	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	93	2	6	0	4	0	.065	.191
Pedro Borbon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	80	15	2	5	0	0	1	.333	.667
Clay Carroll	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	53	14	2	3	0	1	0	.214	.429
Darrel Chaney	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	105	227	27	41	0	14	4	.181	.487
Ed Crosby	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*58	90	8	16	0	6	0	.178	.537
Dan Driessen	4	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.154	.250	.404	0	1	102	366	49	110	4	47	8	.301	.731
Phil Gagliano	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	63	69	8	20	0	7	0	.290	.721
Cesar Geronimo	4	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	0	0	139	324	35	68	4	33	5	.210	.574
Ken Griffey	3	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.250	.286	.536	0	0	25	86	19	33	3	14	4	.384	.994
Ross Grimsley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	82	3	5	0	1	0	.061	.122
Don Gullett	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	53	64	6	12	0	6	1	.188	.483
Tom Hall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	55	22	1	1	0	0	0	.045	.091
Hal King	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	35	43	5	8	4	10	0	.186	.751
Andy Kosco	3	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.300	.717	0	0	47	118	17	33	9	21	0	.280	.914
Denis Menke	3	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	.222	.300	.556	.856	0	0	139	241	38	46	3	26	1	.191	.638
Joe Morgan	5	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	.100	.182	.150	.332	0	0	157	576	116	167	26	82	67	.290	.899
Roger Nelson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	14	18	1	2	0	1	0	.111	.222
Fred Norman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*36	80	4	6	0	2	0	.075	.194
Tony Perez	5	22	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	4	.091	.091	.227	.318	0	0	151	564	73	177	27	101	3	.314	.919
Pete Rose	5	21	3	8	1	0	2	2	2	2	.381	.435	.714	1.149	0	0	160	680	115	230	5	64	10	.338	.838
Larry Stahl	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	76	111	17	25	2	12	1	.225	.648
Dave Tomlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	78	167	8	31	6	0	5	8	13	42	.186	.247	.311	.559	0	1	162	5505	741	1398	137		148	.254	.715

New York Mets Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jerry Koosman	1	1	2.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	8	2	0	9	0.889	35	35	2.84	14	15	0	263.0	234	76	156	1.179
Jon Matlack	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	2	0	3	9	0.556	34	34	3.20	14	16	0	242.0	210	99	205	1.277
Tug McGraw	2	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	5.0	4	0	3	3	1.400	60	2	3.87	5	6	25	118.2	106	55	81	1.357
Harry Parker	1	0	9.00	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	38	9	3.35	8	4	5	96.2	79	36	63	1.190
Tom Seaver	2	2	1.62	1	1	0	1	16.2	13	3	5	17	1.080	36	36	2.08	19	10	0	290.0	219	64	251	0.976
George Stone	1	1	1.35	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	2	4	0.750	27	20	2.80	12	3	1	148.0	157	31	77	1.270
Totals	8	5	1.33	3	2	1	3	47.1	31	7	13	42	0.930	161	161	3.262	82	79		1465.0	1345	490	1027	1.253

Cincinnati Reds Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jack Billingham	2	2	4.50	0	1	0	0	12.0	9	6	4	9	1.083	40	40	3.04	19	10	0	293.1	257	95	155	1.200
Pedro Borbon	4	0	1.93	1	0	1	0	4.2	3	1	1	3	0.857	80	0	2.16	11	4	14	121.0	137	35	60	1.421
Clay Carroll	3	0	1.29	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	2	0.857	53	5	3.69	8	8	14	92.2	111	34	41	1.565
Ross Grimsley	2	1	12.27	0	1	0	0	3.2	7	5	2	3	2.455	38	36	3.23	13	10	1	242.1	245	68	90	1.292
Don Gullett	3	1	2.00	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	2	3	6	0.778	45	30	3.51	18	8	2	228.1	198	69	153	1.169
Tom Hall	3	0	54.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	4	3	1	9.000	54	7	3.47	8	5	8	103.2	74	48	96	1.177
Roger Nelson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	1	0	0.429	14	8	3.46	3	2	0	54.2	49	24	17	1.335
Fred Norman	1	1	1.80	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	3	3	0.800	*36	35	3.60	13	13	0	240.1	208	101	161	1.286
Dave Tomlin	1	0	16.20	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	3	1	1	3.600	16	0	4.88	1	2	1	27.2	24	15	20	1.410
Totals	20	5	4.50	2	3	1	0	46.0	37	23	19	28	1.217	162	162	3.403	99	63		1473.0	1389	518	801	1.295

WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN
1972 NLCS / 1974 NLCS

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