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1973 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972/1974)
71-91, Finished 6th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 680 runs, Allowed 826 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
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Attendance: 615,107 (12th of 12)
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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1972/1974) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 2, 1972

Traded Kurt Bevacqua to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Hedlund.

November 27, 1972

Traded Graig Nettles and Jerry Moses to the New York Yankees. Received John Ellis, Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes, and Rusty Torres.

Traded Phil Hennigan to the New York Mets. Received Bob Rauch and Brent Strom.

November 28, 1972

Drafted Dick Colpaert from the Kansas City Royals in the 1972 rule 5 draft.

November 30, 1972

Traded Vince Colbert to the Texas Rangers. Received Tom Ragland.

Traded Del Unser and Terry Wedgewood (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Oscar Gamble and Roger Freed.

December 7, 1972

Traded Mike Carruthers (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Remy Hermoso.

1973

Ossie Blanco received from the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

January 15, 1973

Signed Pedro Guerrero as an amateur free agent.

March 6, 1973

Selected Jerry Johnson off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

March 8, 1973

Traded Alex Johnson to the Texas Rangers. Received Rich Hinton and Vince Colbert.

March 24, 1973

Traded Ray Fosse and Jack Heidemann to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dave Duncan and George Hendrick.

April 2, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Tommy McCraw and Bob Marcano (minors) to the California Angels. Received Leo Cardenas.

May 4, 1973 (Standings)

Released Jerry Kenney.

May 10, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Steve Dunning to the Texas Rangers. Received Dick Bosman and Ted Ford.

May 25, 1973 (Standings)

Released Rick Austin.

June 5, 1973 (Standings)

Drafted Tom McMillan in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

Drafted Dave Oliver in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

June 8, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Steve Mingori to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Jackson.

June 12, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Lowell Palmer to the New York Yankees. Received Mike Kekich.

June 15, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Ed Farmer to the Detroit Tigers. Received Tom Timmermann and Kevin Collins.

August 3, 1973 (Standings)

Selected Ken Sanders off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

August 22, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Alfredo Griffin as an amateur free agent.

October 11, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Bill Butler and Dick Colpaert to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jim Strickland and Mike Brooks (minors).

November 3, 1973

Traded Jerry Johnson to the Houston Astros. Received Cecil Upshaw.

December 3, 1973

Traded Jim Rittwage to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dennis O'Toole.

December 5, 1973

Traded Steve Hargan to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Gogolewski (March 23, 1974) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

December 7, 1973

Traded Burnel Flowers (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bob Johnson.

December 12, 1973

Traded Lou Camilli to the San Diego Padres. Received Dwain Anderson.

Traded Roger Freed to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Steve Blateric.

January 9, 1974

Drafted Paul Moskau in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Garry Hancock in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

February 12, 1974

Traded Leo Cardenas to the Texas Rangers. Received Ken Suarez.

March 17, 1974

Traded Mike Hedlund to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Hottman.

March 19, 1974

As part of a 3-team trade, traded Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Perry from the Detroit Tigers. In addition, the New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees.

March 25, 1974

Purchased Jack Heidemann from the Oakland Athletics.

March 26, 1974

Released Ray Lamb.

March 28, 1974

Released Mike Kekich.

Selected Leron Lee off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

April 1, 1974

Released Rich Hinton.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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