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1973 Los Angeles Dodgers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

95-66, Finished 2nd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Walter Alston (95-66)
Scored 675 runs, Allowed 565 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-68

Ballparks: Dodger Stadium · Attendance: 2,136,192 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Orlando Alvarez 21 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 28, 1952 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Jim Brewer 35 L L 6' 1" 186 Nov 14, 1937 14 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Bill Buckner 23 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 5 140 131 140 136 0 0 93 0 0 0 36 0 15 50 9 0 0.2 $
Chris Cannizzaro 35 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 12 17 4 17 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.3 $
Ron Cey 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1948 3 152 142 152 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3.6 $
Willie Crawford 26 L L 6' 1" 197 Sep 7, 1946 10 145 129 145 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 128 138 10 1 5.2 $
George Culver 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1943 8 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Willie Davis 33 L L 6' 2" 180 Apr 15, 1940 14 152 145 152 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 7 0 4.0 $100,000 All-Star
Al Downing 32 R L 5' 11" 175 Jun 28, 1941 13 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $45,000
Jim Fairey 28 L L 5' 10" 190 Sep 22, 1944 6 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.1 $
Joe Ferguson 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 19, 1946 4 136 134 136 136 0 122 0 0 0 0 4 0 18 21 2 0 5.0 $25,000
Steve Garvey 24 R R 5' 10" 192 Dec 22, 1948 5 114 79 114 85 0 0 76 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 33 1 1.3 $
Greg Heydeman 21 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 2, 1952 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Charlie Hough 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 4 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Tommy John 30 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 11 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $65,000
Von Joshua 25 L L 5' 10" 170 May 1, 1948 4 75 36 75 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 3 1 46 30 6 -0.1 $
Lee Lacy 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Apr 10, 1948 2 57 29 57 41 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 -0.9 $
Davey Lopes 28 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 2 142 133 142 138 0 0 0 135 1 2 0 2 3 5 2 4 3.2 $
Ken McMullen 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 1, 1942 12 42 15 42 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.9 $
Andy Messersmith 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 6, 1945 6 34 33 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.4 $70,000
Manny Mota 35 R R 5' 10" 160 Feb 18, 1938 12 89 71 89 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 74 18 0 0.5 $ All-Star
Claude Osteen 33 L L 5' 11" 160 Aug 9, 1939 16 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $100,000 All-Star
Tom Paciorek 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 2, 1946 4 96 41 96 80 0 0 3 0 0 0 38 23 26 78 20 9 0.3 $
Paul Powell 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 19, 1948 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Doug Rau 24 L L 6' 2" 175 Dec 15, 1948 2 31 3 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Pete Richert 33 L L 5' 11" 165 Oct 29, 1939 12 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jerry Royster 20 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 18, 1952 1st 10 5 10 7 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.2 $
Bill Russell 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1948 5 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $ All-Star
Greg Shanahan 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 11, 1947 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Eddie Solomon 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 9, 1951 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Don Sutton HOF 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1945 8 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $88,000 All-Star
Steve Yeager 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1948 2 54 40 54 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.6 $
Geoff Zahn 27 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 19, 1945 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Orlando Alvarez
Paul Powell

Willie Davis

Ken McMullen

Steve Garvey

Steve Yeager

Jerry Royster

Ron Cey

Manny Mota

Von Joshua

Joe Ferguson

Chris Cannizzaro

Davey Lopes

Tom Paciorek

Bill Russell

Don Sutton

Jim Brewer

Bill Buckner

Claude Osteen

Tommy John

Willie Crawford

Jim Fairey

Greg Heydeman

Doug Rau

Lee Lacy

Geoff Zahn

George Culver

Greg Shanahan

Al Downing

Pete Richert

Andy Messersmith

Charlie Hough

Eddie Solomon

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers