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1973 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972/1974)
57-105, Finished 6th in AL Western Division
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Scored 619 runs, Allowed 844 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-103
Managed by Whitey Herzog, Del Wilber, and Billy Martin

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 686,085 (11th of 12)
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Batting - 95, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 100
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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 30, 1972

Traded Paul Lindblad to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and Bill McNulty. The Oakland Athletics sent Brant Alyea (November 30, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

Traded Horacio Pina to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Epstein.

Traded Tom Ragland to the Cleveland Indians. Received Vince Colbert.

December 1, 1972

Traded Hal King and Jim Driscoll to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Merritt.

January 10, 1973

Drafted Jim Sundberg in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Jeff Schneider in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

January 25, 1973

Released Dalton Jones.

February 1, 1973

Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Charlie Hudson. The Texas Rangers sent Mike Thompson (March 31, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Nagy (March 31, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

March 8, 1973

Traded Rich Hinton and Vince Colbert to the Cleveland Indians. Received Alex Johnson.

March 28, 1973

Traded Bill McNulty to the New York Mets. Received Bill Sudakis.

April 8, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Doug Ault as an amateur free agent.

May 4, 1973 (Standings)

Received Sonny Siebert from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

May 10, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Dick Bosman and Ted Ford to the Cleveland Indians. Received Steve Dunning.

May 20, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Mike Epstein, Rich Hand, and Rick Stelmaszek to the California Angels. Received Jim Spencer and Lloyd Allen.

June 5, 1973 (Standings)

Drafted David Clyde in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.

Drafted Len Barker in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

Drafted Ken Pape in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

Drafted Bill Sample in the 28th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Dan Duran in the 30th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

June 6, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Mike Nagy and John Wockenfuss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Bibby.

June 22, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Greg Mahlberg as an amateur free agent.

July 11, 1973 (Standings)

Purchased Jim Fregosi from the New York Mets.

July 16, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Jim Kremmel to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Don Durham.

July 23, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Mike Bacsik as an amateur free agent.

August 13, 1973 (Standings)

Sold Rico Carty to the Chicago Cubs.

August 31, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Mike Paul to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

October 25, 1973

Traded Bill Madlock and Vic Harris to the Chicago Cubs. Received Fergie Jenkins.

October 26, 1973

Traded Sonny Siebert to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tommy Cruz and cash.

December 5, 1973

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

December 6, 1973

Purchased Terry Crowley from the Baltimore Orioles.

Sold Jim Mason to the New York Yankees.

December 7, 1973

Sold Bill Sudakis to the New York Yankees.

Purchased Cesar Tovar from the Philadelphia Phillies.

December 20, 1973

Traded Larry Biittner to the Montreal Expos. Received Pat Jarvis.

January 9, 1974

Drafted Roy Smalley in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

Drafted John Sutton in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.

February 12, 1974

Traded Ken Suarez to the Cleveland Indians. Received Leo Cardenas.

March, 1974

Signed Larry Brown as a free agent.

March 19, 1974

Sold Terry Crowley to the Cincinnati Reds.

March 23, 1974

Sold Elliott Maddox to the New York Yankees.

March 27, 1974

Released Pat Jarvis.


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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