Birmingham Black Barons History - 1973 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1973 Birmingham Black Barons	86	76	.531	2^nd	3	81-81	5	.247	3.52	X		3,199,495	$60,290,084	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	CC Sabathia	1
Most Impactful Player Award	CC Sabathia	1
Ozzie Award	Willie Mitchell (P), Dave Malarcher (2B), Mark Belanger (SS), Vladimir Guerrero (LF), Eric Davis (RF)	5
All-Star	Eric Davis, Bobo Newsom, CC Sabathia	3
Pitcher of the Month	Bobo Newsom (Jun), CC Sabathia (Aug)	2
Batter of the Month	Vladimir Guerrero (Aug)	1
Rookie of the Month	Marty Berghammer (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	CC Sabathia (Jun 4), Jim Piersall (Jul 30), Vladimir Guerrero (Aug 6), CC Sabathia (Aug 13), Vladimir Guerrero (Aug 20)	5

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
RF	Eric Davis	28	157	592	157	15	6	33	78	94	77	6	2	4	157	19	5	.265	.353	.478	.832	5.8	123
1B	Bob Watson	26	159	598	192	32	5	17	66	89	58	17	0	7	92	1	0	.321	.393	.477	.869	5.4	135
LF	Vladimir Guerrero	30	158	596	174	21	1	41	106	88	41	6	0	4	54	13	3	.292	.342	.537	.878	5.5	134
2B	Dave Malarcher	30	143	514	106	12	0	9	42	65	92	6	5	2	62	13	4	.206	.332	.282	.614	1.6	69
SS	Mark Belanger	32	156	486	115	24	3	3	27	36	58	5	3	2	69	10	9	.237	.323	.317	.640	1.2	75
C	Yadier Molina	38	132	493	120	20	1	6	56	42	32	7	1	4	44	4	0	.243	.297	.325	.621	1.7	69
CF	Jim Piersall	32	106	387	103	17	3	8	49	44	23	1	0	2	40	4	3	.266	.308	.388	.695	1.7	87
1B	Frank Howard	37	127	331	68	10	0	14	39	25	29	1	0	4	73	1	0	.205	.268	.363	.631	-0.7	69
3B	Rance Mulliniks	31	76	240	55	11	1	9	22	25	36	0	0	1	43	0	0	.229	.329	.396	.724	1.2	96
3B	Buddy Bell	21	63	241	75	11	1	9	19	29	21	4	0	1	20	1	1	.311	.375	.477	.852	2.6	129
3B	Starlin Castro	34	110	246	59	10	0	7	35	16	16	1	0	2	39	1	1	.240	.287	.366	.653	-0.2	76
C	Harry Danning	35	38	115	18	3	0	1	11	4	4	1	0	3	24	0	0	.157	.187	.209	.396	-0.7	7
P	CC Sabathia	26	41	98	14	2	0	0	5	6	4	0	20	0	39	0	0	.143	.176	.163	.340	-1.5	-7
P	Bobo Newsom	35	41	102	18	2	0	0	5	10	0	0	13	0	38	0	0	.176	.176	.196	.373	-1.4	1
P	Rick Reuschel	25	41	92	17	3	0	2	6	10	0	0	15	0	36	0	0	.185	.185	.283	.467	-0.8	25
P	Willie Mitchell	19	39	66	6	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	16	0	17	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	-1.0	-28
RF	Leon Roberts	24	63	71	14	2	0	2	8	9	8	2	0	0	24	0	1	.197	.296	.310	.606	-0.0	65
2B	Marty Berghammer	35	43	44	9	2	0	0	3	6	5	1	3	0	10	0	1	.205	.300	.250	.550	0.0	51
LF	Gus J Williams	30	46	44	7	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	13	4	0	.159	.178	.273	.451	-0.3	20
CF	Deion Sanders	33	45	19	6	1	1	0	4	10	2	1	0	0	5	7	2	.316	.409	.474	.883	0.5	139
P	Harry Krause	22	8	17	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	-0.3	-36
P	Billy Wagner	39	57	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Jose Lima	24	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	445
P	Ian Krol	28	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Moe Burtschy	32	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Dave Wickersham	25	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Joe Musgrove	35	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		30.4	1929	5407	1337	198	23	162	588	616	512	60	79	36	911	78	30	.247	.317	.382	.700	19.8	88
NL Rank				5	4	5	6	4	5	5	4	6	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	4
ABBA Rank				11	10	11	12	7	11	11	7	10	4	10	4	9	10	10	9	11	11	6

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
CC Sabathia	26	41	41	26	11	0	2.30	317.3	244	87	81	25	54	225	0	17	7	.94	.241	9.8	174
Bobo Newsom	35	41	41	19	10	0	2.94	309.3	240	108	101	36	109	204	0	12	2	1.13	.232	4.2	136
Rick Reuschel	25	41	41	14	20	0	4.54	291.7	270	160	147	54	92	192	0	8	1	1.24	.250	1.2	88
Willie Mitchell	19	39	34	10	16	0	4.29	245.7	254	129	117	18	92	145	0	7	0	1.41	.301	4.4	93
Billy Wagner	39	57	0	5	6	30	2.10	77.0	60	19	18	5	32	78	5	0	0	1.19	.284	2.8	190
Harry Krause	22	8	5	5	1	0	1.70	47.7	30	11	9	5	11	20	0	5	1	.86	.181	0.4	235
Ian Krol	28	22	0	2	3	0	3.60	30.0	23	12	12	3	14	21	0	0	0	1.23	.235	0.1	111
Arnold Umbach	26	25	0	2	1	2	7.36	29.3	34	24	24	2	21	13	1	0	0	1.88	.314	-0.3	54
Joe Musgrove	35	20	0	3	7	2	4.39	26.7	30	15	13	4	8	15	0	0	0	1.42	.295	-0.0	91
Jose Lima	24	12	0	0	0	0	3.32	21.7	27	11	8	3	8	12	0	0	0	1.62	.329	0.1	120
Dave Wickersham	25	13	0	0	0	0	6.97	20.7	31	19	16	5	8	11	0	0	0	1.89	.347	-0.5	57
Moe Burtschy	32	13	0	0	1	0	6.11	17.7	22	12	12	2	8	11	1	0	0	1.70	.333	-0.0	65
Jack Fee	33	6	0	0	0	0	6.14	7.3	10	5	5	1	3	4	0	0	0	1.77	.360	0.0	65
Orlin Collier	36	1	0	0	0	0	18.00	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.00	.400	-0.1	22
14 Pitchers	27.4	339	162	86	76	34	3.52	1443.0	1277	614	565	163	462	951	7	49	11	1.21	.260	22.1	128
NL Rank		5	1	2	5	4	2	6	1	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank		7	1	3	9	6	2	11	1	2	2	6	3	3	5	5	2	1	1	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Sabathia	41	41	22	36	3	60	2	.967	317.3	1.64	-0.5
B. Newsom	41	41	19	42	4	66	5	.924	309.3	1.77	-2.4
R. Reuschel	41	41	22	30	3	54	2	.963	291.7	1.60	0.5
W. Mitchell	39	34	14	33	1	47	0	1.000	245.7	1.72	2.2
B. Wagner	55	0	2	3	0	6	1	.833	77.0	0.58	-0.7
H. Krause	8	5	5	9	2	15	1	.933	47.7	2.64	-0.0
I. Krol	21	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	30.0	0.90	-0.1
A. Umbach	24	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	29.3	1.84	-0.0
J. Musgrove	20	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	26.7	1.35	-0.0
J. Lima	12	0	1	1	1	3	1	.667	21.7	0.83	-0.5
D. Wickersham	13	0	1	4	1	6	1	.833	20.7	2.18	-0.0
M. Burtschy	13	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	17.7	1.02	-0.0
J. Fee	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	7.3	1.23	-0.0
O. Collier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	335	162	89	171	16	273	13	.952	1443.0	1.62	-1.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
Y. Molina	132	132	781	81	11	866	4	.995	1166.3	6.65	5.1	3	36.9
H. Danning	36	30	186	19	2	206	1	.995	276.7	6.67	0.4	1	40.0
Totals	168	162	967	100	13	1072	5	.995	1443.0	6.65	5.5	4	37.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	83	81	664	49	60	720	7	.990	702.3	9.14	0.2
F. Howard	81	78	685	49	71	751	17	.977	664.3	9.94	-2.5
S. Castro	34	3	71	5	6	76	0	1.000	71.0	9.63	0.1
D. Malarcher	2	0	4	1	0	5	0	1.000	5.0	9.00	0.0
B. Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	201	162	1424	104	137	1552	24	.985	1443.0	9.53	-2.1

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Malarcher	141	140	302	364	97	676	10	.985	1240.0	4.83	4.6
B. Bell	11	11	29	26	5	55	0	1.000	96.3	5.14	-0.2
S. Castro	9	6	17	19	8	36	0	1.000	55.0	5.89	-0.1
M. Berghammer	8	5	18	22	7	40	0	1.000	50.7	7.11	0.9
R. Mulliniks	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	367	431	117	808	10	.988	1443.0	4.98	5.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Mulliniks	70	66	45	138	14	190	7	.963	579.0	2.84	0.0
B. Bell	51	51	30	105	9	142	7	.951	431.7	2.81	2.7
S. Castro	47	45	27	100	9	134	7	.948	399.0	2.86	-3.9
M. Berghammer	18	0	1	10	1	11	0	1.000	33.3	2.97	0.1
Totals	186	162	103	353	33	477	21	.956	1443.0	2.84	-1.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Belanger	156	156	202	440	96	648	6	.991	1329.3	4.35	6.4
S. Castro	19	4	4	14	2	19	1	.947	69.3	2.34	-0.6
M. Berghammer	16	2	9	14	5	23	0	1.000	38.3	5.40	0.4
D. Malarcher	4	0	2	2	1	4	0	1.000	5.0	7.20	-0.0
R. Mulliniks	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	196	162	217	471	104	695	7	.990	1443.0	4.29	6.2

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	78	78	208	3	0	212	1	.995	678.7	2.80	1.7
B. Watson	74	73	168	3	1	174	3	.983	653.3	2.36	0.1
J. Piersall	9	8	21	0	0	21	0	1.000	66.3	2.85	0.4
G. Williams	4	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	19.3	2.33	-0.1
L. Roberts	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	17.0	1.59	-0.0
D. Sanders	6	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	8.3	7.56	2.1
Totals	173	162	411	7	1	422	4	.991	1443.0	2.61	4.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Piersall	83	82	199	3	1	205	3	.985	725.0	2.51	3.5
E. Davis	77	77	186	5	3	192	1	.995	684.7	2.51	3.0
D. Sanders	7	3	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	33.3	2.43	-0.2
Totals	167	162	394	8	4	406	4	.990	1443.0	2.51	6.3

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Davis	78	78	173	3	1	177	1	.994	688.3	2.30	4.9
V. Guerrero	75	73	151	3	0	159	5	.969	651.7	2.13	1.5
J. Piersall	8	8	19	2	2	21	0	1.000	57.3	3.30	0.5
L. Roberts	7	3	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	38.3	1.88	-0.1
G. Williams	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	7.0	1.29	-0.8
D. Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	352	8	3	366	6	.984	1443.0	2.25	6.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.321
On-Base Percentage	Bob Watson	.393
Slugging Percentage	Vladimir Guerrero	.537
OPS	Vladimir Guerrero	.878
Games	Bob Watson	159
At-Bats	Bob Watson	598
Runs	Eric Davis	94
Hits	Bob Watson	192
Doubles	Bob Watson	32
Triples	Eric Davis	6
Home Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	41
Runs Batted In	Vladimir Guerrero	106
Stolen Bases	Eric Davis	19
Caught Stealing	Mark Belanger	9
Walks	Dave Malarcher	92
Strikeouts	Eric Davis	157

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	CC Sabathia	26
Losses	Rick Reuschel	20
Saves	Billy Wagner	30
Games	Billy Wagner	57
Games Started	CC Sabathia, Bobo Newsom, Rick Reuschel	41
Complete Games	CC Sabathia	17
Shutouts	CC Sabathia	7
Innings Pitched	CC Sabathia	317.3
Hits Allowed	Rick Reuschel	270
Home Runs Allowed	Rick Reuschel	54
Strikeouts	CC Sabathia	225
Walks Allowed	Bobo Newsom	109
Earned Run Average	CC Sabathia	2.30
Walks + Hits per IP	CC Sabathia	0.94
BABIP	Bobo Newsom	.232

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
February 12th	3B Derek Jeter SS Don Kessinger	to the Los Angeles Angels for
June 25th	SS Spike Owen P Jack Fee 3rd Round Draft Pick 4th Round Draft Pick	to the Boston Americans for	P Joe Musgrove 3B Rance Mulliniks