1973 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Whitey Lockman

30 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1973 MLB season.

1973 Cubs roster: batting

1973 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Don Kessinger30160577521510436.262.327.637
Billy Williams351565767216620864.288.369.806
Rick Monday271495549314826565.267.372.841
Ron Santo331495366514320771.267.348.788
Jose Cardenal2914552280158116819.303.375.812
Glenn Beckert3211437238950290.255.313.603
Randy Hundley31124368358310435.226.283.625
Paul Popovich329928024662243.236.280.580
Jim Hickman369220127493201.244.368.682
Ken Rudolph266417012352171.206.239.539
Carmen Fanzone296415022416221.273.357.797
Gene Hiser241001091519164.174.254.483
Adrian Garrett303654712381.222.267.656
Cleo James32444595005.111.130.242
Dave Rosello231638410022.263.300.616
Andre Thornton23173537020.200.333.619
Pete LaCock21111614030.250.294.607
Matt Alexander2612541012.200.333.533
Tom Lundstedt244500000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1973 Cubs roster: pitching

1973 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Fergie JenkinsSP30383814163.89271.01701.200
Burt HootonSP23423414173.68239.21341.340
Rick ReuschelRP24363614153.00237.01681.290
Milt PappasP3430297124.28162.0481.430
Bill BonhamSP244415753.02152.01211.256
Bob LockerP356301062.54106.1761.3018
Larry GuraSP25217244.8764.2431.390
Ray BurrisRP22311112.9264.2571.420
Jack AkerP32470454.1063.2251.5512
Dave LaRocheRP25450415.8054.1341.554

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.