1973 Chicago Cubs roster

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 Kessinger160577521510436.262.327.637
Billy Williams1565767216620864.288.369.806
Rick Monday1495549314826565.267.372.841
Ron Santo1495366514320771.267.348.788
Jose Cardenal14552280158116819.303.375.812
Glenn Beckert11437238950290.255.313.603
Randy Hundley124368358310435.226.283.625
Paul Popovich9928024662243.236.280.580
Jim Hickman9220127493201.244.368.682
Ken Rudolph6417012352171.206.239.539
Carmen Fanzone6415022416221.273.357.797
Gene Hiser1001091519164.174.254.483
Adrian Garrett3654712381.222.267.656
Cleo James444595005.111.130.242
Dave Rosello1638410022.263.300.616
Andre Thornton173537020.200.333.619
Pete LaCock111614030.250.294.607
Matt Alexander12541012.200.333.533
Tom Lundstedt4500000.000.000.000

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 JenkinsSP383814163.89271.01701.200
Burt HootonSP423414173.68239.21341.340
Rick ReuschelRP363614153.00237.01681.290
Milt PappasP30297124.28162.0481.430
Bill BonhamSP4415753.02152.01211.256
Bob LockerP6301062.54106.1761.3018
Larry GuraSP217244.8764.2431.390
Ray BurrisRP311112.9264.2571.420
Jack AkerP470454.1063.2251.5512
Dave LaRocheRP450415.8054.1341.554

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.