1973 Cleveland Indians season

The 1973 Cleveland Indians season was the 73rd in the franchise's history. The club finished in sixth place in the American League East.

Offseason

In January, Vernon Stouffer sold the Cleveland Indians to Nick Mileti for $10 million. It was $1.4 million more than the group led by George Steinbrenner had offered in December 1971.

Notable transactions

October 19, 1972: Eddie Leon was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Walt Williams.
November 27, 1972: Graig Nettles and Jerry Moses were traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for John Ellis, Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes, and Rusty Torres.
November 30, 1972: Del Unser and Terry Wedgewood were traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Oscar Gamble and Roger Freed.
November 30, 1972: Tom Ragland was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Vince Colbert.
March 8, 1973: Alex Johnson was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Rich Hinton and Vince Colbert.
March 24, 1973: Ray Fosse and Jack Heidemann were traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Duncan and George Hendrick.

Regular season

John Adams started to drum at Cleveland Stadium on August 24, 1973, when the Indians played the Texas Rangers. Cleveland won, 11–5. Ever since, Adams has sat in the highest bleacher seat in left center field with his bass drum until 2019.

Notable transactions

May 4, 1973: Jerry Kenney was released by the Indians.
June 12, 1973: Lowell Palmer was traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Mike Kekich.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	11	29	4	5	1	0	1	3	.172	0
	156	631	86	169	23	7	14	59	.268	7
	102	300	29	66	12	1	4	29	.220	0
	72	195	9	42	4	0	0	12	.215	1
	155	572	70	156	30	2	11	53	.273	4
	116	361	34	95	16	4	8	50	.263	6
	95	344	43	80	11	1	17	43	.233	3
	127	437	59	118	12	2	14	68	.270	0
	11	40	3	9	0	1	0	3	.225	1
	113	390	56	104	11	3	20	44	.267	3
	113	440	64	118	18	0	21	61	.268	7
Jerry Kenney	5	16	0	4	0	1	0	2	.250	0
	61	140	16	32	7	0	2	15	.229	0
	98	305	42	89	16	1	6	40	.292	5
	67	183	16	47	7	1	0	12	.257	2
	14	41	6	10	2	0	2	3	.244	1
	140	506	68	120	12	3	23	73	.237	5
	122	312	31	64	8	1	7	28	.205	6
	104	350	43	101	15	1	8	38	.289	9
Team Totals	162	5592	680	1429	205	29	158	636	.256	60

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	1	8	6.22	22	17	0	97.0	130	74	67	29	41
	0	2	6.50	4	3	0	18.0	17	15	13	13	10
	0	2	4.67	16	0	1	17.1	25	12	9	5	10
	5	3	3.14	48	1	6	94.2	87	38	33	36	58
	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
	5	6	6.18	39	1	5	59.2	70	48	41	39	45
	1	4	7.02	16	6	0	50.0	73	47	39	35	26
	0	0	22.50	5	0	0	2.0	5	5	5	5	3
	3	3	4.60	32	1	2	86.0	98	44	44	42	60
	0	0	6.17	5	0	0	11.2	10	8	8	10	4
	19	19	3.38	41	41	0	344.0	315	143	129	115	238
	5	1	1.65	15	0	5	27.1	18	6	5	9	14
	2	10	4.61	27	18	0	123.0	134	73	63	47	91
	14	16	4.42	42	40	0	274.2	289	150	135	95	138
	8	7	4.92	29	15	2	124.1	117	73	68	54	62
	8	10	5.83	26	19	0	134.1	143	90	87	68	82
Team Totals	71	91	4.58	162	162	21	1464.2	1532	826	746	602	883

Awards and honors

'''All-Star Game'''