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The 1973 Cincinnati Reds season was the 104th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 4th and 3rd full season at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.The Reds won the National League West with a Major League-best record of 99–63, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers, before losing the NLCS to the New York Mets in five games.
The 1973 National League Championship Series was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball’s 1973 postseason played between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds from October 6 to 10. New York won the series three games to two and advanced to the World Series , where they lost to the Oakland Athletics in what was the second of three ...
In the National League, the Cincinnati Reds returned for the third time in the past four seasons, and the New York Mets returned for the second time in the past five seasons. The playoffs began on October 6, 1973, and concluded on October 21, 1973, with the Athletics defeating the Mets in seven games in the 1973 World Series. The Athletics ...
This is a list of team records for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. The Reds do not recognize records set before 1900. ... At Bats: Pete Rose, 680 (1973) Runs ...
The 17-time All-Star holds the MLB record with 4,256 career hits, was the National League MVP in 1973 and won three World Series titles. But he is ineligible for the Hall of Fame because of his ...
The 1973 Major League Baseball season was the first season of the designated hitter rule in the American League. [1] American League umpires began wearing burgundy blazers with blue pants, a change from the navy blue coats and gray pants worn the previous five seasons (1968–1972). The burgundy blazers were worn through 1979.
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The Pirates rewarded him with baseball's first million-dollar-per-year contract. [8] [9] The following year, he was an instrumental part of the Pirates' World Series championship team. [10] During a game in 1979, a powerful hit he made to right field was very difficult to throw into the infield, because he had "knocked the cover off the ball."