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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.
In Game 2, the Mets shut out the Reds by a 5–0 score off a two-hit complete game performance from Jon Matlack to even the series. When the series shifted to Queens for Game 3, it was then marred by a fight that broke out in the fifth inning, beginning with a tussle between Cincinnati's Pete Rose and New York's Bud Harrelson at second base.
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 ...
The Big Red Machine is a nickname for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team that dominated the National League from 1970 to 1979 and is widely recognized as being among the best in baseball history. [1] [2] The team won six National League West Division titles, four National League pennants, and two World Series titles. [3]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Matt McLain had a career-high four hits in his 12th big league game, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the slumping Chicago Cubs 8-5 on Sunday for a three-game series sweep. Spencer Steer hit a two-run ...