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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 division leaders at the MLB season's traditional halfway point are the 48–34 Chicago Cubs in the National League East, 5½ games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals; the 51–31 Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West, 3½ lengths up on the San Francisco Giants; the 46–36 New York Yankees in the AL East, two games in front of the Baltimore ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league wins the "RBI crown" [4] or "RBI title" [5] [6] each season by hitting the most runs batted in that year. The first RBI champion in the National League (NL) was Deacon White ; in the league's inaugural 1876 season, White hit 60 RBIs for the Chicago White Stockings . [ 7 ]
List of Major League Baseball career at bat leaders; List of Major League Baseball career singles leaders; List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders; List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders; List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders
Ty Cobb won more batting titles than any other player, though the precise number is unclear because of the race in the 1910 American League. In baseball, batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat. In Major League Baseball (MLB), it is calculated by dividing a player's hits by his at bats (AB).
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 1973 Atlanta Braves season was the eighth season in Atlanta along with the 103rd season as a franchise overall. The highlight of the season was Hank Aaron finishing the season just one home run short of Babe Ruth as baseball's all-time home run king.
April 5, 1973: Frank Baker was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Tom Matchick. [6] June 5, 1973: Kerry Dineen was drafted by the Yankees in the 4th round of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft. [7] June 7, 1973: Frank Tepedino, Wayne Nordhagen and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for ...