1973 New York Mets season
| 1973 New York Mets | ||
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| 1973 NL Pennant | ||
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| Division | Eastern Division | |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
| City | New York, New York | |
| Owners | unknown | |
| Managers | Yogi Berra | |
| Television | unknown | |
| Radio | WFAN WADO (Spanish) | |
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The New York Mets' 1973 season was the 12th regular season for the Mets. They went 82-79 and finished 1st in the NL East. They were managed by Yogi Berra. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
NLCS
Game 1
October 6: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Pedro Borbon (1-0) L: Tom Seaver (0-1) S: None | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYM – None CIN – Pete Rose (1), Johnny Bench (1) | ||||||||||||
| Pitchers: NYM – Seaver CIN – Billingham, Hall (9), Borbon (9) | ||||||||||||
| Attendance: 53,431 | ||||||||||||
Game 2
October 7: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| W: Jon Matlack (1-0) L: Don Gullett (0-1) S: None | |||||||||||||
| HR: NYM – Rusty Staub (1) CIN – None | |||||||||||||
| Pitchers: NYM – Matlack CIN – Gullett, Carroll (6), Hall (9), Borbon (9) | |||||||||||||
| Attendance: 54,041 | |||||||||||||
Game 3
October 8: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| New York | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 9 | 11 | 1 | ||
| W: Jerry Koosman (1-0) L: Ross Grimsley (0-1) S: None | ||||||||||||||
| HR: CIN – Dennis Menke (1) NYM – Rusty Staub (2), (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Pitchers: CIN – Grimsley, Hall (2), Tomlin (3), Nelson (4), Borbon (7) NYM – Koosman
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| Attendance: 53,967 | ||||||||||||||
Game 4
October 9: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| W: Clay Carroll (1-0) L: Harry Parker (0-1) S: Pedro Borbon (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| HR: CIN – Tony Perez (1), Pete Rose (2) NYM – None | ||||||||||||||||
| Pitchers: CIN – Norman, Gullett (6), Carroll (10), Borbon (12) NYM – Stone, McGraw (7), Parker (12)
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| Attendance: 50,786 | ||||||||||||||||
Game 5
October 10: Shea Stadium, New York City, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 7 | 13 | 1 | |
| W: Tom Seaver (1-1) L: Jack Billingham (0-1) S: Tug McGraw (1) | |||||||||||||
| HR: CIN – None NYM – None | |||||||||||||
| Pitchers: CIN – Billingham, Gullett (5), Carroll (5), Grimsley (7) NYM – Seaver, McGraw (9) | |||||||||||||
| Attendance: 50,323 | |||||||||||||
World Series
AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Mets (3)| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mets – 1, A’s – 2 | October 13 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 46,021 | 2:26 |
| 2 | Mets – 10, A’s – 7 (12 inns) | October 14 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 55,989 | 4:13 |
| 3 | A's – 3, Mets – 2 (11 inns) | October 16 | Shea Stadium | 54,817 | 3:15 |
| 4 | A's – 1, Mets – 6 | October 17 | Shea Stadium | 54,817 | 2:41 |
| 5 | A's – 0, Mets – 2 | October 18 | Shea Stadium | 54,817 | 2:39 |
| 6 | Mets – 1, A’s – 3 | October 20 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,333 | 2:07 |
| 7 | Mets – 2, A’s – 5 | October 21 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,333 | 2:37 |
