Cleon Jones (Trading Card DB)

April 6, 1973: Cleon Jones belts 2 homers; Mets blank Phillies 3-0 on Opening Day

A World Series berth was 161 games and an NL playoff away. Coming…

April 6, 1973: Something’s missing: No Clemente in right field for Pirates

“You kept looking in right field, and he wasn’t there,”…

April 27, 1973: Royals rookie Steve Busby throws a no-hitter

The Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals were two contending…

May 15, 1973: ‘Just a matter of time’: Nolan Ryan’s first no-hitter

“I felt the pressure building on a no-hitter,” said Nolan…

May 15, 1973: Davey May’s 17th-inning blast hoists Brewers to victory

Glancing at the front page of Milwaukee’s major morning newspaper,…

May 17, 1973: Graig Nettles’ walkoff homer lifts Yankees in 11 innings

The American League East was muddled in mid-May in 1973: six…

May 26, 1973: Wilbur Wood, White Sox beat Cleveland in a two-day marathon

The Chicago White Sox entered a Memorial Day weekend series having…

June 13, 1973: Pirates’ Steve Blass loses control

Steve Blass was arguably the best pitcher on the Pittsburgh Pirates…
Cito Gaston (Trading Card DB)

June 15, 1973: Washington, DC viewers watch ‘their Padres’ lose late

Over the decades, residents of Washington, D.C., have turned…
JIm Palmer (TRADING CARD DB)

June 16, 1973: Jim Palmer takes perfect game into 9th inning for Orioles

Jim Palmer was attempting to recover from an intestinal virus…

June 27, 1973: Cardinals clobber Pirates as Torre hits for the cycle

In the first of a two-game series with the division rival St.…
Colburn Park in Newark, New York, circa 2018 (KURT BLUMENAU)

June 28, 1973: Oneonta pitcher Bob Majczan has a Ruthian night to remember

Readers of the Binghamton (New York) Press and Sun-Bulletin opened…

July 1, 1973: Hal King is an unlikely hero in the Queen City for Reds

The 1973 season was not going as envisioned by Cincinnati Reds…
Jim Perry (Trading Card DB)

July 3, 1973: Perry brothers make pitching history, but home runs ruin their outing

Jim Perry debuted with the Cleveland Indians in 1959, became…
Jon Matlack (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 10, 1973: Jon Matlack’s one-hitter beats the Astros at Shea Stadium

The New York Mets entered July 1973 in the National League East…