1972 World Series
Oakland Athletics over Cincinnati Reds (4-3)

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Dates: October 14 - 22, 1972

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 14
Oakland Athletics	3	Final
Cincinnati Reds	2

W	Ken Holtzman (1-1)
L	Gary Nolan (0-1)
S	Vida Blue (2)

Game 2, October 15
Oakland Athletics	2	Final
Cincinnati Reds	1

W	Catfish Hunter (1-0)
L	Ross Grimsley (1-1)
S	Rollie Fingers (1)

Game 3, October 18
Cincinnati Reds	1	Final
Oakland Athletics	0

W	Jack Billingham (1-0)
L	Blue Moon Odom (2-1)
S	Clay Carroll (1)

Game 4, October 19
Cincinnati Reds	2	Final
Oakland Athletics	3

W	Rollie Fingers (2-0)
L	Clay Carroll (1-2)

Game 5, October 20
Cincinnati Reds	5	Final
Oakland Athletics	4

W	Ross Grimsley (2-1)
L	Rollie Fingers (2-1)
S	Jack Billingham (1)

Game 6, October 21
Oakland Athletics	1	Final
Cincinnati Reds	8

W	Ross Grimsley (3-1)
L	Vida Blue (0-1)
S	Tom Hall (1)

Game 7, October 22
Oakland Athletics	3	Final
Cincinnati Reds	2

W	Catfish Hunter (2-0)
L	Pedro Borbón (0-1)
S	Rollie Fingers (2)

Series Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics Batting

Oakland Athletics Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Matty Alou*	7	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.042	.148	.042	.190	1	0	1	-0.20	-10.72%	*140	525	57	161	4	47	13	.307	.729
Sal Bando	7	26	2	7	1	0	0	1	2	5	.269	.321	.308	.629	0	0	1	-0.21	2.57%	152	535	64	126	15	77	3	.236	.709
Vida Blue#	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0.02	0.45%	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	.044	.184
Bert Campaneris	7	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	.179	.207	.179	.385	0	1	1	-0.82	-26.16%	149	625	85	150	8	32	52	.240	.603
Dave Duncan	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0	0.20	2.89%	121	403	39	88	19	59	0	.218	.676
Mike Epstein*	6	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.000	.238	.000	.238	0	0	2	-0.28	-10.11%	138	455	63	123	26	70	0	.270	.866
Rollie Fingers	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.02	-1.16%	65	19	2	6	1	2	0	.316	.789
Dick Green	7	18	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	.333	.333	.444	.778	0	0	0	0.09	2.72%	26	42	1	12	0	3	0	.286	.705
Dave Hamilton*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	25	26	2	4	0	0	0	.154	.505
Mike Hegan*	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	-0.14	-6.63%	98	79	13	26	1	5	1	.329	.805
George Hendrick	5	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.133	.188	.133	.321	0	0	0	-0.28	-8.47%	58	121	10	22	4	15	3	.182	.511
Ken Holtzman	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	-0.07	-2.49%	40	90	6	16	0	6	0	.178	.409
Joe Horlen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	32	17	1	3	0	0	0	.176	.353
Catfish Hunter	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	0	0	1	0.10	4.85%	39	105	5	23	0	5	0	.219	.434
Ted Kubiak#	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	-0.10	-3.10%	*97	210	19	43	0	15	0	.205	.525
Allan Lewis#	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	2		-0.04	-1.21%	24	10	5	2	0	2	8	.200	.500
Bob Locker#	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	56	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333
Ángel Mangual	4	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	0	0	1	0.10	4.55%	91	272	19	67	5	32	0	.246	.649
Gonzalo Márquez*	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	0	0		0.18	4.98%	23	21	2	8	0	4	1	.381	.842
Don Mincher*	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0		0.52	19.72%	*108	245	25	53	6	44	2	.216	.697
Blue Moon Odom	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.08	-5.22%	59	66	16	8	2	2	4	.121	.362
Joe Rudi	7	25	1	6	0	0	1	1	2	5	.240	.321	.360	.681	0	0	0	-0.18	-12.98%	147	593	94	181	19	75	3	.305	.830
Gene Tenace	7	23	5	8	1	0	4	9	2	4	.348	.400	.913	1.313	0	0	1	1.07	52.95%	82	227	22	51	5	32	0	.225	.646
Tim Cullen	Did not play in series																			72	142	10	37	0	15	0	.261	.617
Dal Maxvill	Did not play in series																			27	36	2	9	0	1	0	.250	.548
Totals	108	220	16	46	4	0	5	16	21	37	.209	.281	.295	.576	1	3		-0.15	7.43%	155	5200	604	1248	134		87	.240	.672

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

Cincinnati Reds Batting

Cincinnati Reds Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Johnny Bench	7	23	4	6	1	0	1	1	5	5	.261	.393	.435	.828	2	0	1	0.23	15.88%	147	538	87	145	40	125	6	.270	.920
Jack Billingham	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.15	-4.94%	36	71	2	5	0	2	0	.070	.180
Pedro Borbón	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	62	21	0	1	0	1	0	.048	.178
Clay Carroll	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	65	11	2	2	0	1	0	.182	.364
Darrel Chaney#	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.300	.000	.300	0	0	0	-0.14	-0.17%	83	196	29	49	2	19	1	.250	.682
Dave Concepción	6	13	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	2	.308	.375	.462	.837	1	1	1	-0.01	0.62%	119	378	40	79	2	29	13	.209	.541
George Foster	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	59	145	15	29	2	12	2	.200	.513
César Gerónimo*	7	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	.158	.200	.158	.358	1	0	0	-0.15	-14.33%	120	255	32	70	4	29	2	.275	.756
Ross Grimsley*	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.11	-3.75%	30	66	5	8	0	1	0	.121	.256
Don Gullett	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-1.44%	31	38	7	8	0	3	0	.211	.487
Joe Hague*	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.19	-15.34%	*96	214	25	52	7	31	1	.243	.766
Tom Hall*	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.64%	47	30	5	3	0	0	0	.100	.256
Julián Javier	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.23	-7.63%	44	91	3	19	2	12	1	.209	.552
Jim McGlothlin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-1.29%	31	46	6	8	1	1	0	.174	.516
Hal McRae	5	9	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	.444	.400	.556	.956	0	0	0	0.17	7.17%	61	97	9	27	5	26	0	.278	.769
Denis Menke	7	24	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	6	.083	.154	.208	.362	0	0	0	-0.81	-52.33%	140	447	41	104	9	50	0	.233	.667
Joe Morgan*	7	24	4	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	.125	.300	.208	.508	2	1	1	0.05	10.70%	149	552	122	161	16	73	58	.292	.851
Gary Nolan	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.12	-4.12%	25	60	5	7	0	2	0	.117	.305
Tony Pérez	7	23	3	10	2	0	0	2	4	4	.435	.500	.522	1.022	0	0	1	0.32	14.88%	136	515	64	146	21	90	4	.283	.846
Pete Rose#	7	28	3	6	0	0	1	2	4	4	.214	.313	.321	.634	1	1	0	-0.05	-6.27%	154	645	107	198	6	57	10	.307	.799
Bobby Tolan*	7	26	2	7	1	0	0	6	1	4	.269	.296	.308	.604	5	0	1	0.63	20.54%	149	604	88	171	8	82	42	.283	.720
Ted Uhlaender*	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0		-0.01	-1.20%	73	113	9	18	0	6	0	.159	.432
Bill Plummer	Did not play in series																			38	102	8	19	2	9	0	.186	.495
Totals	103	220	21	46	8	1	3	21	27	46	.209	.295	.295	.590	12	3		-0.66	-43.66%	154	5241	707	1317	124		140	.251	.710

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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