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1973 AL Championship Series (3-2): Oakland Athletics (94-68) over Baltimore Orioles (97-65)

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WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1973 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1
    Baltimore Orioles            4  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  x     6 12  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Blue, Pina (1), Odom (3), Fingers (8)
              BAL - Palmer

               WP - Jim Palmer
	       LP - Vida Blue
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,279

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1973 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  1     6  9  0
    Baltimore Orioles            1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Hunter, Fingers (8)
              BAL - McNally, Reynolds (8), Jackson (9)

               WP - Catfish Hunter
	       LP - Dave McNally
             SAVE - Rollie Fingers

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Bando (2), Campaneris, Rudi
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 48,425

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     1  3  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1     2  4  3

    PITCHERS: BAL - Cuellar
              OAK - Holtzman

               WP - Ken Holtzman
	       LP - Mike Cuellar
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Williams
              OAK - Campaneris

  ATTENDANCE: 34,367

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    4  1  0     5  8  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Palmer, Reynolds (2), Watt (7), Jackson (7)
              OAK - Blue, Fingers (7)

               WP - Grant Jackson
	       LP - Rollie Fingers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Etchebarren, Grich
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 27,497

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  2
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Alexander, Palmer (4)
              OAK - Hunter

               WP - Catfish Hunter
	       LP - Doyle Alexander
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 24,265

Series Batting Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jesus Alou          4   6  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |+163  46  2  .282  .654   0
 Mike Andrews        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+180  36  0  .200  .557   0
 Sal Bando           5  18  2  3  0  0  2   3  3  6  .167  .318  .500  0 | 592 170 29  .287  .873   4
#Vida Blue           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Pat Bourque         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  1  .000  .667  .000  0 |+181  37  9  .204  .743   1
 Bert Campaneris     5  21  3  7  1  0  2   3  2  2  .333  .391  .667  0 | 601 150  4  .250  .626  34
 Billy Conigliaro    1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 110  22  0  .200  .507   1
*Vic Davalillo       4   8  2  5  1  1  0   1  1  0  .625  .667 1.000  0 |+147  27  1  .184  .429   0
 Rollie Fingers      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Ray Fosse           5  11  2  1  1  0  0   3  2  2  .091  .214  .182  0 | 492 126  7  .256  .645   2
 Dick Green          5  13  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  4  .077  .077  .154  0 | 332  87  3  .262  .648   0
 Ken Holtzman        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Catfish Hunter      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   1  0 1.000 2.000   0
*Reggie Jackson      5  21  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  6  .143  .143  .143  0 | 539 158 32  .293  .914  22
 Deron Johnson       4  10  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  6  .100  .250  .100  0 |+500 120 20  .240  .726   0
#Ted Kubiak          3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 182  40  3  .220  .580   1
#Allan Lewis         2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               7
 Angel Mangual       3   9  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .111  .111  .111  0 | 192  43  3  .224  .559   1
 Blue Moon Odom      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   1
 Horacio Pina        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Joe Rudi            5  18  1  4  0  0  1   3  3  1  .222  .333  .389  0 | 437 118 12  .270  .729   0
 Gene Tenace         5  17  3  4  1  0  0   0  2  4  .235  .350  .294  0 | 510 132 24  .259  .830   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 160 15 32  5  1  5  15 17 39  .200  .283  .338  0 |        147  .260  .721 128

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Baltimore Orioles

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Doyle Alexander     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Frank Baker         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  63  12  1  .190  .585   0
 Don Baylor          4  11  3  3  0  0  0   1  3  5  .273  .429  .273  0 | 405 116 11  .286  .794  32
 Mark Belanger       5  16  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  .125  .176  .125  0 | 470 106  0  .226  .564  13
 Paul Blair          5  18  2  3  0  0  0   0  1  5  .167  .250  .167  0 | 500 140 10  .280  .736  18
 Larry Brown         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  28   7  1  .250  .710   0
*Al Bumbry           2   7  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  2  .000  .222  .000  0 | 356 120  7  .337  .898  23
*Rich Coggins        2   9  1  4  1  0  0   0  0  0  .444  .444  .556  0 | 389 124  7  .319  .831  17
*Terry Crowley       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 131  27  3  .206  .602   0
*Mike Cuellar        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Tommy Davis         5  21  1  6  1  0  0   2  1  0  .286  .318  .333  0 | 552 169  7  .306  .732  11
 Andy Etchebarren    4  14  1  5  1  0  1   4  0  1  .357  .400  .643  0 | 152  39  2  .257  .685   1
 Bobby Grich         5  20  1  2  0  0  1   1  2  5  .100  .182  .250  0 | 581 146 12  .251  .760  17
#Grant Jackson       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dave McNally        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jim Palmer          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Boog Powell         1   4  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 370  98 11  .265  .793   0
 Merv Rettenmund     3  11  1  1  0  0  0   0  3  2  .091  .286  .091  0 | 321  84  9  .262  .789  11
 Bob Reynolds        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Brooks Robinson     5  20  1  5  2  0  0   2  1  1  .250  .286  .350  0 | 549 141  9  .257  .670   2
 Eddie Watt          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Earl Williams       5  18  2  5  2  0  1   4  2  2  .278  .350  .556  0 | 459 109 22  .237  .758   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 171 15 36  7  0  3  15 16 25  .211  .286  .304  0 |        119  .266  .732 146

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Catfish Hunter      2   1.65 2-0  0  1 16.3 12  3  5  6 | 21-5  256  3.34  1.14 124   
*Ken Holtzman        1   0.82 1-0  0  1 11.0  3  1  1  7 | 21-13 297  2.97  1.15 157   
*Vida Blue           2  10.29 0-1  0  0  7.0  8  8  5  3 | 20-9  264  3.28  1.21 158   
 Blue Moon Odom      1   1.80 0-0  0  0  5.0  6  1  2  4 |  5-12 150  4.49  1.46  83   
 Rollie Fingers      3   1.93 0-1  1  0  4.7  4  1  2  4 |  7-8  127  1.92  1.15 110 22
 Horacio Pina        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  3  0  1  1 |  6-3   88  2.76  1.05  41  8
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.74 3-2  1  2 46.0 36 14 16 25 |            3.29 1.240   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Baltimore Orioles

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Jim Palmer          3   1.84 1-0  0  1 14.7 11  3  8 15 | 22-9  296  2.40  1.14 158  1
*Mike Cuellar        1   1.80 0-1  0  1 10.0  4  2  3 11 | 18-13 267  3.27  1.31 140   
*Dave McNally        1   5.87 0-1  0  0  7.7  7  5  2  7 | 17-17 266  3.21  1.23  87   
 Bob Reynolds        2   3.18 0-0  0  0  5.7  5  2  3  5 |  7-5  111  1.95  1.07  77  9
 Doyle Alexander     1   4.91 0-1  0  0  3.7  5  2  0  1 | 12-8  175  3.86  1.27  63   
*Grant Jackson       2   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.0  0  0  1  0 |  8-0   80  1.90  0.97  47  9
 Eddie Watt          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  0 |  3-4   71  3.30  1.17  38  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.80 2-3  0  2 45.0 32 14 17 39 |            3.07 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN

 1972 ALCS /  1974 ALCS

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