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

WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN
 1972 ALCS /  1974 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 6, 1973 at Memorial Stadium (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

  Sunday, October 7, 1973 at Memorial Stadium (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

  Tuesday, October 9, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (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

  Wednesday, October 10, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (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

  Thursday, October 11, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (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

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Jesus Alou 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 *64 163 17 46 2 19 0 .282 .653
Mike Andrews 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *70 180 11 36 0 10 0 .200 .557
Sal Bando 5 18 2 3 0 0 2 3 3 6 .167 .318 .500 .818 0 0 162 592 97 170 29 98 4 .287 .873
Vida Blue 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pat Bourque 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 *80 181 19 37 9 29 1 .204 .742
Bert Campaneris 5 21 3 7 1 0 2 3 2 2 .333 .391 .667 1.058 0 0 151 601 89 150 4 46 34 .250 .626
Billy Conigliaro 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 48 110 5 22 0 14 1 .200 .507
Vic Davalillo 4 8 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 .625 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 *97 147 14 27 1 7 0 .184 .428
Rollie Fingers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Ray Fosse 5 11 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 .091 .214 .182 .396 0 0 143 492 37 126 7 52 2 .256 .644
Dick Green 5 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 .077 .077 .154 .231 0 0 133 332 33 87 3 42 0 .262 .648
Ken Holtzman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0
Catfish Hunter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.000
Reggie Jackson 5 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 1 151 539 99 158 32 117 22 .293 .914
Deron Johnson 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .100 .250 .100 .350 0 0 *143 500 64 120 20 86 0 .240 .726
Ted Kubiak 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 106 182 15 40 3 17 1 .220 .580
Allan Lewis 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 16 0 0 0 7
Angel Mangual 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 0 0 74 192 20 43 3 13 1 .224 .560
Blue Moon Odom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 1 5 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Horacio Pina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Rudi 5 18 1 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 .222 .333 .389 .722 0 0 120 437 53 118 12 66 0 .270 .729
Gene Tenace 5 17 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 4 .235 .350 .294 .644 0 0 160 510 83 132 24 84 2 .259 .830
Totals 70 160 15 32 5 1 5 15 17 39 .200 .283 .338 .621 0 1 162 5507 758 1431 147 128 .260 .722

Baltimore Orioles Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Doyle Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Baker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 63 10 12 1 11 0 .190 .585
Don Baylor 4 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 .273 .429 .273 .701 0 0 118 405 64 116 11 51 32 .286 .794
Mark Belanger 5 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 0 0 154 470 60 106 0 27 13 .226 .564
Paul Blair 5 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .167 .250 .167 .417 0 1 146 500 73 140 10 64 18 .280 .736
Larry Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 28 4 7 1 5 0 .250 .710
Al Bumbry 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 0 110 356 73 120 7 34 23 .337 .898
Rich Coggins 2 9 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000 0 0 110 389 54 124 7 41 17 .319 .831
Terry Crowley 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 54 131 16 27 3 15 0 .206 .603
Mike Cuellar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Davis 5 21 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 .286 .318 .333 .652 0 1 137 552 53 169 7 89 11 .306 .732
Andy Etchebarren 4 14 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 .357 .400 .643 1.043 0 0 54 152 16 39 2 23 1 .257 .686
Bobby Grich 5 20 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 .100 .182 .250 .432 0 0 162 581 82 146 12 50 17 .251 .760
Don Hood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave McNally 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Palmer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boog Powell 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 114 370 52 98 11 54 0 .265 .792
Merv Rettenmund 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .091 .286 .091 .377 0 2 95 321 59 84 9 44 11 .262 .789
Bob Reynolds 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooks Robinson 5 20 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 .250 .286 .350 .636 0 0 155 549 53 141 9 72 2 .257 .670
Eddie Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Williams 5 18 2 5 2 0 1 4 2 2 .278 .350 .556 .906 0 0 132 459 58 109 22 83 0 .237 .758
Totals 63 171 15 36 7 0 3 15 16 25 .211 .286 .304 .590 0 4 162 5537 754 1474 119 146 .266 .734

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Vida Blue 2 2 10.29 0 1 0 0 7.0 8 8 5 3 1.857 37 37 3.28 20 9 0 263.2 214 105 158 1.210
Rollie Fingers 3 0 1.93 0 1 1 0 4.2 4 1 2 4 1.286 62 2 1.92 7 8 22 126.2 107 39 110 1.153
Ken Holtzman 1 1 0.82 1 0 0 1 11.0 3 1 1 7 0.364 40 40 2.97 21 13 0 297.1 275 66 157 1.147
Catfish Hunter 2 2 1.65 2 0 0 1 16.1 12 3 5 6 1.041 36 36 3.34 21 5 0 256.1 222 69 124 1.135
Blue Moon Odom 1 0 1.80 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 1 2 4 1.600 30 24 4.49 5 12 0 150.1 153 67 83 1.463
Horacio Pina 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 1 1 2.000 47 0 2.76 6 3 8 88.0 58 34 41 1.045
Totals 10 5 2.74 3 2 1 2 46.0 36 14 16 25 1.130 162 162 3.285 94 68 1457.1 1311 494 797 1.239

Baltimore Orioles Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Doyle Alexander 1 1 4.91 0 1 0 0 3.2 5 2 0 1 1.364 29 26 3.86 12 8 0 174.2 169 52 63 1.265
Mike Cuellar 1 1 1.80 0 1 0 1 10.0 4 2 3 11 0.700 38 38 3.27 18 13 0 267.0 265 84 140 1.307
Grant Jackson 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 0.333 45 0 1.90 8 0 9 80.1 54 24 47 0.971
Dave McNally 1 1 5.87 0 1 0 0 7.2 7 5 2 7 1.174 38 38 3.21 17 17 0 266.0 247 81 87 1.233
Jim Palmer 3 2 1.84 1 0 0 1 14.2 11 3 8 15 1.295 38 37 2.40 22 9 1 296.1 225 113 158 1.141
Bob Reynolds 2 0 3.18 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 3 5 1.412 42 1 1.95 7 5 9 111.0 88 31 77 1.072
Eddie Watt 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.000 30 0 3.30 3 4 5 71.0 62 21 38 1.169
Totals 11 5 2.80 2 3 0 2 45.0 32 14 17 39 1.089 162 162 3.066 97 65 1461.2 1297 475 715 1.212

WS: OAK-NYM / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: NYM-CIN
 1972 ALCS /  1974 ALCS

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