1973 World Series - Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3)

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1973 World Series (4-3): Oakland Athletics (94-68) over New York Mets (82-79)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 13, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  2
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Matlack, McGraw (7)
              OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (6), Knowles (9)

               WP - Ken Holtzman
	       LP - Jon Matlack
             SAVE - Darold Knowles

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 46,021

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 14, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  1  1    0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  4    10 15  1
    Oakland Athletics            2  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  1     7 13  5

    PITCHERS: NYM - Koosman, Sadecki (3), Parker (5), McGraw (6), Stone (12)
              OAK - Blue, Pina (6), Knowles (6), Odom (8), Fingers (10), Lindblad (12)

               WP - Tug McGraw
	       LP - Rollie Fingers
             SAVE - George Stone

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Garrett, Jones
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,151

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 16, 1973 at Shea Stadium (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1     3 10  1
    New York Mets                2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     2 10  2

    PITCHERS: OAK - Hunter, Knowles (7), Lindblad (9), Fingers (11)
              NYM - Seaver, Sadecki (9), McGraw (9), Parker (11)

               WP - Paul Lindblad
	       LP - Harry Parker
             SAVE - Rollie Fingers

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              NYM - Garrett

  ATTENDANCE: 54,817

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 17, 1973 at Shea Stadium (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1
    New York Mets                3  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  x     6 13  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Holtzman, Odom (1), Knowles (4), Pina (5), Lindblad (8)
              NYM - Matlack, Sadecki (9)

               WP - Jon Matlack
	       LP - Ken Holtzman
             SAVE - Ray Sadecki

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              NYM - Staub

  ATTENDANCE: 54,817

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 18, 1973 at Shea Stadium (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  1
    New York Mets                0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Blue, Knowles (6), Fingers (7)
              NYM - Koosman, McGraw (7)

               WP - Jerry Koosman
	       LP - Vida Blue
             SAVE - Tug McGraw

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,817

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 20, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  6  2
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Seaver, McGraw (8)
              OAK - Hunter, Knowles (8), Fingers (8)

               WP - Catfish Hunter
	       LP - Tom Seaver
             SAVE - Rollie Fingers

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,333

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 21, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1     2  8  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  4    0  1  0    0  0  x     5  9  1

    PITCHERS: NYM - Matlack, Parker (3), Sadecki (5), Stone (7)
              OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (6), Knowles (9)

               WP - Ken Holtzman
	       LP - Jon Matlack
             SAVE - Darold Knowles

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              OAK - Campaneris, Jackson

  ATTENDANCE: 49,333

Series MVP - Reggie Jackson

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	7	19	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	.158	.150	.211	.361	0	0	*64	163	17	46	2	19	0	.282	.653
Mike Andrews	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	*70	180	11	36	0	10	0	.200	.557
Sal Bando	7	26	5	6	1	1	0	1	4	7	.231	.333	.346	.679	0	0	162	592	97	170	29	98	4	.287	.873
Vida Blue	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pat Bourque	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*80	181	19	37	9	29	1	.204	.742
Bert Campaneris	7	31	6	9	0	1	1	3	1	7	.290	.353	.452	.805	3	0	151	601	89	150	4	46	34	.250	.626
Billy Conigliaro	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	48	110	5	22	0	14	1	.200	.507
Vic Davalillo	6	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.091	.231	.091	.322	0	0	*97	147	14	27	1	7	0	.184	.428
Rollie Fingers	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ray Fosse	7	19	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	.158	.200	.211	.411	0	0	143	492	37	126	7	52	2	.256	.644
Dick Green	7	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.063	.118	.063	.180	0	1	133	332	33	87	3	42	0	.262	.648
Ken Holtzman	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Reggie Jackson	7	29	3	9	3	1	1	6	2	7	.310	.355	.586	.941	0	0	151	539	99	158	32	117	22	.293	.914
Deron Johnson	6	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.400	.764	0	0	*143	500	64	120	20	86	0	.240	.726
Darold Knowles	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	53	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Kubiak	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	106	182	15	40	3	17	1	.220	.580
Allan Lewis	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	16	0	0	0	7
Paul Lindblad	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Mangual	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	74	192	20	43	3	13	1	.224	.560
Blue Moon Odom	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	51	1	5	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Horacio Pina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	7	27	3	9	2	0	0	4	3	4	.333	.400	.407	.807	0	1	120	437	53	118	12	66	0	.270	.729
Gene Tenace	7	19	0	3	1	0	0	3	11	7	.158	.467	.211	.677	0	2	160	510	83	132	24	84	2	.259	.830
Totals	115	241	21	51	12	3	2	20	28	62	.212	.298	.311	.609	3	4	162	5507	758	1431	147		128	.260	.722

New York Mets 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
Jim Beauchamp	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	50	61	5	17	0	14	1	.279	.671
Ken Boswell	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	76	110	12	25	2	14	0	.227	.621
Wayne Garrett	7	30	4	5	0	0	2	2	5	11	.167	.306	.367	.672	0	0	140	504	76	129	16	58	6	.256	.751
Jerry Grote	7	30	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.290	.267	.557	0	0	84	285	17	73	1	32	0	.256	.606
Don Hahn	7	29	2	7	1	1	0	2	1	6	.241	.267	.345	.611	0	0	93	262	22	60	2	21	2	.229	.575
Bud Harrelson	7	24	2	6	1	0	0	1	5	3	.250	.379	.292	.671	0	0	106	356	35	92	0	20	5	.258	.657
Ron Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	45	127	5	33	1	18	0	.260	.613
Cleon Jones	7	28	5	8	2	0	1	1	4	2	.286	.394	.464	.858	0	0	92	339	48	88	11	48	1	.260	.710
Jerry Koosman	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	78	3	8	0	3	0	.103	.240
Ed Kranepool	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	100	284	28	68	1	35	1	.239	.616
Ted Martinez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	92	263	34	67	1	14	3	.255	.602
Jon Matlack	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	35	65	5	9	0	2	0	.138	.421
Willie Mays	3	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	66	209	24	44	6	25	1	.211	.647
Tug McGraw	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	60	24	0	4	0	2	0	.167	.426
Felix Millan	7	32	3	6	1	1	0	1	1	1	.188	.212	.281	.493	0	0	153	638	82	185	3	37	2	.290	.685
John Milner	7	27	2	8	0	0	0	2	5	1	.296	.406	.296	.703	0	0	129	451	69	108	23	72	1	.239	.762
Harry Parker	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	23	0	4	0	2	0	.174	.348
Ray Sadecki	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	31	3	7	0	1	0	.226	.516
Tom Seaver	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	93	9	15	1	5	1	.161	.457
Rusty Staub	7	26	1	11	2	0	1	6	2	2	.423	.464	.615	1.080	0	0	152	585	77	163	15	76	1	.279	.781
George Stone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	48	4	13	0	5	0	.271	.542
George Theodore	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	45	116	14	30	1	15	1	.259	.639
Totals	96	261	24	66	7	2	4	16	26	36	.253	.328	.341	.669	0	0	161	5457	608	1345	85		27	.246	.653

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	4.91	0	1	0	0	11.0	10	6	3	8	1.182	37	37	3.28	20	9	0	263.2	214	105	158	1.210
Rollie Fingers	6	0	0.66	0	1	2	0	13.2	13	1	4	8	1.244	62	2	1.92	7	8	22	126.2	107	39	110	1.153
Ken Holtzman	3	3	4.22	2	1	0	0	10.2	13	5	5	6	1.688	40	40	2.97	21	13	0	297.1	275	66	157	1.147
Catfish Hunter	2	2	2.03	1	0	0	0	13.1	11	3	4	6	1.125	36	36	3.34	21	5	0	256.1	222	69	124	1.135
Darold Knowles	7	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	6.1	4	0	5	5	1.421	52	5	3.09	6	8	9	99.0	87	49	46	1.374
Paul Lindblad	3	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	0	1	1	1.500	36	3	3.69	1	5	2	78.0	89	28	33	1.500
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	2	1.500	30	24	4.49	5	12	0	150.1	153	67	83	1.463
Horacio Pina	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	0	2	0	2.667	47	0	2.76	6	3	8	88.0	58	34	41	1.045
Totals	27	7	2.32	4	3	4	0	66.0	66	17	26	36	1.394	162	162	3.285	94	68		1457.1	1311	494	797	1.239

New York Mets 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
Jerry Koosman	2	2	3.12	1	0	0	0	8.2	9	3	7	8	1.846	35	35	2.84	14	15	0	263.0	234	76	156	1.179
Jon Matlack	3	3	2.16	1	2	0	0	16.2	10	4	5	11	0.900	34	34	3.20	14	16	0	242.0	210	99	205	1.277
Tug McGraw	5	0	2.63	1	0	1	0	13.2	8	4	9	14	1.244	60	2	3.87	5	6	25	118.2	106	55	81	1.357
Harry Parker	3	0	0.00	0	1	0	0	3.1	2	0	2	2	1.200	38	9	3.35	8	4	5	96.2	79	36	63	1.190
Ray Sadecki	4	0	1.93	0	0	1	0	4.2	5	1	1	6	1.286	31	11	3.39	5	4	1	116.2	109	41	87	1.286
Tom Seaver	2	2	2.40	0	1	0	0	15.0	13	4	3	18	1.067	36	36	2.08	19	10	0	290.0	219	64	251	0.976
George Stone	2	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	3.0	4	0	1	3	1.667	27	20	2.80	12	3	1	148.0	157	31	77	1.270
Totals	21	7	2.22	3	4	3	0	65.0	51	16	28	62	1.215	161	161	3.262	82	79		1465.0	1345	490	1027	1.253

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

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