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

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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 13, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (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

  October 14, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (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

  October 16, 1973 at Shea Stad (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

  October 17, 1973 at Shea Stad (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

  October 18, 1973 at Shea Stad (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

  October 20, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (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

  October 21, 1973 at NetworkAssoc (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

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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          7  19  0  3  1  0  0   3  0  0  .158  .150  .211  0 |+163  46  2  .282  .654   0
 Mike Andrews        2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0 |+180  36  0  .200  .557   0
 Sal Bando           7  26  5  6  1  1  0   1  4  7  .231  .333  .346  0 | 592 170 29  .287  .873   4
#Vida Blue           2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Pat Bourque         2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |+181  37  9  .204  .743   1
 Bert Campaneris     7  31  6  9  0  1  1   3  1  7  .290  .353  .452  3 | 601 150  4  .250  .626  34
 Billy Conigliaro    3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 110  22  0  .200  .507   1
*Vic Davalillo       6  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  1  .091  .231  .091  0 |+147  27  1  .184  .429   0
 Rollie Fingers      6   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Ray Fosse           7  19  0  3  1  0  0   0  1  4  .158  .200  .211  0 | 492 126  7  .256  .645   2
 Dick Green          7  16  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  6  .063  .118  .063  0 | 332  87  3  .262  .648   0
 Ken Holtzman        3   3  2  2  2  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667 1.333  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Catfish Hunter      2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |   1   1  0 1.000 2.000   0
*Reggie Jackson      7  29  3  9  3  1  1   6  2  7  .310  .355  .586  0 | 539 158 32  .293  .914  22
 Deron Johnson       6  10  0  3  1  0  0   0  1  4  .300  .364  .400  0 |+500 120 20  .240  .726   0
*Darold Knowles      7   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Ted Kubiak          4   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0 | 182  40  3  .220  .580   1
#Allan Lewis         3   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               7
*Paul Lindblad       3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Angel Mangual       5   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 192  43  3  .224  .559   1
 Blue Moon Odom      3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   1
 Horacio Pina        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Joe Rudi            7  27  3  9  2  0  0   4  3  4  .333  .400  .407  0 | 437 118 12  .270  .729   0
 Gene Tenace         7  19  0  3  1  0  0   3 11  7  .158  .467  .211  0 | 510 132 24  .259  .830   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 241 21 51 12  3  2  20 28 62  .212  .298  .311  3 |        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.

New York Mets

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jim Beauchamp       4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  61  17  0  .279  .671   1
*Ken Boswell         3   3  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 110  25  2  .227  .621   0
*Wayne Garrett       7  30  4  5  0  0  2   2  5 11  .167  .306  .367  0 | 504 129 16  .256  .751   6
 Jerry Grote         7  30  2  8  0  0  0   0  0  1  .267  .290  .267  0 | 285  73  1  .256  .606   0
 Don Hahn            7  29  2  7  1  1  0   2  1  6  .241  .267  .345  0 | 262  60  2  .229  .575   2
#Bud Harrelson       7  24  2  6  1  0  0   1  5  3  .250  .379  .292  0 | 356  92  0  .258  .657   5
*Ron Hodges          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 | 127  33  1  .260  .613   0
 Cleon Jones         7  28  5  8  2  0  1   1  4  2  .286  .394  .464  0 | 339  88 11  .260  .710   1
 Jerry Koosman       2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  78   8  0  .103  .240   0
*Ed Kranepool        4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 284  68  1  .239  .616   1
 Ted Martinez        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 263  67  1  .255  .602   3
*Jon Matlack         3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  1  .250  .500  .250  0 |  65   9  0  .138  .420   0
 Willie Mays         3   7  1  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .286  .286  .286  0 | 209  44  6  .211  .647   1
 Tug McGraw          5   3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |  24   4  0  .167  .426   0
 Felix Millan        7  32  3  6  1  1  0   1  1  1  .188  .212  .281  0 | 638 185  3  .290  .685   2
*John Milner         7  27  2  8  0  0  0   2  5  1  .296  .406  .296  0 | 451 108 23  .239  .761   1
 Harry Parker        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  23   4  0  .174  .348   0
*Ray Sadecki         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  31   7  0  .226  .516   0
 Tom Seaver          2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  93  15  1  .161  .457   1
*Rusty Staub         7  26  1 11  2  0  1   6  2  2  .423  .464  .615  0 | 585 163 15  .279  .782   1
*George Stone        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  48  13  0  .271  .542   0
 George Theodore     2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 116  30  1  .259  .639   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 261 24 66  7  2  4  16 26 36  .253  .328  .341  0 |         85  .246  .653  27

    * - 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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Rollie Fingers      6   0.66 0-1  2  0 13.7 13  1  4  8 |  7-8  127  1.92  1.15 110 22
 Catfish Hunter      2   2.02 1-0  0  0 13.3 11  3  4  6 | 21-5  256  3.34  1.14 124   
*Vida Blue           2   4.91 0-1  0  0 11.0 10  6  3  8 | 20-9  264  3.28  1.21 158   
*Ken Holtzman        3   4.22 2-1  0  0 10.7 13  5  5  6 | 21-13 297  2.97  1.15 157   
*Darold Knowles      7   0.00 0-0  2  0  6.3  4  0  5  5 |  6-8   99  3.09  1.37  46  9
 Blue Moon Odom      2   3.86 0-0  0  0  4.7  5  2  2  2 |  5-12 150  4.49  1.46  83   
*Paul Lindblad       3   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.3  4  0  1  1 |  1-5   78  3.69  1.50  33  2
 Horacio Pina        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  6  0  2  0 |  6-3   88  2.76  1.05  41  8
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.32 4-3  4  0 66.0 66 17 26 36 |            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.

New York Mets

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Jon Matlack         3   2.16 1-2  0  0 16.7 10  4  5 11 | 14-16 242  3.20  1.28 205   
 Tom Seaver          2   2.40 0-1  0  0 15.0 13  4  3 18 | 19-10 290  2.08  0.98 251   
*Tug McGraw          5   2.63 1-0  1  0 13.7  8  4  9 14 |  5-6  119  3.87  1.36  81 25
*Jerry Koosman       2   3.12 1-0  0  0  8.7  9  3  7  8 | 14-15 263  2.84  1.18 156   
*Ray Sadecki         4   1.93 0-0  1  0  4.7  5  1  1  6 |  5-4  117  3.39  1.29  87  1
 Harry Parker        3   0.00 0-1  0  0  3.3  2  0  2  2 |  8-4   97  3.35  1.19  63  5
*George Stone        2   0.00 0-0  1  0  3.0  4  0  1  3 | 12-3  148  2.80  1.27  77  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.22 3-4  3  0 65.0 51 16 28 62 |            3.26 1.250   

    * - 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

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