1974 World Series - Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1)

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1974 World Series (4-1): Oakland Athletics (90-72) over Los Angeles Dodgers (102-60)

WS: OAK-LAD / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: LAD-PIT
1973 WS / 1975 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 12, 1974 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  1  0    0  1  0    0  1  0     3  6  2
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2 11  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (5), Hunter (9)
              LAD - Messersmith, Marshall (9)

               WP - Rollie Fingers
	       LP - Andy Messersmith
             SAVE - Catfish Hunter

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Jackson
              LAD - Wynn

  ATTENDANCE: 55,974

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 13, 1974 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  6  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  x     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Blue, Odom (8)
              LAD - Sutton, Marshall (9)

               WP - Don Sutton
	       LP - Vida Blue
             SAVE - Mike Marshall

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              LAD - Ferguson

  ATTENDANCE: 55,989

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     2  7  2
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  x     3  5  2

    PITCHERS: LAD - Downing, Brewer (4), Hough (5), Marshall (7)
              OAK - Hunter, Fingers (8)

               WP - Catfish Hunter
	       LP - Al Downing
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Buckner, Crawford
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,347

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 16, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  4    0  0  x     5  7  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Messersmith, Marshall (7)
              OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (8)

               WP - Ken Holtzman
	       LP - Andy Messersmith
             SAVE - Rollie Fingers

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              OAK - Holtzman

  ATTENDANCE: 49,347

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 17, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     2  5  1
    Oakland Athletics            1  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  x     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Sutton, Marshall (6)
              OAK - Blue, Odom (7), Fingers (8)

               WP - Blue Moon Odom
	       LP - Mike Marshall
             SAVE - Rollie Fingers

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              OAK - Fosse, Rudi

  ATTENDANCE: 49,347

Series MVP - Rollie Fingers

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	96	220	13	59	2	15	0	.268	.620
Sal Bando	5	16	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	.063	.200	.063	.263	0	0	146	498	84	121	22	103	2	.243	.778
Vida Blue	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Campaneris	5	17	1	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	.353	.389	.471	.859	1	1	134	527	77	153	2	41	34	.290	.713
Rollie Fingers	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Fosse	5	14	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	.143	.200	.357	.557	0	0	69	204	20	40	4	23	1	.196	.564
Dick Green	5	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	100	287	20	61	2	22	2	.213	.544
Larry Haney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	76	121	12	20	2	3	1	.165	.433
Jim Holt	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	*109	239	25	56	0	16	0	.234	.562
Ken Holtzman	2	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	.500	.600	1.500	2.100	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	5	14	3	4	1	0	1	1	5	3	.286	.474	.571	1.045	1	0	148	506	90	146	29	93	25	.289	.905
Angel Mangual	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	115	365	37	85	9	43	3	.233	.632
Dal Maxvill	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*68	74	6	14	0	2	0	.189	.475
Bill North	5	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	.059	.158	.059	.217	1	1	149	543	79	141	4	33	54	.260	.684
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	0	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	5	18	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	3	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0	158	593	73	174	22	99	2	.293	.818
Gene Tenace	5	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	.222	.417	.222	.639	0	0	158	484	71	102	26	73	2	.211	.778
Claudell Washington	5	7	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.571	.625	.571	1.196	0	1	73	221	16	63	0	19	6	.285	.702
Herb Washington	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	92	0	29	0	0	0	29
Totals	70	142	16	30	4	0	4	14	16	42	.211	.298	.324	.622	3	3	162	5331	689	1315	132		164	.247	.694

Los Angeles Dodgers 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
Rick Auerbach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	73	12	25	1	4	4	.342	.791
Jim Brewer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bill Buckner	5	20	1	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	.450	.700	0	0	145	580	83	182	7	58	31	.314	.763
Ron Cey	5	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	.176	.300	.176	.476	0	0	159	577	88	151	18	97	1	.262	.746
Willie Crawford	3	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	0	0	139	468	73	138	11	61	7	.295	.808
Al Downing	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	21	29	3	5	0	2	0	.172	.366
Joe Ferguson	5	16	2	2	0	0	1	2	4	6	.125	.333	.313	.646	1	0	111	349	54	88	16	57	2	.252	.815
Steve Garvey	5	21	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	.381	.381	.381	.762	0	0	156	642	95	200	21	111	5	.312	.811
Charlie Hough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077
Von Joshua	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	81	124	11	29	1	16	3	.234	.591
Lee Lacy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	48	78	13	22	0	8	2	.282	.652
Davey Lopes	5	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	.111	.238	.111	.349	2	1	145	530	95	141	10	35	59	.266	.733
Mike Marshall	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	106	34	2	8	0	2	0	.235	.471
Andy Messersmith	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	39	96	12	23	1	11	0	.240	.666
Tom Paciorek	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	85	175	23	42	1	24	1	.240	.653
Bill Russell	5	18	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	0	0	160	553	61	149	5	65	14	.269	.686
Don Sutton	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	98	7	18	0	7	0	.184	.420
Jim Wynn	5	16	1	3	1	0	1	2	4	4	.188	.333	.438	.771	0	0	150	535	104	145	32	108	18	.271	.884
Steve Yeager	4	11	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	4	.364	.417	.455	.871	0	0	94	316	41	84	12	41	2	.266	.771
Totals	63	158	11	36	4	1	4	10	16	32	.228	.301	.342	.643	3	1	162	5557	798	1511	139		149	.272	.743

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	3.29	0	1	0	0	13.2	10	5	7	9	1.244	40	40	3.25	17	15	0	282.1	246	98	174	1.218
Rollie Fingers	4	0	1.93	1	0	2	0	9.1	8	2	2	6	1.071	76	0	2.65	9	5	18	119.0	104	29	95	1.118
Ken Holtzman	2	2	1.50	1	0	0	0	12.0	13	2	4	10	1.417	39	38	3.07	19	17	0	255.1	273	51	117	1.269
Catfish Hunter	2	1	1.17	1	0	1	0	7.2	5	1	2	5	0.913	41	41	2.49	25	12	0	318.1	268	46	143	0.986
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	1	2	0.750	34	5	3.81	1	5	1	87.1	85	52	52	1.569
Totals	12	5	2.05	4	1	3	0	44.0	36	10	16	32	1.182	162	162	2.951	90	72		1439.2	1322	430	755	1.217

Los Angeles Dodgers 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
Jim Brewer	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	24	0	2.52	4	4	0	39.1	29	10	26	0.992
Al Downing	1	1	2.45	0	1	0	0	3.2	4	1	4	3	2.182	21	16	3.66	5	6	0	98.1	94	45	63	1.414
Charlie Hough	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	4	0.500	49	0	3.75	9	4	1	96.0	65	40	63	1.094
Mike Marshall	5	0	1.00	0	1	1	0	9.0	6	1	1	10	0.778	106	0	2.42	15	12	21	208.1	191	56	143	1.186
Andy Messersmith	2	2	4.50	0	2	0	0	14.0	11	7	7	12	1.286	39	39	2.59	20	6	0	292.1	227	94	221	1.098
Don Sutton	2	2	2.77	1	0	0	0	13.0	9	4	3	12	0.923	40	40	3.23	19	9	0	276.0	241	80	179	1.163
Totals	12	5	2.79	1	4	1	0	42.0	30	13	16	42	1.095	162	162	2.973	102	60		1465.1	1272	464	943	1.185

WS: OAK-LAD / ALCS: OAK-BAL / NLCS: LAD-PIT
1973 WS / 1975 WS

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