World Series 1972

**World Series 1972**
Period:	October 14-22, 1972
MVP:	Gene Tenace (Oakland)

The 1972 World Series was the 69th edition of the finals of Major League Baseball . It faced the champions of the American League , the Oakland Athletics , and the champion of the National League , the Cincinnati Reds . The Best-Of-Seven series started on October 14th and ended on October 22nd, 1972. The Oakland Athletics won by a 4: 3 victory and were able to achieve their sixth championship.

As MVP of the series Oaklands was catcher Gene Tenace excellent.

The way to the World Series

League Championship Series			World Series

East	Detroit Tigers	2
west	Oakland Athletics	3
			AL	Oakland Athletics	4th

			NL	Cincinnati Reds	3
East	Pittsburgh Pirates	2

west	Cincinnati Reds	3

Overview of the games

game	date	guest	Score	home	Score	Total status (OAK-CIN)	Ball park	spectator
1	October 14, 1972	Oakland Athletics	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	1–0	Riverfront Stadium	52,918
2	October 15, 1972	Oakland Athletics	2	Cincinnati Reds	1	2–0	Riverfront Stadium	53,224
3	October 18, 1972 ¹	Cincinnati Reds	1	Oakland Athletics	0	2–1	RingCentral Coliseum	49,410
4th	October 19, 1972	Cincinnati Reds	2	Oakland Athletics	3	3–1	RingCentral Coliseum	49,410
5	October 20, 1972	Cincinnati Reds	5	Oakland Athletics	4th	3–2	RingCentral Coliseum	49,410
6th	October 21, 1972	Oakland Athletics	1	Cincinnati Reds	8th	3–3	Riverfront Stadium	52,737
7th	October 22, 1972	Oakland Athletics	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	4-3	Riverfront Stadium	56.040

¹ Game was postponed by one day due to thunderstorms.

The games in detail

Game 1

Saturday October 14, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati , Ohio


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Oakland	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4th	0
Cincinnati	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7th	0

Starting Pitchers : OAK - Ken Holtzman CIN - Gary Nolan WP : Ken Holtzman (1–0) LP : Gary Nolan (0–1) SV : Vida Blue (1)

HRs : OAK - Gene Tenace 2 (2)

Game 2

Sunday October 15, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Oakland	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6th	0

Starting Pitchers : OAK - Catfish Hunter CIN - Ross Grimsley WP : Catfish Hunter (1–0) LP : Ross Grimsley (0–1) SV : Rollie Fingers (1)

HRs : OAK - Joe Rudi 2 (1)

Game 3

Wednesday October 18, 1972 at the RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland , California


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4th	2
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Starting Pitchers : CIN - Jack Billingham OAK - Blue Moon Odom WP : Jack Billingham (1–0) LP : Blue Moon Odom (0–1) SV : Clay Carroll (1)

Game 4

Thursday October 19, 1972 at the RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7th	1
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	10	1

Starting Pitchers : CIN - Don Gullett OAK - Ken Holtzman WP : Rollie Fingers (1–0) LP : Clay Carroll (0–1)

HRs : OAK - Gene Tenace (3)

Game 5

Friday October 20, 1972 at the RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Cincinnati	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	8th	0
Oakland	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4th	7th	2

Starting Pitchers : CIN - Jim McGlothlin OAK - Catfish Hunter WP : Ross Grimsley (1–1) LP : Rollie Fingers (1–1) SV : Jack Billingham (1)

HRs : CIN - Pete Rose (1), Denis Menke (1) OAK - Gene Tenace (4)

Game 6

Saturday October 21, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Oakland	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7th	1
Cincinnati	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	X	8th	10	0

Starting Pitchers : OAK - Vida Blue CIN - Gary Nolan WP : Ross Grimsley (2–1) LP : Vida Blue (0–1) SV : Tom Hall (1)

HRs : CIN - Johnny Bench (1)

Game 7

Sunday October 22, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	6th	1
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4th	2

Starting Pitchers : OAK - Blue Moon Odom CIN - Jack Billingham WP : Catfish Hunter (2–0) LP : Pedro Borbón (0–1) SV : Rollie Fingers (2)