World Series 1974
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Period: | October 12-17, 1974 | |||||||||
MVP: | Rollie Fingers (Oakland) | |||||||||
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The 1974 World Series was the 71st edition of the finals of Major League Baseball . The champions of the American League , the Oakland Athletics , and the champion of the National League , the Los Angeles Dodgers , faced each other. The best-of-seven series started on October 12th and ended on October 17th, 1974. The Oakland Athletics won a 4-1 victory, thus defending their title from the previous year and winning their third championship in a row.
As MVP of the series Oaklands was pitcher Rollie Fingers excellent.
The way to the World Series
League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||
East | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | ||||||
west | Oakland Athletics | 3 | ||||||
AL | Oakland Athletics | 4th | ||||||
NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | ||||||
East | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | ||||||
west | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 |
Overview of the games
game | date | guest | Score | home | Score | Total status
(OAK-LAD) |
Ball park | spectator |
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1 | October 12, 1974 | Oakland Athletics | 3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 1–0 | Dodger Stadium | 55,974 |
2 | October 13, 1974 | Oakland Athletics | 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 1-1 | Dodgers Stadium | 55,989 |
3 | October 15, 1974 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | Oakland Athletics | 3 | 2–1 | O.co Coliseum | 49,347 |
4th | October 16, 1974 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | Oakland Athletics | 5 | 3–1 | O.co Coliseum | 49,347 |
5 | 17th October 1974 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | Oakland Athletics | 3 | 4–1 | O.co Coliseum | 49,347 |
The games in detail
Game 1
Saturday October 12, 1974 at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles , California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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Oakland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6th | 2 |
LA Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Starting Pitchers : OAK - Ken Holtzman LAD - Andy Messersmith WP : Rollie Fingers (1–0) LP : Andy Messersmith (0–1) SV : Catfish Hunter (1)
HRs : OAK - Reggie Jackson (1) LAD - Jimmy Wynn (1)Game 2
Sunday October 13, 1974 at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | 0 |
LA Dodgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6th | 1 |
Starting Pitchers : OAK - Vida Blue LAD - Don Sutton WP : Don Sutton (1–0) LP : Vida Blue (0–1) SV : Mike Marshall (1)
HRs : LAD - Joe Ferguson (1)Game 3
Tuesday October 15, 1974 at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland , California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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LA Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7th | 2 |
Oakland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Starting Pitchers : LAD - Al Downing OAK - Catfish Hunter WP : Catfish Huntery (1–0) LP : Al Downing (0–1)
HRs : LAD - Bill Buckner (1), Willie Crawford (1)Game 4
Wednesday October 16, 1974 at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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LA Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7th | 1 |
Oakland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 7th | 0 |
Starting Pitchers : LAD - Andy Messersmith OAK - Ken Holtzman WP : Ken Holtzman (1–0) LP : Andy Messersmith (0–2) SV : Rollie Fingers (1)
HRs : OAK - Ken Holtzman (1)Game 5
Thursday October 17, 1974 at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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LA Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Oakland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 6th | 1 |
Starting Pitchers : LAD - Don Sutton OAK - Blue Moon Odom WP : Blue Moon Odom (1–0) LP : Mike Marshall (0–1) SV : Rollie Fingers (2)
HRs : OAK - Ray Fosse (1), Joe Rudi (1)