1974 World Series
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The 1974 World Series matched the two-time defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The A's, dynasty or no dynasty, had become something of a running joke in the American League, consistently matching their on-field heroics with locker-room meltdowns and intrasquad theatrics. After yet another banner year (Catfish Hunter won 25 games. Reggie Jackson knocked in 105 runs, and Billy North stole 54 bases), the team seemed to be winning more attention for its dysfunctional communication patterns than for its superior lineup. Hunter was threatening to file for free agency in 1975 if owner Charles O. Finley didn't come through with back pay Hunter claimed he had coming. Traumatized former second baseman Mike Andrews was pondering legal action for the shabby treatment he received in the previous year's World Series. Teammates Rollie Fingers and Blue Moon Odom had gotten into a fistfight. And the Series-winning manager of the previous year, Dick Williams was long gone, having had one personality clash too many with the A's front office. Despite all the melodrama, or perhaps because of it, the Athletics won the A.L. pennant for the third straight year, dispatching the Orioles in a four-game ALCS.
The businesslike Dodgers, for their part, looked downright corporate, and seemed, to many, to be the better team. On paper, at least, they were. L.A. won 102 games, boasted the best team ERA in the National League, and led their league in runs scored. Steve Garvey hit .312, Jimmy Wynn knocked in 108 runs, Bill Buckner hit .314 and had one of the best years of his career, Davey Lopes swiped 59 bases,Andy Messersmith won 20 games, and Don Sutton won 19. It was all very brisk and efficient -- Big (Dodger) Blue, with the unflappable, perenially studious Walt Alston, in his twenty-first year as skipper of the club, holding everything together. Unlike the Oakland squad, nobody in the Dodger clubhouse appeared to need therapy to work out any simmering interpersonal issues. The Series promised, at the very least, to be a memorable conflict of worldviews.
In the event, the Dodgers came up short and the Athletics won the Series in five games. Fingers figured in all four Oakland victories, posting a win and three saves, and copped the Series MVP award. Oakland became the first team to win three consecutive Series since the New York Yankees won five in a row between 1949 and 1953; the win secured the A's status as one of the truly dominant teams of the Seventies. (The other "team of the decade," Cincinnnati, would check in with consecutive Series victories in 1975 and 1976.)
The 1974 Fall Classic was the first all-California World Series. The two franchises would meet again 14 years later.
Records: Oakland Athletics (W: 90, L: 72, Pct: .556, GA: 5) - Los Angeles Dodgers (W: 102, L: 60, Pct: .630, GA: 4)
Playoffs: ALCS: (3-1) Oakland Athletics over Baltimore Orioles – NLCS: (3-1) Los Angeles Dodgers over Pittsburgh Pirates
Managers: Alvin Dark (Oakland), Walt Alston (Los Angeles)
Umpires: Tom Gorman (NL), Don Denkinger (AL), Doug Harvey (NL), Bill Kunkel (AL), Andy Olsen (NL), Ron Luciano (AL)
Series MVP: Rollie Fingers (Oakland)
Television: NBC (Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Monte Moore and Vin Scully announcing)
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[edit] Summary
AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (1)
Game Score Date Location Attendance
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(1) Athletics - 3, Dodgers - 2 October 12 Dodger Stadium 55,974
(2) Athletics - 2, Dodgers - 3 October 13 Dodger Stadium 55,989
(3) Dodgers - 2, Athletics - 3 October 15 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,347
(4) Dodgers - 2, Athletics - 5 October 16 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,347
(5) Dodgers - 2, Athletics - 3 October 17 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,347
[edit] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
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 - Fingers
LP - Messersmith
SAVE - Hunter
HOME RUNS: OAK - Jackson
LAD - Wynn
ATTENDANCE: 55,974
[edit] Game 2
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 - Sutton
LP - Blue
SAVE - Marshall
HOME RUNS: OAK - none
LAD - Ferguson
ATTENDANCE: 55,989
[edit] Game 3
October 15, 1974 at Oakland 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 - Hunter
LP - Downing
SAVE - Fingers
HOME RUNS: LAD - Buckner, Crawford
OAK - none
ATTENDANCE: 49,347
[edit] Game 4
October 16, 1974 at Oakland 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 - Holtzman
LP - Messersmith
SAVE - Fingers
HOME RUNS: LAD - none
OAK - Holtzman
ATTENDANCE: 49,347
[edit] Game 5
October 17, 1974 at Oakland 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 - Odom
LP - Marshall
SAVE - Fingers
HOME RUNS: LAD - none
OAK - Fosse, Rudi
ATTENDANCE: 49,347
[edit] Composite Box
1974 World Series (4-1): Oakland Athletics (A.L.) over Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 5 | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 6 | |
| Total Attendance: 260,004 Average Attendance: 52,000 | |||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $22,219, Losing Player’s Share – $15,704 * Includes Playoffs and World Series | |||||||||||||
[edit] Trivia
- As of 2006, the A's are the only non-Yankee team to win three consecutive World Series
- This was the first of four World Series to match two teams from California.
- Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the first and only (to date) pitcher to appear in all five (5) games of a five-game World Series.
[edit] Reference(s)
Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 351-354)
[edit] External Links
- 1974 World Series by Baseball Almanac
- 1974 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- 1974 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1974 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
- History of the World Series - 1974 at SportingNews.com
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