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Oakland Athletics
	1973 Oakland Athletics; 1973 AL West Champions; 1973 AL Champions; 1973 World Series Champions
	Major league affiliations
	American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969); ;
	Location
	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968); Oakland, California (since 1968);
	1973 information
Owner(s)	Charles O. Finley
Manager(s)	Dick Williams
Local television	KTVU
Local radio	KEEN; (Monte Moore, Jim Woods, Bill Rigney)

The Oakland Athletics' 1973 season involved the A's winning their third consecutive American League West title with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses. The 1973 A’s had three 20-game winners in Jim (Catfish) Hunter, Ken Holtzman and Vida Blue. ^[1] The A's went on to defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS for their second straight AL Championship, and won the World Series in seven games over the New York Mets to take their second consecutive World Championship.

[edit] Offseason

November 24, 1972: Matty Alou was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Rob Gardner and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Rich McKinney to the Athletics on December 1.^[2]
November 30, 1972: Mike Epstein was traded by the Athletics to the Texas Rangers for Horacio Piña.^[3]
December 18, 1972: Orlando Cepeda was released by the Athletics.^[4]
January 10, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
- Mike Norris was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick).^[5]
- Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[6]
January 23, 1973: Jerry McNertney was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[7]
March 24, 1973: Dave Duncan and George Hendrick were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Fosse and Jack Heidemann.^[8]
March 31, 1973: Jay Johnstone signed as a free agent with the Athletics.^[9]

[edit] Regular season

July 3, 1973: Nolan Ryan struck out Sal Bando of the Athletics for the 1000th strikeout in his career.^[10]
July 30, 1973: Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history as he no-hit the Athletics.^[11] The Rangers won the game 6-0.

[edit] Opening Day starters

[edit] Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	94	68	--	.580
Kansas City Royals	88	74	6	.543
Minnesota Twins	81	81	13	.500
California Angels	79	83	15	.488
Chicago White Sox	77	85	17	.475
Texas Rangers	57	105	37	.352

[edit] Notable transactions

April 3, 1973: Don Shaw was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Tim Hosley.^[12]
May 4, 1973: Jerry McNertney was purchased from the Athletics by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[7]
May 11, 1973: Mark Budaska was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.^[13]
June 24, 1973: Steve McCatty was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.^[14]
July 7, 1973: Dal Maxvill was purchased from the Athletics by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[15]
July 31, 1973: Jesús Alou was purchased by the Athletics from the Houston Astros.^[16]
August 29, 1973: Gonzalo Márquez was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Pat Bourque.^[17]
September 11, 1973: Rico Carty was purchased by the Athletics from the Chicago Cubs.^[18]

[edit] Draft picks

June 5, 1973: 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
- Floyd Bannister was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round, but did not sign.^[19]
- Matt Keough was drafted by the Athletics in the 7th round.^[20]
- Derek Bryant was drafted by the Athletics in the 8th round.^[21]
- Craig Mitchell was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the Secondary Phase.^[22]

[edit] Roster

1973 Oakland Athletics roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

12 Rico Carty
35 José Morales

Manager

23 Dick Williams

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

= Indicates team leader

[edit] Batting

[edit] Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Fosse, RayRay Fosse	143	492	37	126	.256	7	52	2
1B	Tenace, GeneGene Tenace	160	510	83	132	.259	24	84	2
2B	Green, DickDick Green	133	332	33	87	.262	3	42	0
3B	Bando, SalSal Bando	162	592	97	170	.287	29	98	4
SS	Campaneris, BertBert Campaneris	151	601	89	150	.250	4	46	34
LF	Rudi, JoeJoe Rudi	120	437	53	118	.270	12	66	0
CF	North, BillyBilly North	146	554	98	158	.285	5	34	53
RF	Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson	151	539	99	158	.293	32	117	22
DH	Johnson, DeronDeron Johnson	131	464	61	114	.246	19	81	0

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[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Mangual, ÁngelÁngel Mangual	74	192	20	43	.224	3	13	1
Kubiak, TedTed Kubiak	106	182	15	40	.220	3	17	1
Conigliaro, BillyBilly Conigliaro	48	110	5	22	.200	0	14	1
Alou, JesúsJesús Alou	36	108	10	33	.306	1	11	0
Hegan, MikeMike Hegan	75	71	8	13	.183	1	5	0
McKinney, RichRich McKinney	48	65	9	16	.246	1	7	0
Davalillo, VicVic Davalillo	38	64	5	12	.188	0	4	0
Bourque, PatPat Bourque	23	42	8	8	.190	2	9	0
Johnstone, JayJay Johnstone	23	28	1	3	.107	0	3	0
Gonzalo Márquez	23	25	1	6	.240	0	2	0
Andrews, MikeMike Andrews	18	21	1	4	.190	0	0	0
Maxvill, DalDal Maxvill	29	19	0	4	.211	0	1	0
Hosley, TimTim Hosley	13	14	3	3	.214	0	2	0
Morales, JoséJosé Morales	6	14	0	4	.286	0	1	0
Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	17	12	0	3	.250	0	3	0
Carty, RicoRico Carty	7	8	1	2	.250	1	1	0
Garner, PhilPhil Garner	9	5	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Haney, LarryLarry Haney	2	2	0	1	.500	0	0	0
Lewis, AllanAllan Lewis	35	0	16	0	----	0	0	7

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games played; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Bases on Balls

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Holtzman, KenKen Holtzman	40	297.3	21	13	2.97	157	66
Blue, VidaVida Blue	37	263.7	20	9	3.28	158	105
Hunter, CatfishCatfish Hunter	36	256.3	21	5	3.34	124	69
Odom, Blue MoonBlue Moon Odom	30	150.3	5	12	4.49	83	67
Hamilton, DaveDave Hamilton	16	69.7	6	4	4.39	34	24
Dobson, ChuckChuck Dobson	1	2.3	0	1	7.71	3	2

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[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Abbott, GlennGlenn Abbott	5	18.7	1	0	3.86	6	7

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO	BB
Fingers, RollieRollie Fingers	62	126.7	7	8	22	1.92	110	39
Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles	52	99	6	8	9	3.09	46	49
Piña, HoracioHoracio Piña	47	88	6	3	8	2.76	41	34
Lindblad, PaulPaul Lindblad	36	78	1	5	2	3.69	33	28
Gardner, RobRob Gardner	3	7.3	0	0	0	4.91	4	2

[edit] Postseason

[edit] ALCS

Main article: 1973 American League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 6, 1973 at Memorial Stadium

In Game 1, the Orioles jumped on Oakland starter Vida Blue and reliever Horacio Piña for four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Jim Palmer pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Orioles won, 6-0.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Baltimore	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	6	12	0
W: Jim Palmer (1-0) L: Vida Blue (0-1)
HR: None

[edit] Game 2

October 7, 1973 at Memorial Stadium

In Game 2, the Athletics hit three home runs off Baltimore starter Dave McNally, and won 6-3 behind Catfish Hunter.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	6	9	0
Baltimore	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	8	0
W: Catfish Hunter (1-0) L: Dave McNally (0-1) S: Rollie Fingers (1)
HR: OAK – Bert Campaneris (1), Joe Rudi (1), Sal Bando 2 (2)

[edit] Game 3

October 9, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

In Game 3, the Athletics won 2-1 when shortstop Bert Campaneris homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	3
W: Ken Holtzman (1-0) L: Mike Cuellar (0-1)
HR: OAK – Bert Campaneris (2) BAL – Earl Williams (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 10, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

In Game 4, the Athletics held a 4-0 lead after six innings, but the Orioles scored four in the seventh off Blue to tie the game; the key blow was a three-run home run by catcher Andy Etchebarren. Baltimore second baseman Bobby Grich broke the tie with a solo home run in the 8th inning, and the Orioles went on to win, 5-4.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	8	0
Oakland	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	0
W: Grant Jackson (1-0) L: Rollie Fingers (0-1)
HR: BAL – Andy Etchebarren (1), Bobby Grich (1)

[edit] Game 5

October 11, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

In Game 5, Hunter pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Athletics won, 3-0, and took the series 3 games to 2.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Oakland	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	X	3	7	0
W: Catfish Hunter (2-0) L: Doyle Alexander (0-1)
HR: None

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1973 World Series

The Athletics' victory over the New York Mets in the 1973 Series was marred by Charlie O. Finley's antics. Finley forced Mike Andrews to sign a false affidavit saying he was injured after the reserve second baseman committed two consecutive errors in the 12th inning of the A's Game Two loss to the Mets. This would allow Manny Trillo, ineligible because he was not a member of the team on Sept. 1, to be activated.^[24] By demeaning Mike Andrews, Finley brought on open rebellion, the logical progression for a team that has never deluded itself about being a happy ship. The A's worked out at Shea with Andrews' No. 17 taped to their uniforms as a sign of sympathy with him. By then he was back home in Peabody, Massachusetts. ^[24] When other team members, manager Dick Williams, and virtually the entire viewing public rallied to Andrews' defense, Kuhn forced Finley to back down. Andrews entered Game 4 in the eighth inning as a pinch-hitter. As he walked to the on-deck circle the crowd of 54,817 at Shea Stadium spotted his No. 17 and commenced cheering.^[24] He promptly grounded out, and Finley ordered him benched for the remainder of the Series. Andrews never played another major league game. As it was, the incident allowed the Mets, a team that went but 82–79 during the regular season, to go seven games before losing to a superior team. Williams was so disgusted by the affair that he resigned after the Series.^[1] Finley retaliated by vetoing Williams' attempt to become manager of the Yankees. Finley claimed that since Williams still owed Oakland the last year of his contract, he could not manage anywhere else. Finley relented later in 1974 and allowed Williams to take over as manager of the California Angels.

[edit] Summary

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Mets (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Mets – 1, A’s – 2	October 13	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	46,021	2:26
2	Mets – 10, A’s – 7 (12 inns)	October 14	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	55,989	4:13
3	A's – 3, Mets – 2 (11 inns)	October 16	Shea Stadium	54,817	3:15
4	A's – 1, Mets – 6	October 17	Shea Stadium	54,817	2:41
5	A's – 0, Mets – 2	October 18	Shea Stadium	54,817	2:39
6	Mets – 1, A’s – 3	October 20	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,333	2:07
7	Mets – 2, A’s – 5	October 21	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,333	2:37

[edit] Awards and honors

Bert Campaneris, Babe Ruth Award
Reggie Jackson, OF, American League RBI Champion
Reggie Jackson, OF, World Series Most Valuable Player Award

[edit] Farm system

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
^ Rich McKinney page at Baseball Reference
^ Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
^ Orlando Cepeda page on Baseball Reference
^ Mike Norris page at Baseball Reference
^ Warren Cromartie page on Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference
^ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
^ Jay Johnstone page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Tim Hosley page at Baseball Reference
^ Mark Budaska page at Baseball Reference
^ Steve McCatty page at Baseball Reference
^ Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
^ Jesus Alou page at Baseball Reference
^ Pat Bourque page at Baseball Reference
^ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
^ Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference
^ Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference
^ Derek Bryant page at Baseball Reference
^ Craig Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1973.shtml
^ ^a ^b ^c CNN/SI - 1998 MLB Postseason - 1973 World Series

[edit] References

Preceded by Oakland Athletics 1972	AL West Championship Season 1973	Succeeded by Oakland Athletics 1974
Preceded by Oakland Athletics 1972	American League champions 1973	Succeeded by Oakland Athletics 1974
Preceded by Oakland Athletics 1972	World Series champion 1973	Succeeded by Oakland Athletics 1974

[autogenerated1-0] Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series

[1] Rich McKinney page at Baseball Reference

[2] Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference

[3] Orlando Cepeda page on Baseball Reference

[4] Mike Norris page at Baseball Reference

[5] Warren Cromartie page on Baseball Reference

[mcnertney-6] Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference

[7] Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference

[8] Jay Johnstone page at Baseball Reference

[9] ttp://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html

[10] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[11] Tim Hosley page at Baseball Reference

[12] Mark Budaska page at Baseball Reference

[13] Steve McCatty page at Baseball Reference

[14] Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference

[15] Jesus Alou page at Baseball Reference

[16] Pat Bourque page at Baseball Reference

[17] Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference

[18] Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference

[19] Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference

[20] Derek Bryant page at Baseball Reference

[21] Craig Mitchell page at Baseball Reference

[baseball-reference.com-22] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1973.shtml

[autogenerated2-23] CNN/SI - 1998 MLB Postseason - 1973 World Series

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