1974 American League Championship Series

Infobox LCS
alcs = yes


year = 1974
champion = Oakland Athletics (3)
champion_manager = Alvin Dark
champion_games = 90-72, .556, GA: 5
runnerup = Baltimore Orioles (1)
runnerup_manager = Earl Weaver
runnerup_games = 91-71, .562, GA: 2
date = October 5–October 9
television = NBC
announcers = Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, and Frank Robinson (Game 1-2)
Jim Simpson and Maury Wills (Game 3-4)
umpires = Larry Napp, Jerry Neudecker, Russ Goetz, Dave Phillips, Marty Springstead, Bill DeeganThe by|1974 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup between the Eastern Division Champion Baltimore Orioles and the Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics. The Athletics beat the Orioles 3 games to 1 and received their third straight pennant in the process. They would go on defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1974 World Series and win their third straight World Series championship.

ummary

Oakland Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles

Oakland wins the series, 3-1

Game summaries

Game 1

Saturday, October 5, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=Baltimore|RoadAbr=BAL
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=4|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=10|RE=0
Home=Oakland|HomeAbr=OAK
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=3|HH=9|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Mike Cuellar (1-0)|LP=Catfish Hunter (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Paul Blair (1), Bobby Grich (1), Brooks Robinson (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 2

Sunday, October 6, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=Baltimore|RoadAbr=BAL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=5|RE=2
Home=Oakland|HomeAbr=OAK
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=3|H9=X|HR=5|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Ken Holtzman (1-0)|LP=Dave McNally (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Sal Bando (1), Ray Fosse (1)|

Game 3

Tuesday, October 8, 1974 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=Oakland|RoadAbr=OAK
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=2
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=2|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Vida Blue (1-0)|LP=Jim Palmer (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Sal Bando (2)|HomeHR=|

Game 4

Wednesday, October 9, 1974 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=Oakland|RoadAbr=OAK
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=1|RE=0
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=1|HH=5|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Catfish Hunter (1-1)|LP=Mike Cuellar (1-1)|SV=Rollie Fingers (1)|

Composite Box

1974 ALCS (3-1): Oakland Athletics over Baltimore OriolesLinescore
Road=Oakland Athletics
R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=2|R5=2|R6=1|R7=1|R8=3|R9=1|RR=11|RH=22|RE=2
Home=Baltimore Orioles
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=4|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=7|HH=22|HE=4Total Attendance: 144,615 Average Attendance: 36,154|

Notes

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1974_ALCS.shtml 1974 ALCS at Baseball-Reference.com]