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1972 AL Championship Series (3-2): Oakland Athletics (93-62) over Detroit Tigers (86-70)

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WS: OAK-CIN / ALCS: OAK-DET / NLCS: CIN-PIT
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1972 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     2  6  2
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2     3 10  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Lolich, Seelbach (11)
              OAK - Hunter, Blue (9), Fingers (9)

               WP - Rollie Fingers
	       LP - Mickey Lolich
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Cash, Kaline
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 29,566

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1972 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  1
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  x     5  8  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Fryman, Zachary (5), Scherman (5), LaGrow (6), Hiller (7)
              OAK - Odom

               WP - Blue Moon Odom
	       LP - Woodie Fryman
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 31,088

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1972 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  x     3  8  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (5), Blue (6), Locker (7)
              DET - Coleman

               WP - Joe Coleman
	       LP - Ken Holtzman
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              DET - Freehan

  ATTENDANCE: 41,156

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1972 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    2     3  9  2
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    3     4 10  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Hunter, Fingers (8), Blue (9), Locker (10), Horlen (10), Hamilton (10)
              DET - Lolich, Seelbach (10), Hiller (10)

               WP - John Hiller
	       LP - Joe Horlen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Epstein
              DET - McAuliffe

  ATTENDANCE: 37,615

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1972 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     2  4  0
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  2

    PITCHERS: OAK - Odom, Blue (6)
              DET - Fryman, Hiller (9)

               WP - Blue Moon Odom
	       LP - Woodie Fryman
             SAVE - Vida Blue

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,276

Series Batting Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Matty Alou          5  21  2  8  4  0  0   2  0  2  .381  .409  .571  1 |+525 161  4  .307  .729  13
 Sal Bando           5  20  0  4  0  0  0   0  0  3  .200  .200  .200  0 | 535 126 15  .236  .709   3
#Vida Blue           4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  45   2  0  .044  .184   0
 Bert Campaneris     2   7  3  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  .429  .556  .429  2 | 625 150  8  .240  .603  52
 Tim Cullen          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 142  37  0  .261  .617   0
 Dave Duncan         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  0 | 403  88 19  .218  .675   0
*Mike Epstein        5  16  1  3  0  0  1   1  4  5  .188  .381  .375  1 | 455 123 26  .270  .866   0
 Rollie Fingers      3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  19   6  1  .316  .790   0
 Dick Green          5   8  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .125  .125  .250  0 |  42  12  0  .286  .705   0
*Dave Hamilton       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  26   4  0  .154  .505   0
*Mike Hegan          3   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  26  1  .329  .805   1
 George Hendrick     5   7  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .143  .143  .143  0 | 121  22  4  .182  .511   3
 Ken Holtzman        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  90  16  0  .178  .409   0
 Joe Horlen          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  17   3  0  .176  .352   0
 Catfish Hunter      2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 | 105  23  0  .219  .434   0
*Reggie Jackson      5  18  1  5  1  0  0   2  1  6  .278  .316  .333  2 | 499 132 25  .265  .823   9
#Ted Kubiak          4   4  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |+210  43  0  .205  .526   0
#Bob Locker          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   0  0  .000  .333   0
 Angel Mangual       3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 272  67  5  .246  .649   0
*Gonzalo Marquez     3   3  1  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0 |  21   8  0  .381  .843   1
 Dal Maxvill         5   8  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .125  .222  .125  1 |+312  70  1  .224  .559   0
*Don Mincher         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+245  53  6  .216  .698   2
 Blue Moon Odom      3   4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .500  0 |  66   8  2  .121  .361   4
 Joe Rudi            5  20  1  6  1  0  0   2  1  3  .300  .318  .350  0 | 593 181 19  .305  .831   3
 Gene Tenace         5  17  1  1  0  0  0   1  3  5  .059  .200  .059  0 | 227  51  5  .225  .646   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 170 13 39  8  0  1  10 12 34  .229  .290  .294  7 |        134  .240  .668  87

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ed Brinkman         1   4  0  2  2  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0 | 516 105  6  .203  .538   0
*Gates Brown         3   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 | 252  58 10  .230  .673   3
 Ike Brown           1   2  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  84  21  2  .250  .733   1
*Norm Cash           5  16  1  4  0  0  1   2  2  3  .250  .333  .438  0 | 440 114 22  .259  .783   0
 Joe Coleman         1   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .500  .667  .500  0 |  82   9  0  .110  .271   0
 Bill Freehan        3  12  2  3  1  0  1   3  0  1  .250  .250  .583  0 | 374  98 10  .262  .755   0
 Woodie Fryman       2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 73  10  1  .137  .338   0
*Tom Haller          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 121  25  2  .207  .623   0
 John Hiller         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Willie Horton       5  10  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .100  .182  .100  0 | 333  77 11  .231  .680   0
 Al Kaline           5  19  3  5  0  0  1   1  2  2  .263  .333  .421  0 | 278  87 10  .313  .849   1
*John Knox           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   1  0  .077  .297   0
 Lerrin LaGrow       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Mickey Lolich       2   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  89   6  0  .067  .312   0
*Dick McAuliffe      5  20  3  4  0  0  1   1  1  3  .200  .238  .350  0 | 408  98  8  .240  .692   0
*Jim Northrup        5  15  0  5  0  0  0   1  2  3  .333  .412  .333  1 | 426 111  8  .261  .686   4
 Aurelio Rodriguez   5  16  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  2  .000  .111  .000  0 | 601 142 13  .236  .628   2
*Fred Scherman       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  22   2  0  .091  .221   0
 Chuck Seelbach      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  21   3  0  .143  .518   0
*Duke Sims           4  15  0  3  2  0  0   0  1  2  .200  .250  .333  0 |+249  60  6  .241  .698   0
 Mickey Stanley      3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 | 435 102 14  .234  .673   1
 Tony Taylor         4  15  0  2  2  0  0   0  0  2  .133  .133  .267  0 | 228  69  1  .303  .750   5
*Chris Zachary       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   1  0  .500 1.167   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 163 10 32  7  0  4  10 13 24  .196  .256  .313  1 |        122  .237  .659  17

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Catfish Hunter      2   1.17 0-0  0  0 15.3 10  2  5  9 | 21-7  295  2.04  0.91 191   
 Blue Moon Odom      2   0.00 2-0  0  1 14.0  5  0  2  5 | 15-6  194  2.50  1.29  86   
 Rollie Fingers      3   1.69 1-0  0  0  5.3  4  1  1  2 | 11-9  111  2.51  1.05 113 21
*Vida Blue           4   0.00 0-0  1  0  5.3  4  0  1  5 |  6-10 151  2.80  1.09 111   
*Ken Holtzman        1   4.50 0-1  0  0  4.0  4  2  2  2 | 19-11 265  2.51  1.07 134   
 Bob Locker          2  13.50 0-1  0  0  2.0  4  3  0  1 |  6-1   78  2.65  1.09  47 10
*Dave Hamilton       1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  1  0  1  0 |  6-6  101  2.93  1.23  55   
 Joe Horlen          1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  0  1  0 |  3-4   84  3.00  1.12  58  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.57 3-2  1  1 46.0 32  8 13 24 |            2.58 1.120   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Mickey Lolich       2   1.42 0-1  0  0 19.0 15  3  5  9 | 22-14 327  2.50  1.09 250   
*Woodie Fryman       2   3.65 0-2  0  0 12.3 11  5  2  8 |+14-13 233  3.24  1.26 141  1
 Joe Coleman         1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  7  0  3 14 | 19-14 280  2.80  1.16 222   
*John Hiller         3   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.3  1  0  1  1 |  1-2   44  2.03  1.17  26  3
 Lerrin LaGrow       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  1 |  0-1   27  1.32  1.02   9  2
 Chuck Seelbach      2  18.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  4  2  0  0 |  9-8  112  2.89  1.21  76 14
*Fred Scherman       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  0  1 |  7-3   94  3.64  1.53  53 12
 Chris Zachary       1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  1  1  0 |  1-1   38  1.41  1.10  21  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.14 2-3  0  1 46.3 39 11 12 34 |            2.96 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: OAK-CIN / ALCS: OAK-DET / NLCS: CIN-PIT

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