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Oakland Athletics 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 · 1972-10-14 to 1972-10-22 · 7 games · attendance 363,149 · season overview
Champion · 6th title
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Decided in game 7
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1972-10-14 |  Oakland Athletics 3 at Cincinnati Reds 2 | 1–0 | Cinergy Field | 52,918 | Ken Holtzman | Gary Nolan | Vida Blue |
| 2 | 1972-10-15 | Oakland Athletics 2 at Cincinnati Reds 1 | 2–0 | Cinergy Field | 53,224 | Catfish Hunter | Ross Grimsley | Rollie Fingers |
| 3 | 1972-10-18 | Cincinnati Reds 1 at Oakland Athletics 0 | 2–1 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,410 | Jack Billingham | Blue Moon Odom | Clay Carroll |
| 4 | 1972-10-19 | Cincinnati Reds 2 at Oakland Athletics 3 | 3–1 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,410 | Rollie Fingers | Clay Carroll | |
| 5 | 1972-10-20 | Cincinnati Reds 5 at Oakland Athletics 4 | 3–2 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,410 | Ross Grimsley | Rollie Fingers | Jack Billingham |
| 6 | 1972-10-21 | Oakland Athletics 1 at Cincinnati Reds 8 | 3–3 | Cinergy Field | 52,737 | Ross Grimsley | Vida Blue | Tom Hall |
| 7 | 1972-10-22 | Oakland Athletics 3 at Cincinnati Reds 2 | 4–3 | Cinergy Field | 56,040 | Catfish Hunter | Pedro Borbon | Rollie Fingers |
The players
Oakland Athletics
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Campaneris | 7 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .179 |
| Sal Bando | 7 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .269 |
| Joe Rudi | 7 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .240 |
| Matty Alou | 7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .042 |
| Gene Tenace | 7 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .348 |
| Dick Green | 7 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Mike Epstein | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| George Hendrick | 5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .133 |
| Angel Mangual | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Gonzalo Marquez | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Dave Duncan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| Mike Hegan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| Catfish Hunter | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Ken Holtzman | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Blue Moon Odom | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Ted Kubiak | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Don Mincher | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Vida Blue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Rollie Fingers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catfish Hunter | 3 | 2 | 2–0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2.81 |
| Ken Holtzman | 2 | 2 | 1–0 | 0 | 12.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.13 |
| Blue Moon Odom | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 11.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Rollie Fingers | 6 | 0 | 1–1 | 2 | 10.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1.74 |
| Vida Blue | 4 | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4.15 |
| Joe Horlen | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Dave Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Bob Locker | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Cincinnati Reds
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Rose | 7 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .214 |
| Bobby Tolan | 7 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .269 |
| Joe Morgan | 7 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .125 |
| Denis Menke | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .083 |
| Tony Perez | 7 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .435 |
| Johnny Bench | 7 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .261 |
| Cesar Geronimo | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .158 |
| Dave Concepcion | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .308 |
| Hal McRae | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .444 |
| Darrel Chaney | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Jack Billingham | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Ted Uhlaender | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Joe Hague | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gary Nolan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Ross Grimsley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Don Gullett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Julian Javier | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jim McGlothlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Billingham | 3 | 2 | 1–0 | 1 | 13.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gary Nolan | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 10.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.38 |
| Tom Hall | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 8.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Don Gullett | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1.29 |
| Ross Grimsley | 4 | 1 | 2–1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.57 |
| Pedro Borbon | 6 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Clay Carroll | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jim McGlothlin | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12.00 |