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(4)</th><td> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a></td><td> 93–62 (.600),<br />GA: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><th scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> (3)</th><td> <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a></td><td> 95–59 (.617),<br />GA: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">October 14–22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Stadium" title="Riverfront Stadium">Riverfront Stadium</a> (Cincinnati)<br /><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum" title="Oakland Coliseum">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</a> (Oakland)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> (Oakland)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Umpires</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pelekoudas" title="Chris Pelekoudas">Chris Pelekoudas</a> (NL), <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haller" title="Bill Haller">Bill Haller</a> (AL),</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mel_Steiner" title="Mel Steiner">Mel Steiner</a> (NL), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Umont" title="Frank Umont">Frank Umont</a> (AL),<br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Engel" title="Bob Engel">Bob Engel</a> (NL), <a href="/wiki/Jim_Honochick" title="Jim Honochick">Jim Honochick</a> (AL)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Athletics :</b> <br /><a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a> (manager)<br /><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> (DNP)<br /><a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a><br /><b>Reds:</b> <br /><a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a> (manager)<br /><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">Broadcast</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC" title="Major League Baseball on NBC">NBC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV announcers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> (in Cincinnati)<br /><a href="/wiki/Monte_Moore" title="Monte Moore">Monte Moore</a> (in Oakland)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kubek" title="Tony Kubek">Tony Kubek</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball on NBC Radio">NBC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio announcers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Simpson_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Simpson (sportscaster)">Jim Simpson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Monte_Moore" title="Monte Moore">Monte Moore</a> (in Cincinnati)<br /><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> (in Oakland)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> over <a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> (3–2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1972_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> over <a href="/wiki/1972_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (3–2)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">1973</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1972 World Series</b> was the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">championship series</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s (MLB) <a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1972 Major League Baseball season">1972 season</a>. The 69th edition of the World Series, it was a <a href="/wiki/Best-of-seven_playoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-of-seven playoff">best-of-seven playoff</a> between the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a>. The Athletics won in seven games for their sixth World Series championship .<sup id="cite_ref-strfrd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strfrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-twmv_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twmv-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-matway_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matway-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first World Series championship for the Athletics since <a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a>. </p><p>This was the first World Series in which both teams wore pullover uniforms, a style that remained the norm until 1982, after which at least one team in the fall classic would wear them until 1990, when the Cincinnati Reds wore them. Coincidentally both this World Series and the <a href="/wiki/1990_World_Series" title="1990 World Series">1990 World Series</a> featured the same two teams, the Athletics and the Reds, both far different results. The A's won this one in a hard fought seven games, while the Reds swept the defending champion A's in four games in 1990. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="1972 Major League Baseball postseason">1972 Major League Baseball postseason</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">1972 Cincinnati Reds season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">1972 Oakland Athletics season</a></div> <p>The Athletics won the <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a> division by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games over the <a href="/wiki/1972_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1972 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a>, then defeated the <a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> three games to two in the <a href="/wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> won the <a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">National League West</a> division by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games over both the <a href="/wiki/1972_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1972 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1972_Houston_Astros_season" title="1972 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a>. The Reds dethroned the <a href="/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series">defending</a> World Series champion <a href="/wiki/1972_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> three games to two in the <a href="/wiki/1972_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a>, marking the first year in which an LCS series in either league went the full five games since divisional play was introduced in <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>. The Reds [95–59 (.617)] won one fewer game than the Pirates [96–59 (.619)] during the strike-reduced regular season and became the first team in MLB history to reach the World Series without having the best record in its respective league. In each of the first six League Championship Series, the team with the better record advanced to the World Series. (The Athletics' (93–62 (.600)) had the best record in the American League in 1972, but the AL pennant winner the next three seasons did not.) </p><p>This was Cincinnati's second trip to the World Series in three years, previously falling to <a href="/wiki/1970_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1970 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore</a> in five games in <a href="/wiki/1970_World_Series" title="1970 World Series">1970</a>. It was Oakland's first-ever trip to the Series, and the first for the franchise since <a href="/wiki/1931_World_Series" title="1931 World Series">1931</a>, when the team was located in <a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Athletics season">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aenddrt_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aenddrt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was a matchup of the two premier MLB dynasties of the 1970s, with the Reds winning two World Series (<a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975</a>–<a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">76</a>) in four WS appearances, while the Athletics won <a href="/wiki/Three-peat" title="Three-peat">three straight</a> (1972–<a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">74</a>). Iconoclastic club owner <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Finley" title="Charlie Finley">Charlie Finley</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Swingin%27_A%27s" title="Swingin' A's">Swingin' A's</a>" featured day-glo uniforms, white shoes, much facial hair, colorful nicknames, and explosive personalities, while "The <a href="/wiki/Big_Red_Machine" title="Big Red Machine">Big Red Machine</a>" was a more traditional franchise with a more traditional look (including a facial-hair ban)—and an everyday lineup with three future Hall of Famers as well as all-time hits king, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>. The Series was dubbed "The Hairs vs. the Squares."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oakland played the Series without its star outfielder <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a>, who was injured (pulled <a href="/wiki/Hamstring" title="Hamstring">hamstring</a>) stealing home in the second inning of the final game of the ALCS at Detroit on <span class="nowrap">October 12.<sup id="cite_ref-aenddrt_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aenddrt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-srbdfde_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srbdfde-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bopis_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bopis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> Left-handed reliever <a href="/wiki/Darold_Knowles" title="Darold Knowles">Darold Knowles</a> was also missing for the Athletics, breaking his thumb on September 27, less than three weeks before the Series opener. </p><p>With Jackson out, the Athletics were decided underdogs.<sup id="cite_ref-abbfll_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abbfll-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_Hendrick" title="George Hendrick">George Hendrick</a> was inserted into center field for Jackson. And while Hendrick only went 2-for-15 (.133 avg.), unheralded catcher <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> stepped up. Tenace had a poor regular season, hitting only .225 with five home runs. He was even worse in the AL Championship series against Detroit, going 1 for 17 (.059), although his one hit drove in the go-ahead run in Game 5. In the World Series however, Tenace was spectacular, hitting four home runs equaling the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> mark set by <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a>. He also had nine RBI in the Series—no other Oakland player had more than one. Tenace was voted World Series MVP. </p><p>By contrast, the stellar Oakland pitching kept the middle of the Reds lineup quiet for most of the series. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a> (.270 avg., 40 HR, 125 RBI, NL MVP), <a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a> (.283 avg., 21 HR, 90 RBI), and <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a> (9 HR, 50 RBI), combined for only two homers and five RBI the entire Series. Perez did lead both teams with 10 hits and a .435 batting average, but all 10 hits were singles. It didn't help that the Reds' "table-setters," <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> were a combined 1 for 28 through the first four games, when the Reds lost three of those games. </p><p>The teams were fairly equal statistically, each club totaling 46 hits with the same .209 batting average (the combined batting averages were the lowest recorded in a 7-game World Series). The Reds outscored the Athletics by five runs, <span class="nowrap">21–16,</span> but all four of their losses were by a single run. Six of the seven games in the series were decided by one run, marking perhaps the most closely contested World Series in history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>AL <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a> (4) vs. NL <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (3)</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Attendance  </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>October 14</td> <td><b>Oakland A's</b> – 3, Cincinnati Reds – 2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Stadium" title="Riverfront Stadium">Riverfront Stadium</a></td> <td>2:18</td> <td>52,918<sup id="cite_ref-Game1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>October 15</td> <td><b>Oakland A's</b> – 2, Cincinnati Reds – 1</td> <td>Riverfront Stadium</td> <td>2:26</td> <td>53,224<sup id="cite_ref-Game2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td>October 18<small>†</small></td> <td><b>Cincinnati Reds</b> – 1, Oakland A's – 0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</a></td> <td>2:24</td> <td>49,410<sup id="cite_ref-Game3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td>October 19</td> <td>Cincinnati Reds – 2, <b>Oakland A's</b> – 3</td> <td>Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</td> <td>2:06</td> <td>49,410<sup id="cite_ref-Game4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td>October 20</td> <td><b>Cincinnati Reds</b> – 5, Oakland A's – 4</td> <td>Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</td> <td>2:26</td> <td>49,410<sup id="cite_ref-Game5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td>October 21</td> <td>Oakland A's – 1, <b>Cincinnati Reds</b> – 8</td> <td>Riverfront Stadium</td> <td>2:21</td> <td>52,737<sup id="cite_ref-Game6_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td>October 22</td> <td><b>Oakland A's</b> – 3, Cincinnati Reds – 2</td> <td>Riverfront Stadium</td> <td>2:50</td> <td>56,040<sup id="cite_ref-Game7_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game7-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>†</small>: postponed from October 17 due to rain </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Matchups">Matchups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Matchups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 14, 1972 1:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">ET</a>) at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Stadium" title="Riverfront Stadium">Riverfront Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> 51 °F (11 °C), mostly sunny</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Oakland</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Cincinnati</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Nolan_(baseball)" title="Gary Nolan (baseball)">Gary Nolan</a> (0–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> (1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />OAK: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> 2 (2)<br />CIN: None </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Oakland jumped out to a one-game series lead behind catcher <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a>, who hit a home run in each of his first two at-bats. Tenace became the first player ever to homer in his two initial Series plate appearances, a feat later matched by <a href="/wiki/Andruw_Jones" title="Andruw Jones">Andruw Jones</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1996_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="1996 Atlanta Braves season">Atlanta Braves</a> in <a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a>. Only two Oakland players collected hits, a pair each from Tenace and <a href="/wiki/Bert_Campaneris" title="Bert Campaneris">Bert Campaneris</a>. The A's received a combined four innings of shutout relief from <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> to secure the victory for starter <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a>. Blue stranded the potential tying run at third base to end the game by inducing <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> to ground out to second base. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 15, 1972 1:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (ET) at <span class="nowrap">Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Oakland</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">9</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Cincinnati</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">1</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ross_Grimsley" title="Ross Grimsley">Ross Grimsley</a> (0–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> (1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />OAK: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rudi" title="Joe Rudi">Joe Rudi</a> (1)<br />CIN: None </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Game 2 hero was A's left fielder <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rudi" title="Joe Rudi">Joe Rudi</a>, who smacked a home run and added a sparkling, game-saving catch up against the wall in the ninth inning on a ball hit by <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a>. <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a> pitched eight strong innings, consistently wiggling out of trouble, and also added an RBI single in the second off <a href="/wiki/Ross_Grimsley" title="Ross Grimsley">Ross Grimsley</a>. The Reds' failure to produce in the clutch was as much the story as Rudi's heroics as Cincinnati had leadoff baserunners in five innings but only scored a run in the ninth. </p><p>The A's scored a run in the second when <a href="/wiki/George_Hendrick" title="George Hendrick">George Hendrick</a> beat out a double-play grounder after <a href="/wiki/Sal_Bando" title="Sal Bando">Sal Bando</a> led off with a single. Hendrick went to second on a <a href="/wiki/Dick_Green" title="Dick Green">Dick Green</a> single and scored on a close play at the plate on a Hunter single. <a href="/wiki/Bert_Campaneris" title="Bert Campaneris">Bert Campaneris</a> followed with a hit and Green attempted to score, but was successfully thrown out at the plate by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>. The A's had four hits in the inning, but only scored one run. Rudi extended the lead to 2–0 with his home run in the 3rd. </p><p>In the ninth, <a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a> led off with a base hit before Rudi's catch of Menke's drive for the first out. Oakland first baseman <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hegan" title="Mike Hegan">Mike Hegan</a> then made another great defensive play when <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ger%C3%B3nimo" title="César Gerónimo">César Gerónimo</a>, the next Reds hitter, lined a shot that appeared headed down the line for extra bases. Hegan dove for the ball, knocked it down, and dove for the bag, barely beating Geronimo. Pérez took second and scored on a <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a> single through the middle. <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> then relieved Hunter and induced pinch hitter <a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Javier" title="Julián Javier">Julián Javier</a> to pop out to Hegan in foul territory to end the game. The World Series home loss was Reds' seventh-straight, which included three in the 1961 World Series against the New York Yankees (at <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>) and two in the 1970 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>, the first black major league player of the modern era, made his final public appearance in Cincinnati before Game 2 (he died nine days later). In a brief speech, he expressed his desire to see a black manager in Major League Baseball, a color barrier that had not yet been broken. Two years later, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a> was hired in October 1974 to manage the <a href="/wiki/1975_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1975 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> to break <span class="nowrap">that barrier.<sup id="cite_ref-rmbss_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rmbss-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rbwml_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbwml-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> It would take until <a href="/wiki/1992_World_Series" title="1992 World Series">1992</a> before another black manager, <a href="/wiki/Cito_Gaston" title="Cito Gaston">Cito Gaston</a>, would win the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> (Gaston would repeat this for Toronto the <a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">following year</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 18, 1972 5:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PT</a>) at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> 63 °F (17 °C), partly cloudy</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Cincinnati</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">1</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Oakland</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">0</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_Odom" title="Blue Moon Odom">Blue Moon Odom</a> (0–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clay_Carroll" title="Clay Carroll">Clay Carroll</a> (1) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Heavy storms delayed Game 3 by a day, but the Reds got back into the series behind a strong performance from starter <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a>, who held the A's to three hits in eight innings. The Reds pushed across the game's only run in the seventh when <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ger%C3%B3nimo" title="César Gerónimo">César Gerónimo</a> singled home <a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a>. Pérez scored despite slipping on the still damp grass as he rounded third. Oakland shortstop <a href="/wiki/Bert_Campaneris" title="Bert Campaneris">Bert Campaneris</a> was apparently unaware that Pérez had slipped; otherwise, it appeared Campaneris may have had a play at the plate. <a href="/wiki/Clay_Carroll" title="Clay Carroll">Clay Carroll</a> pitched the ninth for the save. </p><p>A rare trick play occurred in the eighth inning. The Reds had <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> on third and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a> on first base with <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> pitching to NL MVP <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a>. Fingers pitched carefully to Bench before Tolan stole second base on ball three. After the stolen base, with the count 3–2 on Bench, A's manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a> visited the mound. After a long discussion, he motioned for an <a href="/wiki/Intentional_walk" class="mw-redirect" title="Intentional walk">intentional walk</a> to Bench. A's catcher <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> stood to catch ball four, but at the last second returned to his crouch as Fingers delivered a strike on the outside corner. Bench watched the pitch go by for strike three. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 19, 1972 5:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (PT) at <span class="nowrap">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California 59 °F (15 °C), overcast</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Cincinnati</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Oakland</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">10</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clay_Carroll" title="Clay Carroll">Clay Carroll</a> (0–1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />CIN: None<br />OAK: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> (3) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A very pivotal game in the series, and it was <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> and Oakland non-starters who came through in the ninth inning to rally the Athletics to victory to put the A's up 3 games to 1. </p><p>The game was a pitchers' duel between a pair of left-handed starters: Cincinnati's <a href="/wiki/Don_Gullett" title="Don Gullett">Don Gullett</a> and Oakland's <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a>. Through seven innings, the game's lone run was a result of a fifth-inning home run by Tenace, his third homer of the series. With two outs in the top of the eighth inning and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Concepci%C3%B3n" title="Dave Concepción">Dave Concepción</a> on second base, A's manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a> replaced Holtzman with left-hander <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> to face left-handed hitters <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a>. Blue walked Morgan and allowed a clutch two-run double to Tolan, giving Cincinnati the lead as the Reds seemed poised to tie the series at 2 games apiece. </p><p>In the bottom of the ninth, however, with one out, the A's strung together four consecutive hits to score two runs. Pinch hitter <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_M%C3%A1rquez" title="Gonzalo Márquez">Gonzalo Márquez</a> singled, Tenace followed with a single, <a href="/wiki/Don_Mincher" title="Don Mincher">Don Mincher</a> followed with another pinch-hit single scoring pinch-runner <a href="/wiki/Allan_Lewis_(baseball)" title="Allan Lewis (baseball)">Allan Lewis</a> to tie the game before a third pinch-hitter, <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Mangual" title="Ángel Mangual">Ángel Mangual</a>, singled off <a href="/wiki/Clay_Carroll" title="Clay Carroll">Clay Carroll</a> to score Tenace with the game-winner to put Oakland up three games to one. It was the first time that a team collected three pinch hits in the same World Series inning.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 20, 1972 1:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (PT) at <span class="nowrap">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California 63 °F (17 °C), mostly cloudy</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Cincinnati</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">5</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">8</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Oakland</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ross_Grimsley" title="Ross Grimsley">Ross Grimsley</a> (1–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> (1–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a> (1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />CIN: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> (1), <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a> (1)<br />OAK: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> (4) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Up three games to one and with ace <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a> on the mound, the A's looked poised to close out Cincinnati. Compounding problems for the Reds, their ace pitcher <a href="/wiki/Gary_Nolan_(baseball)" title="Gary Nolan (baseball)">Gary Nolan</a>, who had been battling shoulder and neck issues during the second half of the regular season, was unable to pitch Game 5, forcing part-time starter <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGlothlin" title="Jim McGlothlin">Jim McGlothlin</a> to start instead. But two of the struggling Reds, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> who were a combined 1 for 28 at the plate in the first four games, stepped up to make key plays. Rose led off the game with a home run, and he would also drive in the game-winning run in the ninth inning. The game ended dramatically when Morgan threw out the potential game-tying run at the plate as the Reds staved off elimination.<sup id="cite_ref-rsupl_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rsupl-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trailing 1–0 in the second, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> hit his fourth home run of the series, a three-run shot, to put Oakland up by two. McGlothlin was removed after pitching just three innings. The Reds cut the lead to 3–2 in the fourth on a home run by <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Marquez" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonzalo Marquez">Gonzalo Marquez</a> put the A's back in front by two runs with a pinch-hit RBI single in the fourth. </p><p>The Reds continued to answer. With two outs in the fifth, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> walked. With a 3–2 count on <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a>, Morgan broke for second and was able to score when Tolan lined a base hit into right-center field. The speedy Morgan and Tolan collaborated once again in the eighth. Morgan again walked, stole second and scored on another Tolan single to tie the game at four. </p><p>In the ninth, Rose singled in the go-ahead run to give the Reds a 5–4 lead. Game 3 starter <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a> came in to relieve in the ninth, but the A's put runners on the corners with one out. <a href="/wiki/Bert_Campaneris" title="Bert Campaneris">Bert Campaneris</a> hit a foul pop behind first base that <a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a> drifted back and appeared to call for. But second baseman Morgan raced over, waved Perez off, caught the ball, slipped on the grass but got up and fired a throw to nail pinch runner <a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_Odom" title="Blue Moon Odom">Blue Moon Odom</a>, who had tagged from third. </p><p>The Friday afternoon contest was the last non-weekend World Series day game. The three games in Oakland had all been scheduled to be played at night, but Game 3 was rained out, forcing Game 5 to be played on a Friday, originally scheduled as a travel day. The game was played in the afternoon (1 p.m. PT)<sup id="cite_ref-ooboswn_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ooboswn-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to allow ample time for the teams to travel to Cincinnati for Game 6 the next day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_6">Game 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 21, 1972 1:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (ET) at <span class="nowrap">Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio 52 °F (11 °C), overcast</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Oakland</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">1</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Cincinnati</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>X</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">8</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">10</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ross_Grimsley" title="Ross Grimsley">Ross Grimsley</a> (2–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> (0–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hall_(baseball)" title="Tom Hall (baseball)">Tom Hall</a> (1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />OAK: None<br />CIN: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a> (1) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Back at the friendly confines of <a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Stadium" title="Riverfront Stadium">Riverfront Stadium</a>, the Reds tied the series at three games apiece with a rout. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a>, who had no RBI in the series to that point, broke a scoreless tie in the fourth with a homer off starter <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a>. The A's fought back on a <a href="/wiki/Dick_Green" title="Dick Green">Dick Green</a> RBI double in their half of the fifth, but from then on it was all Reds. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Concepci%C3%B3n" title="Dave Concepción">Dave Concepción</a> had a sacrifice fly in the fifth, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Tony Pérez</a> an RBI single in the sixth (his first RBI of the Series). The Reds then broke it open with a five-run seventh an RBI single by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> and a pair of two-run singles by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a> and <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ger%C3%B3nimo" title="César Gerónimo">César Gerónimo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_7">Game 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 22, 1972 1:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (ET) at <span class="nowrap">Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio 62 °F (17 °C), cloudy</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Oakland</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Cincinnati</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a> (2–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Borb%C3%B3n" title="Pedro Borbón">Pedro Borbón</a> (0–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> (2) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> capped a spectacular World Series with two hits, two RBI and he also scored the game-winning run in the sixth inning on <a href="/wiki/Sal_Bando" title="Sal Bando">Sal Bando</a>'s double. </p><p>Oakland scored an unearned run in the first inning off <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a> when Reds center fielder <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a> misplayed a fly ball by Mangual into a three-base error. Mangual scored on a two-out single by Tenace on a ball that hit a seam in the Astroturf and bounced over the head of third baseman <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a>. The Reds tied the game in the fifth on a bases loaded sacrifice fly to the center field wall by <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a>. However, McRae was pinch hitting for Billingham who had allowed no earned runs in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">13<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings in the series against the A's. His replacement in the sixth inning, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Borb%C3%B3n" title="Pedro Borbón">Pedro Borbón</a>, surrendered RBI doubles to Tenace and Bando. Bando's drive appeared catchable, but Tolan pulled up short of the wall due to a strained hamstring and the ball went over Tolan to the base of the wall. He was later removed from the game on a double switch. The Reds closed to within 3–2 in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Perez, but A's closer <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> shut down the Reds in the ninth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composite_box">Composite box</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Composite box"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1972 World Series <b>(4–3): <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (A.L.)</b> over <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (N.L.) </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></b></td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">16</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">46</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">21</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">46</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b>Total attendance:</b> 363,149   <b>Average attendance:</b> 51,878<br /><span class="nowrap"><b>Winning player's share:</b> $20,705</span>   <span class="nowrap"><b>Losing player's share:</b> $15,080<sup id="cite_ref-wsshares_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsshares-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Source:</span><sup id="cite_ref-tsercomp_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tsercomp-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> This was the second of three consecutive years in which the World Series went seven games and the champion was outscored. Six of the games were decided by one run, the sole exception was Game 6, an 8–1 Reds' win. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC" title="Major League Baseball on NBC">NBC</a> aired the series on both television and radio. <a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a> (on TV) and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Simpson_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Simpson (sportscaster)">Jim Simpson</a> (on radio) alternated <a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">play-by-play</a> with team announcers <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> (Reds) and <a href="/wiki/Monte_Moore" title="Monte Moore">Monte Moore</a> (Athletics). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kubek" title="Tony Kubek">Tony Kubek</a>, who had served as an in-the-stands reporter for NBC's four previous World Series telecasts, was promoted to the booth as a <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color analyst</a>, becoming the first former player to serve in that capacity since <a href="/wiki/Joe_Garagiola" title="Joe Garagiola">Joe Garagiola</a> in <a href="/wiki/1961_World_Series" title="1961 World Series">1961</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hall of Famer and trailblazer <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> died of a heart attack two days after the series ended. Robinson had thrown out the first pitch in Game 2 in the World Series. In addressing the crowd, he said he hoped to see a Black MLB manager soon. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a>, no relation, achieved that in 1974. </p><p>The World Series victory for the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a> was the first for the franchise since the days of <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Connie Mack</a> when the team was in Philadelphia and had won in <a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a>. The victory ensured manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a>' return for another year. It was the Athletics' sixth World Series title, and the first of three consecutive titles. This was the last time to date that an American League team had won a World Series Game 7 on the road until <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a>, when the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> did so in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles</a>. </p><p>The Reds would go on to form a <a href="/wiki/Big_Red_Machine" title="Big Red Machine">dynasty</a> for themselves, becoming the third NL team (following the <a href="/wiki/1908_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1908 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> in <a href="/wiki/1907_World_Series" title="1907 World Series">1907</a>–<a href="/wiki/1908_World_Series" title="1908 World Series">08</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1922_New_York_Giants_season" title="1922 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a> in <a href="/wiki/1921_World_Series" title="1921 World Series">1921</a>–<a href="/wiki/1922_World_Series" title="1922 World Series">22</a>) to win consecutive World Series in <a href="/wiki/1975_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1975 Cincinnati Reds season">1975</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1976 Cincinnati Reds season">1976</a>. </p><p>These two teams met again in the World Series 18 years later in <a href="/wiki/1990_World_Series" title="1990 World Series">1990</a>. Their managers would meet again in the Fall Classic 12 years later in <a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a>, helming different teams and swapping leagues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-strfrd-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-strfrd_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=35FYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gfgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7406%2C2365292">"Strife-riddled A's reign as kings"</a>. <i>Spokane Daily Chronicle</i>. 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(1990). <i>The World Series: Complete Play-By-Play of Every Game, 1903–1989</i>. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">340–</span>344. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-03960-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-03960-3"><bdi>0-312-03960-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+World+Series%3A+Complete+Play-By-Play+of+Every+Game%2C+1903%E2%80%931989&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E340-%3C%2Fspan%3E344&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-312-03960-3&rft.aulast=Cohen&rft.aufirst=Richard+M.&rft.au=Neft%2C+David+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1972+World+Series" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReichler1982" class="citation book cs1">Reichler, Joseph (1982). <i>The Baseball Encyclopedia</i> (5th ed.). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 9,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com+%E2%80%93+Major+League+Statistics+and+Information&rft.atitle=1972+World+Series&rft.au=Forman%2C+Sean+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fpostseason%2F1972_WS.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1972+World+Series" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_World_Series&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1972">1972 World Series</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://MLB.com"><i>WorldSeries.com</i> via <i>MLB.com</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1972ws.shtml">1972 World Series</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com"><i>Baseball Almanac</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1972_WS.shtml">1972 World Series</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com"><i>Baseball-Reference.com</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1972/YPS_1972.htm">The 1972 Post-Season Games</a> (box scores and play-by-play) at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org"><i>Retrosheet</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060508140454/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1972.html">History of the World Series - 1972</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sportingnews.com"><i>The Sporting News</i></a>. 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1928_World_Series" title="1928 World Series">1928</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1931_World_Series" title="1931 World Series">1931</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1932_World_Series" title="1932 World Series">1932</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1933_World_Series" title="1933 World Series">1933</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1934_World_Series" title="1934 World Series">1934</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">1935</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1936_World_Series" title="1936 World Series">1936</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1937_World_Series" title="1937 World Series">1937</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1938_World_Series" title="1938 World Series">1938</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1939_World_Series" title="1939 World Series">1939</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1940_World_Series" title="1940 World Series">1940</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1941_World_Series" title="1941 World Series">1941</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1942_World_Series" title="1942 World Series">1942</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1943_World_Series" title="1943 World Series">1943</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1944_World_Series" title="1944 World Series">1944</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1945_World_Series" title="1945 World Series">1945</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">1946</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1947_World_Series" title="1947 World Series">1947</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1948_World_Series" title="1948 World Series">1948</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1949_World_Series" title="1949 World Series">1949</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1950_World_Series" title="1950 World Series">1950</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1951_World_Series" title="1951 World Series">1951</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1952_World_Series" title="1952 World Series">1952</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1953_World_Series" title="1953 World Series">1953</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1954_World_Series" title="1954 World Series">1954</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1955_World_Series" title="1955 World Series">1955</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1956_World_Series" title="1956 World Series">1956</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1957_World_Series" title="1957 World Series">1957</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1958_World_Series" title="1958 World Series">1958</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1959_World_Series" title="1959 World Series">1959</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">1960</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1961_World_Series" title="1961 World Series">1961</a></td> 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style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1970_World_Series" title="1970 World Series">1970</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1977_World_Series" title="1977 World Series">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1981_World_Series" title="1981 World Series">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1983_World_Series" title="1983 World Series">1983</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1987_World_Series" title="1987 World Series">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_World_Series" title="1988 World Series">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_World_Series" title="1990 World Series">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_World_Series" title="1991 World Series">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_World_Series" title="1992 World Series">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><s><a href="/wiki/1994_World_Series" title="1994 World Series">1994</a></s></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1995_World_Series" title="1995 World Series">1995</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1997_World_Series" title="1997 World Series">1997</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1998_World_Series" title="1998 World Series">1998</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1999_World_Series" title="1999 World Series">1999</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2000_World_Series" title="2000 World Series">2000</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Series" title="2001 World Series">2001</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2002_World_Series" title="2002 World Series">2002</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2003_World_Series" title="2003 World Series">2003</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2004_World_Series" title="2004 World Series">2004</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2005_World_Series" title="2005 World Series">2005</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2006_World_Series" title="2006 World Series">2006</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Series" title="2010 World Series">2010</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2011_World_Series" title="2011 World Series">2011</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series" title="2012 World Series">2012</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">2013</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2016_World_Series" title="2016 World Series">2016</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2019_World_Series" title="2019 World Series">2019</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">2023</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions" title="List of World Series champions">World Series champions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_sweeps" title="List of World Series sweeps">Sweeps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_game_sevens" title="List of Major League Baseball game sevens">Game 7s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_postseason_teams" title="List of Major League Baseball postseason teams">Appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_franchise_postseason_streaks" title="List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks">Streaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_franchise_postseason_droughts" title="List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts">Droughts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_postseason_series" title="List of Major League Baseball postseason series">Series (by franchise)</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="People6" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_starting_pitchers" title="List of World Series starting pitchers">Starting pitchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> 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href="/wiki/World_Series_television_ratings" title="World Series television ratings">TV ratings</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Notable_events14" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li>Series not held in <a href="/wiki/1904_World_Series" title="1904 World Series">1904</a> because the <a href="/wiki/1904_New_York_Giants_season" title="1904 New York Giants season">NL champions</a> refused to participate, and in <a href="/wiki/1994_World_Series" title="1994 World Series">1994</a> due to <a 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first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Oakland_Athletics_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Park" title="Columbia Park">Columbia Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri)" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)">Municipal Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum" title="Oakland Coliseum">Oakland Coliseum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sutter_Health_Park" title="Sutter Health Park">Sutter Health Park</a></b> (temporary 2025–2027)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Las_Vegas_Stadium" title="New Las Vegas Stadium">New Las Vegas Stadium</a> (proposed)</li></ul> <dl><dt><i><span class="nobold">Spring training</span></i></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Latta_Park_Baseball_Field" title="Latta Park Baseball Field">Latta Park Baseball Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/J._P._Small_Memorial_Stadium" title="J. P. Small Memorial Stadium">Barrs Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cramton_Bowl" title="Cramton Bowl">Cramton Bowl</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Terry_Park_Ballfield" title="Terry Park Ballfield">Terry Park Ballfield</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Park" title="Wilmington Park">Wilmington Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/McCurdy_Field" title="McCurdy Field">McCurdy Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_Field" title="Connie Mack Field">Connie Mack Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LECOM_Park" title="LECOM Park">McKechnie Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_Park" title="Rendezvous Park">Rendezvous Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scottsdale_Stadium" title="Scottsdale Stadium">Scottsdale Stadium I</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Municipal_Stadium" title="Phoenix Municipal Stadium">Phoenix Municipal Stadium</a></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Hohokam_Stadium" title="Hohokam Stadium">Hohokam Stadium</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(NFL)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (NFL)">Philadelphia Athletics (football)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Baseball_Wall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame">Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baseball_Bug" title="The Baseball Bug">The Baseball Bug</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Champagne_and_Baloney" title="Champagne and Baloney">Champagne and Baloney</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie-O_(mascot)" title="Charlie-O (mascot)">Charlie-O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Callahan" title="Dick Callahan">Dick Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_mascots#Stomper_(Oakland_Athletics)" title="List of Major League Baseball mascots">Stomper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/$100,000_infield" title="$100,000 infield">$100,000 infield</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bill_King" title="Bill King">Holy Toledo!</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swingin%27_A%27s" title="Swingin' A's">Swingin' A's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Three_(Oakland_Athletics)" title="Big Three (Oakland Athletics)">Big Three</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Highway_to_Heaven" title="Highway to Heaven">Highway to Heaven</a></i></li> <li><i>Moneyball</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moneyball:_The_Art_of_Winning_an_Unfair_Game" title="Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game">book</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">film</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Davis_(Oakland)" title="Mount Davis (Oakland)">Mount Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Gordon_(hot_dog_vendor)" title="Hal Gordon (hot dog vendor)">Hal the Hot Dog Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mustache_Gang" title="The Mustache Gang">The Mustache Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Ballpark" title="Oakland Ballpark">Oakland Ballpark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">The Mack Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_Managers_Night" title="Grandstand Managers Night">Grandstand Managers Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_perfect_games" title="List of Major League Baseball perfect games">Perfect games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter%27s_perfect_game" title="Catfish Hunter's perfect game">Catfish Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Braden%27s_perfect_game" title="Dallas Braden's perfect game">Dallas Braden</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bash_Brothers" title="Bash Brothers">Bash Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2002 Oakland Athletics season">20 game win streak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Japan_Opening_Series_2008" title="MLB Japan Opening Series 2008">MLB Japan Opening Series 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_18,_Cleveland_Indians_17_(1932)" title="Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)">Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angels%E2%80%93Athletics_rivalry" title="Angels–Athletics rivalry">Los Angeles Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Series_(Philadelphia)" title="City Series (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia Phillies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Bridge_Series" title="Bay Bridge Series">San Francisco Giants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owners: <a href="/wiki/John_Fisher_(baseball_owner)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fisher (baseball owner)">John Fisher</a></li> <li>President: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kaval" title="Dave Kaval">Dave Kaval</a></li> <li>Executive vice president: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Beane" title="Billy Beane">Billy Beane</a></li> <li>General manager: <a href="/wiki/David_Forst" title="David Forst">David Forst</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kotsay" title="Mark Kotsay">Mark Kotsay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br />Champions (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_World_Series" title="1910 World Series">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_World_Series" title="1911 World Series">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_World_Series" title="1913 World Series">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />Championships (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1902_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1902 Philadelphia Athletics season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1905 Philadelphia Athletics season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1910 Philadelphia Athletics season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1911 Philadelphia Athletics season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1913 Philadelphia Athletics season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Athletics season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1929 Philadelphia Athletics season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1930 Philadelphia Athletics season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Athletics season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 American League Championship Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1973 American League Championship Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1974 American League Championship Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1988 American League Championship Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1989 American League Championship Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1990 American League Championship Series">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">AL West Division<br />Championships (17)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1971 Oakland Athletics season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1973 Oakland Athletics season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1974 Oakland Athletics season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1975 Oakland Athletics season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1981 Oakland Athletics season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1988 Oakland Athletics season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1989 Oakland Athletics season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1990 Oakland Athletics season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1992 Oakland Athletics season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2000 Oakland Athletics season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2002 Oakland Athletics season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2003 Oakland Athletics season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2006 Oakland Athletics season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2013 Oakland Athletics season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2020 Oakland Athletics season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">AL Wild Card (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2001 Oakland Athletics season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 American League Wild Card Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2018 American League Wild Card Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 American League Wild Card Game">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Athletics_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Athletics minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#000000">Minors</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Triple-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Aviators" title="Las Vegas Aviators">Las Vegas Aviators</a></dd> <dt>Double-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Midland_RockHounds" title="Midland RockHounds">Midland RockHounds</a></dd> <dt>High-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lansing_Lugnuts" title="Lansing Lugnuts">Lansing Lugnuts</a></dd> <dt>Single-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Stockton_Ports" title="Stockton Ports">Stockton Ports</a></dd> <dt>Rookie</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Athletics" title="Arizona Complex League Athletics">ACL Athletics</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Athletics" title="Dominican Summer League Athletics">DSL Athletics</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;background-color: #006241 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB819, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB819; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(125)78" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (125)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1900 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1901_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1901 Philadelphia Athletics season">1901</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1902_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1902 Philadelphia Athletics season">1902</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1903 Philadelphia Athletics season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1904 Philadelphia Athletics season">1904</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1905_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1905 Philadelphia Athletics season">1905</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1906 Philadelphia Athletics season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1907 Philadelphia Athletics season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1908 Philadelphia Athletics season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1909 Philadelphia Athletics season">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1910 Philadelphia Athletics season">1910</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1911_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1911 Philadelphia Athletics season">1911</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1912 Philadelphia Athletics season">1912</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1913_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1913 Philadelphia Athletics season">1913</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Athletics season">1914</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1915 Philadelphia Athletics season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1916 Philadelphia Athletics season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1917 Philadelphia Athletics season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1918 Philadelphia Athletics season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1919 Philadelphia Athletics season">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1920 Philadelphia Athletics season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1921 Philadelphia Athletics season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1922 Philadelphia Athletics season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1923 Philadelphia Athletics season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1924 Philadelphia Athletics season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1925 Philadelphia Athletics season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1926 Philadelphia Athletics season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1927 Philadelphia Athletics season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1928 Philadelphia Athletics season">1928</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1929_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1929 Philadelphia Athletics season">1929</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1930_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1930 Philadelphia Athletics season">1930</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Athletics season">1931</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1932 Philadelphia Athletics season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1933 Philadelphia Athletics season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1934 Philadelphia Athletics season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1935 Philadelphia Athletics season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1936 Philadelphia Athletics season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1937 Philadelphia Athletics season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1938 Philadelphia Athletics season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1939 Philadelphia Athletics season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1940 Philadelphia Athletics season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1941 Philadelphia Athletics season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1942 Philadelphia Athletics season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1943 Philadelphia Athletics season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1944 Philadelphia Athletics season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1945 Philadelphia Athletics season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1946 Philadelphia Athletics season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1947 Philadelphia Athletics season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1948 Philadelphia Athletics season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1949 Philadelphia Athletics season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1950 Philadelphia Athletics season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1951 Philadelphia Athletics season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1952 Philadelphia Athletics season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1953 Philadelphia Athletics season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1954 Philadelphia Athletics season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1955 Kansas City Athletics season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1956 Kansas City Athletics season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1957 Kansas City Athletics season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1958 Kansas City Athletics season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1959 Kansas City Athletics season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1960 Kansas City Athletics season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1961 Kansas City Athletics season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1962 Kansas City Athletics season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1963 Kansas City Athletics season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1964 Kansas City Athletics season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1965 Kansas City Athletics season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1966 Kansas City Athletics season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1967 Kansas City Athletics season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1968 Oakland Athletics season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1969 Oakland Athletics season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1970 Oakland Athletics season">1970</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1971_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1971 Oakland Athletics season">1971</a></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">1972</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1973 Oakland Athletics season">1973</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1974_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1974 Oakland Athletics season">1974</a></b></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1975_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1975 Oakland Athletics season">1975</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1976 Oakland Athletics season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1977 Oakland Athletics season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1978 Oakland Athletics season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1979 Oakland Athletics season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1980 Oakland Athletics season">1980</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1981 Oakland Athletics season">1981</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1982 Oakland Athletics season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1983 Oakland Athletics season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1984 Oakland Athletics season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1985 Oakland Athletics season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1986 Oakland Athletics season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1987 Oakland Athletics season">1987</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1988 Oakland Athletics season">1988</a></b></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1989_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1989 Oakland Athletics season">1989</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1990_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1990 Oakland Athletics season">1990</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1991 Oakland Athletics season">1991</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1992_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1992 Oakland Athletics season">1992</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1993 Oakland Athletics season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1994 Oakland Athletics season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1995 Oakland Athletics season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1996 Oakland Athletics season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1997 Oakland Athletics season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1998 Oakland Athletics season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1999 Oakland Athletics season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2000_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2000 Oakland Athletics season">2000</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2001_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2001 Oakland Athletics season">2001</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2002_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2002 Oakland Athletics season">2002</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2003_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2003 Oakland Athletics season">2003</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2004 Oakland Athletics season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2005 Oakland Athletics season">2005</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2006_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2006 Oakland Athletics season">2006</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2007 Oakland Athletics season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2008 Oakland Athletics season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2010 Oakland Athletics season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2011 Oakland Athletics season">2011</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">2012</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2013_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2013 Oakland Athletics season">2013</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2014_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2014 Oakland Athletics season">2014</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2015 Oakland Athletics season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2016 Oakland Athletics season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2017 Oakland Athletics season">2017</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2018_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2018 Oakland Athletics season">2018</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2019_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2019 Oakland Athletics season">2019</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB819 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006241, inset -2px -2px 0 #006241; !important;;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2020_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2020 Oakland Athletics season">2020</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2021 Oakland Athletics season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2022 Oakland Athletics season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2023 Oakland Athletics season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2024 Oakland Athletics season">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Athletics_season" title="2025 Athletics season">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="Bank Street Grounds">Bank Street Grounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_Park_(Cincinnati)" title="League Park (Cincinnati)">League Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Fans" title="Palace of the Fans">Palace of the Fans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Stadium" title="Riverfront Stadium">Riverfront Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Great_American_Ball_Park" title="Great American Ball Park">Great American Ball Park</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><i>Spring training</i></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Majestic_Park" title="Majestic Park">Majestic Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tinker_Field" title="Tinker Field">Tinker Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Sixto_Escobar" title="Estadio Sixto Escobar">Estadio Sixto Escobar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Plant_Field" title="Plant Field">Plant Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Al_Lopez_Field" title="Al Lopez Field">Al Lopez Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Plant_City_Stadium" title="Plant City Stadium">Plant City Stadium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ed_Smith_Stadium" title="Ed Smith Stadium">Ed Smith Stadium</a></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Ballpark" title="Goodyear Ballpark">Goodyear Ballpark</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings" title="Cincinnati Red Stockings">Cincinnati Red Stockings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Reds" title="Rosie Reds">Rosie Reds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Red" title="Mr. Red">Mr. Red</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">Black Sox Scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Burke" title="Kitty Burke">Kitty Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritter_Collett" title="Ritter Collett">Ritter Collett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Red_Machine" title="Big Red Machine">The Big Red Machine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowd_Report" title="Dowd Report">Dowd Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasty_Boys_(Cincinnati_Reds)" title="Nasty Boys (Cincinnati Reds)">The Nasty Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_McCoy" title="Hal McCoy">Hal McCoy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hustle_(2004_film)" title="Hustle (2004 film)">Hustle</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W711-2" title="W711-2">W711-2 trading cards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk%27s_1975_World_Series_home_run" title="Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run">Carlton Fisk waves it fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Browning%27s_perfect_game" title="Tom Browning's perfect game">Tom Browning's perfect game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game">1999 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2013 National League Wild Card Game">2013 NL Wild Card Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_drive_into_deep_left_field_by_Castellanos" title="A drive into deep left field by Castellanos">A drive into deep left field by Castellanos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_at_Field_of_Dreams" title="MLB at Field of Dreams">MLB at Field of Dreams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Cup" title="Ohio Cup">Cleveland Guardians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirates%E2%80%93Reds_rivalry" title="Pirates–Reds rivalry">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Castellini" title="Bob Castellini">Bob Castellini</a></li> <li>President of Baseball Operations: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Krall" title="Nick Krall">Nick Krall</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Meador" title="Brad Meador">Brad Meador</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Benavides" title="Freddie Benavides">Freddie Benavides</a> (interim)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">World Series Championships (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1919_World_Series" title="1919 World Series">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_World_Series" title="1940 World Series">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_World_Series" title="1990 World Series">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">National League pennants (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1919_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1919 Cincinnati Reds season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1939 Cincinnati Reds season">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1940 Cincinnati Reds season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1961 Cincinnati Reds season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1970 National League Championship Series">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 National League Championship Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1975 National League Championship Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1976 National League Championship Series">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1990 National League Championship Series">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">AA pennants (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1882_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1882</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">National League Central</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1995_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1995 Cincinnati Reds season">1995</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2010 Cincinnati Reds season">2010</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2012_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2012 Cincinnati Reds season">2012</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">National League West</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1970_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1970 Cincinnati Reds season">1970</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">1972</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1973_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1973 Cincinnati Reds season">1973</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1975_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1975 Cincinnati Reds season">1975</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1976_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1976 Cincinnati Reds season">1976</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1979_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1979 Cincinnati Reds season">1979</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1990_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1990 Cincinnati Reds season">1990</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cincinnati_Reds_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Bats" title="Louisville Bats">Louisville Bats</a> (Triple-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Lookouts" title="Chattanooga Lookouts">Chattanooga Lookouts</a> (Double-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Dragons" title="Dayton Dragons">Dayton Dragons</a> (High-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytona_Tortugas" title="Daytona Tortugas">Daytona Tortugas</a> (Single-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Reds" title="Arizona Complex League Reds">ACL Reds</a> (Rookie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Reds" title="Dominican Summer League Reds">DSL Reds</a> (Rookie)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cincinnati_Reds_broadcasters" title="List of Cincinnati Reds broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li>Radio: <a href="/wiki/WLW" title="WLW">WLW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds_Radio_Network" title="Cincinnati Reds Radio Network">Reds Radio Network</a></li> <li>TV: <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Ohio">Bally Sports Ohio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;background-color: #C6011F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(144)88" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (144)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1880s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1880 · 1881 · </span> <b><a href="/wiki/1882_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1882</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1887 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1888 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_season" title="1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings season">1889</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1890s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1890_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1890 Cincinnati Reds season">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1891 Cincinnati Reds season">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1892 Cincinnati Reds season">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1893 Cincinnati Reds season">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1894 Cincinnati Reds season">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1895 Cincinnati Reds season">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1896 Cincinnati Reds season">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1897 Cincinnati Reds season">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1898 Cincinnati Reds season">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1899 Cincinnati Reds season">1899</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1900 Cincinnati Reds season">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1901 Cincinnati Reds season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1902 Cincinnati Reds season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1903 Cincinnati Reds season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1904 Cincinnati Reds season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1905 Cincinnati Reds season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1906 Cincinnati Reds season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1907 Cincinnati Reds season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1908 Cincinnati Reds season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1909 Cincinnati Reds season">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1910 Cincinnati Reds season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1911 Cincinnati Reds season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1912 Cincinnati Reds season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1913 Cincinnati Reds season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1914 Cincinnati Reds season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1915 Cincinnati Reds season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1916 Cincinnati Reds season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1917 Cincinnati Reds season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1918 Cincinnati Reds season">1918</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1919_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1919 Cincinnati Reds season">1919</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1920 Cincinnati Reds season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1921 Cincinnati Reds season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1922 Cincinnati Reds season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1923 Cincinnati Reds season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1924 Cincinnati Reds season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1925 Cincinnati Reds season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1926 Cincinnati Reds season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1927 Cincinnati Reds season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1928 Cincinnati Reds season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1929 Cincinnati Reds season">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1930 Cincinnati Reds season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1931 Cincinnati Reds season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1932 Cincinnati Reds season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1933 Cincinnati Reds season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1934 Cincinnati Reds season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1935 Cincinnati Reds season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1936 Cincinnati Reds season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1937 Cincinnati Reds season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1938 Cincinnati Reds season">1938</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1939_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1939 Cincinnati Reds season">1939</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1940 Cincinnati Reds season">1940</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1941 Cincinnati Reds season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1942 Cincinnati Reds season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1943 Cincinnati Reds season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1944 Cincinnati Reds season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1945 Cincinnati Reds season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1946 Cincinnati Reds season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1947 Cincinnati Reds season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1948 Cincinnati Reds season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1949 Cincinnati Reds season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1950 Cincinnati Reds season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1951 Cincinnati Reds season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1952 Cincinnati Reds season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1953 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1954 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1955 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1956 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1959 Cincinnati Reds season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1960 Cincinnati Reds season">1960</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1961_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1961 Cincinnati Reds season">1961</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1962 Cincinnati Reds season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1963 Cincinnati Reds season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1964 Cincinnati Reds season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1965 Cincinnati Reds season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1966 Cincinnati Reds season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1967 Cincinnati Reds season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1968 Cincinnati Reds season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1969 Cincinnati Reds season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1970_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1970 Cincinnati Reds season">1970</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1971 Cincinnati Reds season">1971</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">1972</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1973_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1973 Cincinnati Reds season">1973</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1974 Cincinnati Reds season">1974</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1975_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1975 Cincinnati Reds season">1975</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1976_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1976 Cincinnati Reds season">1976</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1977 Cincinnati Reds season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1978 Cincinnati Reds season">1978</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1979_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1979 Cincinnati Reds season">1979</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1980 Cincinnati Reds season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1981 Cincinnati Reds season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1982 Cincinnati Reds season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1983 Cincinnati Reds season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1984 Cincinnati Reds season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1985 Cincinnati Reds season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1986 Cincinnati Reds season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1987 Cincinnati Reds season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1988 Cincinnati Reds season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1989 Cincinnati Reds season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1990_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1990 Cincinnati Reds season">1990</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1991 Cincinnati Reds season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1992 Cincinnati Reds season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1993 Cincinnati Reds season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1994 Cincinnati Reds season">1994</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1995_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1995 Cincinnati Reds season">1995</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1996 Cincinnati Reds season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1997 Cincinnati Reds season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1998 Cincinnati Reds season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1999 Cincinnati Reds season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2000 Cincinnati Reds season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2001 Cincinnati Reds season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2002 Cincinnati Reds season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2003 Cincinnati Reds season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2004 Cincinnati Reds season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2005 Cincinnati Reds season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2006 Cincinnati Reds season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2007 Cincinnati Reds season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2008 Cincinnati Reds season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2009 Cincinnati Reds season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C6011F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C6011F; !important;;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baseball_Network" title="The Baseball Network">Baseball Night in America</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1994 Major League Baseball season">1994</a>–<a href="/wiki/1995_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1995 Major League Baseball season">1995</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MLB_Sunday_Leadoff" title="MLB Sunday Leadoff">MLB Sunday Leadoff</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2022 Major League Baseball season">2022</a>–<a href="/wiki/2023_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2023 Major League Baseball season">2023</a>)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Miscellaneousprograms27" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous<br />programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_1980s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal_Television_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="NBCUniversal Television Group">NBC's owned<br /> and operated</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Historical_Major_League_Baseball_television_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical Major League Baseball television broadcasters">TV stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WNBC" title="WNBC">W2XBS</a> (later WNBT) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_Yankees_broadcasters" title="List of New York Yankees broadcasters">New York Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/1939_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1939 New York Yankees season">1939</a>–<a href="/wiki/1945_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1945 New York Yankees season">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCAU" title="WCAU">WCAU 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_broadcasters" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasters">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2014 Philadelphia Phillies season">2014</a>–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNSD" title="KNSD">KCST 39</a> (later KNSD) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Padres_broadcasters" title="List of San Diego Padres broadcasters">San Diego Padres</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1971 San Diego Padres season">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1972_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1972 San Diego Padres season">1972</a>; <a href="/wiki/1984_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1984 San Diego Padres season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1986_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1986 San Diego Padres season">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNTV" title="KNTV">KNTV 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Francisco_Giants_broadcasters" title="List of San Francisco Giants broadcasters">San Francisco Giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="2008 San Francisco Giants season">2008</a>–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball on NBC Sports">NBC Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">Bay Area</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Francisco_Giants_broadcasters" title="List of San Francisco Giants broadcasters">San Francisco Giants</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_California" title="NBC Sports California">California</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Oakland_Athletics_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Oakland Athletics broadcasters">Oakland Athletics</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Chicago" title="NBC Sports Chicago">Chicago</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Cubs_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters">Chicago Cubs</a> [<a href="/wiki/2004_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2004 Chicago Cubs season">2004</a>–<a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2019 Chicago Cubs season">2019</a>] and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_White_Sox_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago White Sox broadcasters">White Sox</a> [<a href="/wiki/2004_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2004 Chicago White Sox season">2004</a>–<a href="/wiki/2024_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2024 Chicago White Sox season">2024</a>])</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_broadcasters" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasters">Philadelphia Phillies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SNY" title="SNY">New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_Mets_broadcasters" title="List of New York Mets broadcasters">New York Mets</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">Sponsors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillette" title="Gillette">Gillette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Bohemian" title="National Bohemian">National Bohemian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball on NBC broadcasters">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Baseball_Network_announcers" title="The Baseball Network announcers">The Baseball Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Championship_Series_broadcasters" title="List of American League Championship Series broadcasters">ALCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Division_Series_broadcasters" title="List of American League Division Series broadcasters">ALDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_Championship_Series_broadcasters" title="List of National League Championship Series broadcasters">NLCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_Division_Series_broadcasters" title="List of National League Division Series broadcasters">NLDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">World Series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball Game of the Week broadcasters">Game of the Week</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_prime_time_television_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball prime time television broadcasters">Prime time</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play <br /> announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Allen" title="Mel Allen">Mel Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Barber" title="Red Barber">Red Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Benetti" title="Jason Benetti">Jason Benetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Blattner" title="Buddy Blattner">Buddy Blattner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Brennaman" title="Marty Brennaman">Marty Brennaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brickhouse" title="Jack Brickhouse">Jack Brickhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Britt" title="Jim Britt">Jim Britt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Buck" title="Jack Buck">Jack Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Burke_(sportscaster)" title="Brendan Burke (sportscaster)">Brendan Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Caray" title="Harry Caray">Harry Caray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Caray" title="Skip Caray">Skip Caray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Carpenter_(sportscaster)" title="Bob Carpenter (sportscaster)">Bob Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Coleman" title="Ken Coleman">Ken Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Enberg" title="Dick Enberg">Dick Enberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Enis" title="Bill Enis">Bill Enis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Garagiola" title="Joe Garagiola">Joe Garagiola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Harmon" title="Merle Harmon">Merle Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Harwell" title="Ernie Harwell">Ernie Harwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Helfer" title="Al Helfer">Al Helfer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Hodges" title="Russ Hodges">Russ Hodges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Charlie Jones (sportscaster)">Charlie Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">George Kell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly_(broadcaster)" title="Gene Kelly (broadcaster)">Gene Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Martin" title="Ned Martin">Ned Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Miller" title="Jon Miller">Jon Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Moore" title="Monte Moore">Monte Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Neal_(Atlanta_sportscaster)" title="Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster)">Bob Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Donnell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill O'Donnell (sportscaster)">Bill O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Prince" title="Bob Prince">Bob Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Randolph" title="Jay Randolph">Jay Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Phil Rizzuto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Robinson_(sportscaster)" title="Ted Robinson (sportscaster)">Ted Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Scott_(sportscaster)" title="Ray Scott (sportscaster)">Ray Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vin_Scully" title="Vin Scully">Vin Scully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Simpson_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Simpson (sportscaster)">Jim Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Slowes" title="Charlie Slowes">Charlie Slowes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Thompson" title="Chuck Thompson">Chuck Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Thorne" title="Gary Thorne">Gary Thorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Van_Wieren" title="Pete Van Wieren">Pete Van Wieren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Vasgersian" title="Matt Vasgersian">Matt Vasgersian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Woods" title="Jim Woods">Jim Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Zabriskie" title="Steve Zabriskie">Steve Zabriskie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Bando" title="Sal Bando">Sal Bando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Bevacqua" title="Kurt Bevacqua">Kurt Bevacqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Leo Durocher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Garagiola" title="Joe Garagiola">Joe Garagiola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Harrelson" title="Ken Harrelson">Ken Harrelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Haney" title="Fred Haney">Fred Haney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hutton" title="Tommy Hutton">Tommy Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kubek" title="Tony Kubek">Tony Kubek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Luciano" title="Ron Luciano">Ron Luciano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lowenstein" title="John Lowenstein">John Lowenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Murcer" title="Bobby Murcer">Bobby Murcer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Parker" title="Wes Parker">Wes Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Patek" title="Freddie Patek">Freddie Patek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese" title="Pee Wee Reese">Pee Wee Reese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Shannon" title="Mike Shannon">Mike Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Uecker" title="Bob Uecker">Bob Uecker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guest<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Dempsey" title="Rick Dempsey">Rick Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Larkin" title="Barry Larkin">Barry Larkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Valentine" title="Bobby Valentine">Bobby Valentine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Adamle" title="Mike Adamle">Mike Adamle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Berman" title="Len Berman">Len Berman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Cefalo" title="Jimmy Cefalo">Jimmy Cefalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Fareed" title="Ahmed Fareed">Ahmed Fareed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayle_Gardner" title="Gayle Gardner">Gayle Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Gumbel" title="Bryant Gumbel">Bryant Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Macatee" title="Bill Macatee">Bill Macatee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Olbermann" title="Keith Olbermann">Keith Olbermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad" title="Ahmad Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Field reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Roberts" title="Jimmy Roberts">Jimmy Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wischusen" title="Bob Wischusen">Bob Wischusen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular season <br /> games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">#715</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="1974 Atlanta Braves season">1974</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandberg_Game" title="Sandberg Game">"The Sandberg Game"</a> (<a href="/wiki/1984_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1984 Chicago Cubs season">1984</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tie-breaker games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1951 National League tie-breaker series">1951 National League tie-breaker series</a> (Games 2–<a href="/wiki/Shot_Heard_%27Round_the_World_(baseball)" title="Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)">3</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1962 National League tie-breaker series">1962 National League tie-breaker series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LCS games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith#"Go_crazy,_folks"" title="Ozzie Smith">"Go crazy folks!"</a> (<a href="/wiki/1985_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 National League Championship Series">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Maier_incident" title="Jeffrey Maier incident">Jeffrey Maier</a> (<a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1996 American League Championship Series">1996</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_Single" title="Grand Slam Single">Grand Slam Single</a>" (<a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1999 National League Championship Series">1999</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series<br />games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subway_Series" title="Subway Series">Subway Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Catch_(baseball)" title="The Catch (baseball)">"The Catch" (1954)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Larsen%27s_perfect_game" title="Don Larsen's perfect game">Don Larsen's perfect game (1956)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski%27s_1960_World_Series_home_run" title="Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run">Bill Mazeroski's home run (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series#Game_5" title="1969 World Series">"Shoe polish incident"</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season" title="1969 New York Mets season">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk%27s_1975_World_Series_home_run" title="Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run">"Fisk Waves it Fair"</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1975 Boston Red Sox season">1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sergio" title="Michael Sergio">Michael Sergio</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Buckner%27s_1986_World_Series_error" title="Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error">"It gets through Buckner!"</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1986 Boston Red Sox season">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson%27s_1988_World_Series_home_run" title="Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run">Kirk Gibson's home run (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Century_Team" title="Major League Baseball All-Century Team">All-Century Team (1999)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_World_Series" title="1947 World Series">1947</a> (Games 1 and 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_World_Series" title="1948 World Series">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_World_Series" title="1949 World Series">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_World_Series" title="1950 World Series">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_World_Series" title="1951 World Series">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_World_Series" title="1952 World Series">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_World_Series" title="1953 World Series">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_World_Series" title="1954 World Series">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_World_Series" title="1955 World Series">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_World_Series" title="1956 World Series">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_World_Series" title="1957 World Series">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_World_Series" title="1958 World Series">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_World_Series" title="1959 World Series">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_World_Series" title="1961 World Series">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_World_Series" title="1963 World Series">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_World_Series" title="1964 World Series">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_World_Series" title="1967 World Series">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_World_Series" title="1970 World Series">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series">1971</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_World_Series" title="1988 World Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_World_Series" title="1995 World Series">1995</a> (Games 2, 3, and 6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_World_Series" title="1997 World Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_World_Series" title="1999 World Series">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1969 American League Championship Series">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1970 American League Championship Series">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1971 American League Championship Series">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 American League Championship Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1973 American League Championship Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1974 American League Championship Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1975 American League Championship Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1977 American League Championship Series">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1979 American League Championship Series">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1981 American League Championship Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1983 American League Championship Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 American League Championship Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1987 American League Championship Series">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1989 American League Championship Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1995 American League Championship Series">1995</a> (Games 3–6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1996 American League Championship Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1998 American League Championship Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2000 American League Championship Series">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1969 National League Championship Series">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1970 National League Championship Series">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1971 National League Championship Series">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 National League Championship Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1973 National League Championship Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1974 National League Championship Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1975 National League Championship Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1977 National League Championship Series">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1979 National League Championship Series">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1981 National League Championship Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1983 National League Championship Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 National League Championship Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1987 National League Championship Series">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1989 National League Championship Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1995 National League Championship Series">1995</a> (Games 3–4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1997 National League Championship Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1999 National League Championship Series">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_American_League_Division_Series" title="1995 American League Division Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Division_Series" title="1996 American League Division Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_American_League_Division_Series" title="1997 American League Division Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_American_League_Division_Series" title="1999 American League Division Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_American_League_Division_Series" title="2000 American League Division Series">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1981_National_League_Division_Series" title="1981 National League Division Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_National_League_Division_Series" title="1995 National League Division Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_National_League_Division_Series" title="1996 National League Division Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_National_League_Division_Series" title="1997 National League Division Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Division_Series" title="1998 National League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Division_Series" title="1999 National League Division Series">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1951 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1958</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">First</a>–<a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(second_game)" title="1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)">Second</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">First</a>–<a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(second_game)" title="1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)">Second</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">First</a>–<a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(second_game)" title="1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)">Second</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(first_game)" title="1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)">First</a>–<a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(second_game)" title="1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-<i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week" title="Major League Baseball Game of the Week">Game of the Week</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_baseball" title="1948 in baseball">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_baseball" title="1949 in baseball">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_baseball" title="1950 in baseball">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball" title="1956 in baseball">1956</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Game of the Week</i> era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_baseball" title="1958 in baseball">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_baseball" title="1959 in baseball">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_baseball" title="1961 in baseball">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_baseball" title="1962 in baseball">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_baseball" title="1963 in baseball">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> and <a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">World Series</a> only)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_baseball" title="1966 in baseball">1966</a> <small>(exclusive coverage begins)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_baseball" title="1974 in baseball">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_baseball" title="1982 in baseball">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_baseball" title="1983 in baseball">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_baseball" title="1984 in baseball">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_baseball" title="1985 in baseball">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_baseball" title="1989 in baseball">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The <a href="/wiki/The_Baseball_Network" title="The Baseball Network">Baseball Network</a> era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_baseball" title="1994 in baseball">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">No regular season<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_baseball" title="1996 in baseball">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_baseball" title="1997 in baseball">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_baseball" title="1998 in baseball">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_baseball" title="2000 in baseball">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/MLB_Sunday_Leadoff" title="MLB Sunday Leadoff">MLB Sunday Leadoff</a></i> era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_baseball" title="2022 in baseball">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_baseball" title="2023 in baseball">2023</a></li></ul> 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title="Marty Brennaman">Marty Brennaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brickhouse" title="Jack Brickhouse">Jack Brickhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Brown_(sportswriter)" title="Warren Brown (sportswriter)">Warren Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Buck" title="Jack Buck">Jack Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Caray" title="Harry Caray">Harry Caray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillips_Carlin" title="Phillips Carlin">Phillips Carlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Carneal" title="Herb Carneal">Herb Carneal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boake_Carter" title="Boake Carter">Boake Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Coleman" title="Ken Coleman">Ken Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Daniels_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Daniels (sportscaster)">Dan Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Doggett" title="Jerry Doggett">Jerry Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dudley" title="Jimmy Dudley">Jimmy Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Elson" title="Bob Elson">Bob 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