United states colorado springs 4th march 1975 8th march 1975. Oakland as 1970s glory days to be relived in world series. The seventh highest rated show in wide world of sports history features the muhammad alibob foster fight, the world ski flying championships and a report on olga korbut. How many teams have won 3 world series in a row answers. Oakland athletics baseball team 1972, 1973, 1974, and. Catfish hunter had openly stated his desire to declare himself a freeagent unless owner charles finley paid him a back salary. Date meeting venue country 30 mar 2019 iaaf world cross country championships aarhus 2019. Click on the 1974 world series link on this page to see a game by game breakdown. Oakland athletics baseball team 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1989 world series champions collection by stephanie lauren bounds. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn. Ulrike tauber, a 16yearold swimmer from the german democratic republic and tim shaw, 16, from the long beach swim club, california, were voted.
Major league baseball, mlb, the silhouetted batter logo, world. The first era of the as in oakland, known as the swingin as, won three consecutive world series championships in the early 1970s, something only one other major league franchise. Lets take a look at the championship history of each of mlbs 30 franchises. Salaries for midseason callups or traded players may not be shown. The 1974 world series was the championship series of major league baseball s mlb 1974 season. The 1974 american league championship series was a bestoffive matchup between the east division champion baltimore orioles and the west division champion oakland as. The 1974 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1974 season. To learn about our efforts to improve the accessibility and usability of our website, please visit our. A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. World series, in baseball, a postseason playoff series between champions of the. Additional 19151969 salaries researched via baseball hall of fame contract archives by dr. The 1974 oakland athletics season involved the as winning their fourth consecutive american league west title with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.
The dodgers won the series three games to one and lost the 1974 world series to the oakland athletics. The as beat the dodgers 32 in game 5 of the 1974 world series at the coliseum, and its still hard to believe it was the last clinched championship by a bay area team at its facility until. It was a rematch of the previous years series and third overall between the two teams. The 71st edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff played between the american league al champion and twotime defending world series. World athletics cross country championships archive of. Player birth country and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 1974 tournament. First played in 1903, the world series championship is a bestofseven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseballs national league nl and american league al. Athletics pitcher catfish hunter strikes out joe ferguson for the final out as the athletics win game 1 of the world series check out. This article is about winners of the world series of major league baseball that. Salaries converted to alternate years using consumer price index cpi data courtesy of the minneapolis federal reserve board. Oakland as joe rudi world series clinching homerun 1974.