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The 1973 American League Championship Series was a semifinal matchup in Major League Baseball's 1973 postseason which took place between October 6 and 11, 1973. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles , three games to two.
The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League's (NL ...
The 1973 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1973 season.The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The 1973 Major League Baseball season was the first season of the designated hitter rule in the American League. [ 1 ] American League umpires began wearing burgundy blazers with blue pants, a change from the navy blue coats and gray pants worn the previous five seasons ( 1968 – 1972 ).
November 28 – Al Bumbry, centerfielder of the Baltimore Orioles, wins the 1973 American League Rookie of the Year Award, receiving 13.5 of 24 possible votes. Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Pedro García is the runner-up with three votes. Bumbry, 26, is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star.
April 3, 1973: Don Shaw was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Tim Hosley. [13] May 4, 1973: Jerry McNertney was purchased from the Athletics by the Pittsburgh Pirates. [7] May 11, 1973: Mark Budaska was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics. [14] June 24, 1973: Steve McCatty was signed by the Athletics as an amateur ...
The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 American League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant. [103] b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the ...
The 1973 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1973 season. The 70th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets .