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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 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 .
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 free agent. [15] July 7, 1973: Dal Maxvill was purchased from the Athletics by the Pittsburgh ...
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). The burgundy blazers were worn through 1979.
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.
The 1973 National League Championship Series was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball’s 1973 postseason played between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds from October 6 to 10. New York won the series three games to two and advanced to the World Series , where they lost to the Oakland Athletics in what was the second of three ...
Joe Frazier and George Foreman agreed terms and delivered a classic and unforgettable world heavyweight championship fight. Foreman was unbeaten in 37 fights and 34 of his victims had been knocked ...
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 ...