1972 American League Championship Series

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1972 AL Championship Series (3-2) Oakland Athletics (93-62) over Detroit Tigers (86-70)

Introduction[edit]

Umpires[edit]

Results[edit]

Game 1[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2
Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 1
WP: Rollie Fingers (1-0), LP: Mickey Lolich (0-1)
Home Runs: DET - Norm Cash (1), Al Kaline (1)
  • Attendance: 29,566

Game 2[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Athletics 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 5 8 0
WP: Blue Moon Odom (1-0), LP: Woodie Fryman (0-1)
Home Runs: - none
  • Attendance: 31,088

Game 3[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3 8 1
WP: Joe Coleman (1-0), LP: Ken Holtzman (0-1)
Home Runs: DET - Bill Freehan (1)
  • Attendance: 41,156

Game 4[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 2
Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 1
WP: John Hiller (1-0), LP: Joe Horlen (0-1)
Home Runs: OAK - Mike Epstein (1); DET - Dick McAuliffe (1)
  • Attendance: 37,615

Game 5[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athletics 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
WP: Blue Moon Odom (2-0), LP: Woodie Fryman (0-2), SV: Vida Blue (1)
Home Runs: - none
  • Attendance: 50,276

Further Reading[edit]

  • Todd Masters: The 1972 Detroit Tigers: Billy Martin and the Half-Game Champs, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7864-4820-3


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