Round 1: 1931 vs. 1974

[Providence A's]

01. 1931 AL Champion A's 107-45 (.704)
vs.
16. 1974 World Series Champion A's 90-72 (.556)

[Providence A's]

Game 1

1974

Oakland Athletics

90 - 72 (0.556)

Vida Blue (3.25)

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1931

Philadelphia Athletics

107 - 45 (0.704)

Lefty Grove (2.06)

[redsrbetter]

Man that is one heck of a pitching matchup. I will say 1974 wins it.

[Porter]

I like the 1931 A's.

[Providence A's]

Gotta go with the #1 seed...interesting that the A's team with the greatest winning percentage lost in the world series

[awefullspellare]

I'll go with 74 because I feel like it.

[Providence A's]

Game 1 lineups:

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 C Ray Fosse
8 2B Dick Green
9 P Vida Blue

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 SS Dib Williams
8 3B Jimmy Dykes
9 P Lefty Grove

[Providence A's]

1931 pulls out a thrilling 5 - 4 victory in 15 innings after falling behind 4 - 3 in the top half of the 15th! Jimmy Dykes' only hit in 7 ABs knocked in the game winner. Lefty Grove was player of the game going 9 innings while only giving up 3 earned.

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1931 leads the series 1 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 2 will have Ken Holtzman (3.07) for 1974 vs. George Earnshaw (3.67) for 1931.

Lineups:

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 C Ray Fosse
8 2B Dick Green
9 P Ken Holtzman

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 SS Dib Williams
8 3B Jimmy Dykes
9 P George Earnshaw

[awefullspellare]

Damn, great first game!

[Providence A's]

1974 takes game 2 by a score of 7 - 1. Sal Bando homered for 1974. Ken Holtzman was player of the game going the distance for a 4 hitter.

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The series is tied 1 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Game 3 will feature Hank McDonald (3.71) for 1931 vs. Catfish Hunter (2.49) for 1974.

Lineups:

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 DH Phil Todt
8 SS Dib Williams
9 3B Jimmy Dykes

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 DH Angel Mangual
8 C Ray Fosse
9 2B Dick Green

[Providence A's]

1974 wins game 3 by a score of 3 - 2 by shocking 1931 with 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th! Al Simmons tripled and homered for 1931. 1931 walked 8 guy including the tying run. 1974 only had 3 hits with Sal Bando driving in the winning run. Catfish Hunter was the player of the game throwing a CG.

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1974 now leads the series 2 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Game 4 will feature Rube Walberg (3.74) for 1931 vs. Glenn Abbott (3.00) for 1974.

Lineups:

1931 A's
1 LF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 CF Al Simmons
4 C Mickey Cochrane
5 1B Jimmie Foxx
6 RF Mule Haas
7 DH Phil Todt
8 SS Dib Williams
9 3B Jimmy Dykes

1974 A's
1 LF Billy North
2 1B Gene Tenace
3 CF Reggie Jackson
4 RF Joe Rudi
5 3B Sal Bando
6 SS Bert Campaneris
7 DH Angel Mangual
8 C Ray Fosse
9 2B Dick Green

[Providence A's]

1931 wins game 4 by a score of 2 - 1. Rube Walberg was player of the game throwing a CG.

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The series is tied 2 - 2.