1972 American League Championship Series
The 1972 American League Championship Series was held October 7–12, and matched the Oakland Athletics (93–62 (.600)) and Detroit Tigers (86–70 (.551)) for the right to go to the 1972 World Series.
| 1972 American League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 7–12 | |||||||||
| Umpires | Red Flaherty Nestor Chylak (crew chief) Johnny Rice Don Denkinger Larry Barnett Art Frantz | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC WJBK-TV (Tigers' broadcast) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | NBC: Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (in Oakland) Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax (in Detroit) WJBK-TV: George Kell and Larry Osterman | |||||||||
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The first two games were played at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and the final three at Tiger Stadium. In each of the first four games, the home team prevailed; the A's won the deciding fifth game 2–1 on the road to take their first American League pennant since 1931.
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