1974 Oakland Athletics season
The 1974 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's winning their fourth consecutive American League West title with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. In the playoffs, the A's defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS for their third straight AL pennant, and in the World Series, the first ever played entirely on the West Coast, defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to take their third consecutive World Series championship. Paid attendance for the season was 845,693.
| 1974 Oakland Athletics | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Series Champions American League Champions American League West Champions | ||
| League | American League | |
| Division | West | |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | |
| City | Oakland, California | |
| Record | 90–72 (.556) | |
| Divisional place | 1st | |
| Owners | Charles O. Finley | |
| Managers | Alvin Dark | |
| Television | KTVU | |
| Radio | KEEN (Monte Moore, Jon Miller) | |
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In early 1974, owner Charlie Finley tried to sell the team with an asking price of $15 million.
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