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  2. Herb Washington - Wikipedia

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    In 1974, Washington was tapped by Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley to become the team's "designated runner". Finley and Washington worked out a one-year $45,000 contract with a $20,000 signing bonus. The contract had an unusual clause requiring Washington to grow facial hair before the beginning of the season.

  3. 1974 Oakland Athletics season - Wikipedia

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    In 1974, "Hurricane" Herb Washington was tapped by Oakland owner Charlie Finley to become the A's "designated runner." Despite having no professional baseball experience, and having last played baseball in high school , Washington was signed to a major league contract prior to the season.

  4. Larry Haney - Wikipedia

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    Haney played in two World Series games for the Oakland A's in 1974 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. [1] In his minor league career, he led California League catchers with 18 double plays and 38 passed balls while playing for the Stockton Ports in 1962, and led Eastern League catchers with 17 double plays while playing for the Elmira Pioneers in ...

  5. List of Athletics seasons - Wikipedia

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    The Athletics have won nine World Series titles, tied for third most in all of Major League Baseball. They are the only team apart from the New York Yankees to complete a World Series “three-peat”, which they did between 1972 and 1974. As the Philadelphia Athletics, the team had a golden period between 1909 and 1914, when they won three ...

  6. Oakland A's End of An Era Baseball - AOL

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    The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful — and sad-sack — franchises. Now, legions of A’s fans view the team as the ...

  7. 'Today there is crying in baseball' - AOL

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    The roaring '70s. Hard as it might be to believe, there was a time when Oakland benefited from a baseball owner’s obsession with moving his floundering club to a new market.. In 1963, Kansas ...

  8. 1974 American League Championship Series - Wikipedia

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    After Game 1, superior Oakland pitching held Baltimore to just one run and twelve hits over the next three games, hitting a very weak .135 (12 for 89), with no extra-base hits. [9] With the win, the A's became the second (and, as of 2024, most recent) MLB team to win a playoff game while being held to just one hit.

  9. 1974 World Series - Wikipedia

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    The 1974 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1974 season.The 71st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and two-time defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

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