1973 World Series

1973 World Series
1973 World Series
Dates	October 13–21
Venue	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland); Shea Stadium (New York)
MVP	Reggie Jackson (Oakland)
Umpires	Marty Springstead (AL), Augie Donatelli (NL), Jerry Neudecker (AL), Paul Pryor (NL), Russ Goetz (AL), Harry Wendelstedt (NL)
Hall of Famers	Athletics: ; Dick Williams (manager); Rollie Fingers; Catfish Hunter; Reggie Jackson; Mets: ; Yogi Berra (manager); Willie Mays; Tom Seaver
Broadcast
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Curt Gowdy; Monte Moore (in Oakland); Lindsey Nelson (in New York); Tony Kubek
Radio	NBC
Radio announcers	Jim Simpson; Ralph Kiner (in Oakland); Monte Moore (in New York)
ALCS	Oakland Athletics over Baltimore Orioles (3–2)
NLCS	New York Mets over Cincinnati Reds (3–2)

The 1973 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1973 season. The 70th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets. The Athletics won the series in seven games for their second of three consecutive World Series titles and their seventh championship overall.

The Mets won the NL East division by 1+1⁄2 games over the St. Louis Cardinals, then defeated the Cincinnati Reds, three games to two, in the NL Championship Series. The Athletics won the AL West division by six games over the Kansas City Royals, then defeated the Baltimore Orioles, three games to two, in the AL Championship Series.

This was the first World Series in which all weekday games started at night. This was the last World Series in which each team produced and sold its own game programs for its home games.

Reggie Jackson was named the World Series MVP. Jackson batted .310 with seven hits and six RBIs and a home run and scored three runs.