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1989 AL Championship Series (4-1): Oakland Athletics (99-63) over Toronto Blue Jays (89-73)

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WS: OAK-SFG / ALCS: OAK-TOR / NLCS: SFG-CHC
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1989 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  5  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  1  0    0  1  3    0  2  x     7 11  0

    PITCHERS: TOR - Stieb, Acker (6), Ward (8)
              OAK - Stewart, Eckersley (9)

               WP - Dave Stewart
	       LP - Dave Stieb
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: TOR - Whitt
              OAK - Henderson, McGwire

  ATTENDANCE: 49,435

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1989 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0     3  5  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    2  0  3    1  0  x     6  9  1

    PITCHERS: TOR - Stottlemyre, Acker (6), Wells (6), Henke (7), Cerutti (8)
              OAK - Moore, Honeycutt (8), Eckersley (8)

               WP - Mike Moore
	       LP - Todd Stottlemyre
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              OAK - Parker

  ATTENDANCE: 49,444

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1989 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  8  1
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    4  0  0    3  0  x     7  8  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Davis, Honeycutt (7), Nelson (7), Young (8)
              TOR - Key, Acker (7), Henke (9)

               WP - Jimmy Key
	       LP - Storm Davis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Parker
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,268

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1989 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  3    0  2  0    1  0  0     6 11  1
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    1  0  1    1  2  0     5 13  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Welch, Honeycutt (6), Eckersley (8)
              TOR - Flanagan, Ward (5), Cerutti (8), Acker (9)

               WP - Bob Welch
	       LP - Mike Flanagan
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco, Henderson (2)
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,076

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1989 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0     4  4  0
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2     3  9  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Stewart, Eckersley (9)
              TOR - Stieb, Acker (7), Henke (9)

               WP - Dave Stewart
	       LP - Dave Stieb
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              TOR - Bell, Moseby

  ATTENDANCE: 50,024

Series MVP - Rickey Henderson

Series Batting Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Lance Blankenship   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 125  29  1  .232  .588   5
 Jose Canseco        5  17  1  5  0  0  1   3  3  7  .294  .400  .471  0 | 227  61 17  .269  .875   6
 Storm Davis         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dennis Eckersley    4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mike Gallego        4  11  3  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  .273  .273  .364  0 | 357  90  3  .252  .655   7
*Ron Hassey          2   6  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  2  .167  .250  .167  0 | 268  61  5  .228  .618   1
 Dave Henderson      5  19  4  5  3  0  1   1  2  5  .263  .333  .579  0 | 579 145 15  .250  .695   8
 Rickey Henderson    5  15  8  6  1  1  2   5  7  0  .400  .609 1.000  8 |+541 148 12  .274  .810  77
*Rick Honeycutt      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Stan Javier         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 310  77  1  .248  .633  12
 Carney Lansford     3  11  2  5  0  0  0   4  2  1  .455  .538  .455  2 | 551 185  2  .336  .803  37
 Mark McGwire        5  18  3  7  1  0  1   3  1  4  .389  .400  .611  0 | 490 113 33  .231  .806   1
 Mike Moore          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Gene Nelson         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Dave Parker         4  16  2  3  0  0  2   3  0  0  .188  .188  .563  0 | 553 146 22  .264  .740   0
*Ken Phelps          1   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000  0 |+194  47  7  .242  .713   0
#Tony Phillips       5  18  1  3  1  0  0   1  2  4  .167  .250  .222  2 | 451 118  4  .262  .693   3
 Terry Steinbach     4  15  0  3  0  0  0   1  1  5  .200  .250  .200  0 | 454 124  7  .273  .671   1
 Dave Stewart        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Walt Weiss          4   9  2  1  1  0  0   0  1  1  .111  .200  .222  1 | 236  55  3  .233  .616   6
 Bob Welch           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Matt Young          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 158 26 43  9  1  7  23 20 32  .272  .354  .475 13 |        127  .261  .712 157

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Toronto Blue Jays

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jim Acker           5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  7   1  0  .143  .286   0
 George Bell         5  20  2  4  0  0  1   2  0  3  .200  .190  .350  0 | 613 182 18  .297  .788   4
 Pat Borders         1   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 241  62  3  .257  .639   2
*John Cerutti        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Junior Felix        3  11  0  3  1  0  0   3  0  2  .273  .273  .364  0 | 415 107  9  .258  .710  18
#Tony Fernandez      5  20  6  7  3  0  0   1  1  2  .350  .381  .500  5 | 573 147 11  .257  .680  22
*Mike Flanagan       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Kelly Gruber        5  17  2  5  1  0  0   1  3  2  .294  .381  .353  1 | 545 158 18  .290  .776  10
 Tom Henke           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jimmy Key           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Manuel Lee          2   8  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 300  78  3  .260  .638   4
#Nelson Liriano      3   7  1  3  0  0  0   1  2  0  .429  .556  .429  3 | 418 110  5  .263  .707  16
#Lee Mazzilli        3   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+126  26  6  .206  .769   5
*Fred McGriff        5  21  1  3  0  0  0   3  0  4  .143  .143  .143  0 | 551 148 36  .269  .924   7
*Lloyd Moseby        5  16  4  5  0  0  1   2  5  2  .313  .476  .500  1 | 502 111 11  .221  .655  24
*Rance Mulliniks     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 273  65  3  .238  .646   0
 Dave Stieb          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Todd Stottlemyre    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Duane Ward          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*David Wells         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Ernie Whitt         5  16  1  2  0  0  1   3  2  3  .125  .211  .313  0 | 385 101 11  .262  .765   5
#Mookie Wilson       5  19  2  5  0  0  0   2  2  2  .263  .333  .263  1 |+487 122  5  .251  .602  19
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 165 21 40  5  0  3  19 15 24  .242  .301  .327 11 |        142  .260  .721 144

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dave Stewart        2   2.81 2-0  0  0 16.0 13  5  3  9 | 21-9  258  3.32  1.28 155   
 Mike Moore          1   0.00 1-0  0  0  7.0  3  0  2  3 | 19-11 242  2.61  1.14 172   
 Storm Davis         1   7.11 0-1  0  0  6.3  5  5  2  3 | 19-7  169  4.36  1.51  91   
 Bob Welch           1   3.18 1-0  0  0  5.7  8  2  1  4 | 17-8  210  3.00  1.28 137   
 Dennis Eckersley    4   1.59 0-0  3  0  5.7  4  1  0  2 |  4-0   58  1.56  0.61  55 33
*Rick Honeycutt      3  32.40 0-0  0  0  1.7  6  6  5  1 |  2-2   77  2.35  1.07  52 12
 Gene Nelson         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  0  0  2 |  3-5   80  3.26  1.13  70  3
*Matt Young          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  2  0 |  1-4   37  6.75  1.96  27   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.89 4-1  3  0 44.0 40 19 15 24 |            3.09 1.240   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Toronto Blue Jays

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dave Stieb          2   6.35 0-2  0  0 11.3 12  8  6 10 | 17-8  207  3.35  1.16 101   
 Jim Acker           5   1.42 0-0  0  0  6.3  4  1  1  4 |+ 2-7  126  2.43  1.11  92  2
*Jimmy Key           1   4.50 1-0  0  0  6.0  7  3  2  2 | 13-14 216  3.88  1.17 118   
 Todd Stottlemyre    1   7.20 0-1  0  0  5.0  7  4  2  3 |  7-7  128  3.88  1.42  63   
*Mike Flanagan       1  10.38 0-1  0  0  4.3  7  5  1  3 |  8-10 172  3.93  1.36  47   
 Duane Ward          2   7.36 0-0  0  0  3.7  6  3  3  5 |  4-10 115  3.77  1.33 122 15
*John Cerutti        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  0  0  3  1 | 11-11 205  3.07  1.30  69   
 Tom Henke           3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  0  0  0  3 |  8-3   89  1.92  1.02 116 20
*David Wells         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  2  1 |  7-4   86  2.40  1.09  78  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.02 1-4  0  0 43.0 43 24 20 32 |            3.58 1.290   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: OAK-SFG / ALCS: OAK-TOR / NLCS: SFG-CHC

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