| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 5–17, 1974[1] |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Oakland Athletics (8th title) |
| Runner-up | Los Angeles Dodgers (14th World Series appearance) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Rollie Fingers (OAK) |
The 1974 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1974 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
In the American League, the Baltimore Orioles returned for the fifth time in the past six seasons, and the Oakland Athletics were making their fourth straight postseason appearance. In the National League, the Pittsburgh Pirates made their fourth appearance in the past five seasons, and the Los Angeles Dodgers made their first postseason appearance of the division era, returning for the first time since the 1966 World Series.
The playoffs began on October 5, 1974, and concluded on October 17, 1974, with the Oakland Athletics defeating their fellow California rival in the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in the 1974 World Series. The Athletics pulled off a three-peat, becoming only the second franchise in MLB to accomplish such a feat, the other being the New York Yankees.
- ^ "1974 Major Leagues Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.