1974 Milwaukee Brewers season
1974 Milwaukee Brewers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Milwaukee County Stadium | |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Owners | Bud Selig | |
General managers | Jim Wilson | |
Managers | Del Crandall | |
Television | WTMJ-TV (Ed Doucette,Tom Collins) | |
Radio | 620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1974 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.
Offseason
[edit]- October 22, 1973: Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash.[1]
- March 27, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Brewers.[1]
- March 30, 1974: Wilbur Howard was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors).[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 46–35 | 45–36 |
New York Yankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | 2 | 47–34 | 42–39 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 78 | .519 | 7 | 46–35 | 38–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 | 40–41 | 37–44 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 15 | 40–41 | 36–45 |
Detroit Tigers | 72 | 90 | .444 | 19 | 36–45 | 36–45 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | TEX | |
Baltimore | — | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | |
Boston | 8–10 | — | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | |
California | 5–7 | 8–4 | — | 10–8–1 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | |
Chicago | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–10–1 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 7–11–1 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 9–7–1 | |
Cleveland | 6–12 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 4–8 | — | 9–9 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | |
Detroit | 4–14 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 7–5 | 9–9 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | |
Kansas City | 4–8 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 11–1 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | |
Milwaukee | 10–8 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 1–11 | — | 6–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | |
Minnesota | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 11–7–1 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 10–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 5–13 | 9–9 | |
New York | 7–11 | 7–11 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 9–9 | 8–4 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | |
Oakland | 6–6 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | |
Texas | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 7–9–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 10–8 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 5, 1974: Jim Gantner was drafted by the Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.[3]
Opening Day starters
[edit]- P:Jim Colborn
- C:Darrell Porter
- 1B:George Scott
- 2B:Pedro García
- 3B:Don Money
- SS:Robin Yount
- LF:Johnny Briggs
- RF:Dave May
- CF:Ken Berry
- DH:Bob Coluccio
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Darrell Porter | 131 | 432 | 104 | .241 | 12 | 56 |
1B | George Scott | 158 | 604 | 170 | .281 | 17 | 82 |
2B | Pedro García | 141 | 452 | 90 | .199 | 12 | 54 |
3B | Don Money | 159 | 629 | 178 | .283 | 15 | 65 |
SS | Robin Yount | 107 | 344 | 86 | .250 | 3 | 26 |
LF | Johnny Briggs | 154 | 554 | 140 | .253 | 17 | 73 |
CF | Bob Coluccio | 138 | 394 | 88 | .223 | 6 | 31 |
RF | Dave May | 135 | 477 | 108 | .226 | 10 | 42 |
DH | Bobby Mitchell | 88 | 173 | 42 | .243 | 5 | 20 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Ken Berry | 98 | 267 | 64 | .240 | 1 | 24 |
Tim Johnson | 93 | 245 | 60 | .245 | 0 | 25 |
Charlie Moore | 72 | 204 | 50 | .245 | 0 | 19 |
Mike Hegan | 89 | 190 | 45 | .237 | 7 | 32 |
Deron Johnson | 49 | 152 | 23 | .151 | 6 | 18 |
Bob Hansen | 58 | 88 | 26 | .295 | 2 | 9 |
John Vukovich | 38 | 80 | 15 | .188 | 3 | 11 |
Sixto Lezcano | 15 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 2 | 9 |
Rob Ellis | 22 | 48 | 14 | .292 | 0 | 4 |
Gorman Thomas | 17 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 2 | 11 |
Bob Sheldon | 10 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Lind | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 1 |
Felipe Alou | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Slaton | 40 | 250.0 | 13 | 16 | 3.92 | 126 |
Clyde Wright | 38 | 232.0 | 9 | 20 | 4.42 | 64 |
Jim Colborn | 33 | 224.0 | 10 | 13 | 4.06 | 83 |
Kevin Kobel | 34 | 169.1 | 6 | 14 | 3.99 | 74 |
Bill Champion | 31 | 161.2 | 11 | 4 | 3.62 | 60 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Eduardo Rodríguez | 43 | 111.2 | 7 | 4 | 3.63 | 58 |
Ed Sprague Sr. | 20 | 94.0 | 7 | 2 | 2.39 | 57 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Murphy | 70 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1.90 | 47 |
Bill Travers | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.92 | 31 |
Bill Castro | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 10 |
Jerry Bell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 4 |
Dick Selma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 2 |
Larry Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Roger Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 |
Farm system
[edit]The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1974.[4] The Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Steve Barber at Baseball Reference
- ^ Wilbur Howard at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim Gantner at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1974 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
References
[edit]- 1974 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
- 1974 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac