1974 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1974 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1974

World Series Champions

Oakland Athletics

Runner Up

Los Angeles Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Jeff Burroughs NL: Steve Garvey

Cy Young Winners

AL: Catfish Hunter NL: Mike Marshall

Rookies of the Year

AL: Mike Hargrove NL: Bake McBride

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Bill Almon (San Diego Padres)

All-Star Game

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

Teams

Players

859

Attendance

29,576,474

Payroll

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1974 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	659	612	47	Lost ALCS (Athletics)	962,572	19	Frank Cashen	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
2	3	5	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	2.0	671	623	48	dnq	1,273,075	6	Gabe Paul, Tal Smith	Bill Virdon	Shea Stadium
3	5	10	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	7.0	696	661	35	dnq	1,556,411	5	Dick O'Connell	Darrell Johnson	Fenway Park
4	9	17	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	14.0	662	694	-32	dnq	1,114,262	12	Phil Seghi	Ken Aspromonte	Cleveland Stadium
5	10	18	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	15.0	647	660	-13	dnq	955,741	20	Jim Wilson	Del Crandall	County Stadium
6	11	20	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	19.0	620	768	-148	dnq	1,243,080	8	Jim Campbell	Ralph Houk	Tiger Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	689	551	138	Won World Series (Dodgers)	845,693	22	Charlie Finley	Alvin Dark	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	4	9	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	160	84	76	.525	5.0	690	698	-8	dnq	1,193,902	9	Dan O'Brien	Billy Martin	Arlington Stadium
3	6	11	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	8.0	673	669	4	dnq	662,401	23	Calvin Griffith	Frank Quilici	Metropolitan Stadium
4	7	13	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	160	80	80	.500	9.0	684	721	-37	dnq	1,149,596	11	Roland Hemond	Chuck Tanner	Comiskey Park
5	8	16	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	13.0	667	662	5	dnq	1,173,292	10	Cedric Tallis	Jack McKeon	Royals Stadium
6	12	22	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	22.0	618	657	-39	dnq	917,269	21	Harry Dalton	Dick Williams, Bobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog	Anaheim Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	751	657	94	Lost NLCS (Dodgers)	1,110,552	13	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Three Rivers Stadium
2	5	8	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	161	86	75	.534	1.5	677	643	34	dnq	1,838,413	3	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
3	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	8.0	676	701	-25	dnq	1,808,648	4	Paul Owens	Danny Ozark	Veterans Stadium
4	8	15	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	161	79	82	.491	8.5	662	657	5	dnq	1,019,134	16	Jim Fanning	Gene Mauch	Jarry Park
5	10	21	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	17.0	572	646	-74	dnq	1,273,075	6	Bob Scheffing	Yogi Berra	Shea Stadium
6	11	23	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	22.0	669	826	-157	dnq	1,015,378	17	John Holland	Whitey Lockman, Jim Marshall	Wrigley Field
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	--	798	561	237	Lost World Series (Athletics)	2,632,474	1	Al Campanis	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
2	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	4.0	776	631	145	dnq	2,164,307	2	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
3	4	6	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	14.0	661	563	98	dnq	981,085	18	Eddie Robinson	Eddie Mathews, Clyde King	Atlanta Stadium
4	6	12	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	21.0	653	632	21	dnq	1,090,728	14	Spec Richardson	Preston Gomez	Astrodome
5	9	19	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	30.0	634	723	-89	dnq	519,987	24	Horace Stoneham	Wes Westrum, Charlie Fox	Candlestick Park
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	60	102	.370	42.0	541	830	-289	dnq	1,075,399	15	Buzzie Bavasi	John McNamara	San Diego Stadium
24 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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