1974 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1974 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

1974 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Jim Wilson
Manager(s)Del Crandall
Local televisionWTMJ-TV
(Ed Doucette,Tom Collins)
Local radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9171 0.562 — 46–35 45–36
New York Yankees 8973 0.549 2 47–34 42–39
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 7 46–35 38–43
Cleveland Indians 7785 0.475 14 40–41 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 7686 0.469 15 40–41 36–45
Detroit Tigers 7290 0.444 19 36–45 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1974 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —10–87–55–712–614–48–48–106–611–76–64–8
Boston 8–10—4–88–49–911–74–810–86–611–78–45–7
California 5–78–4—10–8–13–95–78–103–98–103–96–129–9
Chicago 7–54–88–10–1—8–47–511–78–47–11–14–87–119–7–1
Cleveland 6–129–99–34–8—9–98–410–86–67–115–74–8
Detroit 4–147–117–55–79–9—7–59–93–911–75–75–7
Kansas City 4–88–410–87–114–85–7—11–18–104–88–108–10
Milwaukee 10–88–109–34–88–109–91–11—6–69–95–77–5
Minnesota 6–66–610–811–7–16–69–310–86–6—4–85–139–9
New York 7–117–119–38–411–77–118–49–98–4—7–58–4
Oakland 6–64–812–611–77–57–510–87–513–55–7—8–10
Texas 8–47–59–97–9–18–47–510–85–79–94–810–8—

Notable transactions

Opening Day starters

Roster
1974 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CDarrell Porter131432104.2411256
1BGeorge Scott158604170.2811782
2BPedro García14145290.1991254
3BDon Money159629178.2831565
SSRobin Yount10734486.250326
LFJohnny Briggs154554140.2531773
CFBob Coluccio13839488.223631

Other batters

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
Ken Berry9826764.240124
Rob Ellis224814.29204
Bob Sheldon10172.11800

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Clyde Wright382329204.4264
Jim Colborn3322410134.0683
Kevin Kobel34169.16143.9974
Bill Champion31161.21143.6260

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eduardo Rodríguez43111.2743.6358

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Murphy701010201.9047
Bill Castro80004.5010
Jerry Bell50002.574
Dick Selma200019.292
Larry Anderson20000.003
Roger Miller200011.572

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1974.[4] The Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.[5]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Bob Lemon
Double-A Shreveport Captains Texas League Gene Freese and Ken McBride
Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Matt Galante
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League John Felske

Notes
  1. Steve Barber at Baseball Reference
  2. Wilbur Howard at Baseball Reference
  3. Jim Gantner at Baseball Reference
  4. "1974 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  5. "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

References


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