1974 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1974 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 92nd season in franchise history. The Phillies finished in third place in the National League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses. They would not finish below .500 again until going 75–87 in 1985.

1974 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. "Ruly" Carpenter III
General manager(s)Paul Owens
Manager(s)Danny Ozark
Local televisionWPHL-TV
Local radioWCAU
(By Saam, Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn)
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Offseason

Regular season

Third baseman Mike Schmidt had a breakout season in 1974, leading the National League in home runs and demonstrating his prowess in the field. On June 10, Schmidt hit what many felt should have been a home run when the ball hit the public address speaker that hung 117 feet above and 329 feet away from home plate at the Astrodome in Houston. The ball hit the speaker, fell to the field, and, by the Astrodome's ground rules, remained in play. Since Schmidt had already started his slow home run trot, he was held to a single. (There were runners on first and second when the ball was hit, and they each advanced only one base.) Many experts agree the ball would have traveled in excess of 500 feet.

The Phillies became the first team to lead the division at the All-Star break after finishing last in the division one year ago.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874 0.543 — 52–29 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 8675 0.534 1½ 44–37 42–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 8 46–35 34–47
Montreal Expos 7982 0.491 8½ 42–38 37–44
New York Mets 7191 0.438 17 36–45 35–46
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 22 32–49 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1974 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago8–4—5–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati11–7–17–5—14–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston12–68–44–14—5–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–5—8–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal3–913–56–66–64–8—9–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York4–810–83–96–67–59–9—7–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–7—10–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–10—9–38–47–11
San Diego1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–9—11–75–7
San Francisco10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–11—6–6
St. Louis3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6—

Notable transactions

Game log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1974 Game Log[7]
Overall Record: 80–82

Roster
1974 Philadelphia Phillies
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
3BMike Schmidt162568160.28236116

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
Tony Taylor626421.328213
Larry Cox30539.17004
Billy Grabarkewitz34304.13312

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
Steve Carlton3929116133.22240

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

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
Larry Christenson101124.3018

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Jim Bunning
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League Bob Wellman
A Rocky Mount Phillies Carolina League Cal Emery
A Spartanburg Phillies Western Carolinas League Howie Bedell
A-Short Season Auburn Phillies New York–Penn League Larry Rojas
Rookie Pulaski Phillies Appalachian League Bob Wren

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Notes
  1. Denny Doyle at Baseball Reference
  2. Tony Taylor at Baseball Reference
  3. Derek Botelho at Baseball Reference
  4. Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  5. Jeff Schneider at Baseball Reference
  6. John Poff at Baseball Reference
  7. "1974 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. "Baseball Standings". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 15, 1974. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  9. "Majors". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 18, 1974. p. 10. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  10. Feeney, Charley (May 18, 1974). "A Slip or Two...: 3 Bucs Pitchers' Jobs in Danger". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 10, 11. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  11. "Baseball record". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. June 25, 1974. p. 35. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  12. "Baseball Standings". Milwaukee Journal. June 29, 1974. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  13. Feeney, Charley (June 29, 1974). "Pirates Washed Out; Brett To Go Sunday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  14. "Baseball". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 23, 1974. p. 5, part 2. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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