1974 California Angels season

1974 California Angels
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1961) West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966) Anaheim, California (since 1966)
1974 information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
Manager(s)	Bobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, and Dick Williams
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Dave Niehaus)
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The 1974 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

• October 22, 1973: Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash were traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson.
• December 6, 1973: Aurelio Monteagudo and Chris Coletta were sent by the Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Denny Doyle to complete an earlier deal (the Angels sent Billy Grabarkewitz and players to be named later to the Phillies for a player to be named later) made on August 14, 1973.

Regular season

On August 25, Nolan Ryan struck out Sandy Alomar for the 1500th strikeout of his career. Ryan and Alomar had been teammates earlier in the season before Alomar was sold to the Yankees on July 8.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	90	72	--	.556
Texas Rangers	84	76	5	.525
Minnesota Twins	82	80	8	.506
Chicago White Sox	80	80	9	.500
Kansas City Royals	77	85	13	.475
California Angels	68	94	22	.420

Notable transactions

• April 30, 1974: Richie Scheinblum was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Paul Schaal.
• May 4, 1974: Mike Epstein was released by the Angels.
• June 5, 1974: Greg Harris was drafted by the Angels in the 10th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
• June 15, 1974: Rudy May was purchased from the Angels by the New York Yankees.
• July 8, 1974: Sandy Alomar was purchased from the Angels by the New York Yankees.
• July 28, 1974: Rick Stelmaszek was traded by the Angels to the Chicago Cubs for Horacio Piña.
• September 12, 1974: Frank Robinson was traded by the Angels to the Cleveland Indians for Ken Suarez, Rusty Torres, and cash.

Roster

1974 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 47 John Cumberland 45 Chuck Dobson 37 Ed Figueroa 38 Bill Gilbreth 42 Andy Hassler 52 Don Kirkwood 35 Dick Lange 41 Skip Lockwood 34 Rudy May 51 Orlando Peña 34 Horacio Piña 44 Luis Quintana 31 Barry Raziano 30 Nolan Ryan 39 Ken Sanders 29 Dave Sells 39 Dick Selma 48 Bill Singer 26 Bill Stoneman 40 Frank Tanana		Catchers 10 Tom Egan  6 Ellie Rodríguez 19 Charlie Sands Infielders 24 Sandy Alomar  7 Dave Chalk  5 John Doherty 15 Denny Doyle  5 Mike Epstein  9 Bob Heise 22 Tommy McCraw  3 Rudy Meoli 33 Bob Oliver  1 Orlando Ramírez  9 Paul Schaal		Outfielders  8 John Balaz 22 Bruce Bochte 14 Doug Howard  4 Joe Lahoud 12 Winston Llenas 16 Morris Nettles 17 Mickey Rivers 20 Frank Robinson  9 Richie Scheinblum 36 Leroy Stanton 13 Bobby Valentine		Manager 24 Whitey Herzog 23 Dick Williams  1 Bobby Winkles Coaches 23,24 Whitey Herzog 27 Tom Morgan 21 Salty Parker 50 Jimmie Reese  2 John Roseboro

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Rodríguez, EllieEllie Rodríguez	140	395	100	.253	7	36
1B	Doherty, JohnJohn Doherty	74	223	57	.256	3	15
2B	Doyle, DennyDenny Doyle	147	511	133	.260	1	34
3B	Schaal, PaulPaul Schaal	53	165	41	.248	2	20
SS	Chalk, DaveDave Chalk	133	465	117	.252	5	31
CF	Rivers, MickeyMickey Rivers	118	466	133	.285	3	31
RF	Stanton, LeroyLeroy Stanton	118	415	111	.267	11	62
DH	Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson	129	427	107	.251	20	63

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
Oliver, BobBob Oliver	110	359	89	.248	8	55
Lahoud, JoeJoe Lahoud	127	325	88	.271	13	44
Nettles, MorrisMorris Nettles	56	175	48	.274	0	8
Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	46	54	12	.222	0	1
Scheinblum, RichieRichie Scheinblum	10	26	4	.154	0	2

Pitching

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
Ryan, NolanNolan Ryan	42	332.2	22	16	2.89	367
Tanana, FrankFrank Tanana	39	268.2	14	19	3.12	180
Hassler, AndyAndy Hassler	23	162	7	11	2.61	76
Dobson, ChuckChuck Dobson	5	30	2	3	5.70	16

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
Figueroa, EdEd Figueroa	25	105.1	2	8	3.67	49

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
Lockwood, SkipSkip Lockwood	37	2	5	1	4.32	39
Sells, DaveDave Sells	20	2	3	2	3.69	14
May, RudyRudy May	18	0	1	2	7.00	12
Cumberland, JohnJohn Cumberland	17	0	1	0	3.74	12
Piña, HoracioHoracio Piña	11	1	2	0	2.31	6
Peña, OrlandoOrlando Peña	4	0	0	3	0.00	5

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Angels	Pacific Coast League	Norm Sherry
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Dave Garcia
A	Salinas Packers	California League	Jim Saul
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Jimy Williams
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Larry Himes

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Idaho Falls

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 
• 1974 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1974 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com