Jump to content

1974 California Angels season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by McGill1974 (talk | contribs) at 23:23, 19 June 2016 (Roster). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


1974 California Angels
File:Los angeles angels.png
DivisionWest Division
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
ManagersBobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, Dick Williams
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)
← 1973 Seasons 1975 →

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

Regular season

On August 25, Nolan Ryan struck out Sandy Alomar for the 1500th strikeout of his career.[3] Ryan and Alomar had been teammates earlier in the season before Alomar was sold to the Yankees on July 8.

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 90 72 .556 49‍–‍32 41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 84 76 .525 5 42‍–‍38 42‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins 82 80 .506 8 48‍–‍33 34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 80 80 .500 9 46‍–‍34 34‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals 77 85 .475 13 40‍–‍41 37‍–‍44
California Angels 68 94 .420 22 36‍–‍45 32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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

Roster

1974 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Ellie Rodríguez 140 395 100 .253 7 36
1B John Doherty 74 223 57 .256 3 15
2B Denny Doyle 147 511 133 .260 1 34
3B Paul Schaal 53 165 41 .248 2 20
SS Dave Chalk 133 465 117 .252 5 31
CF Mickey Rivers 118 466 133 .285 3 31
RF Leroy Stanton 118 415 111 .267 11 62
DH Frank 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
Bob Oliver 110 359 89 .248 8 55
Joe Lahoud 127 325 88 .271 13 44
Morris Nettles 56 175 48 .274 0 8
Sandy Alomar 46 54 12 .222 0 1
Richie 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
Nolan Ryan 42 332.2 22 16 2.89 367
Frank Tanana 39 268.2 14 19 3.12 180
Andy Hassler 23 162 7 11 2.61 76
Chuck 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
Ed 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
Skip Lockwood 37 2 5 1 4.32 39
Dave Sells 20 2 3 2 3.69 14
Rudy May 18 0 1 2 7.00 12
John Cumberland 17 0 1 0 3.74 12
Horacio Piña 11 1 2 0 2.31 6
Orlando Peña 4 0 0 3 0.00 5

Farm system

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

Notes

  1. ^ Ellie Rodríguez at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Denny Doyle at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
  4. ^ Paul Schaal at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Mike Epstein at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Greg Harris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Rudy May at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Sandy Alomar at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Horacio Piña at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Frank Robinson at Baseball-Reference

References

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