1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
1974 NL East Champions
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	88–74 (.543)
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV; Bob Prince, Nellie King
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Nellie King

The 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 93rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 88th in the National League. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 88–74. The Pirates were defeated three games to one by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1974 National League Championship Series.

Offseason

October 18, 1973: Ken Brett was traded to the Pirates by the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Cash.^[2]
October 18, 1973: Jerry Reuss was traded to the Pirates by the Houston Astros for Milt May.^[3]
December 4, 1973: Nelson Briles and Fernando Gonzalez were traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Ed Kirkpatrick and Kurt Bevacqua.^[4]
December 5, 1973: Luke Walker was sold by the Pirates to the Detroit Tigers.^[5]
December 7, 1973: Bob Johnson was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Burnel Flowers (Minors).^[6]
January 9, 1974: Fred Breining was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
January 16, 1974: John Lamb was purchased from the Pirates by the Chicago White Sox.^[8]
January 31, 1974: Jackie Hernández was traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Ryan.^[9]
March 14, 1974: Silvio Martínez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[10]
March 27, 1974: John Lamb was purchased by the Pirates from the Chicago White Sox.^[8]
April 1, 1974: Tom Dettore was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Popovich].^[11]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	—	52–29	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	75	0.534	1½	44–37	42–38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	8	46–35	34–47
Montreal Expos	79	82	0.491	8½	42–38	37–44
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	17	36–45	35–46
Chicago Cubs	66	96	0.407	22	32–49	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	7–11–1	6–12	8–10	9–3	8–4	8–4	4–8	17–1	8–10	9–3
Chicago	8–4	—	5–7	4–8	2–10	5–13	8–10	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	5–13
Cincinnati	11–7–1	7–5	—	14–4	6–12	6–6	9–3	8–4	8–4	12–6	11–7	6–6
Houston	12–6	8–4	4–14	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	8–4
Los Angeles	10–8	10–2	12–6	13–5	—	8–4	5–7	6–6	4–8	16–2	12–6	6–6
Montreal	3–9	13–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	—	9–9	11–7	9–9	6–6	4–8	8–9
New York	4–8	10–8	3–9	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	7–11	7–11	6–6	6–6	6–12
Philadelphia	4-8	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	5–7	8–4	9–9
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	4–8	7–5	8–4	9–9	11–7	8–10	—	9–3	8–4	7–11
San Diego	1–17	6–6	6–12	7–11	2–16	6–6	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	5–7
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	7–11	8–10	6–12	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	7–11	—	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	13–5	6–6	4–8	6–6	9–8	12–6	9–9	11–7	7–5	6–6	—

Game log

1974 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 52–29; Away: 35–45)

April: 6–12 (Home: 3–6; Away: 3–6)

May: 11–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 2–8)

June: 15–13 (Home: 9–0; Away: 6–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
45	June 1	@ Reds	14–1	Brett (6–3)	Nelson	—	36,999	18–27
46	June 2	@ Reds	1–5	Norman	Kison (2–3)	—	38,354	18–28
47	June 4	@ Dodgers	0–5	John	Reuss (4–4)	—	23,472	18–29
48	June 5	@ Dodgers	2–3	Marshall	Rooker (2–5)	—	25,959	18–30
49	June 6	@ Dodgers	0–6	Messersmith	Brett (6–4)	—	26,717	18–31
50	June 7	@ Giants	2–6	D'Acquisto	Demery (0–1)	—	3,845	18–32
51	June 8	@ Giants	5–2	Ellis (2–5)	Bradley	Kison (2)	9,138	19–32
52	June 9	@ Giants	14–1	Reuss (5–4)	Bryant	—	8,786	20–32
53	June 10	@ Padres	8–9	Romo	Tekulve (1–1)	—	7,309	20–33
54	June 11	@ Padres	5–2	Brett (7–4)	Jones	—	9,505	21–33
55	June 12	@ Padres	2–5	Freisleben	Demery (0–2)	Tomlin	12,336	21–34
56	June 14	Giants	4–2	Ellis (3–5)	Bryant	—	18,588	22–34
57	June 15	Giants	3–2 (9)	Patterson (1–0)	Sosa	—	13,571	23–34
58	June 16	Giants	4–3	Rooker (3–5)	Bradley	—	12,606	24–34
59	June 17	Dodgers	7–3	Brett (8–4)	Sutton	—	17,105	25–34
60	June 18	Dodgers	2–0	Giusti (2–2)	John	Patterson (1)	15,054	26–34
61	June 19	Dodgers	7–3	Reuss (6–4)	Rau	—	16,493	27–34
62	June 20	@ Cubs	0–3	Reuschel	Ellis (3–6)	—	12,321	27–35
63	June 21	@ Cubs	2–3	Stone	Rooker (3–6)	Zamora	11,625	27–36
64	June 22	@ Cubs	6–0	Brett (9–4)	Frailing	—	10,069	28–36
65	June 23	@ Cubs	3–7	Bonham	Giusti (2–3)	—	24,855	28–37
66	June 24	@ Cardinals	1–3	Foster	Reuss (6–5)	Garman		28–38
67	June 24	@ Cardinals	0–4	Gibson	Demery (0–3)	—	25,093	28–39
68	June 25	@ Cardinals	7–8	Hrabosky	Patterson (1–1)	Curtis	17,392	28–40
69	June 26	@ Cardinals	7–2	Rooker (4–6)	Siebert	—	18,487	29–40
70	June 29	Phillies	6–3	Reuss (7–5)	Lonborg	—	15,839	30–40
71	June 30	Phillies	11–8	Brett (10–4)	Carlton	—		31–40
72	June 30	Phillies	3–2	Kison (3–3)	Schueler	—	25,730	32–40

July: 18–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
73	July 2	Expos	4–2	Rooker (5–6)	Montague	—	13,138	33–40
74	July 3	Expos	2–1	Reuss (8–5)	Montague	—	11,123	34–40
75	July 4	Expos	1–2	Rogers	Brett (10–5)	—		34–41
76	July 4	Expos	3–2	Kison (4–3)	Blair	—	22,456	35–41
77	July 5	@ Astros	1–7	Dierker	Ellis (3–7)	—	23,047	35–42
78	July 6	@ Astros	0–1	Wilson	Kison (4–4)	—	29,640	35–43
79	July 7	@ Astros	6–4 (10)	Giusti (3–3)	Scherman	—	18,984	36–43
80	July 8	Braves	0–5	Leon	Reuss (8–6)	—	11,494	36–44
81	July 9	Braves	5–4	Brett (11–5)	Niekro	Giusti (3)	13,737	37–44
82	July 10	Braves	5–10	Morton	Ellis (3–8)	—	13,922	37–45
83	July 12	Reds	0–7	Gullett	Rooker (5–7)	—		37–46
84	July 12	Reds	3–4	Carroll	Demery (0–4)	Carroll	30,507	37–47
85	July 13	Reds	4–9	Hall	Reuss (8–7)	Borbon	15,386	37–48
86	July 14	Reds	2–3	Norman	Brett (11–6)	Carroll		37–49
87	July 14	Reds	2–1	Kison (5–4)	Billingham	Giusti (4)	27,151	38–49
88	July 15	Astros	3–1	Ellis (4–8)	Roberts	—	9,171	39–49
89	July 16	Astros	6–2	Rooker (6–7)	Dierker	—	9,935	40–49
90	July 17	Astros	11–3	Demery (1–4)	Wilson	—	10,941	41–49
91	July 18	@ Braves	4–0	Reuss (9–7)	Reed	—	8,262	42–49
92	July 19	@ Braves	2–0	Brett (12–6)	Niekro	Giusti (5)	9,583	43–49
93	July 20	@ Braves	7–6 (11)	Giusti (4–3)	Frisella	—	40,225	44–49
94	July 21	@ Braves	6–2	Ellis (5–8)	Capra	—	9,351	45–49
95	July 25	@ Expos	5–10	Renko	Rooker (6–8)	—		45–50
96	July 25	@ Expos	3–2	Reuss (10–7)	Rogers	Giusti (6)	27,283	46–50
97	July 26	@ Expos	3–0	Ellis (6–8)	Blair	Hernández (1)	22,278	47–50
98	July 27	@ Phillies	5–6	Richert	Brett (12–7)	—		47–51
99	July 27	@ Phillies	4–7	Twitchell	Kison (5–5)	Watt	55,066	47–52
100	July 28	@ Phillies	4–3	Giusti (5–3)	Scarce	—	34,049	48–52
101	July 29	@ Phillies	1–13	Carlton	Reuss (10–8)	—	27,760	48–53
102	July 30	@ Mets	6–0	Rooker (7–8)	Matlack	—		49–53
103	July 30	@ Mets	3–4	Koosman	Kison (5–6)	—	39,246	49–54
104	July 31	@ Mets	8–3	Ellis (7–8)	Seaver	—	23,281	50–54

August: 20–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 9–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
105	August 1	Cardinals	2–5 (11)	Folkers	Giusti (5–4)	—	17,318	50–55
106	August 2	Cardinals	3–2 (14)	Hernández (1–1)	Pena	—	19,385	51–55
107	August 3	Cubs	3–4	Reuschel	Reuss (10–9)	LaRoche	9,316	51–56
108	August 4	Cubs	3–4	Bonham	Rooker (7–9)	—		51–57
109	August 4	Cubs	7–1	Kison (6–6)	Hutson	—	23,536	52–57
110	August 6	Mets	9–8 (11)	Patterson (2–1)	McGraw	—	12,441	53–57
111	August 7	Mets	10–1	Demery (2–4)	Parker	—	13,360	54–57
112	August 8	Mets	4–3	Reuss (11–9)	Matlack	—	11,191	55–57
113	August 9	Padres	7–3	Rooker (8–9)	Jones	—	11,507	56–57
114	August 10	Padres	4–8	Freisleben	Morlan (0–2)	—	15,150	56–58
115	August 11	Padres	8–1	Ellis (8–8)	Spillner	—	14,726	57–58
116	August 12	@ Reds	7–4	Reuss (12–9)	Kirby	Giusti (7)	30,327	58–58
117	August 13	@ Reds	14–3	Demery (3–4)	Billingham	—	32,280	59–58
118	August 14	@ Reds	2–3 (10)	Carroll	Kison (6–7)	—	30,018	59–59
119	August 16	Dodgers	5–2	Ellis (9–8)	Sutton	—	32,347	60–59
120	August 17	Dodgers	4–3	Reuss (13–9)	Messersmith	Giusti (8)	18,681	61–59
121	August 18	Dodgers	10–3	Demery (4–4)	Zahn	—	33,225	62–59
122	August 19	Giants	3–5	Bryant	Rooker (8–10)	Sosa	14,077	62–60
123	August 20	Giants	7–8 (10)	Caldwell	Morlan (0–3)	—	15,944	62–61
124	August 21	Giants	4–2	Ellis (10–8)	Halicki	—	19,814	63–61
125	August 23	@ Padres	6–2	Reuss (14–9)	Greif	—	13,443	64–61
126	August 25	@ Padres	4–1 (12)	Rooker (9–10)	Palmer	—		65–61
127	August 25	@ Padres	10–2	Demery (5–4)	Freisleben	—	11,567	66–61
128	August 27	@ Giants	13–2	Ellis (11–8)	D'Acquisto	—	3,273	67–61
129	August 28	@ Giants	3–1 (11)	Giusti (6–4)	Barr	—	3,679	68–61
130	August 29	@ Giants	2–3 (11)	Moffitt	Giusti (6–5)	—	3,172	68–62
131	August 30	@ Dodgers	4–3	Rooker (10–10)	Marshall	Giusti (9)	38,887	69–62
132	August 31	@ Dodgers	4–3	Demery (6–4)	Zahn	Giusti (10)	41,653	70–62

September: 16–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	@ Dodgers	2–6	Sutton	Ellis (11–9)	—	29,667	70–63
134	September 2	Phillies	7–4	Reuss (15–9)	Carlton	—		71–63
135	September 2	Phillies	11–1	Kison (7–7)	Schueler	—	45,181	72–63
136	September 3	Phillies	8–2	Rooker (11–10)	Twitchell	—	8,168	73–63
137	September 6	Expos	2–1	Ellis (12–9)	Renko	—	15,386	74–63
138	September 7	Expos	6–5 (12)	Hernández (2–1)	Murray	—	17,576	75–63
139	September 8	Expos	8–2	Rooker (12–10)	Rogers	—	18,870	76–63
140	September 9	@ Cubs	4–9	Stone	Demery (6–5)	LaRoche	2,918	76–64
141	September 10	@ Cubs	12–4	Brett (13–7)	Reuschel	—	4,843	77–64
142	September 11	@ Phillies	5–8	Schueler	Hernández (2–2)	—	21,117	77–65
143	September 12	@ Phillies	4–6	Garber	Kison (7–8)	—	22,135	77–66
144	September 13	@ Expos	2–3	Rogers	Rooker (12–11)	—	9,283	77–67
145	September 14	@ Expos	2–17	Blair	Demery (6–6)	—	15,566	77–68
146	September 15	@ Expos	4–5	Renko	Brett (13–8)	Murray	15,438	77–69
147	September 17	Cardinals	1–2 (13)	Hrabosky	Reuss (15–10)	—	21,458	77–70
148	September 18	Cardinals	4–1	Rooker (13–11)	McGlothen	—	18,126	78–70
149	September 19	Cardinals	8–6	Hernández (3–2)	Folkers	Giusti (11)	19,844	79–70
150	September 20	Mets	4–3	Hernández (4–2)	McGraw	—	11,683	80–70
151	September 21	Mets	2–4	Koosman	Pizarro (0–1)	—	7,160	80–71
152	September 22	Mets	0–4	Matlack	Reuss (15–11)	—	27,915	80–72
153	September 23	@ Cardinals	1–0 (10)	Rooker (14–11)	McGlothen	Giusti (12)	33,525	81–72
154	September 24	@ Cardinals	7–3	Kison (8–8)	Curtis	—	37,197	82–72
155	September 25	@ Cardinals	12–13 (11)	Garman	Minshall (0–1)	—	41,345	82–73
156	September 26	@ Mets	11–5	Pizarro (1–1)	Koosman	—	9,250	83–73
157	September 27	@ Mets	2–1	Reuss (16–11)	Matlack	—	17,440	84–73
158	September 28	@ Mets	7–3	Rooker (15–11)	McGraw	Hernández (2)	13,059	85–73
159	September 29	@ Mets	2–7	Apodaca	Brett (13–9)	—	50,653	85–74
160	September 30	Cubs	2–1	Kison (9–8)	Bonham	—	10,482	86–74

October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Rennie Stennett	2B
Richie Hebner	3B
Al Oliver	CF
Willie Stargell	LF
Richie Zisk	RF
Dave Parker	1B
Manny Sanguillén	C
Dal Maxvill	SS
Jerry Reuss	SP

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Notable transactions

April 20, 1974: Dal Maxvill was released by the Pirates.^[13]
June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
- Rod Scurry was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[14]
- Ed Whitson was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[15]
- Mike Edwards was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[16]
July 8, 1974: Kurt Bevacqua was traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Cal Meier (minors).^[17]
July 11, 1974: Chuck Brinkman was purchased by the Pirates from the Chicago White Sox.^[18]
August 20, 1974: Juan Pizarro was signed by the Pirates.^[19]

Roster

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

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	Manny Sanguillén	151	596	171	.287	7	68
1B	Bob Robertson	91	236	54	.229	16	48
2B	Rennie Stennett	157	673	196	.291	7	56
SS	Frank Taveras	126	333	82	.246	0	26
3B	Richie Hebner	146	550	160	.291	18	68
LF	Willie Stargell	140	508	153	.301	25	96
CF	Al Oliver	147	617	198	.321	11	85
RF	Richie Zisk	149	536	168	.313	17	100

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
Ed Kirkpatrick	116	271	67	.247	6	38
Gene Clines	107	276	62	.225	0	14
Dave Parker	73	220	62	.282	4	29
Mario Mendoza	91	163	36	.221	0	15
Paul Popovich	59	83	18	.217	0	5
Art Howe	29	74	18	.243	1	5
Mike Ryan	15	30	3	.100	0	0
Dal Maxvill	8	22	4	.182	0	0
Dave Augustine	18	22	4	.182	0	0
Chuck Brinkman	4	7	1	.143	0	1
Ken Macha	5	5	3	.600	0	1
Ed Ott	7	5	0	.000	0	0
Miguel Diloné	12	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Jim Rooker	33	262.2	15	11	2.78	139
Jerry Reuss	35	260	16	11	3.50	105
Ken Brett	27	191	13	19	3.90	96
Dock Ellis	26	176.2	12	9	3.16	91
Larry Demery	19	95.1	6	6	4.25	51
Bob Moose	7	35.2	1	5	7.57	15

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
Bruce Kison	40	129	9	8	3.49	71
Juan Pizarro	7	24	1	1	1.88	7

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
Dave Giusti	64	7	5	12	3.32	53
Ramón Hernández	58	5	2	2	2.75	33
John Morlan	39	0	3	0	4.29	38
Daryl Patterson	14	2	1	1	7.29	8
Kent Tekulve	8	1	1	0	6.00	6
Jim Minshall	5	0	1	0	0.00	3
Juan Jiménez	4	0	0	0	6.75	2
Jim Sadowski	4	0	1	0	6.00	1
Steve Blass	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente Award
Willie Stargell, Lou Gehrig Award

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Steve Demeter
AA	Thetford Mines Pirates	Eastern League	Tim Murtaugh
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Charleston Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Larry Sherry
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Ron Brand
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thetford Mines, Salem

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Ken Brett at Baseball Almanac
^ Jerry Reuss at Baseball Almanac
^ Nelson Briles at Baseball Almanac
^ Luke Walker at Baseball Almanac
^ Bob Johnson at Baseball Almanac
^ Fred Breining at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b John Lamb at Baseball-Reference
^ Jackie Hernández at Baseball Almanac
^ Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference
^ Paul Popovich at Baseball Almanac
^ 1974 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
^ Dal Maxvill at Baseball Reference
^ Rod Scurry at Baseball Reference
^ Ed Whitson at Baseball Almanac
^ Mike Edwards at Baseball Reference
^ Kurt Bevacqua at Baseball Almanac
^ Chuck Brinkman at Baseball Reference
^ Juan Pizarro at Baseball Almanac

References

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
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.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Ken Brett at Baseball Almanac

[3] Jerry Reuss at Baseball Almanac

[4] Nelson Briles at Baseball Almanac

[5] Luke Walker at Baseball Almanac

[6] Bob Johnson at Baseball Almanac

[7] Fred Breining at Baseball Reference

[lamb-8] John Lamb at Baseball-Reference

[9] Jackie Hernández at Baseball Almanac

[10] Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference

[11] Paul Popovich at Baseball Almanac

[12] 1974 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"

[13] Dal Maxvill at Baseball Reference

[14] Rod Scurry at Baseball Reference

[15] Ed Whitson at Baseball Almanac

[16] Mike Edwards at Baseball Reference

[17] Kurt Bevacqua at Baseball Almanac

[18] Chuck Brinkman at Baseball Reference

[19] Juan Pizarro at Baseball Almanac

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1960s	1969: New York Mets
1970s	1970: Pittsburgh Pirates 1971: Pittsburgh Pirates 1972: Pittsburgh Pirates 1973: New York Mets 1974: Pittsburgh Pirates 1975: Pittsburgh Pirates 1976: Philadelphia Phillies 1977: Philadelphia Phillies 1978: Philadelphia Phillies 1979: Pittsburgh Pirates
1980s	1980: Philadelphia Phillies 1981: Montreal Expos 1982: St. Louis Cardinals 1983: Philadelphia Phillies 1984: Chicago Cubs 1985: St. Louis Cardinals 1986: New York Mets 1987: St. Louis Cardinals 1988: New York Mets 1989: Chicago Cubs
1990s	1990: Pittsburgh Pirates 1991: Pittsburgh Pirates 1992: Pittsburgh Pirates 1993: Philadelphia Phillies 1994: No champion 1995: Atlanta Braves 1996: Atlanta Braves 1997: Atlanta Braves 1998: Atlanta Braves 1999: Atlanta Braves
2000s	2000: Atlanta Braves 2001: Atlanta Braves 2002: Atlanta Braves 2003: Atlanta Braves 2004: Atlanta Braves 2005: Atlanta Braves 2006: New York Mets 2007: Philadelphia Phillies 2008: Philadelphia Phillies 2009: Philadelphia Phillies
2010s	2010: Philadelphia Phillies 2011: Philadelphia Phillies 2012: Washington Nationals 2013: Atlanta Braves 2014: Washington Nationals 2015: New York Mets 2016: Washington Nationals 2017: Washington Nationals 2018: Atlanta Braves 2019: Atlanta Braves
2020s	2020: Atlanta Braves 2021: Atlanta Braves 2022: Atlanta Braves 2023: Atlanta Braves