1974 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1974 Los Angeles Dodgers
1974 National League Champions
NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, heirs of James Mulvey
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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The 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West by four games over the Cincinnati Reds, then beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1974 National League Championship Series before losing to the Oakland Athletics in the 1974 World Series.

Offseason[]

  • October 27, 1973: Rick Auerbach was purchased by the Dodgers from the Milwaukee Brewers.[1]
  • December 3, 1973: Sergio Ferrer was drafted from the Dodgers by the Minnesota Twins in the 1973 rule 5 draft.[2]
  • December 5, 1973: Willie Davis was traded by the Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Mike Marshall.[3]
  • December 5, 1973: Pete Richert was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommie Agee.[4]
  • December 6, 1973: Claude Osteen and Dave Culpepper (minors) were traded by the Dodgers to the Houston Astros for Jimmy Wynn.[5]

Regular season[]

Mike Marshall set a record by pitching in 106 games in 1974, a record that still stands today.[6]

Season standings[]

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 102 60 0.630 — 52–29 50–31
Cincinnati Reds 98 64 0.605 4 50–31 48–33
Atlanta Braves 88 74 0.543 14 46–35 42–39
Houston Astros 81 81 0.500 21 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 72 90 0.444 30 37–44 35–46
San Diego Padres 60 102 0.370 42 36–45 24–57

Record vs. opponents[]

1974 National League Records
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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 —


Opening Day lineup[]

Opening Day starters
Name Position
Davey Lopes Second baseman
Bill Buckner First baseman
Jimmy Wynn Center fielder
Joe Ferguson Catcher
Willie Crawford Right fielder
Ron Cey Third baseman
Von Joshua Left fielder
Bill Russell Shortstop
Don Sutton Starting pitcher

Notable transactions[]

  • April 3, 1974: Bruce Ellingsen was traded by the Dodgers to the Cleveland Indians for Pedro Guerrero.[7]
  • July 11, 1974: Gail Hopkins was purchased by the Dodgers from the Hawaii Islanders.[8]

Roster[]

1974 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 24 Walter Alston

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 Steve Yeager 94 316 84 .266 12 41
1B Steve Garvey 156 642 200 .312 21 111
2B Davey Lopes 145 530 141 .266 10 35
SS Bill Russell 160 553 149 .269 5 65
3B Ron Cey 159 577 151 .262 18 97
LF Bill Buckner 145 580 182 .314 7 58
CF Jim Wynn 150 535 145 .271 32 108
RF Willie Crawford 139 468 138 .295 11 61

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
Joe Ferguson 111 349 88 .252 16 57
Tom Paciorek 85 175 42 .240 1 24
Von Joshua 81 124 29 .234 1 16
Lee Lacy 48 78 22 .282 0 8
Rick Auerbach 45 73 25 .342 1 4
Manny Mota 66 57 16 .281 0 16
Ken McMullen 44 60 15 .250 3 12
Gail Hopkins 15 18 4 .222 0 0
Charlie Manuel 4 3 1 .333 0 1
John Hale 4 4 4 1.000 0 2
Ivan DeJesus 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Orlando Alvarez 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Kevin Pasley 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Jerry Royster 6 0 0 --- 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
Andy Messersmith 39 292.1 20 6 2.59 221
Don Sutton 40 276 19 9 3.23 179
Doug Rau 36 198.1 13 11 3.72 126
Tommy John 22 153 13 3 2.59 78

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
Al Downing 21 98.1 5 6 3.66 63
Geoff Zahn 21 79.2 3 5 2.03 33

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
Mike Marshall 106 15 12 21 2.42 143
Charlie Hough 49 9 4 1 3.75 63
Jim Brewer 24 4 4 0 2.52 26
Rick Rhoden 4 1 0 0 2.00 7
Eddie Solomon 4 0 0 1 1.50 2
Greg Shanahan 4 0 0 0 3.86 2
Rex Hudson 1 0 0 0 22.50 0

Postseason[]

1974 National League Championship Series[]

Main article: 1974 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in four games in the NLCS.

Game One[]

October 5, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 2
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
W: Don Sutton (1–0)   L: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  
HR: None

Game Two[]

October 6, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 12 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 3
W: Andy Messersmith (1–0)  L: Dave Giusti (0–1)  
HRs: LAD – Ron Cey (1)

Game Three[]

October 8, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
W: Bruce Kison (1–0)  L: Doug Rau (0–1)  
HRs: PIT – Willie Stargell (1), Richie Hebner (1)

Game Four[]

October 9, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1
Los Angeles 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 X 12 12 0
W: Don Sutton (2–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–2)  
HRs: LAD – Steve Garvey (2); PIT – Willie Stargell (2)

1974 World Series[]

Main article: 1974 World Series

The Dodgers were defeated by the Oakland Athletics in five games in the World Series.

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Athletics – 3, Dodgers – 2 October 12 Dodger Stadium 55,974 2:43
2 Athletics – 2, Dodgers – 3 October 13 Dodger Stadium 55,989 2:40
3 Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3 October 15 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,347 2:35
4 Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 5 October 16 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,347 2:17
5 Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3 October 17 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,347 2:23

Awards and honors[]

All-Stars[]

Sporting News awards[]

  • TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
    • Mike Marshall
  • TSN Fireman of the Year Award
    • Mike Marshall
  • TSN National League All-Star

Farm system[]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Stan Wasiak
AA Waterbury Dodgers Eastern League Don LeJohn
A Bakersfield Dodgers California League George Freese
A Orangeburg Dodgers Western Carolinas League Bart Shirley
Rookie Bellingham Dodgers Northwest League Bill Berrier

1974 Major League Baseball Draft[]

Main article: 1974 Major League Baseball Draft

This was the tenth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 23 players in the June draft and six in the January draft.

The top pick was pitcher Rick Sutcliffe from Van Horn High School in Independence, Missouri. Sutcliffe would go on to win the 1979 Rookie of the Year Award. The Dodgers traded him to the Cleveland Indians in 1982 but he would remain in the league through 1994. He accumulated a record of 171–139, was a three-time All-Star and won the 1984 National League Cy Young Award, while with the Chicago Cubs.

They also drafted infielder Jim Riggleman in the fourth round. While he never made the Majors as a player he had a stint as the Dodgers Major League Bench coach and would become a successful Major League Manager with four different clubs.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rick Auerbach page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Sergio Ferrer page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Willie Davis page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Claude Osteen page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Single-Season Leaders & Records for Games Played from Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Bruce Ellingsen page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Gail Hopkins page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  10. ^ 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  11. ^ 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  12. ^ 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References[]

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