1974 California Angels season

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1974  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Bobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, Dick Williams
Television KTLA
Radio KMPC
(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. This was the Angels' first last place divisional finish in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On August 25, Nolan Ryan struck out Sandy Alomar for the 1,500th 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 9072.55649324140
Texas Rangers 8476.525542384238
Minnesota Twins 8280.506848333447
Chicago White Sox 8080.500946343446
Kansas City Royals 7785.4751340413744
California Angels 6894.4202236453249

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore 10–87–55–712–614–48–48–106–611–76–64–8
Boston 8–104–88–49–911–74–810–86–611–78–45–7
California 5–78–410–8–13–95–78–103–98–103–96–129–9
Chicago 7–54–88–10–18–47–511–78–47–11–14–87–119–7–1
Cleveland 6–129–99–34–89–98–410–86–67–115–74–8
Detroit 4–147–117–55–79–97–59–93–911–75–75–7
Kansas City 4–88–410–87–114–85–711–18–104–88–108–10
Milwaukee 10–88–109–34–88–109–91–116–69–95–77–5
Minnesota 6–66–610–811–7–16–69–310–86–64–85–139–9
New York 7–117–119–38–411–77–118–49–98–47–58–4
Oakland 6–64–812–611–77–57–510–87–513–55–78–10
Texas 8–47–59–97–9–18–47–510–85–79–94–810–8

Notable transactions

Roster

1974 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ellie Rodríguez 140395100.253736
1B John Doherty 7422357.256315
2B Denny Doyle 147511133.260134
3B Paul Schaal 5316541.248220
SS Dave Chalk 133465117.252531
LF Bobby Valentine 11737197.261339
CF Mickey Rivers 118466133.285331
RF Leroy Stanton 118415111.2671162
DH Frank Robinson 129427107.2512063

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bob Oliver 11035989.248855
Joe Lahoud 12732588.2711344
Bruce Bochte 5719653.270526
Morris Nettles 5617548.27408
Winston Llenas 7213836.261217
Tommy McCraw 5611934.286317
Tom Egan 439411.11704
Rudy Meoli 369022.24403
Orlando Ramírez 318614.16307
Charlie Sands 438316.193413
Bob Heise 297520.26706
Mike Epstein 186210.16146
Sandy Alomar Sr. 465412.22201
John Balaz 144210.23815
Doug Howard 22399.23105
Richie Scheinblum 10264.15402

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nolan Ryan 42332.222162.89367
Frank Tanana 39268.214193.12180
Andy Hassler 23162.07112.6176
Dick Lange 21113.2383.8057
Bill Singer 14108.2742.9877
Bill Stoneman 1358.2186.1433
Chuck Dobson 530.0235.7016

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ed Figueroa 25105.1283.6749

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Skip Lockwood 372514.3239
Dave Sells 202323.6914
Rudy May 180127.0012
Dick Selma 182215.0915
Luis Quintana 182104.2611
John Cumberland 170103.7412
Barry Raziano 131216.489
Horacio Piña 111202.316
Ken Sanders 90012.794
Orlando Peña 40030.005
Don Kirkwood 30008.594
Bill Gilbreth 300013.500

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  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