1974 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1974  Los Angeles Dodgers
National League champion
National League West champions
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record102–60 (.630)
Divisional place1st
Owners Walter O'Malley, heirs of James Mulvey
President Peter O'Malley
General managers Al Campanis
Managers Walter Alston
Television KTTV (11)
Radio KABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
  1973 Seasons 1975  

The 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers season won the National League West Division by four games over the Cincinnati Reds, then beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS before losing to the Oakland Athletics in the World Series.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 10260.63052295031
Cincinnati Reds 9864.605450314833
Atlanta Braves 8874.5431446354239
Houston Astros 8181.5002146353546
San Francisco Giants 7290.4443037443546
San Diego Padres 60102.3704236452457

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago 8–45–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati 11–7–17–514–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston 12–68–44–145–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–58–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal 3–913–56–66–64–89–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York 4–810–83–96–67–59–97–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia 4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–710–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh 8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–109–38–47–11
San Diego 1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–911–75–7
San Francisco 10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–116–6
St. Louis 3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
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

Roster

1974 Los Angeles Dodgers
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 Steve Yeager 9431684.2661241
1B Steve Garvey 156642200.31221111
2B Davey Lopes 145530141.2661035
SS Bill Russell 160553149.269565
3B Ron Cey 159577151.2621897
LF Bill Buckner 145580182.314758
CF Jim Wynn 150535145.27132108
RF Willie Crawford 139468138.2951161

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Joe Ferguson 11134988.2521657
Tom Paciorek 8517542.240124
Von Joshua 8112429.234116
Lee Lacy 487822.28208
Rick Auerbach 457325.34214
Ken McMullen 446015.250312
Manny Mota 665716.281016
Gail Hopkins 15184.22200
John Hale 4441.00002
Charlie Manuel 431.33301
Ivan DeJesus 331.33300
Orlando Alvarez 210.00000
Jerry Royster 600----00
Kevin Pasley 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Andy Messersmith 39292.12062.59221
Don Sutton 40276.01993.23179
Doug Rau 36198.113113.72126
Tommy John 22153.01332.5978

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Downing 2198.1563.6663
Geoff Zahn 2179.2352.0333

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Marshall 1061512212.42143
Charlie Hough 499413.7563
Jim Brewer 244402.5226
Rick Rhoden 41002.007
Eddie Solomon 40011.502
Greg Shanahan 40003.862
Rex Hudson 100022.500

Postseason

1974 National League Championship Series

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

Game One

October 5, Three Rivers Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Los Angeles010000002392
Pittsburgh000000000040
W: Don Sutton (1–0)   L: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  
HR: None

Game Two

October 6, Three Rivers Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Los Angeles1001000305120
Pittsburgh000000200283
W: Andy Messersmith (1–0)  L: Dave Giusti (0–1)  
HRs: LADRon Cey (1)

Game Three

October 8, Dodger Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Pittsburgh5020000007100
Los Angeles000000000045
W: Bruce Kison (1–0)  L: Doug Rau (0–1)  
HRs: PITWillie Stargell (1), Richie Hebner (1)

Game Four

October 9, Dodger Stadium

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Pittsburgh000000100131
Los Angeles10202223X12120
W: Don Sutton (2–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–2)  
HRs: LADSteve Garvey (2); PITWillie Stargell (2)

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)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendanceTime of Game
1Athletics – 3, Dodgers – 2October 12 Dodger Stadium 55,9742:43
2Athletics – 2, Dodgers – 3October 13 Dodger Stadium 55,9892:40
3Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3October 15 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,3472:35
4Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 5October 16 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,3472:17
5Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3October 17 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49,3472:23

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Sporting News awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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