1974 Kansas City Royals season

1974 Kansas City Royals
1974 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969) West Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Royals Stadium (since 1973); Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969);
Other information
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Cedric Tallis, Joe Burke
Managers	Jack McKeon (second season)
Local television	KBMA
Local radio	KMBZ; (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1974 Kansas City Royals season was their sixth in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished fifth in the American League West at 77-85, 13 games behind the Oakland Athletics. Pitcher Steve Busby set a single-season franchise record with 22 victories.

Offseason

October 24, 1973: Dick Drago was traded by the Royals to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Pattin.[1]
December 7, 1973: Lou Piniella and Ken Wright were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel. Baseball author Bill James called the trade the only clinker the Royals made during the 1970s.[2]
January 9, 1974: Mark Souza was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.[3]

April 30, 1974: Paul Schaal was traded by the Royals to the California Angels for Richie Scheinblum.[4]
June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
- Willie Wilson was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (18th pick).[5]
- Scott Sanderson was drafted by the Royals in the 11th round, but did not sign.[6]
June 11, 1974: Doug Corbett was signed by the Royals as an amateur free agent.[7]
August 6, 1974: Orlando Cepeda signed as a free agent by the Royals.[8]
September 27, 1974: Orlando Cepeda was released by the Royals.[8]

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	90	72	0.556	—	49–32	41–40
Texas Rangers	84	76	0.525	5	42–38	42–38
Minnesota Twins	82	80	0.506	8	48–33	34–47
Chicago White Sox	80	80	0.500	9	46–34	34–46
Kansas City Royals	77	85	0.475	13	40–41	37–44
California Angels	68	94	0.420	22	36–45	32–49

1974 American League record Sources:
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	—

1974 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Fran Healy	139	445	112	.252	9	53
1B	John Mayberry	126	427	100	.234	22	69
2B	Cookie Rojas	144	542	147	.271	6	60
SS	Freddie Patek	149	537	121	.225	3	38
3B	George Brett	133	457	129	.282	2	47
LF	Jim Wohlford	143	501	136	.271	2	44
CF	Amos Otis	146	552	157	.284	12	73
RF	Vada Pinson	115	406	112	.276	6	41
DH	Hal McRae	148	539	167	.310	15	88

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
Al Cowens	110	269	65	.242	1	25
Tony Solaita	96	239	64	.268	7	30
Frank White	99	204	45	.221	1	18
Buck Martinez	43	107	23	.215	1	8
Orlando Cepeda	33	107	23	.215	1	18
Kurt Bevacqua	39	90	19	.211	0	3
Richie Scheinblum	36	83	15	.181	0	2
Paul Schaal	12	34	6	.176	1	4
Fernando González	9	21	3	.143	0	2
Dennis Paepke	6	12	2	.167	0	0
Bobby Floyd	10	9	1	.111	0	0
Rick Reichardt	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Busby	38	292.1	22	14	3.39	198
Paul Splittorff	36	226.0	13	19	4.10	90
Al Fitzmorris	34	190.0	13	6	2.79	53
Bruce Dal Canton	31	175.1	8	10	3.13	96
Nelson Briles	17	103.0	5	7	4.02	41

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Marty Pattin	25	117.1	3	7	3.99	50
Dennis Leonard	5	22.0	0	4	5.32	8
Aurelio López	8	16.0	0	0	5.63	5

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Doug Bird	55	7	6	10	2.73	62
Lindy McDaniel	38	1	4	1	3.46	47
Steve Mingori	36	2	3	2	2.81	43
Joe Hoerner	30	2	3	2	3.82	24
Gene Garber	17	1	2	1	4.82	14

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Harry Malmberg
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Billy Gardner
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Steve Boros
A	Waterloo Royals	Midwest League	John Sullivan
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bill Scripture
Rookie	GCL Royals Academy	Gulf Coast League	Billy Goodman

Dick Drago at Baseball Reference
James, Bill (1986). The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987. Ballantine Books. p. 46.
Mark Souza at Baseball Reference
Paul Schaal at Baseball Reference
Willie Wilson at Baseball Reference
Scott Sanderson at Baseball Reference
Doug Corbett at Baseball Reference
Orlando Cepeda at Baseball Reference
1974 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com

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 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1974 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

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