1974 San Francisco Giants season

The 1974 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 92nd season in Major League Baseball, their 17th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 15th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 72–90 record, 30 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1974 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersJerry Donovan
ManagersCharlie Fox, Wes Westrum
Local televisionKTVU
(Al Michaels, Gary Park)
Local radioKSFO
(Al Michaels, Art Eckman)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 10260 0.630 — 52–29 50–31
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 4 50–31 48–33
Atlanta Braves 8874 0.543 14 46–35 42–39
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 21 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 7290 0.444 30 37–44 35–46
San Diego Padres 60102 0.370 42 36–45 24–57

Record vs. opponents
1974 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago8–4—5–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati11–7–17–5—14–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston12–68–44–14—5–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–5—8–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal3–913–56–66–64–8—9–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York4–810–83–96–67–59–9—7–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–7—10–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–10—9–38–47–11
San Diego1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–9—11–75–7
San Francisco10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–11—6–6
St. Louis3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1974 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDave Rader11332394.291126
1BDave Kingman12135078.2231855
2BTito Fuentes10839097.249022
SSChris Speier141501125.250953
3BSteve Ontiveros12034391.265433
LFGary Matthews154561161.2871682
CFGarry Maddox135538153.284850
RFBobby Bonds150567145.2562171

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
Gary Thomasson12031577.244229
Ed Goodson9829881.272648
Mike Phillips10028362.219220
Bruce Miller7319855.278016
Chris Arnold7817442.241126
Ken Rudolph5715841.259010
John Boccabella298011.13805
Glenn Redmon7174.23504
Jim Howarth640.00000
Dámaso Blanco510.00000

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 Barr44239.21392.7484
John D'Acquisto38215.012143.77167
Mike Caldwell31189.11452.9583
Tom Bradley30134.18115.1672
Ed Halicki1674.1184.2440
John Montefusco739.1324.8134

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
Ron Bryant41126.23155.6175
Charlie Williams39100.1132.7848
Jim Willoughby1840.2144.6512

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
Randy Moffitt6157154.5049
Elías Sosa689763.4848
John Morris171113.059
Steve Barber130115.2713
Gary Lavelle100302.1612
Butch Metzger101003.555
Don McMahon90003.095
Don Rose20009.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges
AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Dennis Sommers
A Fresno Giants California League John VanOrnum
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Art Mazmanian

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno[8]

References
  1. Juan Marichal at Baseball Reference
  2. Willie Prall at Baseball Reference
  3. "1974 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. Steve Barber at Baseball Reference
  5. Alan Wirth at Baseball Reference
  6. Guy Sularz at Baseball-Reference
  7. Jeff Yurak at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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