1974 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1974 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

October 22, 1973: Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash.^[1]
March 27, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Brewers.^[1]
March 30, 1974: Wilbur Howard was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors).^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	--	.562
New York Yankees	89	73	2	.549
Boston Red Sox	84	78	7	.519
Cleveland Indians	77	85	14	.475
Milwaukee Brewers	76	86	15	.469
Detroit Tigers	72	90	19	.444

Notable transactions

June 5, 1974: Jim Gantner was drafted by the Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]

Opening Day starters

Roster

1974 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

22 Charlie Moore
15 Darrell Porter

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Del Crandall

Coaches

31 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting)
-- Ken McBride (Pitching)
32 Joe Nossek (Third Base)
30 Jim Walton (First Base)
18 Al Widmar (Pitching)

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	Porter, DarrellDarrell Porter	131	432	104	.241	12	56
1B	Scott, GeorgeGeorge Scott	158	604	170	.281	17	82
2B	García, PedroPedro García	141	452	90	.199	12	54
3B	Money, DonDon Money	159	629	178	.283	15	65
SS	Yount, RobinRobin Yount	107	344	86	.250	3	26
LF	Briggs, JohnnyJohnny Briggs	154	554	140	.253	17	73
CF	Coluccio, BobBob Coluccio	138	394	88	.223	6	31

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
Berry, KenKen Berry	98	267	64	.240	1	24
Ellis, RobRob Ellis	22	48	14	.292	0	4
Sheldon, BobBob Sheldon	10	17	2	.118	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
Wright, ClydeClyde Wright	38	232	9	20	4.42	64
Colborn, JimJim Colborn	33	224	10	13	4.06	83
Kobel, KevinKevin Kobel	34	169.1	6	14	3.99	74
Champion, BillBill Champion	31	161.2	11	4	3.62	60

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
Rodríguez, EduardoEduardo Rodríguez	43	111.2	7	4	3.63	58

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
Murphy, TomTom Murphy	70	10	10	20	1.90	47
Castro, BillBill Castro	8	0	0	0	4.50	10
Bell, JerryJerry Bell	5	0	0	0	2.57	4
Selma, DickDick Selma	2	0	0	0	19.29	2
Anderson, LarryLarry Anderson	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
Miller, RogerRoger Miller	2	0	0	0	11.57	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento Solons	Pacific Coast League	Bob Lemon
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Gene Freese and Ken McBride
A	Danville Warriors	Midwest League	Matt Galante
Short-Season A	Newark Co-Pilots	New York-Penn League	John Felske

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville

Notes

References

1974 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
1974 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1974 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1974 All-Star Game 1974 World Series

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Retired Numbers

Key Personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: Doug Melvin
Manager: Ron Roenicke

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League Pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division Titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (46)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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1974 Milwaukee Brewers season