1974 Oakland Athletics season

history

The Oakland Athletics' 1974 season involved the A's winning their fourth consecutive American League West title with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. In the playoffs, the A's defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS for their third straight AL pennant, and in the World Series, the first ever played entirely on the West Coast, defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to take their third consecutive World Series championship.

Offseason

November 3, 1973: Horacio Piña was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Locker.»Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
December 12, 1973: Rico Carty was released by the Athletics.»Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

June 5, 1974: Outfielders Billy North and Reggie Jackson engaged in a clubhouse fight at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium. Jackson injured his shoulder, and catcher Ray Fosse, attempting to separate the combatants, suffered a crushed disk in his neck, costing him three months on the disabled list.

The pinch runner

In , Hurricane Herb Washington was tapped by Oakland owner Charlie Finley to become the A's "designated runner." Despite having no professional baseball experience, and having last played baseball in high school, Washington was a member of the Athletics 1974 World Series championship team. His major league debut was on April 4, 1974 against the Texas Rangers. Appearing as a pinch runner for Joe Rudi in game two of the 1974 World Series, Washington was picked off first base in a crucial ninth-inning situation by Dodgers' reliver Mike Marshall.

Season standings

Opening Day starters

Sal Bando
Vida Blue
Bert Campaneris
Ray Fosse
Reggie Jackson
Angel Mangual
Billy North
Joe Rudi
Gene Tenace
Manny Trillo»1974 Oakland Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

Notable transactions

May 10, 1974: Dal Maxvill was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.»Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
June 5, 1974: Rick Lysander was drafted by the Athletics in the 19th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.»Rick Lysander page at Baseball Reference
August 19, 1974: Pat Bourque was traded by the Athletics to the Minnesota Twins for Jim Holt.»Pat Bourque page at Baseball Reference

Roster

{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="10" style="background-color: #003831; color: #FFD800; text-align: center;" | 1974 Oakland Athletics roster |- | colspan="10" style="background-color: #FFD800; color: #003831; text-align: center;" | Roster |- | valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders

Designated runner

| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

{| |- | style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;" | | = Indicates team leader |}

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="5%" | Pos ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | AB ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | H ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | Avg. ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | HR ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | RBI |- align="center" | C || || 64 || 204 || 40 || .196 || 4 || 23 |- align="center" | 3B || || 146 || 498 || 121 || .243 || 22 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|103 |- align="center" | SS || || 134 || 527 || 153 || .290 || 2 || 41 |- align="center" | LF || || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|158 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|593 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|174 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|.293 || 22 || 99 |- align="center" | CF || || 149 || 543 || 141 || .260 || 4 || 33 |- align="center" | RF || || 148 || 506 || 146 || .289 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|29 || 93 |- align="center" |}

Other batters

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | AB ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | H ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | Avg. ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | HR ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="9%" | RBI |- align="center" | || 10 || 15 || 2 || .133 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | || 30 || 42 || 6 || .143 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | || 11 || 7 || 2 || .286 || 0 || 1 |- align="center" | || 5 || 7 || 1 || .143 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | || 92 || 0 || 0 || ---- || 0 || 0 |}

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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Other pitchers

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | || 29 || 117 || 7 || 4 || 3.69 || 69 |- align="center" | || 34 || 87.1 || 1 || 5 || 3.81 || 52 |- align="center" |}

Relief pitchers

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|76 || 9 || 5 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|18 || 2.65 || 95 |- align="center" |}

Postseason

ALCS

Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics

Athletics win the Series, 3-1

{| border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" !|Game||Score||Date||Location||Attendance |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |- |1||Baltimore - 6, Oakland - 3||October 5||Oakland Coliseum||41,609 |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |2||Baltimore - 0, Oakland - 5||October 6||Oakland Coliseum||42,810 |- |3||Oakland - 1, Baltimore - 0||October 8||Memorial Stadium||32,060 |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |4||Oakland - 2, Baltimore - 1||October 9||Memorial Stadium||28,136 |}

1974 World Series

Summary

{|border=1 cellspacing=0 width=655 style="margin-left:3em;" AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (1) |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !width=|Game !width=|Score !width=|Date !width=|Location !width=|Attendance !width=|Time of Game |- style="text-align:center;" |1|| Athletics – 3, Dodgers – 2 ||October 12||Dodger Stadium|| 55,974 || 2:43 |- style="text-align:center;" |2|| Athletics – 2, Dodgers – 3 ||October 13||Dodger Stadium|| 55,989 || 2:40 |- style="text-align:center;" |3|| Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3 ||October 15||Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum|| 49,347 || 2:35 |- style="text-align:center;" |4|| Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 5 ||October 16||Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum|| 49,347 || 2:17 |- style="text-align:center;" |5|| Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3 ||October 17||Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum|| 49,347 || 2:23 |- |}

Awards and honors

Rollie Fingers, World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Catfish Hunter, P, American League Cy Young Award

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bert Campaneris, shortstop, starter
Reggie Jackson, outfield, starter

Sal Bando, reserve
Rollie Fingers, reserve
Catfish Hunter, reserve
Joe Rudi, reserve

Farm system

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Notes

References

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