1974 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1974 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 76 86 y 5th Bud Selig Jim Wilson Del Crandall WTMJ-TV(Ed Doucette, Tom Collins) 620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) mil MIL The 1974 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 5th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 6th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses. 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.Steve Barber at Baseball Reference March 27, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Brewers. March 30, 1974: Wilbur Howard was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors).Wilbur Howard at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions June 5, 1974: Jim Gantner was drafted by the Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.Jim Gantner at Baseball Reference Opening Day starters P:Jim Colborn C:Darrell Porter 1B:George Scott 2B:Pedro García 3B:Don Money SS:Robin Yount LF:Johnny Briggs RF:Dave May CF:Ken Berry DH:Bob Coluccio Roster 1974 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 43 Larry Anderson 40 Jerry Bell 35 Bill Castro 38 Bill Champion 48 Jim Colborn 34 Kevin Kobel 27 Roger Miller 42 Tom Murphy 23 Eduardo Rodríguez 35 Dick Selma 41 Jim Slaton 29 Ed Sprague 25 Bill Travers 38 Clyde Wright Catchers 22 Charlie Moore 15 Darrell Porter Infielders  9 Pedro García 14 Bob Hansen  6 Mike Hegan  3 Deron Johnson  4 Tim Johnson  8 Jack Lind  7 Don Money  5 George Scott  2 Bob Sheldon 21 John Vukovich 19 Robin Yount Outfielders 14 Felipe Alou 16 Ken Berry 12 Johnny Briggs 26 Bob Coluccio  8 Rob Ellis 37 Sixto Lezcano 11 Dave May 17 Bobby Mitchell 44 Gorman Thomas Manager  1 Del Crandall Coaches 31 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) -- Ken McBride (Pitching) 24 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 Darrell Porter 131 432 104 .241 12 56 1B George Scott George Scott (first baseman) 158 604 170 .281 17 82 2B Pedro García Pedro García (baseball) 141 452 90 .199 12 54 3B Don Money 159 629 178 .283 15 65 SS Robin Yount 107 344 86 .250 3 26 LF Johnny Briggs Johnny Briggs (baseball) 154 554 140 .253 17 73 CF Bob Coluccio 138 394 88 .223 6 31 RF Dave May 135 477 108 .226 10 42 DH Bobby Mitchell 88 173 42 .243 5 20 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 Ken Berry Ken Berry (baseball) 98 267 64 .240 1 24 Tim Johnson 93 245 60 .245 0 25 Charlie Moore 72 204 50 .245 0 19 Mike Hegan 89 190 45 .237 7 32 Deron Johnson 49 152 23 .151 6 18 Bob Hansen 58 88 26 .295 2 9 John Vukovich 38 80 15 .188 3 11 Sixto Lezcano 15 54 13 .241 2 9 Rob Ellis Rob Ellis (baseball) 22 48 14 .292 0 4 Gorman Thomas 17 46 12 .261 2 11 Bob Sheldon 10 17 2 .118 0 0 Jack Lind 9 17 4 .235 0 1 Felipe Alou 3 3 0 .000 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 Jim Slaton 40 250.0 13 16 3.92 126 Clyde Wright 38 232.0 9 20 4.42 64 Jim Colborn 33 224.0 10 13 4.06 83 Kevin Kobel 34 169.1 6 14 3.99 74 Bill Champion Bill Champion (baseball) 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 Eduardo Rodríguez Eduardo Rodríguez (right-handed pitcher) 43 111.2 7 4 3.63 58 Ed Sprague Sr. 20 94.0 7 2 2.39 57 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 Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (pitcher) 70 10 10 20 1.90 47 Bill Travers 23 2 3 0 4.92 31 Bill Castro 8 0 0 0 4.50 10 Jerry Bell Jerry Bell (pitcher) 5 0 0 0 2.57 4 Dick Selma 2 0 0 0 19.29 2 Larry Anderson Larry Anderson (baseball) 2 0 0 0 0.00 3 Roger Miller Roger Miller (baseball) 2 0 0 0 11.57 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1974.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1974 1974 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.https://www.milb.com/midwest/history/champions Midwest League Champions Midwest League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201231154202/https://www.milb.com/midwest/history/champions December 31, 2020 Triple-A Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Bob Lemon Double-A Shreveport Captains Texas League Gene Freese and Ken McBride Class A Danville Warriors Midwest League Matt Galante Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League John Felske Notes 2 References 1974 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1974 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil Category:1970s in Milwaukee