1974 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1974 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Harry Dalton Bobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, Dick Williams KTLA KMPC(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale) The 1974 California Angels season was the 14th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 9th in Anaheim, and their 9th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season sixth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. This was the Angels' first last place divisional finish in franchise history. Offseason October 22, 1973: Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash were traded by the Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson.Ellie Rodríguez at Baseball-Reference December 6, 1973: Aurelio Monteagudo and Chris Coletta were sent by the Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Denny Doyle to complete an earlier deal (the Angels sent Billy Grabarkewitz and players to be named later to the Phillies for a player to be named later) made on August 14, 1973.Denny Doyle at Baseball-Reference Regular season On August 25, Nolan Ryan struck out Sandy Alomar for the 1,500th strikeout of his career. http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express The Strikeout King smackbomb.com/nolanryan July 28, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html July 16, 2011 dead mdy-all Ryan and Alomar had been teammates earlier in the season before Alomar was sold to the Yankees on July 8. Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions April 30, 1974: Richie Scheinblum was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Paul Schaal.Paul Schaal at Baseball-Reference May 4, 1974: Mike Epstein was released by the Angels.Mike Epstein at Baseball-Reference June 5, 1974: Greg Harris was drafted by the Angels in the 10th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Greg Harris at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1974: Rudy May was purchased from the Angels by the New York Yankees.Rudy May at Baseball-Reference July 8, 1974: Sandy Alomar Sr. was purchased from the Angels by the New York Yankees.Sandy Alomar at Baseball-Reference July 28, 1974: Rick Stelmaszek was traded by the Angels to the Chicago Cubs for Horacio Piña.Horacio Piña at Baseball-Reference September 12, 1974: Frank Robinson was traded by the Angels to the Cleveland Indians for Ken Suarez, Rusty Torres, and cash.Frank Robinson at Baseball-Reference Roster 1974 California Angels Roster Pitchers 47 John Cumberland 45 Chuck Dobson 37 Ed Figueroa 38 Bill Gilbreth 42 Andy Hassler 52 Don Kirkwood 35 Dick Lange 41 Skip Lockwood 34 Rudy May 51 Orlando Peña 34 Horacio Piña 44 Luis Quintana 31 Barry Raziano 30 Nolan Ryan 39 Ken Sanders 29 Dave Sells 39 Dick Selma 48 Bill Singer 26 Bill Stoneman 40 Frank Tanana Catchers 10 Tom Egan  6 Ellie Rodríguez 19 Charlie Sands Infielders 24 Sandy Alomar Sr.  7 Dave Chalk  5 John Doherty 15 Denny Doyle  5 Mike Epstein  9 Bob Heise 22 Tommy McCraw  3 Rudy Meoli 33 Bob Oliver  1 Orlando Ramírez  9 Paul Schaal Outfielders  8 John Balaz 22 Bruce Bochte 14 Doug Howard  4 Joe Lahoud 12 Winston Llenas 16 Morris Nettles 17 Mickey Rivers 20 Frank Robinson  9 Richie Scheinblum 36 Leroy Stanton 13 Bobby Valentine Manager 24 Whitey Herzog 23 Dick Williams  1 Bobby Winkles Coaches 23,24 Whitey Herzog 27 Tom Morgan 26 Billy Muffett 21 Salty Parker 50 Jimmie Reese  2 John Roseboro 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 Ellie Rodríguez 140 395 100 .253 7 36 1B John Doherty John Doherty (first baseman) 74 223 57 .256 3 15 2B Denny Doyle 147 511 133 .260 1 34 3B Paul Schaal 53 165 41 .248 2 20 SS Dave Chalk baseball 133 465 117 .252 5 31 LF Bobby Valentine 117 371 97 .261 3 39 CF Mickey Rivers 118 466 133 .285 3 31 RF Leroy Stanton 118 415 111 .267 11 62 DH Frank Robinson 129 427 107 .251 20 63 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 Bob Oliver 110 359 89 .248 8 55 Joe Lahoud 127 325 88 .271 13 44 Bruce Bochte 57 196 53 .270 5 26 Morris Nettles 56 175 48 .274 0 8 Winston Llenas 72 138 36 .261 2 17 Tommy McCraw 56 119 34 .286 3 17 Tom Egan 43 94 11 .117 0 4 Rudy Meoli 36 90 22 .244 0 3 Orlando Ramírez 31 86 14 .163 0 7 Charlie Sands 43 83 16 .193 4 13 Bob Heise 29 75 20 .267 0 6 Mike Epstein 18 62 10 .161 4 6 Sandy Alomar Sr. 46 54 12 .222 0 1 John Balaz 14 42 10 .238 1 5 Doug Howard 22 39 9 .231 0 5 Richie Scheinblum 10 26 4 .154 0 2 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 Nolan Ryan 42 332.2 22 16 2.89 367 Frank Tanana 39 268.2 14 19 3.12 180 Andy Hassler 23 162.0 7 11 2.61 76 Dick Lange 21 113.2 3 8 3.80 57 Bill Singer 14 108.2 7 4 2.98 77 Bill Stoneman 13 58.2 1 8 6.14 33 Chuck Dobson 5 30.0 2 3 5.70 16 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 Ed Figueroa 25 105.1 2 8 3.67 49 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 Skip Lockwood 37 2 5 1 4.32 39 Dave Sells 20 2 3 2 3.69 14 Rudy May 18 0 1 2 7.00 12 Dick Selma 18 2 2 1 5.09 15 Luis Quintana 18 2 1 0 4.26 11 John Cumberland 17 0 1 0 3.74 12 Barry Raziano 13 1 2 1 6.48 9 Horacio Piña 11 1 2 0 2.31 6 Ken Sanders 9 0 0 1 2.79 4 Orlando Peña 4 0 0 3 0.00 5 Don Kirkwood 3 0 0 0 8.59 4 Bill Gilbreth 3 0 0 0 13.50 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Salt Lake City Angels Pacific Coast League Norm Sherry AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Garcia A Salinas Packers California League Jim Saul A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Jimy Williams Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Larry Himes LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Idaho Falls Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1974 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference 1974 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1970s in Anaheim, California California Angels season Los