1974 Baltimore Orioles season

1974 Baltimore Orioles
1974 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)	Frank Cashen
Manager(s)	Earl Weaver
Local television	WJZ-TV
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell)
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The 1974 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The Orioles went on to lose to the Oakland Athletics in the 1974 American League Championship Series, 3 games to 1.

Offseason

December 4, 1973: Merv Rettenmund, Junior Kennedy and Bill Wood (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Reds for Ross Grimsley and Wally Williams (minors).^[1]
December 10, 1973: Dennis Martínez was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.^[2]

Regular season

Much of the success of the team can be attributed to its infield. second baseman Bobby Grich, shortstop Mark Belanger and third baseman Brooks Robinson each led the American League for their positions in assists.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	0.562	—	46–35	45–36
New York Yankees	89	73	0.549	2	47–34	42–39
Boston Red Sox	84	78	0.519	7	46–35	38–43
Cleveland Indians	77	85	0.475	14	40–41	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	76	86	0.469	15	40–41	36–45
Detroit Tigers	72	90	0.444	19	36–45	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1974 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	10–8	7–5	5–7	12–6	14–4	8–4	8–10	6–6	11–7	6–6	4–8
Boston	8–10	—	4–8	8–4	9–9	11–7	4–8	10–8	6–6	11–7	8–4	5–7
California	5–7	8–4	—	10–8–1	3–9	5–7	8–10	3–9	8–10	3–9	6–12	9–9
Chicago	7–5	4–8	8–10–1	—	8–4	7–5	11–7	8–4	7–11–1	4–8	7–11	9–7–1
Cleveland	6–12	9–9	9–3	4–8	—	9–9	8–4	10–8	6–6	7–11	5–7	4–8
Detroit	4–14	7–11	7–5	5–7	9–9	—	7–5	9–9	3–9	11–7	5–7	5–7
Kansas City	4–8	8–4	10–8	7–11	4–8	5–7	—	11–1	8–10	4–8	8–10	8–10
Milwaukee	10–8	8–10	9–3	4–8	8–10	9–9	1–11	—	6–6	9–9	5–7	7–5
Minnesota	6–6	6–6	10–8	11–7–1	6–6	9–3	10–8	6–6	—	4–8	5–13	9–9
New York	7–11	7–11	9–3	8–4	11–7	7–11	8–4	9–9	8–4	—	7–5	8–4
Oakland	6–6	4–8	12–6	11–7	7–5	7–5	10–8	7–5	13–5	5–7	—	8–10
Texas	8–4	7–5	9–9	7–9–1	8–4	7–5	10–8	5–7	9–9	4–8	10–8	—

Notable transactions

June 5, 1974: Rich Dauer was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]
September 11, 1974: The Orioles traded a player to be named later and cash to the California Angels for Bob Oliver. The Orioles completed the trade by sending Mickey Scott to the Angels on October 3.^[4]
September 16, 1974: Jim Northrup was purchased by the Orioles from the Montreal Expos.^[5]

Roster

1974 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

13 Doyle Alexander

35 Mike Cuellar

17 Wayne Garland

39 Ross Grimsley

44 Don Hood

23 Grant Jackson

38 Jesse Jefferson

45 Dave Johnson

19 Dave McNally

22 Jim Palmer

34 Bob Reynolds

Catchers

8 Andy Etchebarren

10 Elrod Hendricks

32 Earl Williams

Infielders

15 Frank Baker

7 Mark Belanger

24 Enos Cabell

37 Doug DeCinces

3 Bobby Grich

43 Tim Nordbrook

33 Bob Oliver

26 Boog Powell

5 Brooks Robinson

Outfielders

25 Don Baylor

6 Paul Blair

1 Al Bumbry

2 Rich Coggins

18 Jim Fuller

21 Curt Motton

28 Jim Northrup

9 Mike Reinbach

Other batters

12 Tommy Davis

Manager

4 Earl Weaver

Coaches

31 George Bamberger

41 Jim Frey

55 Billy Hunter

48 George Staller

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	Williams, EarlEarl Williams	118	413	105	.254	14	52
1B	Powell, BoogBoog Powell	110	344	91	.265	12	45
2B	Grich, BobbyBobby Grich	160	582	153	.263	19	82
3B	Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson	153	553	159	.288	7	59
SS	Belanger, MarkMark Belanger	155	493	11	.225	5	36
LF	Baylor, DonDon Baylor	137	489	133	.272	10	59
CF	Blair, PaulPaul Blair	151	552	144	.261	17	62
RF	Coggins, RichRich Coggins	113	411	100	.243	4	32
DH	Davis, TommyTommy Davis	128	626	181	.289	11	84

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
Bumbry, AlAl Bumbry	94	270	63	.233	1	19
Fuller, JimJim Fuller	64	189	42	.222	7	28
Etchebarren, AndyAndy Etchebarren	62	180	40	.222	2	15
Cabell, EnosEnos Cabell	80	174	42	.241	3	17
Hendricks, ElrodElrod Hendricks	66	159	33	.208	3	8
Baker, FrankFrank Baker	24	29	5	.172	0	0
Reinbach, MikeMike Reinbach	12	20	5	.250	0	2
Oliver, BobBob Oliver	9	20	3	.150	0	4
Nordbrook, TimTim Nordbrook	6	15	4	.267	0	1
Motton, CurtCurt Motton	7	8	0	.000	0	0
Northrup, JimJim Northrup	8	7	4	.571	1	3
DeCinces, DougDoug DeCinces	1	1	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
Grimsley, RossRoss Grimsley	40	295.2	18	13	3.07	158
McNally, DaveDave McNally	39	259	16	10	3.58	111
Cuellar, MikeMike Cuellar	38	269.1	22	10	3.11	106
Palmer, JimJim Palmer	26	178.2	7	12	3.27	84

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
Alexander, DoyleDoyle Alexander	30	114.1	6	9	4.01	40
Garland, WayneWayne Garland	20	91	5	5	2.97	40

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
Reynolds, BobBob Reynolds	54	7	5	7	2.73	43
Jackson, GrantGrant Jackson	49	6	4	12	2.57	56
Hood, DonDon Hood	20	1	1	1	3.45	26
Jefferson, JesseJesse Jefferson	20	1	0	0	4.40	31
Johnson, DaveDave Johnson	11	2	2	2	2.93	6

Postseason

ALCS

Main article: 1974 American League Championship Series

The Athletics defeated the Orioles, 3-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Baltimore – 6, Oakland – 3	October 5	Oakland Coliseum	41,609
2	Baltimore – 0, Oakland – 5	October 6	Oakland Coliseum	42,810
3	Oakland – 1, Baltimore – 0	October 8	Memorial Stadium	32,060
4	Oakland – 2, Baltimore – 1	October 9	Memorial Stadium	28,136

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Joe Altobelli
AA	Asheville Orioles	Southern League	Cal Ripken, Sr.
A	Lodi Orioles	California League	Jimmie Schaffer
A	Miami Orioles	Florida State League	George Farson
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Bobby Malkmus

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1974 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1974 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

American League East champions

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

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(3)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

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