1974 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersBobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, Dick Williams
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)
Seasons

The 1974 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 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

Regular season

On August 25, Nolan Ryan struck out Sandy Alomar for the 1,500th strikeout of his career.[3] Ryan and Alomar had been teammates earlier in the season before Alomar was sold to the Yankees on July 8.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9072 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Texas Rangers 8476 0.525 5 42–38 42–38
Minnesota Twins 8280 0.506 8 48–33 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8080 0.500 9 46–34 34–46
Kansas City Royals 7785 0.475 13 40–41 37–44
California Angels 6894 0.420 22 36–45 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1974 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —10–87–55–712–614–48–48–106–611–76–64–8
Boston 8–10—4–88–49–911–74–810–86–611–78–45–7
California 5–78–4—10–8–13–95–78–103–98–103–96–129–9
Chicago 7–54–88–10–1—8–47–511–78–47–11–14–87–119–7–1
Cleveland 6–129–99–34–8—9–98–410–86–67–115–74–8
Detroit 4–147–117–55–79–9—7–59–93–911–75–75–7
Kansas City 4–88–410–87–114–85–7—11–18–104–88–108–10
Milwaukee 10–88–109–34–88–109–91–11—6–69–95–77–5
Minnesota 6–66–610–811–7–16–69–310–86–6—4–85–139–9
New York 7–117–119–38–411–77–118–49–98–4—7–58–4
Oakland 6–64–812–611–77–57–510–87–513–55–7—8–10
Texas 8–47–59–97–9–18–47–510–85–79–94–810–8—

Notable transactions

Roster

1974 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CEllie Rodríguez140395100.253736
1BJohn Doherty7422357.256315
2BDenny Doyle147511133.260134
3BPaul Schaal5316541.248220
SSDave Chalk133465117.252531
LFBobby Valentine11737197.261339
CFMickey Rivers118466133.285331
RFLeroy Stanton118415111.2671162
DHFrank Robinson129427107.2512063

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 Oliver11035989.248855
Joe Lahoud12732588.2711344
Bruce Bochte5719653.270526
Morris Nettles5617548.27408
Winston Llenas7213836.261217
Tommy McCraw5611934.286317
Tom Egan439411.11704
Rudy Meoli369022.24403
Orlando Ramírez318614.16307
Charlie Sands438316.193413
Bob Heise297520.26706
Mike Epstein186210.16146
Sandy Alomar Sr.465412.22201
John Balaz144210.23815
Doug Howard22399.23105
Richie Scheinblum10264.15402

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 Ryan42332.222162.89367
Frank Tanana39268.214193.12180
Andy Hassler23162.07112.6176
Dick Lange21113.2383.8057
Bill Singer14108.2742.9877
Bill Stoneman1358.2186.1433
Chuck Dobson530.0235.7016

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 Figueroa25105.1283.6749

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 Lockwood372514.3239
Dave Sells202323.6914
Rudy May180127.0012
Dick Selma182215.0915
Luis Quintana182104.2611
John Cumberland170103.7412
Barry Raziano131216.489
Horacio Piña111202.316
Ken Sanders90012.794
Orlando Peña40030.005
Don Kirkwood30008.594
Bill Gilbreth300013.500

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

  1. ↑ Ellie Rodríguez at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Denny Doyle at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  4. ↑ Paul Schaal at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Mike Epstein at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Greg Harris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Rudy May at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Sandy Alomar at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Horacio Piña at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ Frank Robinson at Baseball-Reference

References

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