1974 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1974 San Francisco Giants

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| Candlestick Park
City| San Francisco
Owners| Horace Stoneham
General managers| Jerry Donovan
Managers| Charlie Fox, Wes Westrum
Television| KTVU
(Al Michaels, Gary Park)
Radio| KSFO
(Al Michaels, Art Eckman)
| <- 1973 | Seasons | 1975 ->

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The 1974 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 92nd season in Major League Baseball, their 17th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 15th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 72–90 record, 30 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

## Offseason

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* December 7, 1973: Juan Marichal was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Red Sox.[1]
* March 19, 1974: Willie Prall was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Ken Rudolph.[2]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Los Angeles Dodgers | 102 | 60  | .630  | —  | 52‍–‍29  | 50‍–‍31
Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 64  | .605  | 4  | 50‍–‍31  | 48‍–‍33
Atlanta Braves | 88 | 74  | .543  | 14  | 46‍–‍35  | 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros | 81 | 81  | .500  | 21  | 46‍–‍35  | 35‍–‍46
San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90  | .444  | 30  | 37‍–‍44  | 35‍–‍46
San Diego Padres | 60 | 102  | .370  | 42  | 36‍–‍45  | 24‍–‍57

### Record vs. opponents

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1974 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Team  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | HOU  | LAD  | MON  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL
Atlanta | — | 4–8 | 7–11–1 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 17–1 | 8–10 | 9–3
Chicago | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–13
Cincinnati | 11–7–1 | 7–5 | — | 14–4 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 6–6
Houston | 12–6 | 8–4 | 4–14 | — | 5–13 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 8–4
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 10–2 | 12–6 | 13–5 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 16–2 | 12–6 | 6–6
Montreal | 3–9 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–9
New York | 4–8 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 7–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–12
Philadelphia | 4-8 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 | — | 10–8 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 9–9
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 8–10 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–11
San Diego | 1–17 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 2–16 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | — | 11–7 | 5–7
San Francisco | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–11 | — | 6–6
St. Louis | 3–9 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–8 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Bobby Bonds
* Tom Bradley
* Tito Fuentes
* Dave Kingman
* Garry Maddox
* Gary Matthews
* Steve Ontiveros
* Ken Rudolph
* Chris Speier[3]

### Notable transactions

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* May 25, 1974: Steve Barber was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[4]
* June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
* Alan Wirth was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.[5]
* Guy Sularz was drafted by the Giants in the 10th round.[6]
* Jeff Yurak was drafted by the Giants in the 24th round.[7]
* August 11, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Giants.[4]

### Roster

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1974 San Francisco Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* 43 Steve Barber
* 33 Jim Barr
* 40 Tom Bradley
* 32 Ron Bryant
* 37 Mike Caldwell
* 34 John D'Acquisto
* 28 Ed Halicki
* 46 Gary Lavelle
* 47 Don McMahon
* 48 Butch Metzger
* 39 Randy Moffitt
* 50 John Montefusco
* 43 John Morris
* 41 Don Rose
* 38 Elías Sosa
* 49 Charlie Williams
* 42 Jim Willoughby

|  | Catchers

* 30 John Boccabella
* 12 Dave Rader
* 2,6 Ken Rudolph

Infielders

* 17 Chris Arnold
* 23 Tito Fuentes
* 21 Ed Goodson
* 26 Dave Kingman
* 29 Bruce Miller
* 16 Steve Ontiveros
* 10 Mike Phillips
* 20 Glenn Redmon
* 35 Chris Speier

|  | Outfielders

* 25 Bobby Bonds
* 19 Jim Howarth
* 31 Garry Maddox
* 36 Gary Matthews
* 12 Gary Thomasson

Other batters

* 18 Dámaso Blanco

|  | Manager

* 7 Charlie Fox
* 9 Wes Westrum

Coaches

* 5 Joey Amalfitano
* 8 Andy Gilbert
* 47 Don McMahon
* 1 Ozzie Virgil, Sr.

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Dave Rader | 113 | 323 | 94 | .291 | 1 | 26
1B | Dave Kingman | 121 | 350 | 78 | .223 | 18 | 55
2B | Tito Fuentes | 108 | 390 | 97 | .249 | 0 | 22
SS | Chris Speier | 141 | 501 | 125 | .250 | 9 | 53
3B | Steve Ontiveros | 120 | 343 | 91 | .265 | 4 | 33
LF | Gary Matthews | 154 | 561 | 161 | .287 | 16 | 82
CF | Garry Maddox | 135 | 538 | 153 | .284 | 8 | 50
RF | Bobby Bonds | 150 | 567 | 145 | .256 | 21 | 71

#### Other batters

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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

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Gary Thomasson | 120 | 315 | 77 | .244 | 2 | 29
Ed Goodson | 98 | 298 | 81 | .272 | 6 | 48
Mike Phillips | 100 | 283 | 62 | .219 | 2 | 20
Bruce Miller | 73 | 198 | 55 | .278 | 0 | 16
Chris Arnold | 78 | 174 | 42 | .241 | 1 | 26
Ken Rudolph | 57 | 158 | 41 | .259 | 0 | 10
John Boccabella | 29 | 80 | 11 | .138 | 0 | 5
Glenn Redmon | 7 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 4
Jim Howarth | 6 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Dámaso Blanco | 5 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Jim Barr | 44 | 239.2 | 13 | 9 | 2.74 | 84
John D'Acquisto | 38 | 215.0 | 12 | 14 | 3.77 | 167
Mike Caldwell | 31 | 189.1 | 14 | 5 | 2.95 | 83
Tom Bradley | 30 | 134.1 | 8 | 11 | 5.16 | 72
Ed Halicki | 16 | 74.1 | 1 | 8 | 4.24 | 40
John Montefusco | 7 | 39.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.81 | 34

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Ron Bryant | 41 | 126.2 | 3 | 15 | 5.61 | 75
Charlie Williams | 39 | 100.1 | 1 | 3 | 2.78 | 48
Jim Willoughby | 18 | 40.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.65 | 12

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Randy Moffitt | 61 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4.50 | 49
Elías Sosa | 68 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3.48 | 48
John Morris | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.05 | 9
Steve Barber | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.27 | 13
Gary Lavelle | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.16 | 12
Butch Metzger | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 5
Don McMahon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 5
Don Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0

## Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Rocky Bridges
AA | Amarillo Giants | Texas League | Dennis Sommers
A | Fresno Giants | California League | John VanOrnum
A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Bob Hartsfield
Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Art Mazmanian

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno[8]

## References

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1. ^ Juan Marichal at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Willie Prall at Baseball Reference
3. ^ "1974 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
4. ^ a b Steve Barber at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Alan Wirth at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Guy Sularz at Baseball-Reference
7. ^ Jeff Yurak at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1974 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
* 1974 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

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