1974 Oakland Athletics season

; 1974 Oakland Athletics
	1974 AL West Champions; 1974 AL Champions; 1974 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
	; American League (since 1901); ;
	; Western Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	; Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968); ; Oakland, California (since 1968); ;
Results
Record	90–72 (.556)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles O. Finley
Manager(s)	Alvin Dark
Local television	KTVU
Local radio	; KEEN; (Monte Moore, Jon Miller)
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The 1974 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's winning their fourth consecutive American League West title with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. In the playoffs, the A's defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS for their third straight AL pennant, and in the World Series, the first ever played entirely on the West Coast, defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to take their third consecutive World Series championship. Paid attendance for the season was 845,693.^[1]

In early 1974, owner Charlie Finley tried to sell the team with an asking price of $15 million.^[2]^[3]

Offseason[edit]

November 3, 1973: Horacio Piña was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Locker.^[4]

December 12, 1973: Rico Carty was released by the Athletics.^[5]

February 22, 1974: Reggie Jackson won an arbitration case for a $135,000 salary for the season, nearly doubling his previous year's $70,000.^[6]^[7]

Regular season[edit]

June 5, 1974: Outfielders Billy North and Reggie Jackson engaged in a clubhouse fight at Detroit's Tiger Stadium^[8] Jackson injured his shoulder, and catcher Ray Fosse, attempting to separate the combatants,^[8] suffered a crushed disk in his neck, costing him three months on the disabled list.^{[citation needed]}

The pinch runner[edit]

In 1974, "Hurricane" Herb Washington was tapped by Oakland owner Charlie Finley to become the A's "designated runner." Despite having no professional baseball experience, and having last played baseball in high school, Washington was signed to a major league contract prior to the season. His major league debut was on April 4, 1974, against the Texas Rangers. Appearing as a pinch runner for Joe Rudi in game two of the 1974 World Series, Washington was picked off first base in a crucial ninth-inning situation by Dodgers' reliever Mike Marshall.

Season standings[edit]

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	90	72	0.556	—	49–32	41–40
Texas Rangers	84	76	0.525	5	42–38	42–38
Minnesota Twins	82	80	0.506	8	48–33	34–47
Chicago White Sox	80	80	0.500	9	46–34	34–46
Kansas City Royals	77	85	0.475	13	40–41	37–44
California Angels	68	94	0.420	22	36–45	32–49

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1974 American League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

Opening Day starters[edit]

Sal Bando

Vida Blue

Bert Campaneris

Reggie Jackson

Ángel Mangual

Billy North

Joe Rudi

Gene Tenace

Manny Trillo^[9]

Notable transactions[edit]

May 10, 1974: Dal Maxvill was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[10]

June 5, 1974: Rick Lysander was drafted by the Athletics in the 19th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.^[11]

August 19, 1974: Pat Bourque was traded by the Athletics to the Minnesota Twins for Jim Holt.^[12]

Roster[edit]

1974 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

37 Glenn Abbott

14 Vida Blue

34 Rollie Fingers

33 Dave Hamilton

30 Ken Holtzman

20 Leon Hooten

27 Catfish Hunter

32 Darold Knowles

25 Paul Lindblad

13 Blue Moon Odom

39 Bill Parsons

Catchers

10 Ray Fosse

12 Larry Haney

23 Tim Hosley

Infielders

6 Sal Bando

38 Pat Bourque

19 Bert Campaneris

24 John Donaldson

29 Phil Garner

1 Dick Green

38 Jim Holt

7 Deron Johnson

11 Ted Kubiak

16 Dal Maxvill

21 Rich McKinney

23 Gaylen Pitts

18 Gene Tenace

Outfielders

22 Jesús Alou

37 Vic Davalillo

9 Reggie Jackson

2 Ángel Mangual

4 Billy North

26 Joe Rudi

28 Champ Summers

15 Claudell Washington

Designated runner

3 Herb Washington

Manager

5 Alvin Dark

Coaches

41 Jerry Adair

44 Bobby Hofman

44 Vern Hoscheit

43 Irv Noren

42 Wes Stock

43 Bobby Winkles

Player stats[edit]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Ray Fosse	64	204	40	.196	4	23
1B	Gene Tenace	158	484	102	.211	26	73
2B	Dick Green	100	287	61	.213	2	22
3B	Sal Bando	146	498	121	.243	22	103
SS	Bert Campaneris	134	527	153	.290	2	41
LF	Joe Rudi	158	593	174	.293	22	99
CF	Billy North	149	543	141	.260	4	33
RF	Reggie Jackson	148	506	146	.289	29	93
DH	Ángel Mangual	115	365	85	.233	9	43

Other batters[edit]

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
Ángel Mangual	115	365	85	.233	9	43
Ted Kubiak	99	220	46	.209	0	18
Claudell Washington	73	221	63	.285	0	19
Deron Johnson	50	174	34	.195	7	23
Larry Haney	76	121	20	.165	2	3
Pat Bourque	73	96	22	.229	1	16
Dal Maxvill	60	52	10	.192	0	2
Jim Holt	30	42	6	.143	0	0
Gaylen Pitts	18	41	10	.244	0	3
Manny Trillo	21	33	5	.152	0	2
Phil Garner	30	28	5	.179	0	1
John Donaldson	10	15	2	.133	0	0
Tim Hosley	11	7	2	.286	0	1
Rich McKinney	5	7	1	.143	0	0
Herb Washington	92	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Catfish Hunter	41	318.1	25	12	2.49	143
Vida Blue	40	282.1	17	15	3.25	174
Ken Holtzman	39	255.1	19	17	3.07	117
Glenn Abbott	19	96	5	7	3.00	38

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Hamilton	29	117	7	4	3.69	69
Blue Moon Odom	34	87.1	1	5	3.81	52

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rollie Fingers	76	9	5	18	2.65	95
Paul Lindblad	45	4	4	6	2.06	46
Darold Knowles	45	3	3	3	4.22	18
Leon Hooten	6	0	0	0	3.24	1
Bill Parsons	4	0	0	0	0.00	2

Postseason[edit]

ALCS[edit]

The Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 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

1974 World Series[edit]

Summary[edit]

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Athletics – 3, Dodgers – 2	October 12	Dodger Stadium	55,974	2:43
2	Athletics – 2, Dodgers – 3	October 13	Dodger Stadium	55,989	2:40
3	Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3	October 15	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,347	2:35
4	Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 5	October 16	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,347	2:17
5	Dodgers – 2, Athletics – 3	October 17	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49,347	2:23

Awards and honors[edit]

Rollie Fingers, World Series Most Valuable Player Award

Catfish Hunter, P, American League Cy Young Award

All-Stars[edit]

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bert Campaneris, shortstop, starter

Reggie Jackson, outfield, starter

Sal Bando, reserve

Rollie Fingers, reserve

Catfish Hunter, reserve

Joe Rudi, reserve

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Sherm Lollar
AA	Birmingham A's	Southern League	Harry Bright
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Rene Lachemann
A-Short Season	Lewiston Broncos	Northwest League	Bobby Hofman and Buddy Peterson

References[edit]

^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.222, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0

^ "Not close to sale: A's Finley". Chicago Tribune. wire services. January 22, 1974. p. 4, sec. 3.

^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.202, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0

^ Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference

^ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference

^ "A's Jackson gets his wish - $135,000 salary". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 23, 1974. p. 15.

^ "Reggie wins arbitration". Chicago Tribune. UPI. February 23, 1974. p. 5, sec. 2.

^ ^a^b "No 'A' for A's: Finley flunks as pep talker". Chicago Tribune. June 8, 1974. p. 2, sec. 2.

^ 1974 Oakland Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

^ Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference

^ Rick Lysander page at Baseball Reference

^ Pat Bourque page at Baseball Reference

External links[edit]

1974 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference

1974 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

[1] Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.222, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0

[nctsale-2] "Not close to sale: A's Finley". Chicago Tribune. wire services. January 22, 1974. p. 4, sec. 3.

[3] Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.202, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0

[4] Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference

[5] Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference

[lmtarb74-6] "A's Jackson gets his wish - $135,000 salary". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 23, 1974. p. 15.

[ctrwarb-7] "Reggie wins arbitration". Chicago Tribune. UPI. February 23, 1974. p. 5, sec. 2.

[nopep-8] "No 'A' for A's: Finley flunks as pep talker". Chicago Tribune. June 8, 1974. p. 2, sec. 2.

[9] 1974 Oakland Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

[10] Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference

[11] Rick Lysander page at Baseball Reference

[12] Pat Bourque page at Baseball Reference

v t e 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 MLB draft 1974 All-Star Game 1974 World Series

v t e Oakland Athletics 1974 World Series champions
1 Dick Green 2 Ángel Mangual 3 Herb Washington 4 Billy North 6 Sal Bando 8 Manny Trillo 9 Reggie Jackson 10 Ray Fosse 11 Ted Kubiak 12 Larry Haney 13 Blue Moon Odom 14 Vida Blue 15 Claudell Washington 16 Dal Maxvill 18 Gene Tenace 19 Bert Campaneris 22 Jesús Alou 24 John Donaldson 25 Paul Lindblad 26 Joe Rudi 27 Catfish Hunter 30 Ken Holtzman 32 Darold Knowles 34 Rollie Fingers (World Series MVP) 38 Jim Holt
Manager 5 Alvin Dark Coaches 41 Jerry Adair 42 Wes Stock 43 Bobby Winkles 44 Bobby Hofman
Regular season American League Championship Series

1974 Oakland Athletics
1974 AL West Champions 1974 AL Champions 1974 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968) Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	90–72 (.556)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles O. Finley
Manager(s)	Alvin Dark
Local television	KTVU
Local radio	KEEN (Monte Moore, Jon Miller)
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