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. 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

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 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 C 140 395 100 .253 7 36 1B 74 223 57 .256 3 15 2B 147 511 133 .260 1 34 3B 53 165 41 .248 2 20 SS 133 465 117 .252 5 31 LF Bobby Valentine 117 371 97 .261 3 39 CF 118 466 133 .285 3 31 RF 118 415 111 .267 11 62 DH 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 110 359 89 .248 8 55 127 325 88 .271 13 44 Bruce Bochte 57 196 53 .270 5 26 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 46 54 12 .222 0 1 John Balaz 14 42 10 .238 1 5 Doug Howard 22 39 9 .231 0 5 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 42 332.2 22 16 2.89 367 39 268.2 14 19 3.12 180 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 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 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 37 2 5 1 4.32 39 20 2 3 2 3.69 14 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 17 0 1 0 3.74 12 Barry Raziano 13 1 2 1 6.48 9 11 1 2 0 2.31 6 Ken Sanders 9 0 0 1 2.79 4 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Idaho Falls

Notes

References

1974 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference 1974 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com