1974 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersArthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersChuck Tanner
TelevisionWSNS-TV
(Harry Caray, Bob Waller)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Bill Mercer)
Seasons

The 1974 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 74th season in the major leagues, and its 75th season overall. They finished with a record of 80–80, good enough for fourth place in the American League West, 9 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

  1. Pat Kelly, RF
  2. Ken Henderson, CF
  3. Dick Allen, 1B
  4. Bill Melton, 3B
  5. Carlos May, LF
  6. Ron Santo, DH
  7. Jorge Orta, 2B
  8. Ed Herrmann, C
  9. Bucky Dent, SS

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 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Cy Acosta, PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Dick Allen, 1B 128 462 84 139 23 1 32 88 57 89 .301 7
Luis Alvarado, 2B,SS 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 0
Buddy Bradford, RF,LF 39 96 16 32 2 0 5 10 13 11 .333 1
Chuck Brinkman, C 8 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 0
Bucky Dent, SS 154 496 55 136 15 3 5 45 28 48 .274 3
Brian Downing, C,RF,DH,LF 108 293 41 66 12 1 10 39 51 72 .225 0
Jerry Hairston, LF,DH 45 109 8 25 7 0 0 8 13 18 .229 0
Joe Henderson, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ken Henderson, CF 162 602 76 176 35 5 20 95 66 112 .292 12
Ed Herrmann, C 107 367 32 95 13 1 10 39 16 49 .259 1
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH 10 29 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 3 .345 0
Jim Kaat, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Pat Kelly, DH,RF 122 424 60 119 16 3 4 21 46 58 .281 18
Eddie Leon, SS,2B 31 46 1 5 1 0 0 3 2 12 .109 0
Carlos May, LF,DH 149 551 66 137 19 2 8 58 46 76 .249 8
Bill Melton, 3B,DH 136 495 63 120 17 0 21 63 59 60 .242 3
Tony Muser, 1B,DH 103 206 16 60 5 1 1 18 6 22 .291 1
Nyls Nyman, LF 5 14 5 9 2 1 0 4 0 1 .643 1
Jorge Orta, 2B,DH 139 525 73 166 31 2 10 67 40 88 .316 9
Lee Richard, 3B,SS,DH,2B 32 67 5 11 1 0 0 1 5 8 .164 0
Ron Santo, DH,2B,3B,1B 117 375 29 83 12 1 5 41 37 72 .221 0
Bill Sharp, RF,LF,CF 100 320 45 81 13 2 4 24 25 37 .253 0
Bill Stein, 3B,DH 13 43 5 12 1 0 0 5 7 8 .279 0
Ken Tatum, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Pete Varney, C 9 28 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 8 .250 0
Hugh Yancy, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Team Totals
 163 5577 684 1492 225 23 135 633 519 858 .268 64

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Cy Acosta 0 3 3.74 27 0 3 45.2 43 22 19 3 20 19
Lloyd Allen 0 1 10.29 6 2 0 7.0 7 9 8 0 13 3
Stan Bahnsen 12 15 4.70 38 35 0 216.1 230 128 113 17 116 102
Francisco Barrios 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 0 2 2
Terry Forster 7 8 3.62 59 1 24 134.1 120 57 54 6 51 105
Goose Gossage 4 6 4.13 39 3 1 89.1 92 45 41 4 54 64
Wayne Granger 0 0 8.12 5 0 0 7.2 16 8 7 1 3 4
Joe Henderson 1 0 8.40 5 3 0 15.0 21 15 14 2 11 12
Bart Johnson 10 4 2.74 18 18 0 121.2 105 42 37 6 34 76
Jim Kaat 21 13 2.92 42 39 0 277.1 263 106 90 18 66 142
Jack Kucek 1 4 5.26 9 7 0 37.2 48 25 22 3 21 25
Bill Moran 1 3 4.66 15 5 0 46.1 57 27 24 5 25 17
Jim Otten 0 1 5.51 5 1 0 16.1 22 11 10 0 14 11
Stan Perzanowski 0 0 19.29 2 1 0 2.1 8 7 5 1 2 2
Skip Pitlock 3 3 4.43 40 5 1 105.2 103 58 52 7 59 68
Ken Tatum 0 0 4.79 10 1 0 20.2 23 12 11 3 9 5
Wilbur Wood 20 19 3.60 42 42 0 320.1 305 143 128 27 88 169
Team Totals
 80 80 3.94 163 163 29 1465.2 1470 721 641 103 588 826

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Joe Sparks
AA Knoxville Knox Sox Southern League Jim Napier
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Gordon Lund
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Joe Jones

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Knoxville

Notes

  1. ↑ Joe Keough at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Ron Santo at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Kevin Bell at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 John Lamb at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Rich Hinton at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Chuck Brinkman at Baseball Reference

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 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
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