1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersDanny Murtaugh
TelevisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Nellie King
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Nellie King
Seasons

The 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 93rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 88th in the National League. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 88–74. The Pirates were defeated three games to one by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874 0.543 — 52–29 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 8675 0.534 1½ 44–37 42–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 8 46–35 34–47
Montreal Expos 7982 0.491 8½ 42–38 37–44
New York Mets 7191 0.438 17 36–45 35–46
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 22 32–49 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago8–4—5–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati11–7–17–5—14–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston12–68–44–14—5–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–5—8–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal3–913–56–66–64–8—9–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York4–810–83–96–67–59–9—7–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–7—10–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–10—9–38–47–11
San Diego1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–9—11–75–7
San Francisco10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–11—6–6
St. Louis3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6—

Game log

1974 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 52–29; Away: 35–45)
April: 6–12 (Home: 3–6; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Cardinals5–6 (10)HraboskyGiusti (0–1)—24,2100–1
2April 6@ Cardinals0–8SiebertMoose (0–1)—17,8750–2
3April 10Expos8–12 (13)TaylorHernández (0–1)—40,4340–3
4April 11Expos1–5RogersEllis (0–1)—5,6060–4
5April 12Cardinals6–7 (11)GarmanKison (0–1)Folkers9,5240–5
6April 13Cardinals4–6McGlothenRooker (0–1)Richert7,0260–6
7April 14Cardinals8–4Moose (1–1)Thompson—1–6
8April 14Cardinals5–6CurtisBrett (0–1)Folkers11,9491–7
9April 16@ Cubs8–5 (12)Kison (1–1)Paul—14,9532–7
10April 17@ Cubs9–18HootonReuss (0–1)—15,5602–8
11April 18@ Cubs0–1FrailingRooker (0–2)Burris13,0542–9
12April 20@ Mets2–5KoosmanMoose (1–2)—18,0702–10
13April 21@ Mets7–0Brett (1–1)Seaver—23,3753–10
14April 24@ Braves5–3Ellis (1–1)NiekroGiusti (1)3,3954–10
15April 25@ Braves2–3ReedReuss (0–2)—3,4374–11
16April 26Astros4–3Giusti (1–1)Scherman—11,1455–11
17April 27Astros7–10GriffinMoose (1–3)—6,8355–12
18April 28Astros7–3Brett (2–1)OsteenGiusti (2)13,0736–12
May: 11–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1Reds3–5CarrollMorlan (0–1)Borbon8,1956–13
20May 3Braves4–2Reuss (1–2)Harrison—11,2487–13
21May 4Braves4–3Rooker (1–2)Niekro—8,0698–13
22May 5Braves2–3ReedBrett (2–2)House13,5968–14
23May 7@ Astros1–2GriffinEllis (1–2)—9,9098–15
24May 8@ Astros6–8 (12)NagySadowski (0–1)—11,2668–16
25May 9@ Astros4–1Rooker (2–2)Roberts—10,8649–16
26May 10@ Phillies2–3RuthvenBrett (2–3)Scarce16,3889–17
27May 11@ Phillies1–3CarltonMoose (1–4)—21,0709–18
28May 12@ Phillies7–8FarmerEllis (1–3)Watt11,2439–19
29May 14Cubs1–7ReuschelReuss (1–3)—6,5419–20
30May 15Cubs3–2 (14)Kison (2–1)Bonham—6,87310–20
31May 16Cubs5–2Brett (3–3)FrailingKison (1)5,84511–20
32May 18Phillies2–9SchuelerMoose (1–5)—8,02111–21
33May 19Phillies2–3LonborgEllis (1–4)Watt11–22
34May 19Phillies2–1Reuss (2–3)Ruthven—13,42612–22
35May 20@ Expos2–4TorrezRooker (2–3)Taylor12,22812–23
36May 21@ Expos8–4Brett (4–3)Moore—9,23113–23
37May 23@ Expos4–5RogersKison (2–2)Taylor7,20913–24
38May 24Mets4–1Reuss (3–3)Matlack—12,25714–24
39May 25Mets3–4KoosmanEllis (1–5)—11,26014–25
40May 26Mets3–5SadeckiGiusti (1–2)Parker15,57314–26
41May 27Padres6–0Brett (5–3)Jones—15–26
42May 27Padres8–7Tekulve (1–0)McAndrew—15,36716–26
43May 29Padres13–3Reuss (4–3)Hardy—4,53417–26
44May 31@ Reds5–7BorbonRooker (2–4)—40,20517–27
June: 15–13 (Home: 9–0; Away: 6–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
45June 1@ Reds14–1Brett (6–3)Nelson—36,99918–27
46June 2@ Reds1–5NormanKison (2–3)—38,35418–28
47June 4@ Dodgers0–5JohnReuss (4–4)—23,47218–29
48June 5@ Dodgers2–3MarshallRooker (2–5)—25,95918–30
49June 6@ Dodgers0–6MessersmithBrett (6–4)—26,71718–31
50June 7@ Giants2–6D'AcquistoDemery (0–1)—3,84518–32
51June 8@ Giants5–2Ellis (2–5)BradleyKison (2)9,13819–32
52June 9@ Giants14–1Reuss (5–4)Bryant—8,78620–32
53June 10@ Padres8–9RomoTekulve (1–1)—7,30920–33
54June 11@ Padres5–2Brett (7–4)Jones—9,50521–33
55June 12@ Padres2–5FreislebenDemery (0–2)Tomlin12,33621–34
56June 14Giants4–2Ellis (3–5)Bryant—18,58822–34
57June 15Giants3–2 (9)Patterson (1–0)Sosa—13,57123–34
58June 16Giants4–3Rooker (3–5)Bradley—12,60624–34
59June 17Dodgers7–3Brett (8–4)Sutton—17,10525–34
60June 18Dodgers2–0Giusti (2–2)JohnPatterson (1)15,05426–34
61June 19Dodgers7–3Reuss (6–4)Rau—16,49327–34
62June 20@ Cubs0–3ReuschelEllis (3–6)—12,32127–35
63June 21@ Cubs2–3StoneRooker (3–6)Zamora11,62527–36
64June 22@ Cubs6–0Brett (9–4)Frailing—10,06928–36
65June 23@ Cubs3–7BonhamGiusti (2–3)—24,85528–37
66June 24@ Cardinals1–3FosterReuss (6–5)Garman28–38
67June 24@ Cardinals0–4GibsonDemery (0–3)—25,09328–39
68June 25@ Cardinals7–8HraboskyPatterson (1–1)Curtis17,39228–40
69June 26@ Cardinals7–2Rooker (4–6)Siebert—18,48729–40
70June 29Phillies6–3Reuss (7–5)Lonborg—15,83930–40
71June 30Phillies11–8Brett (10–4)Carlton—31–40
72June 30Phillies3–2Kison (3–3)Schueler—25,73032–40
July: 18–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
73July 2Expos4–2Rooker (5–6)Montague—13,13833–40
74July 3Expos2–1Reuss (8–5)Montague—11,12334–40
75July 4Expos1–2RogersBrett (10–5)—34–41
76July 4Expos3–2Kison (4–3)Blair—22,45635–41
77July 5@ Astros1–7DierkerEllis (3–7)—23,04735–42
78July 6@ Astros0–1WilsonKison (4–4)—29,64035–43
79July 7@ Astros6–4 (10)Giusti (3–3)Scherman—18,98436–43
80July 8Braves0–5LeonReuss (8–6)—11,49436–44
81July 9Braves5–4Brett (11–5)NiekroGiusti (3)13,73737–44
82July 10Braves5–10MortonEllis (3–8)—13,92237–45
83July 12Reds0–7GullettRooker (5–7)—37–46
84July 12Reds3–4CarrollDemery (0–4)Carroll30,50737–47
85July 13Reds4–9HallReuss (8–7)Borbon15,38637–48
86July 14Reds2–3NormanBrett (11–6)Carroll37–49
87July 14Reds2–1Kison (5–4)BillinghamGiusti (4)27,15138–49
88July 15Astros3–1Ellis (4–8)Roberts—9,17139–49
89July 16Astros6–2Rooker (6–7)Dierker—9,93540–49
90July 17Astros11–3Demery (1–4)Wilson—10,94141–49
91July 18@ Braves4–0Reuss (9–7)Reed—8,26242–49
92July 19@ Braves2–0Brett (12–6)NiekroGiusti (5)9,58343–49
93July 20@ Braves7–6 (11)Giusti (4–3)Frisella—40,22544–49
94July 21@ Braves6–2Ellis (5–8)Capra—9,35145–49
95July 25@ Expos5–10RenkoRooker (6–8)—45–50
96July 25@ Expos3–2Reuss (10–7)RogersGiusti (6)27,28346–50
97July 26@ Expos3–0Ellis (6–8)BlairHernández (1)22,27847–50
98July 27@ Phillies5–6RichertBrett (12–7)—47–51
99July 27@ Phillies4–7TwitchellKison (5–5)Watt55,06647–52
100July 28@ Phillies4–3Giusti (5–3)Scarce—34,04948–52
101July 29@ Phillies1–13CarltonReuss (10–8)—27,76048–53
102July 30@ Mets6–0Rooker (7–8)Matlack—49–53
103July 30@ Mets3–4KoosmanKison (5–6)—39,24649–54
104July 31@ Mets8–3Ellis (7–8)Seaver—23,28150–54
August: 20–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 9–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1Cardinals2–5 (11)FolkersGiusti (5–4)—17,31850–55
106August 2Cardinals3–2 (14)Hernández (1–1)Pena—19,38551–55
107August 3Cubs3–4ReuschelReuss (10–9)LaRoche9,31651–56
108August 4Cubs3–4BonhamRooker (7–9)—51–57
109August 4Cubs7–1Kison (6–6)Hutson—23,53652–57
110August 6Mets9–8 (11)Patterson (2–1)McGraw—12,44153–57
111August 7Mets10–1Demery (2–4)Parker—13,36054–57
112August 8Mets4–3Reuss (11–9)Matlack—11,19155–57
113August 9Padres7–3Rooker (8–9)Jones—11,50756–57
114August 10Padres4–8FreislebenMorlan (0–2)—15,15056–58
115August 11Padres8–1Ellis (8–8)Spillner—14,72657–58
116August 12@ Reds7–4Reuss (12–9)KirbyGiusti (7)30,32758–58
117August 13@ Reds14–3Demery (3–4)Billingham—32,28059–58
118August 14@ Reds2–3 (10)CarrollKison (6–7)—30,01859–59
119August 16Dodgers5–2Ellis (9–8)Sutton—32,34760–59
120August 17Dodgers4–3Reuss (13–9)MessersmithGiusti (8)18,68161–59
121August 18Dodgers10–3Demery (4–4)Zahn—33,22562–59
122August 19Giants3–5BryantRooker (8–10)Sosa14,07762–60
123August 20Giants7–8 (10)CaldwellMorlan (0–3)—15,94462–61
124August 21Giants4–2Ellis (10–8)Halicki—19,81463–61
125August 23@ Padres6–2Reuss (14–9)Greif—13,44364–61
126August 25@ Padres4–1 (12)Rooker (9–10)Palmer—65–61
127August 25@ Padres10–2Demery (5–4)Freisleben—11,56766–61
128August 27@ Giants13–2Ellis (11–8)D'Acquisto—3,27367–61
129August 28@ Giants3–1 (11)Giusti (6–4)Barr—3,67968–61
130August 29@ Giants2–3 (11)MoffittGiusti (6–5)—3,17268–62
131August 30@ Dodgers4–3Rooker (10–10)MarshallGiusti (9)38,88769–62
132August 31@ Dodgers4–3Demery (6–4)ZahnGiusti (10)41,65370–62
September: 16–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Dodgers2–6SuttonEllis (11–9)—29,66770–63
134September 2Phillies7–4Reuss (15–9)Carlton—71–63
135September 2Phillies11–1Kison (7–7)Schueler—45,18172–63
136September 3Phillies8–2Rooker (11–10)Twitchell—8,16873–63
137September 6Expos2–1Ellis (12–9)Renko—15,38674–63
138September 7Expos6–5 (12)Hernández (2–1)Murray—17,57675–63
139September 8Expos8–2Rooker (12–10)Rogers—18,87076–63
140September 9@ Cubs4–9StoneDemery (6–5)LaRoche2,91876–64
141September 10@ Cubs12–4Brett (13–7)Reuschel—4,84377–64
142September 11@ Phillies5–8SchuelerHernández (2–2)—21,11777–65
143September 12@ Phillies4–6GarberKison (7–8)—22,13577–66
144September 13@ Expos2–3RogersRooker (12–11)—9,28377–67
145September 14@ Expos2–17BlairDemery (6–6)—15,56677–68
146September 15@ Expos4–5RenkoBrett (13–8)Murray15,43877–69
147September 17Cardinals1–2 (13)HraboskyReuss (15–10)—21,45877–70
148September 18Cardinals4–1Rooker (13–11)McGlothen—18,12678–70
149September 19Cardinals8–6Hernández (3–2)FolkersGiusti (11)19,84479–70
150September 20Mets4–3Hernández (4–2)McGraw—11,68380–70
151September 21Mets2–4KoosmanPizarro (0–1)—7,16080–71
152September 22Mets0–4MatlackReuss (15–11)—27,91580–72
153September 23@ Cardinals1–0 (10)Rooker (14–11)McGlothenGiusti (12)33,52581–72
154September 24@ Cardinals7–3Kison (8–8)Curtis—37,19782–72
155September 25@ Cardinals12–13 (11)GarmanMinshall (0–1)—41,34582–73
156September 26@ Mets11–5Pizarro (1–1)Koosman—9,25083–73
157September 27@ Mets2–1Reuss (16–11)Matlack—17,44084–73
158September 28@ Mets7–3Rooker (15–11)McGrawHernández (2)13,05985–73
159September 29@ Mets2–7ApodacaBrett (13–9)—50,65385–74
160September 30Cubs2–1Kison (9–8)Bonham—10,48286–74
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1Cubs6–5Giusti (7–5)LaRoche—13,80187–74
162October 2Cubs5–4 (10)Hernández (5–2)Frailing—22,72588–74
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
6Rennie Stennett2B
3Richie Hebner3B
16Al OliverCF
8Willie StargellLF
22Richie ZiskRF
39Dave Parker1B
35Manny SanguillénC
11Dal MaxvillSS
41Jerry ReussSP

[12]

Notable transactions

Roster

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
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
CManny Sanguillén151596171.287768
1BBob Robertson9123654.2291648
2BRennie Stennett157673196.291756
SSFrank Taveras12633382.246026
3BRichie Hebner146550160.2911868
LFWillie Stargell140508153.3012596
CFAl Oliver147617198.3211185
RFRichie Zisk149536168.31317100

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
Gene Clines10727662.225014
Ed Kirkpatrick11627167.247638
Dave Parker7322062.282429
Mario Mendoza9116336.221015
Paul Popovich598318.21705
Art Howe297418.24315
Mike Ryan15303.10000
Dal Maxvill8224.18200
Dave Augustine18224.18200
Chuck Brinkman471.14301
Ken Macha553.60001
Ed Ott750.00000
Miguel Diloné1220.00000

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
Jim Rooker33262.215112.78139
Jerry Reuss35260.016113.50105
Ken Brett27191.013193.9096
Dock Ellis26176.21293.1691
Larry Demery1995.1664.2551
Bob Moose735.2157.5715

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
Bruce Kison40129.0983.4971
Juan Pizarro724.0111.887

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
Dave Giusti6475123.3253
Ramón Hernández585222.7533
John Morlan390304.2938
Daryl Patterson142117.298
Kent Tekulve81106.006
Jim Minshall50100.003
Juan Jiménez40006.752
Jim Sadowski40106.001
Steve Blass10009.002

National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Steve Demeter
AA Thetford Mines Pirates Eastern League Tim Murtaugh
A Salem Pirates Carolina League Johnny Lipon
A Charleston Pirates Western Carolinas League Larry Sherry
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Pirates New York–Penn League Ron Brand
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thetford Mines, Salem

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Ken Brett at Baseball Almanac
  3. ↑ Jerry Reuss at Baseball Almanac
  4. ↑ Nelson Briles at Baseball Almanac
  5. ↑ Luke Walker at Baseball Almanac
  6. ↑ Bob Johnson at Baseball Almanac
  7. ↑ Fred Breining at Baseball Reference
  8. 1 2 John Lamb at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Jackie Hernández at Baseball Almanac
  10. ↑ Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Paul Popovich at Baseball Almanac
  12. ↑ 1974 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
  13. ↑ Dal Maxvill at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Rod Scurry at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Ed Whitson at Baseball Almanac
  16. ↑ Mike Edwards at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Kurt Bevacqua at Baseball Almanac
  18. ↑ Chuck Brinkman at Baseball Reference
  19. ↑ Juan Pizarro at Baseball Almanac

References

  • 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
  • 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
  • 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.
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