1974 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1974 Philadelphia Phillies
Major league affiliations
Location
1974 Information
Owner(s) Robert "Ruly" Carpenter III
General Manager(s) Paul Owens
Manager(s) Danny Ozark
Local television WPHL-TV
Local radio WCAU
(By Saam, Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn)

The 1974 season was the Phillies 107th season. The Phillies finished in 3rd place in the National League East. Third baseman Mike Schmidt had a breakout season in 1974, leading the National League in home runs and demonstrating his prowess in the field.

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[edit] Regular season

  • On June 10, 1974, Schmidt hit what many felt should have been a home run when the ball hit the public address speaker that hung 117 feet above and 329 feet away from home plate at the Astrodome in Houston. The ball hit the speaker, fell to the field, and, by the Astrodome's ground rules, remained in play. Since Schmidt had already started his slow home-run trot, he was held to a single. (There were runners on first and second when the ball was hit, and they each advanced only one base.) Many experts agree the ball would have traveled in excess of 500 feet.

[edit] Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 .543 --
St. Louis Cardinals 86 75 .534 1.5
Philadelphia Phillies 80 82 .494 8
Montreal Expos 79 82 .491 8.5
New York Mets 71 91 .438 17
Chicago Cubs 66 96 .407 22

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • June 5, 1974: Ken Phelps was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

[edit] Roster

1974 Philadelphia Phillies roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO


[edit] References