1974 Chicago White Sox season

1974 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
1974 information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr. and John Allyn
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WSNS-TV (Harry Caray, Bob Waller)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Bill Mercer)
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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 80-80, good enough for fourth place in the American League West, 9 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Opening Day lineup 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Notable transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 Notes 6 References

Offseason

• October 14, 1973: Joe Keough was purchased from the White Sox by the Minnesota Twins.^[1]
• December 11, 1973: Steve Stone, Ken Frailing, Steve Swisher and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Santo. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Kremmel to the Cubs on December 18.^[2]
• January 9, 1974: Kevin Bell was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]
• January 16, 1974: John Lamb was purchased by the White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[4]
• March 27, 1974: John Lamb was purchased from the White Sox by the Pirates.^[4]

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

• Wilbur Wood, P

Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	90	72	--	.556
Texas Rangers	84	76	5	.525
Minnesota Twins	82	80	8	.506
Chicago White Sox	80	80	9	.500
Kansas City Royals	77	85	13	.475
California Angels	68	94	22	.420

Notable transactions

• April 15, 1974: Rich Hinton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[5]
• July 11, 1974: Chuck Brinkman was purchased from the White Sox by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[6]

Roster

1974 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 41 Cy Acosta 40 Lloyd Allen 45 Stan Bahnsen 47 Francisco Barrios 51 Terry Forster 54 Goose Gossage 47 Wayne Granger 40 Joe Henderson 21 Bart Johnson 36 Jim Kaat 55 Jack Kucek 34 Bill Moran 38 Jim Otten 46 Stan Perzanowski 26 Skip Pitlock 19 Ken Tatum 28 Wilbur Wood		Catchers 11 Chuck Brinkman 16 Brian Downing 12 Ed Herrmann  8 Pete Varney Infielders 15 Dick Allen  1 Luis Alvarado 30 Bucky Dent 48 Lamar Johnson  3 Eddie Leon 14 Bill Melton 25 Tony Muser  6 Jorge Orta  9 Lee Richard 10 Ron Santo  1 Bill Stein		Outfielders 22 Buddy Bradford  2 Jerry Hairston 24 Ken Henderson 18 Pat Kelly 17 Carlos May 20 Nyls Nyman  5 Bill Sharp Other batters 20 Hugh Yancy		Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 37 Joe Lonnett 31 Jim Mahoney 35 Alex Monchak 33 Johnny Sain

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	Herrmann, EdEd Herrmann	107	367	95	.259	10	39
1B	Allen, DickDick Allen	128	462	139	.301	32	88
2B	Orta, JorgeJorge Orta	139	525	166	.316	10	67
3B	Melton, BillBill Melton	136	495	120	.242	21	63
SS	Dent, BuckyBucky Dent	154	496	136	.274	5	45
LF	May, CarlosCarlos May	149	551	137	.249	8	58
CF	Henderson, KenKen Henderson	162	602	176	.292	20	95
DH	Kelly, PatPat Kelly	122	424	119	.281	4	21

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
Santo, RonRon Santo	117	375	83	.221	5	41
Muser, TonyTony Muser	103	206	60	.291	1	18
Richard, LeeLee Richard	32	67	11	.164	0	1
Stein, BillBill Stein	13	43	12	.279	0	5
Brinkman, ChuckChuck Brinkman	8	14	2	.143	0	0
Nyman, NylsNyls Nyman	5	14	9	.643	0	4

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
Wood, WilburWilbur Wood	42	320.1	20	19	3.60	169
Bahnsen, StanStan Bahnsen	38	216.1	12	15	4.70	102

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
Henderson, JoeJoe Henderson	5	15	1	0	8.40	12
Allen, LloydLloyd Allen	6	7	0	1	10.29	3

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
Forster, TerryTerry Forster	59	7	8	24	3.62	105
Acosta, CyCy Acosta	27	0	3	3	3.74	19
Barrios, FranciscoFrancisco Barrios	2	0	0	0	27.00	2

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

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 
• 1974 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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 All-Star Game • 1974 World Series

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