1974 Chicago White Sox season

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Major League Baseball season

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Opening Day lineup[edit]

  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[edit]

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 10–8 7–5 5–7 12–6 14–4 8–4 8–10 6–6 11–7 6–6 4–8
Boston 8–10 — 4–8 8–4 9–9 11–7 4–8 10–8 6–6 11–7 8–4 5–7
California 5–7 8–4 — 10–8–1 3–9 5–7 8–10 3–9 8–10 3–9 6–12 9–9
Chicago 7–5 4–8 8–10–1 — 8–4 7–5 11–7 8–4 7–11–1 4–8 7–11 9–7–1
Cleveland 6–12 9–9 9–3 4–8 — 9–9 8–4 10–8 6–6 7–11 5–7 4–8
Detroit 4–14 7–11 7–5 5–7 9–9 — 7–5 9–9 3–9 11–7 5–7 5–7
Kansas City 4–8 8–4 10–8 7–11 4–8 5–7 — 11–1 8–10 4–8 8–10 8–10
Milwaukee 10–8 8–10 9–3 4–8 8–10 9–9 1–11 — 6–6 9–9 5–7 7–5
Minnesota 6–6 6–6 10–8 11–7–1 6–6 9–3 10–8 6–6 — 4–8 5–13 9–9
New York 7–11 7–11 9–3 8–4 11–7 7–11 8–4 9–9 8–4 — 7–5 8–4
Oakland 6–6 4–8 12–6 11–7 7–5 7–5 10–8 7–5 13–5 5–7 — 8–10
Texas 8–4 7–5 9–9 7–9–1 8–4 7–5 10–8 5–7 9–9 4–8 10–8 —

Notable transactions[edit]

Roster[edit]

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

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[edit]

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

Farm system[edit]

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Knoxville

References[edit]