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1974 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
1974 information
Owner(s)	John Fetzer
Manager(s)	Ralph Houk
Local television	WJBK (TV) (George Kell, Larry Osterman)
Local radio	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1974 Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 72-90. They finished in last place in the American League East, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They were outscored by their opponents 768 to 620.

Offseason

October 25, 1973: Frank Howard was released by the Tigers.^[1]
December 3, 1973: Tony Taylor was released by the Tigers.^[2]
March 19, 1974: The Tigers traded Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees and Jim Perry to the Cleveland Indians as part of a three-team trade. The Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Tigers. The Indians sent Walt Williams and Rick Sawyer to the Yankees.^[3]

Regular season

1974 was Al Kaline's final season after 22 years as a Tiger (1953-1974). He became the 12th player to join the 3000 hit club on September 24.

On September 7, the Yankees' Graig Nettles hit a home run against the Tigers. The next time up, he hit a broken-bat single. Tigers catcher Bill Freehan scrambled for the six superballs that came bouncing out. Nettles was called out on the single, but his solo homer was allowed and the made all the difference as the Yankees won 1-0.^[4]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	--	.562
New York Yankees	89	73	2	.549
Boston Red Sox	84	78	7	.519
Cleveland Indians	77	85	14	.475
Milwaukee Brewers	76	86	15	.469
Detroit Tigers	72	90	19	.444

Notable transactions

June 10, 1974: Tim Corcoran was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.^[5]

Draft Picks

June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball Draft
- Mark Fidrych was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round.^[6]
- Rob Picciolo was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[7]

Roster

1974 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

26 Gates Brown
6 Al Kaline

Manager

35 Ralph Houk

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
C	Moses, JerryJerry Moses	74	198	47	.237	4	19
1B	Freehan, BillBill Freehan	130	445	132	.297	18	60
2B	Sutherland, GaryGary Sutherland	149	619	157	.254	5	49
3B	Rodríguez, AurelioAurelio Rodríguez	159	571	127	.222	5	49
SS	Brinkman, EdEd Brinkman	153	502	111	.221	14	54
LF	Horton, WillieWillie Horton	72	238	71	.298	15	47
CF	Stanley, MickeyMickey Stanley	99	394	87	.221	8	34
RF	Northrup, JimJim Northrup	97	376	89	.237	11	42
DH	Kaline, AlAl Kaline	147	558	146	.262	13	64

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
LeFlore, RonRon LeFlore	59	254	66	.260	2	13
Oglivie, BenBen Oglivie	92	252	68	.270	4	29
Cash, NormNorm Cash	53	149	34	.228	7	12
Nettles, JimJim Nettles	43	141	32	.227	6	17
Sharon, DickDick Sharon	60	129	28	.217	2	10
Lane, MarvinMarvin Lane	50	103	24	.233	2	9
Sanders, ReggieReggie Sanders	26	99	27	.273	3	10
Meyer, DanDan Meyer	13	50	10	.200	3	7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lolich, MickeyMickey Lolich	41	308	16	21	4.15	202
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman	41	285.2	14	12	4.32	177
LaGrow, LerrinLerrin LaGrow	37	216.1	8	19	4.66	85
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	27	141.2	6	9	4.32	92

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
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	28	92	5	5	4.99	52
Slayback, BillBill Slayback	16	54.2	1	3	4.77	23
Holdsworth, FredFred Holdsworth	8	35.2	0	3	4.29	16
Ruhle, VernVern Ruhle	5	33	2	0	2.73	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	GF	ERA	SO
Hiller, JohnJohn Hiller	59	17	14	13	52	2.64	134
Ray, JimJim Ray	28	1	3	2	19	4.47	26
Lemanczyk, DaveDave Lemanczyk	22	2	1	0	10	4.00	52

Awards and honors

Records

John Hiller

American League record, most wins in one season by a relief pitcher (17)^[8]
Major league record (since broken), most saves in one season by a left-handed pitcher (38)^[9]

Milestones

Al Kaline became the 12th player in the 3000 hit club on September 24

League top ten finishers

Joe Coleman

AL leader in hit batsmen (12)
#2 in MLB in games started (41)
#2 in MLB in home runs allowed (30)
#2 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (158)
#3 in MLB in earned runs allowed (137)
#3 in AL in wild pitches (13)
#6 in MLB in batters faced (1262)

Bill Freehan

#5 in AL in slugging percentage (.479)

John Hiller

#6 in AL in games finished (52)
#7 in AL in saves (13)

Al Kaline

3rd oldest player in AL (39)

Lerrin LaGrow

#3 in AL in losses (19)
#4 in AL in wild pitches (12)
#8 in AL in earned runs allowed (112)

Mickey Lolich

MLB leader in home runs allowed (38)
AL leader in losses (21)
MLB leader in earned runs allowed (142)
#2 in MLB in games started (41)
#2 in MLB in hits allowed (310)
#3 in MLB in complete games (27)
#4 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.59)
#5 in AL in strikeouts (202)
#5 in MLB in batters faced (1263)
#7 in MLB in innings pitched (308)

Aurelio Rodríguez

AL leader in games at third base (159)
AL leader in innings at third base (1391-2/3)
#4 in AL in games played (159)
#5 in AL in outs (470)

Gary Sutherland

AL leader in outs (489)
#2 in AL in at bats per strikeout (16.7)
#3 in AL in at bats (619)
#4 in AL in singles (131)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1975 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

Bill Freehan: 12th best catcher of all time
Norm Cash: 20th best first baseman of all time
Aurelio Rodríguez: 91st best third baseman of all time
Al Kaline: 11th best right fielder of all time
Willie Horton: 55th best left fielder of all time
Mickey Lolich: 72nd best pitcher of all time

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Evansville Triplets	American Association	Fred Hatfield
AA	Montgomery Rebels	Southern League	Jim Leyland
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Stubby Overmire
A	Clinton Pilots	Midwest League	Len Okrie
Rookie	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Joe Lewis

Notes

^ Frank Howard page at Baseball Reference
^ Tony Taylor page at Baseball Reference
^ Walt Williams page at Baseball Reference
^ http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
^ Tim Corcoran page at Baseball Reference
^ Mark Fidrych page at Baseball Reference
^ Rob Picciolo page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.290, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, p. 289

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 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics

v t e 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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Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

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Owner: Mike Ilitch • General Manager: Dave Dombrowski • Manager: Jim Leyland

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History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

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