Minnesota Twins | |
Season: | 1974 |
League: | American League |
Division: | West |
Ballpark: | Metropolitan Stadium |
City: | Bloomington, Minnesota |
Owners: | Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) |
General Managers: | Calvin Griffith |
Managers: | Frank Quilici |
Television: | WCCO-TV (Larry Calton, Ralph Fritz) |
Radio: | 830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, Larry Calton) |
The 1974 Minnesota Twins finished 82–80, third in the American League West.
Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, second baseman Rod Carew. Carew won his fourth AL batting title with a .364 average, and set a Minnesota record with 180 singles. Outfielder Bobby Darwin hit 25 HR and drove in 95 runs. Three pitchers had double digit wins: Bert Blyleven (17–17), Joe Decker (16–14), and Dave Goltz (10–10). Bill Campbell showed potential as a reliever, registering 19 saves and 8 relief wins.
Only 662,401 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League. It was half the number of fans that attended in the 1960s.
1974 Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | OutfieldersOther batters | ManagerCoaches | ||||||
= Indicates team leader |
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 | |
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C | 128 | 345 | 87 | .252 | 3 | 45 | ||
1B | 76 | 201 | 48 | .239 | 8 | 26 | ||
2B | 153 | 599 | 218 | .364 | 3 | 55 | ||
SS | 97 | 264 | 66 | .250 | 4 | 25 | ||
3B | 141 | 464 | 128 | .276 | 10 | 51 | ||
LF | 129 | 453 | 127 | .280 | 8 | 40 | ||
CF | 135 | 488 | 138 | .283 | 2 | 41 | ||
RF | 152 | 575 | 152 | .264 | 25 | 94 | ||
DH | 127 | 459 | 131 | .285 | 13 | 57 |
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 |
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143 | 510 | 146 | .286 | 19 | 79 | |
122 | 333 | 74 | .222 | 13 | 54 | |
116 | 229 | 56 | .245 | 0 | 19 | |
79 | 197 | 50 | .254 | 0 | 16 | |
82 | 168 | 35 | .208 | 0 | 3 | |
44 | 97 | 19 | .196 | 2 | 13 | |
32 | 88 | 17 | .193 | 0 | 3 | |
23 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 1 | 8 | |
24 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 3 | |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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37 | 281.0 | 17 | 17 | 2.66 | 249 | ||
37 | 248.2 | 16 | 14 | 3.29 | 158 | ||
28 | 174.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.25 | 89 | ||
5 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.33 | 12 | ||
2 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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32 | 164.0 | 8 | 9 | 4.12 | 85 | ||
35 | 115.1 | 4 | 5 | 4.45 | 74 | ||
29 | 112.1 | 7 | 6 | 5.29 | 50 | ||
26 | 98.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.10 | 79 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
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63 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 2.62 | 89 | ||
50 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4.52 | 34 | ||
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.36 | 3 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.