The 1974 Minnesota Twins season was the 14th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 14th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 74th overall in the American League. The Twins finished 82–80, third in the American League West.

Offseason October 14, 1973: Joe Keough was purchased by the Twins from the Chicago White Sox.Joe Keough at Baseball Reference December 3, 1973: Sergio Ferrer was drafted by the Twins from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1973 rule 5 draft.Sergio Ferrer at Baseball Reference On February 11, 1974, Dick Woodson became the first player to invoke the new free agency clause, as he sought $30,000, and the Twins offered $23,000. The arbitrator sided with Woodson.

Regular season 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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 4, 1974: Dick Woodson was traded by the Twins to the New York Yankees for Mike Pazik and cash.Mike Pazik at Baseball Reference June 5, 1974: Joe Lis was purchased from the Twins by the Cleveland Indians.Joe Lis at Baseball Reference June 5, 1974: Butch Wynegar was drafted by the Twins in the 2nd round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.Butch Wynegar at Baseball-Reference August 19, 1974: Jim Holt was traded by the Twins to the Oakland Athletics for Pat Bourque.Pat Bourque at Baseball Reference

Roster 1974 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

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 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 Eric Soderholm 141 464 128 .276 10 51 LF 129 453 127 .280 8 40 CF Steve Brye 135 488 138 .283 2 41 RF 152 575 152 .264 25 94 DH 127 459 131 .285 13 57

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 Larry Hisle 143 510 146 .286 19 79 122 333 74 .222 13 54 Jerry Terrell 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

Awards and honors Danny Thompson, Hutch Award

All-Star Game Rod Carew, Second Base, Starter

Farm system

Notes

References

Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com