The 1974 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 5th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 6th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason October 22, 1973: Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash.Steve Barber at Baseball Reference March 27, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Brewers. March 30, 1974: Wilbur Howard was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors).Wilbur Howard at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 5, 1974: Jim Gantner was drafted by the Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.Jim Gantner at Baseball Reference

Opening Day starters P:Jim Colborn C:Darrell Porter 1B:George Scott 2B:Pedro García 3B:Don Money SS:Robin Yount LF:Johnny Briggs RF:Dave May CF:Ken Berry DH:Bob Coluccio

Roster 1974 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Hitting) (Pitching) (Third Base) (First Base) (Pitching)

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 131 432 104 .241 12 56 1B 158 604 170 .281 17 82 2B 141 452 90 .199 12 54 3B 159 629 178 .283 15 65 SS 107 344 86 .250 3 26 LF 154 554 140 .253 17 73 CF 138 394 88 .223 6 31 RF Dave May 135 477 108 .226 10 42 DH Bobby Mitchell 88 173 42 .243 5 20

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 98 267 64 .240 1 24 Tim Johnson 93 245 60 .245 0 25 Charlie Moore 72 204 50 .245 0 19 Mike Hegan 89 190 45 .237 7 32 Deron Johnson 49 152 23 .151 6 18 Bob Hansen 58 88 26 .295 2 9 John Vukovich 38 80 15 .188 3 11 Sixto Lezcano 15 54 13 .241 2 9 22 48 14 .292 0 4 Gorman Thomas 17 46 12 .261 2 11 10 17 2 .118 0 0 Jack Lind 9 17 4 .235 0 1 Felipe Alou 3 3 0 .000 0 0

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 Jim Slaton 40 250.0 13 16 3.92 126 38 232.0 9 20 4.42 64 33 224.0 10 13 4.06 83 34 169.1 6 14 3.99 74 31 161.2 11 4 3.62 60

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 43 111.2 7 4 3.63 58 Ed Sprague Sr. 20 94.0 7 2 2.39 57

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 70 10 10 20 1.90 47 Bill Travers 23 2 3 0 4.92 31 8 0 0 0 4.50 10 5 0 0 0 2.57 4 2 0 0 0 19.29 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 3 2 0 0 0 11.57 2

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1974. The Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.

Notes

References 1974 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1974 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac