In 1974, the Chicago White Sox played their 74th season in the major leagues, and their 75th season overall. They finished with a record of 80–80, along with 3 ties, good enough for fourth place in the American League West, 9 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason October 14, 1973: Joe Keough was purchased from the White Sox by the Minnesota Twins. December 11, 1973: Steve Stone, Ken Frailing, Steve Swisher and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Santo. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Kremmel to the Cubs on December 18. January 9, 1974: Kevin Bell was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft. January 16, 1974: John Lamb was purchased by the White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates. March 27, 1974: John Lamb was purchased from the White Sox by the Pirates.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup Pat Kelly, RF Ken Henderson, CF Dick Allen, 1B Bill Melton, 3B Carlos May, LF Ron Santo, DH Jorge Orta, 2B Ed Herrmann, C Bucky Dent, SS Wilbur Wood, P

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 15, 1974: Rich Hinton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox. July 11, 1974: Chuck Brinkman was purchased from the White Sox by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Roster 1974 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting 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 0 163 5577 684 1492 225 23 135 633 519 858 .268 64

Pitching 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 Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Cy Acosta 0 3 3.74 27 0 3 45.2 43 22 19 3 20 19 Lloyd Allen 0 1 10.29 6 2 0 7.0 7 9 8 0 13 3 Stan Bahnsen 12 15 4.70 38 35 0 216.1 230 128 113 17 116 102 Francisco Barrios 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 0 2 2 Terry Forster 7 8 3.62 59 1 24 134.1 120 57 54 6 51 105 Goose Gossage 4 6 4.13 39 3 1 89.1 92 45 41 4 54 64 Wayne Granger 0 0 8.12 5 0 0 7.2 16 8 7 1 3 4 Joe Henderson 1 0 8.40 5 3 0 15.0 21 15 14 2 11 12 Bart Johnson 10 4 2.74 18 18 0 121.2 105 42 37 6 34 76 Jim Kaat 21 13 2.92 42 39 0 277.1 263 106 90 18 66 142 Jack Kucek 1 4 5.26 9 7 0 37.2 48 25 22 3 21 25 Bill Moran 1 3 4.66 15 5 0 46.1 57 27 24 5 25 17 Jim Otten 0 1 5.51 5 1 0 16.1 22 11 10 0 14 11 Stan Perzanowski 0 0 19.29 2 1 0 2.1 8 7 5 1 2 2 Skip Pitlock 3 3 4.43 40 5 1 105.2 103 58 52 7 59 68 Ken Tatum 0 0 4.79 10 1 0 20.2 23 12 11 3 9 5 Wilbur Wood 20 19 3.60 42 42 0 320.1 305 143 128 27 88 169 80 80 3.94 163 163 29 1465.2 1470 721 641 103 588 826

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Knoxville

Notes

References

1974 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference