1974 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1974
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
General Managers:	John Holland
Managers:	Whitey Lockman, Jim Marshall
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Radio:	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

The 1974 Chicago Cubs season was the 103rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 99th in the National League and the 59th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 66–96.

Offseason

• October 25, 1973: Ferguson Jenkins was traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers for Bill Madlock and Vic Harris.^[1]
• November 3, 1973: Bob Locker was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Horacio Piña.^[2]
• November 7, 1973: Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Morales.^[3]
• December 11, 1973: Ron Santo was traded by the Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Stone, Ken Frailing, and Steve Swisher and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Kremmel to the Cubs on December 18.^[4]
• March 19, 1974: Ken Rudolph was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Prall.^[5]

Regular season

• July 31, 1974: Bill Bonham had four strikeouts in one inning.^[6]

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1974: Paul Popovich was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom Dettore and cash.^[7]
• June 5, 1974: George Riley was drafted by the Cubs in the 4th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.^[8]
• June 17, 1974: Oscar Zamora was purchased by the Cubs from the Houston Astros.^[9]
• July 28, 1974: Horacio Piña was traded by the Cubs to the California Angels for Rick Stelmaszek.^[2]

Roster

1974 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		90	280	60	.214	5	27
1B		107	303	79	.261	10	46
2B		62	200	39	.195	0	11
3B		128	453	142	.313	9	54
SS		153	599	155	.259	1	42
LF		151	534	146	.273	15	82
CF		142	538	158	.294	20	58
RF		143	542	159	.293	13	72

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
	117	404	113	.280	16	68
	78	215	54	.251	7	28
	65	158	30	.190	4	22
	62	148	30	.203	0	10
	92	137	28	.204	1	15
	53	125	31	.248	1	12
	35	110	20	.182	1	8
	42	107	22	.206	1	5
	57	81	15	.185	3	3
	23	68	20	.294	2	15
	45	54	11	.204	0	0
	25	44	10	.227	1	7
	22	32	3	.094	0	0
	12	17	4	.235	0	1
	11	11	0	.000	0	0
	10	8	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
	44	242.2	11	22	3.86	191
	41	240.2	13	12	4.30	160

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
	48	176.1	7	11	4.80	94
	38	169.2	8	6	4.14	90
	55	125.1	6	9	3.88	71
	43	88.0	4	2	3.89	42
	40	75.0	3	5	6.60	40
	16	64.2	3	5	4.18	43

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
	56	3	9	10	3.12	38
	49	5	6	5	4.79	49
	34	3	4	4	3.99	32
	23	0	2	0	5.23	22
	20	0	2	0	3.45	22
	2	0	1	0	27.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Cubs

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1974 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madlobi01.shtml Bill Madlock page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinaho01.shtml Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckegl01.shtml Glenn Beckert page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/santoro01.shtml Ron Santo page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/prallwi01.shtml Willie Prall page at Baseball Reference
6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats19.shtml 4 Strikeouts In 1 Inning : A Baseball Almanac Fabulous Feat
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/popovpa01.shtml Paul Popovich page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rileyge01.shtml George Riley page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zamoros01.shtml Oscar Zamora page at Baseball Reference