1974 New York Mets season

1974 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Joan Whitney Payson
General manager(s) Bob Scheffing
Manager(s) Yogi Berra
Local television WOR-TV
Local radio WHN
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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The 1974 New York Mets season was the 13th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Yogi Berra, the team finished the season with a record of 71–91, placing fifth in the National League East. This was the first time the Mets had a losing season since 1968.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874 0.543 — 52–29 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 8675 0.534 1½ 44–37 42–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 8 46–35 34–47
Montreal Expos 7982 0.491 8½ 42–38 37–44
New York Mets 7191 0.438 17 36–45 35–46
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 22 32–49 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago8–4—5–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati11–7–17–5—14–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston12–68–44–14—5–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–5—8–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal3–913–56–66–64–8—9–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York4–810–83–96–67–59–9—7–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–7—10–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–10—9–38–47–11
San Diego1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–9—11–75–7
San Francisco10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–11—6–6
St. Louis3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1974 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
2BFélix Millán136518139.268133
3BWayne Garrett151522117.2241353
RFRusty Staub161561145.2581978
LFCleon Jones124461130.2821360
1BJohn Milner137507128.2522063
CJerry Grote9731982.257536
CFDon Hahn11032381.251428
SSBud Harrelson10633175.227113

Other batters

Note: 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
1BEd Kranepool9421765.300424
SS-OFTed Martinez11633473.219243
2B-3BKen Boswell9622248.216215
CDuffy Dyer6314230.211010
CRon Hodges5913630.221414
OFDave Schneck9325452.205525
LF-PHGeorge Theodore607612.15811
OF-PHBenny Ayala236816.23528

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
Tom Seaver32232.011113.20201
Jerry Koosman35265.015113.36188
Jon Matlack34265.113152.41195
Harry Parker40131.04123.9258
George Stone1577.0275.0329

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
Ray Sadecki34103.0883.4146
Bob Apodaca35103.0663.5054
Craig Swan730.1134.4510

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 IP
Jack Aker242123.481841.1
Tug McGraw4161134.165488.2
Bob Miller582223.583578.0
Jerry Cram100131.61822.1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League John Antonelli
AA Victoria Toros Texas League Joe Frazier
A Visalia Mets California League Nolan Campbell
A Anderson Mets Western Carolinas League Owen Friend
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Wilbur Huckle
Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Chuck Hiller

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Victoria

Notes

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1974 New York Mets
  • 1974 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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