1974 Minnesota Twins season

The 1974 Minnesota Twins finished 82–80, third in the American League West.

1974 Minnesota Twins
82–80, third in the AL Western Division
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General manager(s)Calvin Griffith
Manager(s)Frank Quilici
Local televisionWCCO-TV
(Larry Calton, Ralph Fritz)
Local radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Larry Calton)
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Offseason

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
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9072 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Texas Rangers 8476 0.525 5 42–38 42–38
Minnesota Twins 8280 0.506 8 48–33 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8080 0.500 9 46–34 34–46
Kansas City Royals 7785 0.475 13 40–41 37–44
California Angels 6894 0.420 22 36–45 32–49

Record vs. opponents
1974 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —10–87–55–712–614–48–48–106–611–76–64–8
Boston 8–10—4–88–49–911–74–810–86–611–78–45–7
California 5–78–4—10–8–13–95–78–103–98–103–96–129–9
Chicago 7–54–88–10–1—8–47–511–78–47–11–14–87–119–7–1
Cleveland 6–129–99–34–8—9–98–410–86–67–115–74–8
Detroit 4–147–117–55–79–9—7–59–93–911–75–75–7
Kansas City 4–88–410–87–114–85–7—11–18–104–88–108–10
Milwaukee 10–88–109–34–88–109–91–11—6–69–95–77–5
Minnesota 6–66–610–811–7–16–69–310–86–6—4–85–139–9
New York 7–117–119–38–411–77–118–49–98–4—7–58–4
Oakland 6–64–812–611–77–57–510–87–513–55–7—8–10
Texas 8–47–59–97–9–18–47–510–85–79–94–810–8—

Notable transactions

Roster
1974 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers
  • 32 Tom Johnson
 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
CGlenn Borgmann12834587.252345
1BCraig Kusick7620148.239826
2BRod Carew153599218.364355
SSDanny Thompson9726466.250425
LFSteve Braun129453127.280840
RFBobby Darwin152575152.2642594
DHTony Oliva127459131.2851357

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
Harmon Killebrew12233374.2221354
Jim Holt7919750.254016
Luis Gómez8216835.20803
Phil Roof449719.196213
Randy Hundley328817.19303
Pat Bourque236414.21918
Sergio Ferrer245716.28100
Joe Lis24418.19503

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
Bert Blyleven3728117172.66249
Joe Decker37248.216143.29158
Dave Goltz28174.110103.2589
Dick Woodson527114.3312
Jim Hughes210.1025.238

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
Vic Albury32164894.1285
Bill Hands35115.1454.4574
Ray Corbin29112.1765.2950
Bill Butler2698.2464.1079

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
Bill Campbell6387192.6289
Tom Burgmeier505344.5234
Tom Johnson42010.004
Danny Fife400017.363

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Twins Pacific Coast League Cal Ermer
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Dick Phillips
A Lynchburg Twins Carolina League Harry Warner
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Johnny Goryl
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Bob Butler

Notes
  1. Joe Keough at Baseball Reference
  2. Sergio Ferrer at Baseball Reference
  3. "Famous Firsts in the Expansion Era of Major league Baseball". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  4. "First baseball arbitration". www.brainyhistory.com. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  5. Mike Pazik at Baseball Reference
  6. Joe Lis at Baseball Reference
  7. Butch Wynegar at Baseball-Reference
  8. Pat Bourque at Baseball Reference
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml

References
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