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1974 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1974
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Jerry Donovan
managers	Charlie Fox, Wes Westrum
television	KTVU
(Al Michaels, Gary Park)
radio	KSFO
(Al Michaels, Art Eckman)

(Al Michaels, Gary Park) (Al Michaels, Art Eckman) |}} The 1974 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 92nd season in Major League Baseball, their 17th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 15th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 72–90 record, 30 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

December 7, 1973: Juan Marichal was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Red Sox.
March 19, 1974: Willie Prall was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Ken Rudolph.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Bobby Bonds
Tom Bradley
Tito Fuentes
Dave Kingman
Garry Maddox
Gary Matthews
Steve Ontiveros
Ken Rudolph
Chris Speier

Notable transactions

May 25, 1974: Steve Barber was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
- Alan Wirth was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.
- Guy Sularz was drafted by the Giants in the 10th round.
- Jeff Yurak was drafted by the Giants in the 24th round.
August 11, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Giants.

Roster

1974 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers

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
C	Dave Rader	113	323	94	.291	1	26
1B	Dave Kingman	121	350	78	.223	18	55
2B	Tito Fuentes	108	390	97	.249	0	22
SS	Chris Speier	141	501	125	.250	9	53
3B	Steve Ontiveros	120	343	91	.265	4	33
LF	Gary Matthews	154	561	161	.287	16	82
CF	Garry Maddox	135	538	153	.284	8	50
RF	Bobby Bonds	150	567	145	.256	21	71

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
Gary Thomasson	120	315	77	.244	2	29
Ed Goodson	98	298	81	.272	6	48
Mike Phillips	100	283	62	.219	2	20
Bruce Miller	73	198	55	.278	0	16
Chris Arnold	78	174	42	.241	1	26
	57	158	41	.259	0	10
John Boccabella	29	80	11	.138	0	5
Glenn Redmon	7	17	4	.235	0	4
	6	4	0	.000	0	0
Dámaso Blanco	5	1	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 Barr	44	239.2	13	9	2.74	84
John D'Acquisto	38	215.0	12	14	3.77	167
Mike Caldwell	31	189.1	14	5	2.95	83
Tom Bradley	30	134.1	8	11	5.16	72
Ed Halicki	16	74.1	1	8	4.24	40
John Montefusco	7	39.1	3	2	4.81	34

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
Ron Bryant	41	126.2	3	15	5.61	75
Charlie Williams	39	100.1	1	3	2.78	48
Jim Willoughby	18	40.2	1	4	4.65	12

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
Randy Moffitt	61	5	7	15	4.50	49
Elías Sosa	68	9	7	6	3.48	48
John Morris	17	1	1	1	3.05	9
	13	0	1	1	5.27	13
Gary Lavelle	10	0	3	0	2.16	12
Butch Metzger	10	1	0	0	3.55	5
Don McMahon	9	0	0	0	3.09	5
Don Rose	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maricju01.shtml Juan Marichal] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/prallwi01.shtml Willie Prall] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1974 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbest01.shtml Steve Barber] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wirthal01.shtml Alan Wirth] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sulargu01.shtml Guy Sularz] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/yurakje01.shtml Jeff Yurak] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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