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24 teams in AL, NL · 1945 regular-season games · 1974-04-04 to 1974-10-02 · attendance 30,025,608

◀ 1973 1975 ▶

World Series champion

Oakland Athletics

MVP

Jeff Burroughs AL
Steve Garvey NL

Cy Young

Catfish Hunter AL
Mike Marshall NL

Rookie of the Year

Mike Hargrove AL
Bake McBride NL

All-Star Game

1974-07-23 at Three Rivers Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1974

Cool Papa Bell, Jim Bottomley, Jocko Conlan, Mickey Mantle, Sam Thompson, Whitey Ford

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Oakland Athletics 3–1 Baltimore Orioles	4
League Championship	Los Angeles Dodgers 3–1 Pittsburgh Pirates	4
World Series	Oakland Athletics 4–1 Los Angeles Dodgers	5

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	—	612	962,572	Earl Weaver	Division
2	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	2	623	1,273,075	Bill Virdon
3	Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	7	661	1,556,411	Darrell Johnson
4	Cleveland Indians	77	85	.475	14	694	1,114,262	Ken Aspromonte
5	Milwaukee Brewers	76	86	.469	15	660	955,741	Del Crandall
6	Detroit Tigers	72	90	.444	19	768	1,243,080	Ralph Houk

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	90	72	.556	—	551	845,693	Al Dark	World Series Division
2	Texas Rangers	84	76	.525	5	698	1,193,902	Billy Martin
3	Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	8	669	662,401	Frank Quilici
4	Chicago White Sox	80	80	.500	9	721	1,149,596	Chuck Tanner
5	Kansas City Royals	77	85	.475	13	662	1,173,292	Jack McKeon
6	California Angels	68	94	.420	22	657	917,269	Bobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, Dick Williams

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	.543	—	657	1,110,552	Danny Murtaugh	Division
2	St. Louis Cardinals	86	75	.534	1.5	643	1,838,413	Red Schoendienst
3	Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	8	701	1,808,648	Danny Ozark
4	Montreal Expos	79	82	.491	8.5	657	1,019,134	Gene Mauch
5	New York Mets	71	91	.438	17	646	1,722,209	Yogi Berra
6	Chicago Cubs	66	96	.407	22	826	1,015,378	Whitey Lockman, Jim Marshall

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	102	60	.630	—	561	2,632,474	Walter Alston	Pennant Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	98	64	.605	4	631	2,164,307	Sparky Anderson
3	Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	14	563	981,085	Eddie Mathews, Clyde King
4	Houston Astros	81	81	.500	21	632	1,090,728	Preston Gomez
5	San Francisco Giants	72	90	.444	30	723	519,987	Charlie Fox, Wes Westrum
6	San Diego Padres	60	102	.370	42	830	1,075,399	John McNamara

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Steve Busby, Kansas City Royals vs. Milwaukee Brewers, 1974-06-19
Dick Bosman, Cleveland Indians vs. Oakland Athletics, 1974-07-19
Nolan Ryan, California Angels vs. Minnesota Twins, 1974-09-28

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