1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 93rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 88th in the National League. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 88–74. The Pirates were defeated three games to one by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1974 National League Championship Series.

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1]
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Nellie King
Radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Nellie King
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Offseason

• October 18, 1973: Ken Brett was traded to the Pirates by the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Cash.^[2]
• October 18, 1973: Jerry Reuss was traded to the Pirates by the Houston Astros for Milt May.^[3]
• December 4, 1973: Nelson Briles and Fernando Gonzalez were traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Ed Kirkpatrick and Kurt Bevacqua.^[4]
• December 5, 1973: Luke Walker was sold by the Pirates to the Detroit Tigers.^[5]
• December 7, 1973: Bob Johnson was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Burnel Flowers (minors).^[6]
• January 9, 1974: Fred Breining was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
• January 16, 1974: John Lamb was purchased from the Pirates by the Chicago White Sox.^[8]
• January 31, 1974: Jackie Hernández was traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Ryan.^[9]
• March 14, 1974: Silvio Martínez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[10]
• March 27, 1974: John Lamb was purchased by the Pirates from the Chicago White Sox.^[8]
• April 1, 1974: Tom Dettore was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Popovich.^[11]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	—	52–29	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	75	0.534	1½	44–37	42–38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	8	46–35	34–47
Montreal Expos	79	82	0.491	8½	42–38	37–44
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	17	36–45	35–46
Chicago Cubs	66	96	0.407	22	32–49	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	7–11–1	6–12	8–10	9–3	8–4	8–4	4–8	17–1	8–10	9–3
Chicago	8–4	—	5–7	4–8	2–10	5–13	8–10	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	5–13
Cincinnati	11–7–1	7–5	—	14–4	6–12	6–6	9–3	8–4	8–4	12–6	11–7	6–6
Houston	12–6	8–4	4–14	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	8–4
Los Angeles	10–8	10–2	12–6	13–5	—	8–4	5–7	6–6	4–8	16–2	12–6	6–6
Montreal	3–9	13–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	—	9–9	11–7	9–9	6–6	4–8	8–9
New York	4–8	10–8	3–9	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	7–11	7–11	6–6	6–6	6–12
Philadelphia	4-8	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	5–7	8–4	9–9
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	4–8	7–5	8–4	9–9	11–7	8–10	—	9–3	8–4	7–11
San Diego	1–17	6–6	6–12	7–11	2–16	6–6	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	5–7
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	7–11	8–10	6–12	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	7–11	—	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	13–5	6–6	4–8	6–6	9–8	12–6	9–9	11–7	7–5	6–6	—

Game log

1974 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 52–29; Away: 35–45)
April: 6–12 (Home: 3–6; Away: 3–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Cardinals 5–6 (10) Hrabosky Giusti (0–1) — 24,210 0–1 2 April 6 @ Cardinals 0–8 Siebert Moose (0–1) — 17,875 0–2 3 April 10 Expos 8–12 (13) Taylor Hernández (0–1) — 40,434 0–3 4 April 11 Expos 1–5 Rogers Ellis (0–1) — 5,606 0–4 5 April 12 Cardinals 6–7 (11) Garman Kison (0–1) Folkers 9,524 0–5 6 April 13 Cardinals 4–6 McGlothen Rooker (0–1) Richert 7,026 0–6 7 April 14 Cardinals 8–4 Moose (1–1) Thompson — 1–6 8 April 14 Cardinals 5–6 Curtis Brett (0–1) Folkers 11,949 1–7 9 April 16 @ Cubs 8–5 (12) Kison (1–1) Paul — 14,953 2–7 10 April 17 @ Cubs 9–18 Hooton Reuss (0–1) — 15,560 2–8 11 April 18 @ Cubs 0–1 Frailing Rooker (0–2) Burris 13,054 2–9 12 April 20 @ Mets 2–5 Koosman Moose (1–2) — 18,070 2–10 13 April 21 @ Mets 7–0 Brett (1–1) Seaver — 23,375 3–10 14 April 24 @ Braves 5–3 Ellis (1–1) Niekro Giusti (1) 3,395 4–10 15 April 25 @ Braves 2–3 Reed Reuss (0–2) — 3,437 4–11 16 April 26 Astros 4–3 Giusti (1–1) Scherman — 11,145 5–11 17 April 27 Astros 7–10 Griffin Moose (1–3) — 6,835 5–12 18 April 28 Astros 7–3 Brett (2–1) Osteen Giusti (2) 13,073 6–12
May: 11–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 2–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 19 May 1 Reds 3–5 Carroll Morlan (0–1) Borbon 8,195 6–13 20 May 3 Braves 4–2 Reuss (1–2) Harrison — 11,248 7–13 21 May 4 Braves 4–3 Rooker (1–2) Niekro — 8,069 8–13 22 May 5 Braves 2–3 Reed Brett (2–2) House 13,596 8–14 23 May 7 @ Astros 1–2 Griffin Ellis (1–2) — 9,909 8–15 24 May 8 @ Astros 6–8 (12) Nagy Sadowski (0–1) — 11,266 8–16 25 May 9 @ Astros 4–1 Rooker (2–2) Roberts — 10,864 9–16 26 May 10 @ Phillies 2–3 Ruthven Brett (2–3) Scarce 16,388 9–17 27 May 11 @ Phillies 1–3 Carlton Moose (1–4) — 21,070 9–18 28 May 12 @ Phillies 7–8 Farmer Ellis (1–3) Watt 11,243 9–19 29 May 14 Cubs 1–7 Reuschel Reuss (1–3) — 6,541 9–20 30 May 15 Cubs 3–2 (14) Kison (2–1) Bonham — 6,873 10–20 31 May 16 Cubs 5–2 Brett (3–3) Frailing Kison (1) 5,845 11–20 32 May 18 Phillies 2–9 Schueler Moose (1–5) — 8,021 11–21 33 May 19 Phillies 2–3 Lonborg Ellis (1–4) Watt 11–22 34 May 19 Phillies 2–1 Reuss (2–3) Ruthven — 13,426 12–22 35 May 20 @ Expos 2–4 Torrez Rooker (2–3) Taylor 12,228 12–23 36 May 21 @ Expos 8–4 Brett (4–3) Moore — 9,231 13–23 37 May 23 @ Expos 4–5 Rogers Kison (2–2) Taylor 7,209 13–24 38 May 24 Mets 4–1 Reuss (3–3) Matlack — 12,257 14–24 39 May 25 Mets 3–4 Koosman Ellis (1–5) — 11,260 14–25 40 May 26 Mets 3–5 Sadecki Giusti (1–2) Parker 15,573 14–26 41 May 27 Padres 6–0 Brett (5–3) Jones — 15–26 42 May 27 Padres 8–7 Tekulve (1–0) McAndrew — 15,367 16–26 43 May 29 Padres 13–3 Reuss (4–3) Hardy — 4,534 17–26 44 May 31 @ Reds 5–7 Borbon Rooker (2–4) — 40,205 17–27
June: 15–13 (Home: 9–0; Away: 6–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 45 June 1 @ Reds 14–1 Brett (6–3) Nelson — 36,999 18–27 46 June 2 @ Reds 1–5 Norman Kison (2–3) — 38,354 18–28 47 June 4 @ Dodgers 0–5 John Reuss (4–4) — 23,472 18–29 48 June 5 @ Dodgers 2–3 Marshall Rooker (2–5) — 25,959 18–30 49 June 6 @ Dodgers 0–6 Messersmith Brett (6–4) — 26,717 18–31 50 June 7 @ Giants 2–6 D'Acquisto Demery (0–1) — 3,845 18–32 51 June 8 @ Giants 5–2 Ellis (2–5) Bradley Kison (2) 9,138 19–32 52 June 9 @ Giants 14–1 Reuss (5–4) Bryant — 8,786 20–32 53 June 10 @ Padres 8–9 Romo Tekulve (1–1) — 7,309 20–33 54 June 11 @ Padres 5–2 Brett (7–4) Jones — 9,505 21–33 55 June 12 @ Padres 2–5 Freisleben Demery (0–2) Tomlin 12,336 21–34 56 June 14 Giants 4–2 Ellis (3–5) Bryant — 18,588 22–34 57 June 15 Giants 3–2 (9) Patterson (1–0) Sosa — 13,571 23–34 58 June 16 Giants 4–3 Rooker (3–5) Bradley — 12,606 24–34 59 June 17 Dodgers 7–3 Brett (8–4) Sutton — 17,105 25–34 60 June 18 Dodgers 2–0 Giusti (2–2) John Patterson (1) 15,054 26–34 61 June 19 Dodgers 7–3 Reuss (6–4) Rau — 16,493 27–34 62 June 20 @ Cubs 0–3 Reuschel Ellis (3–6) — 12,321 27–35 63 June 21 @ Cubs 2–3 Stone Rooker (3–6) Zamora 11,625 27–36 64 June 22 @ Cubs 6–0 Brett (9–4) Frailing — 10,069 28–36 65 June 23 @ Cubs 3–7 Bonham Giusti (2–3) — 24,855 28–37 66 June 24 @ Cardinals 1–3 Foster Reuss (6–5) Garman 28–38 67 June 24 @ Cardinals 0–4 Gibson Demery (0–3) — 25,093 28–39 68 June 25 @ Cardinals 7–8 Hrabosky Patterson (1–1) Curtis 17,392 28–40 69 June 26 @ Cardinals 7–2 Rooker (4–6) Siebert — 18,487 29–40 70 June 29 Phillies 6–3 Reuss (7–5) Lonborg — 15,839 30–40 71 June 30 Phillies 11–8 Brett (10–4) Carlton — 31–40 72 June 30 Phillies 3–2 Kison (3–3) Schueler — 25,730 32–40
July: 18–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 73 July 2 Expos 4–2 Rooker (5–6) Montague — 13,138 33–40 74 July 3 Expos 2–1 Reuss (8–5) Montague — 11,123 34–40 75 July 4 Expos 1–2 Rogers Brett (10–5) — 34–41 76 July 4 Expos 3–2 Kison (4–3) Blair — 22,456 35–41 77 July 5 @ Astros 1–7 Dierker Ellis (3–7) — 23,047 35–42 78 July 6 @ Astros 0–1 Wilson Kison (4–4) — 29,640 35–43 79 July 7 @ Astros 6–4 (10) Giusti (3–3) Scherman — 18,984 36–43 80 July 8 Braves 0–5 Leon Reuss (8–6) — 11,494 36–44 81 July 9 Braves 5–4 Brett (11–5) Niekro Giusti (3) 13,737 37–44 82 July 10 Braves 5–10 Morton Ellis (3–8) — 13,922 37–45 83 July 12 Reds 0–7 Gullett Rooker (5–7) — 37–46 84 July 12 Reds 3–4 Carroll Demery (0–4) Carroll 30,507 37–47 85 July 13 Reds 4–9 Hall Reuss (8–7) Borbon 15,386 37–48 86 July 14 Reds 2–3 Norman Brett (11–6) Carroll 37–49 87 July 14 Reds 2–1 Kison (5–4) Billingham Giusti (4) 27,151 38–49 88 July 15 Astros 3–1 Ellis (4–8) Roberts — 9,171 39–49 89 July 16 Astros 6–2 Rooker (6–7) Dierker — 9,935 40–49 90 July 17 Astros 11–3 Demery (1–4) Wilson — 10,941 41–49 91 July 18 @ Braves 4–0 Reuss (9–7) Reed — 8,262 42–49 92 July 19 @ Braves 2–0 Brett (12–6) Niekro Giusti (5) 9,583 43–49 93 July 20 @ Braves 7–6 (11) Giusti (4–3) Frisella — 40,225 44–49 94 July 21 @ Braves 6–2 Ellis (5–8) Capra — 9,351 45–49 95 July 25 @ Expos 5–10 Renko Rooker (6–8) — 45–50 96 July 25 @ Expos 3–2 Reuss (10–7) Rogers Giusti (6) 27,283 46–50 97 July 26 @ Expos 3–0 Ellis (6–8) Blair Hernández (1) 22,278 47–50 98 July 27 @ Phillies 5–6 Richert Brett (12–7) — 47–51 99 July 27 @ Phillies 4–7 Twitchell Kison (5–5) Watt 55,066 47–52 100 July 28 @ Phillies 4–3 Giusti (5–3) Scarce — 34,049 48–52 101 July 29 @ Phillies 1–13 Carlton Reuss (10–8) — 27,760 48–53 102 July 30 @ Mets 6–0 Rooker (7–8) Matlack — 49–53 103 July 30 @ Mets 3–4 Koosman Kison (5–6) — 39,246 49–54 104 July 31 @ Mets 8–3 Ellis (7–8) Seaver — 23,281 50–54
August: 20–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 9–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Cardinals 2–5 (11) Folkers Giusti (5–4) — 17,318 50–55 106 August 2 Cardinals 3–2 (14) Hernández (1–1) Pena — 19,385 51–55 107 August 3 Cubs 3–4 Reuschel Reuss (10–9) LaRoche 9,316 51–56 108 August 4 Cubs 3–4 Bonham Rooker (7–9) — 51–57 109 August 4 Cubs 7–1 Kison (6–6) Hutson — 23,536 52–57 110 August 6 Mets 9–8 (11) Patterson (2–1) McGraw — 12,441 53–57 111 August 7 Mets 10–1 Demery (2–4) Parker — 13,360 54–57 112 August 8 Mets 4–3 Reuss (11–9) Matlack — 11,191 55–57 113 August 9 Padres 7–3 Rooker (8–9) Jones — 11,507 56–57 114 August 10 Padres 4–8 Freisleben Morlan (0–2) — 15,150 56–58 115 August 11 Padres 8–1 Ellis (8–8) Spillner — 14,726 57–58 116 August 12 @ Reds 7–4 Reuss (12–9) Kirby Giusti (7) 30,327 58–58 117 August 13 @ Reds 14–3 Demery (3–4) Billingham — 32,280 59–58 118 August 14 @ Reds 2–3 (10) Carroll Kison (6–7) — 30,018 59–59 119 August 16 Dodgers 5–2 Ellis (9–8) Sutton — 32,347 60–59 120 August 17 Dodgers 4–3 Reuss (13–9) Messersmith Giusti (8) 18,681 61–59 121 August 18 Dodgers 10–3 Demery (4–4) Zahn — 33,225 62–59 122 August 19 Giants 3–5 Bryant Rooker (8–10) Sosa 14,077 62–60 123 August 20 Giants 7–8 (10) Caldwell Morlan (0–3) — 15,944 62–61 124 August 21 Giants 4–2 Ellis (10–8) Halicki — 19,814 63–61 125 August 23 @ Padres 6–2 Reuss (14–9) Greif — 13,443 64–61 126 August 25 @ Padres 4–1 (12) Rooker (9–10) Palmer — 65–61 127 August 25 @ Padres 10–2 Demery (5–4) Freisleben — 11,567 66–61 128 August 27 @ Giants 13–2 Ellis (11–8) D'Acquisto — 3,273 67–61 129 August 28 @ Giants 3–1 (11) Giusti (6–4) Barr — 3,679 68–61 130 August 29 @ Giants 2–3 (11) Moffitt Giusti (6–5) — 3,172 68–62 131 August 30 @ Dodgers 4–3 Rooker (10–10) Marshall Giusti (9) 38,887 69–62 132 August 31 @ Dodgers 4–3 Demery (6–4) Zahn Giusti (10) 41,653 70–62
September: 16–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Dodgers 2–6 Sutton Ellis (11–9) — 29,667 70–63 134 September 2 Phillies 7–4 Reuss (15–9) Carlton — 71–63 135 September 2 Phillies 11–1 Kison (7–7) Schueler — 45,181 72–63 136 September 3 Phillies 8–2 Rooker (11–10) Twitchell — 8,168 73–63 137 September 6 Expos 2–1 Ellis (12–9) Renko — 15,386 74–63 138 September 7 Expos 6–5 (12) Hernández (2–1) Murray — 17,576 75–63 139 September 8 Expos 8–2 Rooker (12–10) Rogers — 18,870 76–63 140 September 9 @ Cubs 4–9 Stone Demery (6–5) LaRoche 2,918 76–64 141 September 10 @ Cubs 12–4 Brett (13–7) Reuschel — 4,843 77–64 142 September 11 @ Phillies 5–8 Schueler Hernández (2–2) — 21,117 77–65 143 September 12 @ Phillies 4–6 Garber Kison (7–8) — 22,135 77–66 144 September 13 @ Expos 2–3 Rogers Rooker (12–11) — 9,283 77–67 145 September 14 @ Expos 2–17 Blair Demery (6–6) — 15,566 77–68 146 September 15 @ Expos 4–5 Renko Brett (13–8) Murray 15,438 77–69 147 September 17 Cardinals 1–2 (13) Hrabosky Reuss (15–10) — 21,458 77–70 148 September 18 Cardinals 4–1 Rooker (13–11) McGlothen — 18,126 78–70 149 September 19 Cardinals 8–6 Hernández (3–2) Folkers Giusti (11) 19,844 79–70 150 September 20 Mets 4–3 Hernández (4–2) McGraw — 11,683 80–70 151 September 21 Mets 2–4 Koosman Pizarro (0–1) — 7,160 80–71 152 September 22 Mets 0–4 Matlack Reuss (15–11) — 27,915 80–72 153 September 23 @ Cardinals 1–0 (10) Rooker (14–11) McGlothen Giusti (12) 33,525 81–72 154 September 24 @ Cardinals 7–3 Kison (8–8) Curtis — 37,197 82–72 155 September 25 @ Cardinals 12–13 (11) Garman Minshall (0–1) — 41,345 82–73 156 September 26 @ Mets 11–5 Pizarro (1–1) Koosman — 9,250 83–73 157 September 27 @ Mets 2–1 Reuss (16–11) Matlack — 17,440 84–73 158 September 28 @ Mets 7–3 Rooker (15–11) McGraw Hernández (2) 13,059 85–73 159 September 29 @ Mets 2–7 Apodaca Brett (13–9) — 50,653 85–74 160 September 30 Cubs 2–1 Kison (9–8) Bonham — 10,482 86–74
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Cubs 6–5 Giusti (7–5) LaRoche — 13,801 87–74 162 October 2 Cubs 5–4 (10) Hernández (5–2) Frailing — 22,725 88–74
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
6	Rennie Stennett	2B
3	Richie Hebner	3B
16	Al Oliver	CF
8	Willie Stargell	LF
22	Richie Zisk	RF
39	Dave Parker	1B
35	Manny Sanguillén	C
11	Dal Maxvill	SS
41	Jerry Reuss	SP

^[12]

Notable transactions

• April 20, 1974: Dal Maxvill was released by the Pirates.^[13]
• June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
  • Rod Scurry was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[14]
  • Ed Whitson was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[15]
  • Mike Edwards was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.^[16]
• July 8, 1974: Kurt Bevacqua was traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Cal Meier (minors).^[17]
• July 11, 1974: Chuck Brinkman was purchased by the Pirates from the Chicago White Sox.^[18]
• August 20, 1974: Juan Pizarro was signed by the Pirates.^[19]

Roster

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 28 Steve Blass 30 Ken Brett 44 Larry Demery 17 Dock Ellis 31 Dave Giusti 36 Ramón Hernández 56 Juan Jiménez 25 Bruce Kison 46 Jim Minshall 38 Bob Moose 12 John Morlan 32 Daryl Patterson 49 Juan Pizarro 41 Jerry Reuss 19 Jim Rooker 32 Jim Sadowski 50 Kent Tekulve		Catchers 45 Chuck Brinkman 34 Ken Macha  5 Mike Ryan 35 Manny Sanguillén Infielders 14 Kurt Bevacqua  3 Richie Hebner 14 Art Howe 23 Ed Kirkpatrick 11 Dal Maxvill 11 Mario Mendoza 24 Paul Popovich  7 Bob Robertson  6 Rennie Stennett 10 Frank Taveras		Outfielders 27 Dave Augustine 15 Gene Clines 37 Miguel Diloné 16 Al Oliver 27 Ed Ott 39 Dave Parker  8 Willie Stargell 22 Richie Zisk		Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 43 Don Leppert 42 Don Osborn  2 José Pagán  4 Bob Skinner

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	Manny Sanguillén	151	596	171	.287	7	68
1B	Bob Robertson	91	236	54	.229	16	48
2B	Rennie Stennett	157	673	196	.291	7	56
SS	Frank Taveras	126	333	82	.246	0	26
3B	Richie Hebner	146	550	160	.291	18	68
LF	Willie Stargell	140	508	153	.301	25	96
CF	Al Oliver	147	617	198	.321	11	85
RF	Richie Zisk	149	536	168	.313	17	100

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
Gene Clines	107	276	62	.225	0	14
Ed Kirkpatrick	116	271	67	.247	6	38
Dave Parker	73	220	62	.282	4	29
Mario Mendoza	91	163	36	.221	0	15
Paul Popovich	59	83	18	.217	0	5
Art Howe	29	74	18	.243	1	5
Mike Ryan	15	30	3	.100	0	0
Dal Maxvill	8	22	4	.182	0	0
Dave Augustine	18	22	4	.182	0	0
Chuck Brinkman	4	7	1	.143	0	1
Ken Macha	5	5	3	.600	0	1
Ed Ott	7	5	0	.000	0	0
Miguel Diloné	12	2	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 Rooker	33	262.2	15	11	2.78	139
Jerry Reuss	35	260.0	16	11	3.50	105
Ken Brett	27	191.0	13	19	3.90	96
Dock Ellis	26	176.2	12	9	3.16	91
Larry Demery	19	95.1	6	6	4.25	51
Bob Moose	7	35.2	1	5	7.57	15

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
Bruce Kison	40	129.0	9	8	3.49	71
Juan Pizarro	7	24.0	1	1	1.88	7

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
Dave Giusti	64	7	5	12	3.32	53
Ramón Hernández	58	5	2	2	2.75	33
John Morlan	39	0	3	0	4.29	38
Daryl Patterson	14	2	1	1	7.29	8
Kent Tekulve	8	1	1	0	6.00	6
Jim Minshall	5	0	1	0	0.00	3
Juan Jiménez	4	0	0	0	6.75	2
Jim Sadowski	4	0	1	0	6.00	1
Steve Blass	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1974 National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

• Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente Award
• Willie Stargell, Lou Gehrig Award

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Steve Demeter
AA	Thetford Mines Pirates	Eastern League	Tim Murtaugh
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Charleston Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Larry Sherry
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Ron Brand
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thetford Mines, Salem

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
2. Ken Brett at Baseball Almanac
3. Jerry Reuss at Baseball Almanac
4. Nelson Briles at Baseball Almanac
5. Luke Walker at Baseball Almanac
6. Bob Johnson at Baseball Almanac
7. Fred Breining at Baseball Reference
8. John Lamb at Baseball-Reference
9. Jackie Hernández at Baseball Almanac
10. Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference
11. Paul Popovich at Baseball Almanac
12. 1974 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
13. Dal Maxvill at Baseball Reference
14. Rod Scurry at Baseball Reference
15. Ed Whitson at Baseball Almanac
16. Mike Edwards at Baseball Reference
17. Kurt Bevacqua at Baseball Almanac
18. Chuck Brinkman at Baseball Reference
19. Juan Pizarro at Baseball Almanac

References

• 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• 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.