1974 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 82-80
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 903
Runs Allowed: 822
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 2,196,605
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 3rd in the American League
AA: 70-67, 6th in the American League
A: 63-74, 8th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Jim Spencer 26 154 601 111 197 21 3 17 89 6 3 51 51 .328 .380 .458 .838 99.3 18.4 2.8
SS  Dick Allen 32 156 551 109 167 39 6 31 110 28 3 87 122 .303 .396 .564 .960 119.2 24.1 5.6
C  Rico Carty 34 148 598 83 202 30 4 24 103 0 0 38 92 .338 .376 .522 .897 99.9 18.8 0.1
C #Bill Sudakis 28 147 498 98 126 27 3 22 94 2 1 92 86 .253 .366 .452 .818 85.5 14.1 8.4
2B  Ted Sizemore 29 132 535 65 152 16 1 2 38 7 3 27 19 .284 .322 .329 .651 53.2 5.3 3.9
3B  Lou Piniella 30 139 525 67 153 35 2 12 77 3 3 28 36 .291 .327 .434 .762 65.9 9.0 3.0
1B *Tony Solaita 27 136 421 82 113 19 0 27 82 0 1 81 94 .268 .385 .506 .891 79.8 14.1 2.2
CF *Ralph Garr 28 133 447 51 134 24 3 3 68 22 9 13 26 .300 .321 .387 .708 50.0 5.9 2.2
CF  Mickey Stanley 31 129 424 74 124 23 1 10 55 14 4 30 28 .292 .338 .422 .760 53.5 7.0 3.0
3B #Pete Rose 33 109 346 47 94 19 4 6 35 6 3 21 67 .272 .312 .402 .713 41.5 5.3 1.9
SS  Jose Cardenal 30 114 339 52 88 18 0 4 41 23 5 20 46 .260 .299 .348 .647 35.3 3.3 2.2
RF  Jerry Morales 25 69 169 21 32 7 0 4 26 1 1 19 12 .189 .270 .302 .572 15.2 0.4 0.7
LF  Cliff Cook 37 48 148 18 44 10 0 6 37 1 1 9 39 .297 .342 .486 .828 23.4 3.9 0.5
C  Thurman Munson 27 39 118 13 22 2 0 2 14 0 0 6 12 .186 .232 .254 .486 6.3 0.0 1.7
1B  Nate Colbert 28 30 49 12 10 0 0 4 8 0 1 10 16 .204 .350 .449 .799 8.2 1.1 0.2
  Team Totals 29.7 1683 5769 903 1658 290 27 174 877 113 38 532 746 .287 .347 .438 .785 836.3 130.8 38.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 2 1 3 8 3 2 5 3 9 3 1 4 2 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bob Moose 26 19 12 .613 38 38 0 284.0 319 129 20 102 138 4.09 19.4
 Reggie Cleveland 26 16 11 .593 34 34 0 268.3 268 113 26 79 119 3.79 20.3
 Joe Coleman 27 15 10 .600 36 36 0 267.7 263 129 26 101 195 4.34 16.5
 Danny Frisella 28 14 14 .500 34 34 0 224.7 218 138 31 106 189 5.53 7.5
 Bert Blyleven 23 6 7 .462 15 15 0 110.0 119 70 14 43 60 5.73 3.1
*Les Cain 26 2 1 .667 28 1 2 57.0 58 45 6 57 49 7.11 0.0
 Steve Renko 29 2 3 .400 12 4 0 51.3 52 27 5 19 17 4.73 2.6
 Joe Sparma 32 2 1 .667 22 0 1 48.0 56 39 5 35 42 7.31 0.0
*Jim Merritt 30 2 8 .200 32 0 3 36.0 50 29 13 10 14 7.25 0.0
 Ron Tompkins 29 2 6 .250 29 0 5 35.0 38 18 4 19 16 4.63 2.3
 Dick Selma 30 2 6 .250 33 0 14 34.3 32 15 4 10 22 3.93 5.1
 Jerry Cram 26 0 1 .000 26 0 0 31.3 48 37 8 15 17 10.63 0.0
Team Totals 27.7 82 80 .506 339 162 25 1447.6 1521 789 162 596 878 4.91 76.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 6 4 5 7 8 8 4 4 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 30.3
B.Sudakis 1186.3 134 135 723 71 7 0 .991 39.1
T.Munson 253.7 28 30 178 10 2 0 .989 29.2
R.Carty 7.7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1447.7 162 169 905 81 9 0 .991 37.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.49
T.Solaita 915.3 105 113 1074 86 7 112 .994 11.41
D.Allen 415.0 47 49 502 33 4 35 .993 11.60
N.Colbert 52.7 4 12 63 6 0 3 1.000 11.79
J.Cardenal 31.7 3 9 40 3 1 3 .977 12.22
P.Rose 23.0 3 3 28 3 0 1 1.000 12.13
B.Sudakis 10.0 0 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90
Team Total 1447.7 162 191 1718 131 12 154 .994 11.50
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.98
T.Sizemore 1115.3 132 132 229 481 11 92 .985 5.73
P.Rose 222.7 24 36 59 93 2 19 .987 6.14
J.Cardenal 89.0 6 22 23 43 1 8 .985 6.67
J.Spencer 14.7 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.07
J.Morales 6.0 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 200 313 624 14 119 .985 5.83
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
L.Piniella 1098.7 128 131 86 254 14 19 .960 2.79
J.Cardenal 208.0 24 26 15 47 0 4 1.000 2.68
P.Rose 72.3 6 14 4 15 1 0 .950 2.36
M.Stanley 41.0 4 8 5 13 0 0 1.000 3.95
B.Sudakis 14.7 0 8 0 9 1 1 .900 5.53
D.Allen 6.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Cook 4.4 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 2.05
Team Total 1445.1 162 194 110 342 17 24 .964 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.28
D.Allen 889.0 100 100 159 376 9 81 .983 5.42
M.Stanley 519.7 58 59 78 216 4 33 .987 5.09
J.Cardenal 37.0 4 4 10 19 0 2 1.000 7.05
P.Rose 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 164 247 612 13 116 .985 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.87
P.Rose 470.0 56 59 88 3 0 1 1.000 1.74
J.Morales 415.0 49 52 78 2 1 0 .988 1.73
C.Cook 119.5 15 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
M.Stanley 83.0 7 14 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.19
N.Colbert 59.0 5 10 11 1 1 1 .923 1.83
J.Cardenal 37.0 4 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
L.Piniella 24.0 1 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.63
D.Allen 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Garr 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Carty 2.3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 11.59
Team Total 1221.8 137 174 229 9 2 2 .992 1.75
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.41
R.Garr 1033.0 118 122 243 5 1 3 .996 2.16
J.Cardenal 332.7 38 40 84 1 3 0 .966 2.30
M.Stanley 62.0 6 12 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.02
J.Morales 15.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
J.Spencer 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
N.Colbert 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 183 340 7 4 3 .989 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.02
J.Spencer 1258.0 144 147 303 7 1 2 .997 2.22
C.Cook 213.1 28 28 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.82
M.Stanley 92.3 9 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
P.Rose 33.3 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
R.Garr 31.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16
L.Piniella 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Morales 9.7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.Cardenal 7.3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68
N.Colbert 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1657.8 190 208 386 8 1 2 .997 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.90
B.Moose 284.0 38 38 18 44 2 7 .969 1.96
R.Cleveland 268.3 34 34 19 45 4 5 .941 2.15
J.Coleman 267.7 36 36 15 33 1 3 .980 1.61
D.Frisella 224.7 34 34 7 36 0 1 1.000 1.72
B.Blyleven 110.0 15 15 5 14 1 0 .950 1.55
L.Cain 57.0 1 28 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.21
S.Renko 51.3 4 12 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.45
J.Sparma 48.0 0 22 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Merritt 36.0 0 32 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.50
R.Tompkins 35.0 0 29 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Selma 34.3 0 33 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.52
J.Cram 31.3 0 26 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.44
Team Total 1447.6 162 339 85 212 8 17 .974 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carty .338
On-Base Pct Allen .396
Slugging Pct Allen .564
OPS Allen .960
XR Allen 119.2
Games Allen 156
At-Bats Spencer 601
Runs Spencer 111
Hits Carty 202
Total Bases Carty 312
Singles Spencer 156
Doubles Allen 39
Triples Allen 6
Homeruns Allen 31
RBIs Allen 110
Stolen Bases Allen 28
Caught Stealing Garr 9
Walks Sudakis 92
Strikeouts Allen 122
ERA Cleveland 3.79
Wins Moose 19
Losses Frisella 14
Winning Pct Moose .613
Saves Selma 14
Games Pitched Moose 38
Games Started Moose 38
Complete Games Cleveland 14
Shutouts Cleveland 2
Innings Pitched Moose 284.0
Hits Allowed Moose 319
Homeruns Allowed Frisella 31
Strikeouts Coleman 195
Walks Allowed Frisella 106
Walks per 9IP Cleveland 2.6
Hits per 9IP Frisella 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Frisella 7.6
WHiP Cleveland 1.29
OAVG Coleman .254
OOBP Cleveland .317
OSLG Coleman .377
OOPS Coleman .701
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Rico Carty
Reggie Cleveland
Joe Coleman
Danny Frisella
Player Salaries
Rico Carty $ 18,231,000
Dick Allen $ 8,250,000
Cliff Cook $ 6,000,000
Joe Coleman $ 4,135,714
Pete Rose $ 3,000,000
Jerry Morales $ 2,142,857
Dick Selma $ 2,100,000
Danny Frisella $ 2,035,714
Jose Cardenal $ 2,000,000
Ted Sizemore $ 1,892,857
Jim Merritt $ 1,750,000
Joe Sparma $ 1,550,000
Grant Jackson $ 1,500,000
Lou Piniella $ 1,195,000
Mickey Stanley $ 1,100,000
Ralph Garr $ 950,000
Steve Renko $ 775,714
Roberto Rodriguez $ 480,000
Jim Roland $ 428,571
Marty Pattin $ 350,000
Nick Willhite $ 350,000
Bruce Look $ 350,000
Pat Jarvis $ 350,000
Ray Sadecki $ 350,000
Jose Santiago $ 350,000
Jerry Cram $ 350,000
Reggie Cleveland $ 300,000
Les Cain $ 300,000
Bert Blyleven $ 300,000
Nate Colbert $ 300,000
Thurman Munson $ 300,000
Tony Solaita $ 300,000
Jim Spencer $ 300,000
Bill Sudakis $ 300,000
Ron Tompkins $ 300,000
Bob Moose $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Dave Kingman Los Angeles Joe Coleman
Lou Piniella
3/3 Traded Charlie Williams San Diego Jim Roland
$15,000,000
3/3 Traded Gerry Arrigo Los Angeles Grant Jackson
4/2 Traded Don Sutton
Carlton Fisk
Boston (N) Thurman Munson
Jorge Orta
$5,000,000
7/1 Traded Sterling Slaughter Boston (N) Cliff Cook