1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 66-96
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 688
Runs Allowed: 837
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 759,527
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 8th in the National League
AA: 53-84, 10th in the National League
A: 87-50, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
3B  Mike Shannon 34 157 631 84 203 39 7 10 59 1 2 32 92 .322 .356 .453 .810 90.6 23.3 3.3
CF  Cleon Jones 31 155 602 79 175 27 5 9 55 7 2 28 102 .291 .323 .397 .720 69.3 13.0 3.2
LF  George Hendrick 24 152 570 65 142 44 0 13 66 0 0 36 99 .249 .292 .395 .687 59.9 8.9 0.9
3B  Jim Fregosi 32 144 548 71 143 27 7 12 82 5 5 42 125 .261 .314 .401 .716 62.5 10.5 5.6
1B  Billy Conigliaro 26 155 497 45 125 27 3 17 83 1 1 32 81 .252 .297 .421 .718 61.2 11.8 3.7
SS  Don Money 27 139 476 49 126 24 2 8 66 1 0 24 56 .265 .302 .374 .676 53.5 8.5 3.7
C *Ellie Hendricks 33 138 453 50 88 18 5 8 39 2 0 32 94 .194 .246 .309 .555 34.3 0.0 3.2
2B  Felix Millan 30 133 418 51 113 22 2 7 44 0 1 33 13 .270 .328 .383 .710 50.8 9.8 0.2
LF  George Foster 25 107 380 57 87 10 1 16 53 3 0 30 87 .229 .287 .387 .674 42.4 5.8 1.7
3B  Syd O'Brien 29 122 349 39 77 11 4 5 25 2 2 20 38 .221 .267 .318 .585 24.0 0.0 3.3
1B  Bill Robinson 31 99 300 39 82 23 2 7 38 0 0 17 58 .273 .312 .433 .745 38.3 8.0 0.3
RF *Dave Marshall 31 91 217 25 67 7 2 4 30 0 0 13 40 .309 .348 .415 .762 30.1 7.0 0.8
C *John Sullivan 33 33 89 11 22 4 0 0 3 0 0 7 16 .247 .302 .292 .594 8.2 1.1 0.7
RF  Buddy Bradford 29 35 81 14 24 6 0 0 9 0 0 8 13 .296 .359 .370 .729 11.1 2.4 0.4
1B *Tony Muser 26 23 32 7 6 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 5 .188 .229 .250 .479 2.3 0.0 0.1
2B  Doug Griffin 27 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1703 5644 688 1480 291 40 116 658 23 13 356 919 .262 .307 .390 .696 638.3 110.1 30.9
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 8 6 3 1 8 9 10 1 10 9 7 10 7 8 9  
* - 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
 Milt Wilcox 24 14 17 .452 37 37 0 289.0 305 131 20 104 134 4.08 15.0
 Charlie Hough 26 12 20 .375 36 36 0 266.3 285 149 26 143 160 5.04 7.4
 Catfish Hunter 28 14 14 .500 33 33 0 252.7 286 128 33 70 131 4.56 10.5
 Doug Bird 24 6 17 .261 28 28 0 198.7 243 106 22 44 88 4.80 5.4
 Jim Bibby 29 6 15 .286 28 28 0 190.7 209 114 24 107 86 5.38 2.4
 Roric Harrison 27 9 5 .643 64 0 14 90.3 97 39 5 43 34 3.89 8.4
 Jerry Robertson 30 5 7 .417 55 0 7 80.0 89 32 9 37 50 3.60 6.4
 Ed Sukla 31 0 1 .000 20 0 0 30.7 30 19 5 12 8 5.58 0.4
 Tom Phoebus 32 0 0 .000 14 0 1 23.3 37 17 5 20 5 6.56 0.0
 Buddy Harris 25 0 0 .000 3 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 2 1 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 27.6 66 96 .407 318 162 22 1427.6 1585 735 149 582 697 4.63 56.9
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 8 9 10 9 8 9 9 10 10  
* - 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 .991 35.3
E.Hendricks 1208.7 138 138 609 54 10 3 .985 30.3
J.Sullivan 219.0 24 31 127 14 3 0 .979 31.6
Team Total 1427.7 162 169 736 68 13 3 .984 30.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.59
G.Hendrick 1252.0 148 149 1517 96 16 147 .990 11.60
T.Muser 90.7 7 22 103 7 0 10 1.000 10.92
B.Robinson 63.0 7 10 65 2 1 6 .985 9.57
B.Conigliaro 8.0 0 3 11 0 0 2 1.000 12.38
M.Shannon 5.0 0 2 6 0 2 1 .750 10.80
J.Fregosi 4.0 0 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
J.Sullivan 3.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
C.Jones 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1427.7 162 191 1714 107 19 168 .990 11.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.79
M.Shannon 1258.7 143 150 274 544 16 122 .981 5.85
S.O'Brien 107.0 13 18 28 47 3 11 .962 6.31
F.Millan 57.0 6 7 12 16 0 7 1.000 4.42
D.Griffin 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1427.7 162 179 315 609 19 140 .980 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.99
D.Money 789.7 90 94 50 199 10 19 .961 2.84
S.O'Brien 629.0 72 77 46 163 11 14 .950 2.99
M.Shannon 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Fregosi 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Griffin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 162 176 96 363 21 33 .956 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
J.Fregosi 1206.3 138 138 175 509 25 95 .965 5.10
S.O'Brien 113.3 12 14 21 56 1 15 .987 6.11
D.Money 95.0 11 11 15 46 1 7 .984 5.78
F.Millan 8.0 1 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63
D.Marshall 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Griffin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 162 166 211 617 27 117 .968 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.91
G.Foster 890.7 102 104 187 6 5 2 .975 1.95
D.Money 189.7 22 23 53 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
D.Marshall 160.0 18 21 33 2 1 2 .972 1.97
C.Jones 99.7 11 12 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Robinson 46.0 6 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
B.Conigliaro 15.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
B.Bradford 14.7 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
S.O'Brien 11.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
G.Hendrick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.6 162 180 309 9 6 4 .981 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.45
B.Conigliaro 1240.7 150 152 387 4 10 1 .975 2.84
D.Marshall 106.0 6 37 25 1 1 1 .963 2.21
B.Bradford 48.0 5 9 15 0 1 0 .938 2.81
B.Robinson 20.0 1 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
G.Hendrick 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Foster 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
C.Jones 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 162 215 441 5 12 2 .974 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.01
C.Jones 1166.0 134 138 303 8 0 4 1.000 2.40
D.Marshall 123.3 14 18 29 0 2 0 .935 2.12
B.Bradford 112.0 13 16 30 0 1 0 .968 2.41
B.Robinson 20.0 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Shannon 5.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07
B.Conigliaro 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 162 181 371 8 3 4 .992 2.39
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
M.Wilcox 289.0 37 37 19 45 1 5 .985 1.99
C.Hough 266.3 36 36 11 47 4 4 .935 1.96
C.Hunter 252.7 33 33 17 37 2 4 .964 1.92
D.Bird 198.7 28 28 15 26 0 3 1.000 1.86
J.Bibby 190.7 28 28 7 43 0 5 1.000 2.36
R.Harrison 90.3 0 64 6 18 2 2 .923 2.39
J.Robertson 80.0 0 55 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.24
E.Sukla 30.7 0 20 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.05
T.Phoebus 23.3 0 14 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.47
B.Harris 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.6 162 318 83 235 9 25 .972 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shannon .322
On-Base Pct Shannon .356
Slugging Pct Shannon .453
OPS Shannon .810
XR Shannon 90.6
Games Shannon 157
At-Bats Shannon 631
Runs Shannon 84
Hits Shannon 203
Total Bases Shannon 286
Singles Shannon 147
Doubles Hendrick 44
Triples Fregosi, Shannon 7
Homeruns Conigliaro 17
RBIs Conigliaro 83
Stolen Bases Jones 7
Caught Stealing Fregosi 5
Walks Fregosi 42
Strikeouts Fregosi 125
ERA Wilcox 4.08
Wins Hunter, Wilcox 14
Losses Hough 20
Winning Pct Hunter .500
Saves Harrison 14
Games Pitched Harrison 64
Games Started Wilcox 37
Complete Games Hunter 14
Shutouts Hunter, Wilcox 1
Innings Pitched Wilcox 289.0
Hits Allowed Wilcox 305
Homeruns Allowed Hunter 33
Strikeouts Hough 160
Walks Allowed Hough 143
Walks per 9IP Bird 2.0
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Hough 5.4
WHiP Hunter 1.41
OAVG Wilcox .270
OOBP Hunter .330
OSLG Wilcox .385
OOPS Wilcox .719
Team All-Stars
Mike Shannon
Player Salaries
Jim Fregosi $ 6,184,739
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Felix Millan $ 1,800,000
Cleon Jones $ 1,500,000
Catfish Hunter $ 1,034,286
Jim Bibby $ 300,000
Doug Bird $ 300,000
Buddy Bradford $ 300,000
Billy Conigliaro $ 300,000
George Foster $ 300,000
John Sullivan $ 300,000
Doug Griffin $ 300,000
Buddy Harris $ 300,000
Roric Harrison $ 300,000
Charlie Hough $ 300,000
George Hendrick $ 300,000
Jerry Robertson $ 300,000
Ed Sukla $ 300,000
Milt Wilcox $ 300,000
Dave Marshall $ 300,000
Bill Robinson $ 300,000
Don Money $ 300,000
Tony Muser $ 300,000
Syd O'Brien $ 300,000
Tom Phoebus $ 300,000
Ellie Hendricks $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Nolan Ryan Boston (A) Ossie Blanco
2/1 Traded Joe Moeller
George Culver
Joe Niekro
New York (N) Steve Shea
3/3 Traded Bobby Bonds Montreal Doug Bird
John Montefusco
Milt Wilcox
George Hendrick
4/2 Traded Johnny Bench Colorado Mike Adams
4/2 Traded Amos Otis
Rick Reuschel
Los Angeles Doug Decinces
5/1 Signed     John Sullivan