1974 New York (N) Giants
Record: 80-82
Finish: 4th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 683
Runs Allowed: 748
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,692,156
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 1st in the National League
AA: 86-51, 1st in the National League
A: 55-82, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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
SS  Mike Andrews 30 158 593 90 159 44 1 9 48 0 0 94 69 .268 .369 .391 .760 86.5 16.0 5.1
DH *Bernie Carbo 26 155 563 69 143 39 1 20 79 0 0 80 106 .254 .346 .433 .779 82.2 14.2 1.2
SS  Bill Melton 28 156 509 62 118 27 1 17 62 0 0 47 63 .232 .298 .389 .687 57.5 6.0 4.5
3B  Bob Oliver 31 155 529 57 123 22 4 17 63 2 3 27 131 .233 .269 .386 .654 51.0 2.7 6.5
3B  Ron Cey 26 129 482 59 125 18 3 19 65 0 0 51 94 .259 .333 .427 .760 65.8 10.3 1.3
C *Milt May 23 127 454 71 148 20 3 9 46 2 1 27 21 .326 .364 .443 .806 65.4 13.0 5.8
CF *Leron Lee 26 133 462 51 127 44 3 11 68 1 2 18 69 .275 .302 .455 .757 57.2 9.6 3.6
3B *Dan Driessen 22 122 423 61 112 24 2 9 43 6 1 55 42 .265 .349 .395 .743 59.0 10.5 4.1
C  Joe Torre 33 96 351 35 88 16 2 10 49 1 1 22 56 .251 .299 .393 .692 40.8 5.1 2.1
C  Don Pavletich 35 76 227 21 47 10 0 8 30 0 2 12 47 .207 .248 .357 .605 18.6 0.0 4.1
LF *Len Gabrielson 34 72 210 31 55 9 1 5 21 1 0 18 30 .262 .317 .386 .703 26.0 3.8 1.5
LF  Angel Mangual 27 68 203 22 46 8 3 3 16 2 1 6 29 .227 .249 .340 .589 15.4 0.0 1.8
LF  Tommy Davis 35 57 158 12 35 5 1 3 15 1 0 8 30 .222 .263 .323 .586 13.0 0.2 0.6
RF *Larry Stahl 33 44 141 12 42 5 1 1 22 7 3 3 17 .298 .310 .369 .679 15.1 1.8 1.2
CF #Jerry Hairston 22 34 89 14 26 8 1 2 16 0 0 16 9 .292 .400 .472 .872 15.8 3.4 0.3
1B *Lou Klimchock 34 36 66 3 18 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 8 .273 .314 .318 .632 6.0 0.5 0.5
SS *Ed Goodson 26 23 65 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .169 .191 .200 .391 2.0 0.0 0.7
3B *Bill Sorrell 33 12 39 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 .256 .268 .308 .576 3.1 0.0 0.3
SS  Phil Garner 25 23 16 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 .313 .389 .313 .701 2.4 0.3 0.2
C  Jerry Grote 31 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1.0 0.3 0.0
P #Dick Estelle 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 1682 5586 683 1440 305 28 143 663 24 14 493 847 .258 .318 .399 .717 683.7 97.7 45.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 9 9 1 3 5 7 9 2 8 6 8 8 5 6 7  
* - 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
 Joe Moeller 31 12 21 .364 37 37 0 295.7 302 123 33 38 213 3.74 22.3
*Jon Matlack 24 14 17 .452 35 35 0 286.3 279 134 31 94 180 4.21 19.7
*Jerry Reuss 25 11 13 .458 35 35 0 261.0 275 130 18 77 132 4.48 14.8
 Steve Stone 26 11 13 .458 28 28 0 200.3 243 114 25 98 105 5.12 7.2
 Joe Niekro 29 6 3 .667 20 11 0 100.7 96 42 7 43 44 3.76 8.9
 Chris Zachary 30 12 6 .667 58 0 11 99.0 94 44 7 55 46 4.00 11.1
 Eduardo Rodriguez 22 6 2 .750 11 11 0 81.0 71 22 6 19 38 2.44 10.4
*Luke Walker 30 5 5 .500 28 5 6 57.7 74 41 6 38 31 6.40 0.0
 Jim McAndrew 30 0 2 .000 20 0 1 29.0 32 12 5 8 15 3.72 1.8
*Dick Estelle 32 3 0 1.000 16 9 2 20.7 22 18 4 15 19 7.84 0.0
 Pete Mikkelsen 34 0 0 .000 5 0 0 7.0 9 7 1 4 4 9.00 0.0
 Adrian Devine 22 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 27.9 80 82 .494 294 171 20 1440.6 1500 687 143 489 828 4.29 96.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 9 7 9 5 6 5 3 6 6  
* - 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
M.May 930.3 100 117 547 37 5 1 .992 30.2
D.Pavletich 511.0 62 65 324 31 0 4 1.000 47.6
J.Torre 273.7 30 31 163 14 1 0 .994 42.9
Team Total 1715.0 192 213 1034 82 6 5 .995 36.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.59
R.Cey 876.7 99 100 1028 70 10 99 .991 11.27
J.Torre 310.6 35 35 344 20 3 32 .992 10.55
L.Gabrielson 58.0 7 7 65 4 0 8 1.000 10.71
J.Hairston 40.0 5 5 45 0 1 3 .978 10.13
L.Klimchock 5.3 0 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 15.20
M.May 4.7 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.73
L.Stahl 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
D.Pavletich 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1299.6 146 153 1497 95 14 142 .991 11.03
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.79
M.Andrews 1309.3 146 152 272 526 22 118 .973 5.49
L.Klimchock 84.0 10 12 11 37 0 6 1.000 5.14
E.Goodson 41.0 5 7 9 17 0 3 1.000 5.71
P.Garner 5.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Cey 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 174 293 583 22 127 .976 5.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.99
D.Driessen 1011.0 116 122 78 271 19 21 .948 3.11
R.Cey 215.7 24 26 14 47 5 8 .924 2.55
B.Sorrell 94.0 11 12 3 22 0 3 1.000 2.39
L.Gabrielson 42.0 5 6 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.36
E.Goodson 32.0 4 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.94
P.Garner 31.3 2 11 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.72
L.Klimchock 9.3 0 4 0 2 1 0 .667 1.93
B.Melton 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Torre 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.4 162 188 101 369 25 35 .949 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
B.Oliver 1278.7 148 151 190 494 14 88 .980 4.81
E.Goodson 93.7 11 11 13 22 2 8 .946 3.36
L.Klimchock 39.0 2 15 4 14 0 2 1.000 4.15
B.Melton 12.0 0 5 7 6 1 2 .929 9.75
P.Garner 10.0 1 2 2 7 0 2 1.000 8.10
M.Andrews 8.0 0 3 2 5 0 0 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1441.3 162 187 218 548 17 102 .978 4.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.91
L.Lee 449.7 53 56 102 3 2 0 .981 2.10
B.Carbo 421.7 47 50 94 2 2 1 .980 2.05
L.Gabrielson 315.3 36 36 91 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
T.Davis 201.7 23 27 42 2 3 2 .936 1.96
J.Hairston 49.0 3 8 12 0 2 0 .857 2.20
L.Stahl 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1441.3 162 180 342 7 9 3 .975 2.18
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.45
L.Lee 600.7 68 71 173 2 1 1 .994 2.62
A.Mangual 511.0 59 63 146 1 6 0 .961 2.59
L.Stahl 298.0 35 41 86 2 1 2 .989 2.66
J.Hairston 13.7 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
B.Melton 13.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.Davis 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 193 410 5 8 3 .981 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.01
B.Melton 1273.3 149 150 306 14 1 5 .997 2.26
L.Gabrielson 51.7 3 15 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.74
J.Hairston 51.0 6 6 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.47
T.Davis 45.3 4 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
L.Klimchock 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Carbo 7.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Stahl 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Oliver 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Mangual 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 192 341 16 1 7 .997 2.23
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
J.Moeller 295.7 37 37 25 34 0 3 1.000 1.80
J.Matlack 286.3 35 35 21 49 2 5 .972 2.20
J.Reuss 261.0 35 35 10 49 2 2 .967 2.03
S.Stone 200.3 28 28 15 25 2 3 .952 1.80
J.Niekro 100.7 11 20 4 22 0 2 1.000 2.32
C.Zachary 99.0 0 58 3 18 0 2 1.000 1.91
E.Rodriguez 81.0 11 11 5 16 0 0 1.000 2.33
L.Walker 57.7 5 28 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.09
J.McAndrew 29.0 0 20 1 3 1 0 .800 1.24
D.Estelle 20.7 9 16 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.31
P.Mikkelsen 7.0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
A.Devine 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.6 171 294 86 224 8 17 .975 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average May .318
On-Base Pct Andrews .369
Slugging Pct Lee .436
OPS May .786
XR Andrews 86.5
Games Andrews 158
At-Bats Andrews 593
Runs Andrews 90
Hits Andrews 159
Total Bases Carbo 244
Singles May 116
Doubles Andrews, Lee 44
Triples Oliver 4
Homeruns Carbo 20
RBIs Carbo 79
Stolen Bases Stahl 7
Caught Stealing Oliver, Stahl 3
Walks Andrews 94
Strikeouts Oliver 131
ERA Moeller 3.74
Wins Matlack 14
Losses Moeller 21
Winning Pct Zachary .667
Saves Zachary 11
Games Pitched Zachary 58
Games Started Moeller 37
Complete Games Matlack, Moeller 21
Shutouts Moeller 4
Innings Pitched Moeller 295.7
Hits Allowed Moeller 302
Homeruns Allowed Moeller 33
Strikeouts Moeller 213
Walks Allowed Stone 98
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.2
Hits per 9IP Matlack 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Moeller 6.5
WHiP Moeller 1.15
OAVG Matlack .252
OOBP Moeller .286
OSLG Reuss .392
OOPS Moeller .703
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,000,000
Mike Andrews $ 4,300,000
Bob Oliver $ 3,500,000
Jerry Reuss $ 3,400,000
Bernie Carbo $ 3,300,000
Luke Walker $ 3,003,003
Chris Zachary $ 2,034,034
Tommy Davis $ 1,400,000
Dick Estelle $ 1,015,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 860,000
Jim McAndrew $ 650,000
Woodie Fryman $ 400,000
Don Pavletich $ 360,000
Dooley Womack $ 350,000
Joe Niekro $ 350,000
Jon Matlack $ 300,000
Ed Goodson $ 300,000
Adrian Devine $ 300,000
Dan Driessen $ 300,000
Ron Cey $ 300,000
Phil Garner $ 300,000
Jerry Grote $ 300,000
Jerry Hairston $ 300,000
Bruce Kison $ 300,000
Lou Klimchock $ 300,000
Angel Mangual $ 300,000
Milt May $ 300,000
Bill Melton $ 300,000
Eduardo Rodriguez $ 300,000
Larry Stahl $ 300,000
Steve Stone $ 300,000
Leron Lee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Steve Shea Pittsburgh Joe Moeller
George Culver
Joe Niekro
2/2 Signed     Jim Mcandrew
2/2 Signed     Woodie Fryman
2/10 Signed     Joe Torre
2/10 Signed     Chris Zachary
2/13 Traded Frank Carpin
Lou Brock
Larry Brown
Chuck Schilling
Rick Waits
Los Angeles Mike Andrews
2/13 Traded Lou Clinton Los Angeles Mike Wegener
4/2 Traded Jim Dwyer
Dave Rosello
Dick Ellsworth
Jim Kaat
Toronto Bernie Carbo
4/2 Signed     Larry Stahl
5/1 Signed     Jim Tyrone
6/1 Signed     Mike Lee
6/1 Signed     Ron Davis
7/31 Released Jose Arcia    
7/31 Released Don Shaw    
7/31 Released Steve Blass    
7/31 Released Mike Wegener    
7/31 Released Juan Rios    
7/31 Released Bill Gilbreth    
7/31 Traded Joe Torre Washington Rick Burleson
Rich Troedson
7/31 Traded Len Gabrielson
Ron Cash
Minnesota Dick Estelle
$700,000
7/31 Signed     Bruce Kison
10/31 Released George Culver    
10/31 Released Bill Sorrell