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1974 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	1974
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Royals Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Ewing Kauffman
general_managers	Cedric Tallis, Joe Burke
managers	Jack McKeon (second season)
television	KBMA
radio	KMBZ
(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White)

(Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White) |}} The 1974 Kansas City Royals season was their sixth in Major League Baseball. The Royals finished fifth in the American League West at 77–85, 13 games behind the Oakland Athletics. Pitcher Steve Busby set a single-season franchise record with 22 victories.

Offseason

October 24, 1973: Dick Drago was traded by the Royals to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Pattin.
December 7, 1973: Lou Piniella and Ken Wright were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel. Baseball author Bill James called the trade the only clinker the Royals made during the 1970s.
January 9, 1974: Mark Souza was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 30, 1974: Paul Schaal was traded by the Royals to the California Angels for Richie Scheinblum.
June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
- Willie Wilson was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (18th pick).
- Scott Sanderson was drafted by the Royals in the 11th round, but did not sign.
June 11, 1974: Doug Corbett was signed by the Royals as an amateur free agent.
August 6, 1974: Orlando Cepeda signed as a free agent by the Royals.
September 27, 1974: Orlando Cepeda was released by the Royals.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1974 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	Fran Healy	139	445	112	.252	9	53
1B	John Mayberry	126	427	100	.234	22	69
2B	Cookie Rojas	144	542	147	.271	6	60
SS	Freddie Patek	149	537	121	.225	3	38
3B		133	457	129	.282	2	47
LF	Jim Wohlford	143	501	136	.271	2	44
CF	Amos Otis	146	552	157	.284	12	73
RF	Vada Pinson	115	406	112	.276	6	41
DH	Hal McRae	148	539	167	.310	15	88

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
Al Cowens	110	269	65	.242	1	25
Howard Gold	96	239	64	.268	11	30
Frank White	99	204	45	.221	1	18
Buck Martinez	43	107	23	.215	1	8
Orlando Cepeda	33	107	23	.215	1	18
Kurt Bevacqua	39	90	19	.211	0	3
	36	83	15	.181	0	2
Paul Schaal	12	34	6	.176	1	4
Fernando González	9	21	3	.143	0	2
Dennis Paepke	6	12	2	.167	0	0
Bobby Floyd	10	9	1	.111	0	0
Rick Reichardt	1	1	1	1.000	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
	38	292.1	22	14	3.39	198
Paul Splittorff	36	226.0	13	19	4.10	90
Al Fitzmorris	34	190.0	13	6	2.79	53
	31	175.1	8	10	3.13	96
	17	103.0	5	7	4.02	41

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
	25	117.1	3	7	3.99	50
Dennis Leonard	5	22.0	0	4	5.32	8
Aurelio López	8	16.0	0	0	5.63	5

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
	55	7	6	10	2.73	62
	38	1	4	1	3.46	47
Steve Mingori	36	2	3	2	2.81	43
Joe Hoerner	30	2	3	2	3.82	24
Gene Garber	17	1	2	1	4.82	14

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

John Mayberry, 1B, Reserve
Cookie Rojas, 2B, Resserve
Steve Busby, Pitcher, Injured, Did not play

Farm system

Notes

References

1974 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1974 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago] at ''Baseball Reference''
(1986). "The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987". [[Ballantine Books]].
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/souzama01.shtml Mark Souza] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schaapa01.shtml Paul Schaal] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsowi02.shtml Willie Wilson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandesc01.shtml Scott Sanderson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/corbedo01.shtml Doug Corbett] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cepedor01.shtml Orlando Cepeda] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/1974.shtml 1974 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster] ''Baseball-Reference.com''

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