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1974 Chicago Cubs
1974 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	John Holland
Managers	Whitey Lockman, Jim Marshall
Television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Radio	WGN; (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

The 1974 Chicago Cubs season was the 103rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 99th in the National League and the 59th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 66–96.

Offseason

October 25, 1973: Ferguson Jenkins was traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers for Bill Madlock and Vic Harris.^[1]
November 3, 1973: Bob Locker was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Horacio Piña.^[2]
November 7, 1973: Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Morales.^[3]
December 11, 1973: Ron Santo was traded by the Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Stone, Ken Frailing, and Steve Swisher and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Kremmel to the Cubs on December 18.^[4]
March 19, 1974: Ken Rudolph was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Prall.^[5]

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	—

April 1, 1974: Paul Popovich was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom Dettore and cash.^[7]
June 5, 1974: George Riley was drafted by the Cubs in the 4th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.^[8]
June 17, 1974: Oscar Zamora was purchased by the Cubs from the Houston Astros.^[9]
July 28, 1974: Horacio Piña was traded by the Cubs to the California Angels for Rick Stelmaszek.^[2]

1974 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Steve Swisher	90	280	60	.214	5	27
1B	Andre Thornton	107	303	79	.261	10	46
2B	Vic Harris	62	200	39	.195	0	11
3B	Bill Madlock	128	453	142	.313	9	54
SS	Don Kessinger	153	599	155	.259	1	42
LF	Jerry Morales	151	534	146	.273	15	82
CF	Rick Monday	142	538	158	.294	20	58
RF	José Cardenal	143	542	159	.293	13	72

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
Billy Williams	117	404	113	.280	16	68
George Mitterwald	78	215	54	.251	7	28
Carmen Fanzone	65	158	30	.190	4	22
Dave Rosello	62	148	30	.203	0	10
Chris Ward	92	137	28	.204	1	15
Billy Grabarkewitz	53	125	31	.248	1	12
Pete LaCock	35	110	20	.182	1	8
Rob Sperring	42	107	22	.206	1	5
Jim Tyrone	57	81	15	.185	3	3
Ron Dunn	23	68	20	.294	2	15
Matt Alexander	45	54	11	.204	0	0
Rick Stelmaszek	25	44	10	.227	1	7
Tom Lundstedt	22	32	3	.094	0	0
Gene Hiser	12	17	4	.235	0	1
Gonzalo Márquez	11	11	0	.000	0	0
Adrian Garrett	10	8	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Bonham	44	242.2	11	22	3.86	191
Rick Reuschel	41	240.2	13	12	4.30	160

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Burt Hooton	48	176.1	7	11	4.80	94
Steve Stone	38	169.2	8	6	4.14	90
Ken Frailing	55	125.1	6	9	3.88	71
Jim Todd	43	88.0	4	2	3.89	42
Ray Burris	40	75.0	3	5	6.60	40
Tom Dettore	16	64.2	3	5	4.18	43

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Oscar Zamora	56	3	9	10	3.12	38
Dave LaRoche	49	5	6	5	4.79	49
Horacio Piña	34	3	4	4	3.99	32
Jim Kremmel	23	0	2	0	5.23	22
Herb Hutson	20	0	2	0	3.45	22
Mike Paul	2	0	1	0	27.00	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Wichita Aeros	American Association	Mike Roarke
AA	Midland Cubs	Texas League	Walt Dixon
A	Key West Conchs	Florida State League	Jack Mull and Q. V. Lowe
Rookie	GCL Cubs	Gulf Coast League	Jack Mull

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Cubs

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.
1974 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference