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APRIL 1974
1974 Teams
Atlanta Braves Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox California Angels Chicago White Sox Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Houston Astros Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins Montreal Expos New York Yankees New York Mets Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals Texas Rangers
IN THE NEWS :Pedro Guerrero .
IN THE NEWS :Riverfront Stadium , in his first swing of the season, Hank Aaron hits a 3-run home run off Jack Billingham as the Braves lose to the Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. It comes on a 3–1 pitch. It is home run 714 for Aaron to tie him with the Babe and Hank is greeted by Bowie Kuhn and Vice-president Gerald Ford. The Reds, trailing 6–2 in the 8th, get a 3-run homer from Tony Perez , tie in the 9th on an RBI-double from Rose, and win it in the 11th when Rose scampers home from 2B on a wild pitch by Buzz Capra .
IN THE NEWS :Comiskey Park . The Angels beat the White Sox 8–2. Despite handing out 10 walks, Nolan Ryan is the winner over Wilbur Wood , with help from Leron Stanton, who homers. For Wood, it is the first of his AL high 42 starts, the 3rd of four years in a row the knuckler will lead in that category.
IN THE NEWS :Shea Stadium before a crowd of 20,744. 12-year-old Teddy Kennedy, Jr., flanked by his father and Mayor Abe Beame, tosses out the first ball. Missing from the ceremony is George Steinbrenner , indicted two days ago for illegal campaign contributions. Graig Nettles ' two-run homer in the 4th off the Indians Gaylord Perry opens the scoring and the Yanks score four more times to win, 6–1. Charlie Spikes scores the only Cleveland run in the 9th following a triple off starter and winner Mel Stottlemyre . Perry, who is warned once for an illegal pitch, is the loser today, but he will win his next 15 decisions.
The Twins set a team record for runs, rolling over the Royals, 23–6. twenty of the runs are earned.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 6, 1974Cincinnati Reds 7, Atlanta Braves 5 at Riverfront Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Diego Padres 0 at Dodger Stadium Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 4 at Veteran's Stadium San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2 at Candlestick Park St. Louis Cardinals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Busch Stadium II Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Memorial Stadium California Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at Comiskey Park I Kansas City Royals 23, Minnesota Twins 6 at Royals Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 5, Boston Red Sox 4 at County Stadium New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 1 at Shea Stadium Texas Rangers 2, Oakland Athletics 0 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 7, 1974Atlanta Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Riverfront Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 9, San Diego Padres 2 at Dodger Stadium New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 4 at Candlestick Park Baltimore Orioles 5, Detroit Tigers 1 at Memorial Stadium Detroit Tigers 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Memorial Stadium California Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 4 at Comiskey Park I New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 1 at Shea Stadium Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 4 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Henry Aaron parks an Al Downing pitch in the left-CF stands for career home run 715, breaking Ruth's once thought to be unapproachable record. With former teammate Eddie Mathews watching as Braves manager, that makes 1,227 home runs for just two players. After Downing walks the next two batters, Mike Marshall makes his first appearance as a Dodger, and the first of a record 106 appearances this year. As noted by Dave Smith, the Dodgers are wearing black arm bands this game (and for the next few) in memory of Ken McMullen 's wife, who died just before the season started.
IN THE NEWS :Ray Kroc , watching his team losing their 4th straight, 9–2, in their home opener, takes to the public address system in the 8th inning: "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you. . . . I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life." While he is speaking a streaker runs across the field. San Diego scores three but loses to Houston 9-5. Hearing of the incident, Commissioner Kuhn will make Kroc apologize to the fans.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 10, 1974Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Atlanta Braves 0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6 at Wrigley Field New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Shea Stadium Montreal Expos 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 at Three Rivers Stadium Houston Astros 9, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Candlestick Park California Angels 4, Texas Rangers 3 at Anaheim Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 6, Cleveland Indians 4 at Cleveland Stadium Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 1 at Royals Stadium Minnesota Twins 6, Chicago White Sox 5 at Metropolitan Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
BORN ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH » Trot Nixon in Durham, NC
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 11, 1974Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Philadelphia Phillies 4, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 7 at Shea Stadium St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium Montreal Expos 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium Houston Astros 9, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium Baltimore Orioles 7, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park California Angels 11, Texas Rangers 8 at Anaheim Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 7, Cleveland Indians 6 at Cleveland Stadium Detroit Tigers 4, New York Yankees 1 at Tiger Stadium Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 4 at Metropolitan Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Robin Yount , 18, collects his first ML hit for the Brewers during a 5–3 loss to the Orioles. Tomorrow, Yount will get his 2nd hit against the O's—a game-winning home run.
In Atlanta, the Reds roll over the Braves, 14–2. Merv Rettenmund hits a 2nd inning grand slam off vet Jack Aker .
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 13, 1974Atlanta Braves 10, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Chicago Cubs 7, Montreal Expos 4 at Wrigley Field Montreal Expos 13, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Three Rivers Stadium San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 1 at Fenway Park Chicago White Sox 5, California Angels 4 at Anaheim Stadium Cleveland Indians 8, New York Yankees 5 at Cleveland Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at County Stadium Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 5 at Metropolitan Stadium Texas Rangers 10, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Graig Nettles blasts four home runs during a doubleheader split with his former team, the Indians. The Yanks win 9–5, then lose 6–9. Nettles will go on to tie the major-league record with 11 home runs in the month of April.
In the 8th inning of Detroit's 1–0 win over the Red Sox, Willie Horton mortally wounds a pigeon with a foul fly directly over home plate in Fenway Park . The pigeon lands at the feet of C Bob Montgomery . On the next pitch Horton grounds a single to LF. Joe Coleman is the shutout victor.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 14, 1974Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Houston Astros 2 at Astrodome Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Mets 1 at Shea Stadium Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Three Rivers Stadium St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Three Rivers Stadium San Diego Padres 6, San Francisco Giants 5 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 5 at Fenway Park California Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 3 at Anaheim Stadium New York Yankees 9, Cleveland Indians 5 at Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Indians 9, New York Yankees 6 at Cleveland Stadium Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 0 at Metropolitan Stadium Oakland Athletics 4, Texas Rangers 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Texas Rangers 10, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 16, 1974Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 5 at Wrigley Field Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Riverfront Stadium Houston Astros 4, San Francisco Giants 0 at Astrodome Montreal Expos 4, New York Mets 1 at Parc Jarry Philadelphia Phillies 10, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Veteran's Stadium Minnesota Twins 6, California Angels 0 at Anaheim Stadium Cleveland Indians 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at County Stadium New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 1 at Shea Stadium Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 2 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :George Mitterwald hits a double and three home runs, including a grand slam, driving in eight runs in an 18–9 win over the Pirates at Wrigley Field . The 14 total bases is a club record.
Cleveland's Gaylord Perry pitches 15 strong innings against Milwaukee and departs with the game tied 4–4. Former Brewer Ken Sanders come on and gives up a home run in the 16th to the Brewers' Bobby Coluccio.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 17, 1974San Diego Padres 6, Atlanta Braves 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Chicago Cubs 18, Pittsburgh Pirates 9 at Wrigley Field Los Angeles Dodgers 14, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 2 at Astrodome Montreal Expos 7, New York Mets 4 at Parc Jarry Philadelphia Phillies 12, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Veteran's Stadium California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 3 at Anaheim Stadium Baltimore Orioles 6, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 5, Cleveland Indians 4 at County Stadium Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 3 at Shea Stadium Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Texas Rangers 4, Kansas City Royals 2 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Walt 'No Neck' Williams and pitchers Ed Farmer and Rick Sawyer from the Tigers for C Gerry Moses . Moses had come to New York in the Graig Nettles trade.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 19, 1974Cincinnati Reds 8, San Diego Padres 4 at Riverfront Stadium Houston Astros 8, Atlanta Braves 2 at Astrodome San Francisco Giants 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Dodger Stadium Philadelphia Phillies 9, Chicago Cubs 2 at Veteran's Stadium Montreal Expos 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Busch Stadium II Baltimore Orioles 5, New York Yankees 3 at Memorial Stadium Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 3 at Fenway Park Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 4 at Comiskey Park I Oakland Athletics 5, California Angels 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Texas Rangers 10, Minnesota Twins 2 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Riverfront Stadium , the Big Red Machine rolls over the Padres, 11–0. The Reds will win the opener tomorrow over the Giants 10–1, before losing the nitecap.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 20, 1974Cincinnati Reds 11, San Diego Padres 0 at Riverfront Stadium Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 2 at Dodger Stadium New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Shea Stadium Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Veteran's Stadium St. Louis Cardinals 10, Montreal Expos 4 at Busch Stadium II New York Yankees 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Memorial Stadium Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 4 at Fenway Park Kansas City Royals 7, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park I Milwaukee Brewers 3, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium Oakland Athletics 7, California Angels 6 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Texas Rangers 1, Minnesota Twins 0 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 21, 1974Cincinnati Reds 10, San Diego Padres 1 at Riverfront Stadium San Diego Padres 7, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Riverfront Stadium Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 3 at Astrodome San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Dodger Stadium Pittsburgh Pirates 7, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 3 at Veteran's Stadium Montreal Expos 9, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Busch Stadium II Baltimore Orioles 6, New York Yankees 5 at Memorial Stadium New York Yankees 3, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Memorial Stadium Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 5 at Fenway Park Chicago White Sox 11, Kansas City Royals 7 at Comiskey Park I Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at Tiger Stadium California Angels 9, Oakland Athletics 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium Minnesota Twins 8, Texas Rangers 2 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 23, 1974Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 3 at Riverfront Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Dodger Stadium San Diego Padres 10, New York Mets 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium Montreal Expos 8, San Francisco Giants 4 at Candlestick Park St. Louis Cardinals 8, Houston Astros 2 at Busch Stadium II Baltimore Orioles 4, California Angels 3 at Memorial Stadium Kansas City Royals 5, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park Chicago White Sox 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Comiskey Park I Cleveland Indians 2, Oakland Athletics 1 at Cleveland Stadium Minnesota Twins 1, Detroit Tigers 0 at Tiger Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Bill Bonham and the Reds Jack Billingham ends with a bases-loaded 9th inning walk to George Foster . The Reds beat the Cubs, 1–0.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 24, 1974Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 0 at Riverfront Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Dodger Stadium San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium Houston Astros 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Busch Stadium II Baltimore Orioles 4, California Angels 3 at Memorial Stadium Chicago White Sox 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Comiskey Park I Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 2 at Cleveland Stadium Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 4 at Tiger Stadium New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Shea Stadium Texas Rangers 3, Boston Red Sox 1 at Arlington Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :SCOREBOARD : APRIL 26, 1974Atlanta Braves 9, Chicago Cubs 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Montreal Expos 1 at Dodger Stadium Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 3 at Three Rivers Stadium San Diego Padres 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II Baltimore Orioles 6, Oakland Athletics 5 at Memorial Stadium Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 2 at Comiskey Park I Cleveland Indians 4, California Angels 3 at Cleveland Stadium Kansas City Royals 4, Boston Red Sox 2 at Royals Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 4, Minnesota Twins 3 at Metropolitan Stadium New York Yankees 4, Texas Rangers 3 at Shea Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Randy Jones and the Padres beat the Phillies, 5–2, despite giving up an inside-the-park homer to Mike Schmidt , the first of three in the future Hall of Famer's career.
The Yankees trade four pitchers, including Fritz Peterson and Steve Kline , to the Indians for 1B Chris Chambliss and hurlers Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw .
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 27, 1974Atlanta Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Montreal Expos 2 at Dodger Stadium Houston Astros 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 7 at Three Rivers Stadium San Diego Padres 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium San Francisco Giants 11, New York Mets 3 at Candlestick Park St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Busch Stadium II Oakland Athletics 11, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Memorial Stadium Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park I Cleveland Indians 6, California Angels 0 at Cleveland Stadium Kansas City Royals 10, Boston Red Sox 3 at Royals Stadium Milwaukee Brewers 9, Minnesota Twins 0 at Metropolitan Stadium Texas Rangers 6, New York Yankees 1 at Shea Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 28, 1974Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Montreal Expos 0 at Dodger Stadium Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Houston Astros 3 at Three Rivers Stadium San Diego Padres 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 4 at Candlestick Park St. Louis Cardinals 9, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Busch Stadium II Baltimore Orioles 4, Oakland Athletics 3 at Memorial Stadium Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 4 at Comiskey Park I Cleveland Indians 10, California Angels 2 at Cleveland Stadium Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 4 at Royals Stadium Minnesota Twins 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at Metropolitan Stadium New York Yankees 11, Texas Rangers 2 at Shea Stadium Texas Rangers 8, New York Yankees 5 at Shea Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
IN THE NEWS :Lee May goes 5-for-5, including two homers in the 6th inning, as Houston destroys Chicago, 18–2.
SCOREBOARD : APRIL 30, 1974Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 2 at Astrodome New York Mets 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 7 at Dodger Stadium San Diego Padres 2, Montreal Expos 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 5 at Candlestick Park St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 2 at Busch Stadium II California Angels 16, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park Chicago White Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Comiskey Park I Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 2 at Royals Stadium Texas Rangers 12, Milwaukee Brewers 10 at County Stadium Cleveland Indians 8, Minnesota Twins 3 at Metropolitan Stadium New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 3 at Shea Stadium Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)
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