1974 California Angels season

MLB yearly infobox
name = California Angels
season = 1974
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Anaheim, California
y5 = 1966
owners = Gene Autry
managers = Bobby Winkles, Whitey Herzog, and Dick Williams
television =KTLA
radio = KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Dave Niehaus)|

The California Angels 1974 season involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

* October 22, 1973: Ellie Rodriguez was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson to the California Angels for Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash.
*December 6, 1973: Denny Doyle was sent by the Philadelphia Phillies to the California Angels to complete an earlier deal made on August 14, 1973. The Philadelphia Phillies sent a player to be named later to the California Angels for players to be named later and Billy Grabarkewitz. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Denny Doyle (December 6, 1973) to the California Angels to complete the trade. The California Angels sent Aurelio Monteagudo (December 6, 1973) and Chris Coletta (December 6, 1973) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/doylede01.shtml Denny Doyle Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

*On August 25, 1974, Nolan Ryan struck out Sandy Alomar for the 1500th strikeout in his career. [ [http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan ] ]

eason standings

Notable transactions

*April 30, 1974: Paul Schaal was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the California Angels for Richie Scheinblum. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schaapa01.shtml Paul Schaal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 15, 1974: Rudy May was purchased by the New York Yankees from the California Angels. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayru01.shtml]
*July 8, 1974: Sandy Alomar, Sr. was purchased by the New York Yankees from the California Angels. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml]
*July 28, 1974: Horacio Pina was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the California Angels for Rick Stelmaszek. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinaho01.shtml]
*September 12, 1974: Frank Robinson was traded by the California Angels to the Cleveland Indians for Ken Suarez, Rusty Torres, and cash.
*October 24, 1974: Paul Schaal was released by the California Angels.

Player stats

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Salt Lake City Angels (Pacific Coast League; Norm Sherry, manager)
* Class AA: El Paso Diablos (Texas League; Dave Garcia, manager)
* Class A: Salinas Packers (California League; Jim Saul, manager)
* Class A: Quad Cities Angels (Midwest League; Jimy Williams, manager)
* Rookie: Idaho Falls Angels (Pioneer League; Larry Himes, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1974.shtml 1974 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1974&t=CAL 1974 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]