1974 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1974 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 5th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 6th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

October 22, 1973: Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, and Gary Ryerson were traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Clyde Wright, Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, and cash.
March 27, 1974: Steve Barber was released by the Brewers.
March 30, 1974: Wilbur Howard was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Larry Yount and Don Stratton.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 5, 1974: Jim Gantner was drafted by the Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.

Opening Day starters

Player stats

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		131	432	104	.241	12	56
1B		158	604	170	.281	17	82
2B		141	452	90	.199	12	54
3B		159	629	178	.283	15	65
SS		107	344	86	.250	3	26
LF		154	554	140	.253	17	73
CF		138	394	88	.223	6	31
RF	Dave May	135	477	108	.226	10	42
DH	Bobby Mitchell	88	173	42	.243	5	20

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
	98	267	64	.240	1	24
Tim Johnson	93	245	60	.245	0	25
Charlie Moore	72	204	50	.245	0	19
Mike Hegan	89	190	45	.237	7	32
Deron Johnson	49	152	23	.151	6	18
Bob Hansen	58	88	26	.295	2	9
John Vukovich	38	80	15	.188	3	11
Sixto Lezcano	15	54	13	.241	2	9
	22	48	14	.292	0	4
Gorman Thomas	17	46	12	.261	2	11
	10	17	2	.118	0	0
Jack Lind	9	17	4	.235	0	1
Felipe Alou	3	3	0	.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
Jim Slaton	40	250.0	13	16	3.92	126
	38	232.0	9	20	4.42	64
	33	224.0	10	13	4.06	83
	34	169.1	6	14	3.99	74
	31	161.2	11	4	3.62	60

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
	43	111.2	7	4	3.63	58
Ed Sprague Sr.	20	94.0	7	2	2.39	57

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
	70	10	10	20	1.90	47
Bill Travers	23	2	3	0	4.92	31
	8	0	0	0	4.50	10
	5	0	0	0	2.57	4
	2	0	0	0	19.29	2
	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
	2	0	0	0	11.57	2

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1974. The Danville Warriors won the Midwest League championship.