1974 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1974
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1974 season was the team's 93rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 83rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 86-75 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League East, a game and-a-half behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

*December 5, 1973: Tommie Agee was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pete Richert. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ageeto01.shtml Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 7, 1973: Diego Segui, Reggie Cleveland and Terry Hughes were traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Lynn McGlothen, John Curtis, and Mike Garman. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

*Outfielder Bake McBride won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .309, with 6 home runs and 56 RBIs.

*Outfielder Lou Brock led the NL with 118 stolen bases, breaking the previous MLB single-season mark of 104, set by Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills in 1962. Brock broke Wills' record on September 10 in a game against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. Brock's record still stands as an NL record, but Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics broke the MLB mark in by|1982, with 130 steals.

eason Standings

Notable transactions

*June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball Draft
**Bill Caudill was drafted by the Cardinals in the 8th round. Player signed June 15, 1974. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Paul Molitor was drafted by the in the 28th round, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/molitpa01.shtml Paul Molitor page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 11, 1974: Steve Barber was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbest01.shtml Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 15, 1974: Ron Selak (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Claude Osteen. The Cardinals completed the trade by sending Dan Larson to the Astros on October 14. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larsoda01.shtml Dan Larson page at Baseball Reference] ]
*September 5, 1974: Ron Hunt was selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Montreal Expos. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntro01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and honors

*Lou Brock, National League Stolen Base Leader, 118 [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1974.shtml 1974 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1974&t=SLN 1974 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]