Regular season 1974 New York Yankees season




1 regular season

1.1 hall of fame
1.2 season standings
1.3 record vs. opponents
1.4 notable transactions
1.5 roster





regular season

august 25, 1974: nolan ryan of california angels struck out sandy alomar of yankees 1500th strikeout of career. ryan , alomar had been teammates @ beginning of season, alomar had been sold yankees on july 8.
september 7, 1974: yankees graig nettles hit home run against detroit tigers. next time up, hit broken-bat single. tigers catcher bill freehan scrambled 6 superballs came bouncing out. nettles called out on single, solo homer allowed , made difference yankees won 1–0.

hall of fame

mickey mantle , former teammate whitey ford elected baseball hall of fame in 1974, mantle in first year of eligibility, ford in second. ford s number 16 retired well. although ford wore number 19 in rookie season, following return army in 1953, wore number 16 remainder of career.


season standings



record vs. opponents



notable transactions

april 26, 1974: fritz peterson, steve kline, fred beene, , tom buskey traded yankees cleveland indians chris chambliss, dick tidrow , cecil upshaw.
may 4, 1974: mike pazik , cash traded yankees minnesota twins dick woodson.
may 31, 1974: horace clarke , lowell palmer purchased yankees san diego padres.
june 5, 1974: dennis sherrill drafted yankees in 1st round (12th pick) of 1974 major league baseball draft.
june 15, 1974: rudy may purchased yankees california angels.
july 8, 1974: sandy alomar purchased yankees california angels.
september 29, 1974: jesús figueroa signed amateur free agent yankees.

roster







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