This article is about the 1974 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1974 in baseball.
Sports season
1974 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 4 – October 17, 1974
Number of games
162
Number of teams
24
TV partner(s)
NBC
Draft
Top draft pick
Bill Almon
Picked by
San Diego Padres
Regular season
Season MVP
AL: Jeff Burroughs (TEX) NL: Steve Garvey (LA)
Postseason
AL champions
Oakland Athletics
AL runners-up
Baltimore Orioles
NL champions
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL runners-up
Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions
Oakland Athletics
Runners-up
Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series MVP
Rollie Fingers (OAK)
MLB seasons
← 1973
1975 →
The 1974 Major League Baseball season: The Oakland Athletics won their third consecutive World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to one.
Two notable personal milestones were achieved during the 1974 season. The first came on April 8, when Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves blasted his 715th career home run, breaking the all-time career home run mark of 714 set by Babe Ruth. Aaron would finish his career with 755 home runs, a record that would stand until Barry Bonds broke it in 2007. The second milestone came on September 10, when the St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock stole his 105th base off pitcher Dick Ruthven and catcher Bob Boone of the Philadelphia Phillies. This broke the single-season stolen base record of 104, set by Maury Wills in 1962. Brock stole 118 bases for the season, a record that would stand until 1982, when Rickey Henderson stole 130.
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