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April 16, 1974: Steve Carlton’s pitching and hitting vanquish Bob Gibson, Cardinals
During the first six seasons of his stellar 17-year career with…
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April 17, 1974: Gaylord Perry goes 15 innings; ‘Macaroni Pony’ hits walk-off homer for Brewers
Before the era when “walk-off home run” became part of baseball’s…
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April 17, 1974: ‘Phantom’ Juan Veintidos throws real shutout for Orlando Twins
The four up-and-coming hurlers pictured on card #621 of the 1975…
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April 17, 1974: George Mitterwald’s monster game leads Cubs to victory
In the 1950s announcer Jack Brickhouse dubbed Wrigley Field the…
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April 29, 1974: Astros’ win over Cubs marred by Roger Metzger’s near-fatal collision
Baseball players can suffer serious injuries in numerous ways,…
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April 30, 1974: Fenway falls silent again after Doug Griffin is beaned by Nolan Ryan
For the third time in seven years, the gut-wrenching thud of…
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May 1, 1974: Tom Seaver strikes out 16 in 12 innings, but Mets fall to Dodgers
Tom Seaver pitched with the precision of a NASA engineer using…
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May 5, 1974: Zut, alors! Bad ballpark, worse weather lead to crowd of 69 in Quebec City
When Willie Randolph hoisted back-to-back World Series trophies…
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May 6, 1974: Career-ending injury, chilly weather mar Boston-Pawtucket exhibition
Frigid cold, a small crowd, and a career-ending injury are three…
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May 7, 1974: LaGrow knuckles under to Wilbur Wood in classic pitchers duel
On an unseasonably chilly Tuesday night in early May, a small…
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May 13, 1974: A’s win thanks to Royals’ team-record 8 errors
Any time a baseball team ends a game with more errors than hits,…
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May 15, 1974: First-place Expos squeak out win in ninth
The phrase “first-place Montreal Expos” still had a novel…
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June 4, 1974: 10-cent beer riot at Cleveland Stadium leads to forfeit
Fans of baseball in the 1970s surely recall the jingle that touted,…
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June 9, 1974: Richie Zisk hits for cycle, Willie Stargell homers twice as Pirates slam Giants
The 1974 season was only about two months old. Yet on June 9,…
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June 10, 1974: Mike Schmidt hits the Astrodome speaker and Phillies trounce Houston, 12-0
From the moment they selected Mike Schmidt in the June 1971 amateur…
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June 10, 1974: Padres overcome 8-0 deficit in eighth inning to win
The year 1974 started as a season of optimism for San Diego as…
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June 11, 1974: Expos blow up the Big Red Machine
“The Expos exploded in startling fashion,” wrote Ian MacDonald…
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June 19, 1974: Royals’ Steve Busby makes history with second no-hitter in second season
The Kansas City Royals were in Milwaukee for a two-game series…
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June 21, 1974: Randy Moffitt makes first, and only, career major-league start for Giants
As the spring of 1974 turned to summer, the San Francisco Giants…
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June 22, 1974: Jim Kaat defeats former Twins teammates in complete-game duel with Albury
Jim Kaat’s previous outing for the White Sox on June 18, 1974,…
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June 22, 1974: Ron Schueler’s complete game leads Phillies in opener
The Philadelphia Phillies (35-32) began the day continuing to…
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June 22, 1974: Phillies sweep doubleheader versus Mets, remain in first place
Wayne Twitchell was making his first start of the season since…
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June 29, 1974: Mets’ Jon Matlack throws second career one-hitter to shut out Cardinals
The New York Mets won the 1973 National League pennant only to…
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July 3, 1974: Cleveland’s Gaylord Perry wins 15th straight game
Perhaps the American League standings were upside down. They…