
April 29, 1974: Astros’ win over Cubs marred by Roger Metzger’s near-fatal collision
Baseball players can suffer serious injuries in numerous ways,…

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…

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…

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…

May 6, 1974: Career-ending injury, chilly weather mar Boston-Pawtucket exhibition
Frigid cold, a small crowd, and a career-ending injury are three…

May 7, 1974: LaGrow knuckles under to Wilbur Wood in classic pitchers duel
On an unseasonably chilly Tuesday night in early May, a small…

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,…

May 15, 1974: First-place Expos squeak out win in ninth
The phrase “first-place Montreal Expos” still had a novel…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

June 11, 1974: Expos blow up the Big Red Machine
“The Expos exploded in startling fashion,” wrote Ian MacDonald…

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…

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…

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,…

June 22, 1974: Ron Schueler’s complete game leads Phillies in opener
The Philadelphia Phillies (35-32) began the day continuing to…

June 22, 1974: Phillies sweep doubleheader versus Mets, remain in first place
Wayne Twitchell was making his first start of the season since…

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…

July 3, 1974: Cleveland’s Gaylord Perry wins 15th straight game
Perhaps the American League standings were upside down. They…

July 4, 1974: Hisle homer helps Blyleven overcome Rangers on Independence Day
An Independence Day crowd of 21,008, the largest gathering of…

July 7, 1974: Rookie Greg Diehl throws New York-Penn League’s second perfect game
The July 7, 1974, game between the Oneonta (New York) Yankees…

July 17, 1974: Bob Gibson notches his 3,000th strikeout
St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Gibson hurled a high fastball from…

July 18, 1974: Calm reigns in Cleveland, Catfish Hunter prevails in pitchers’ duel on Beer Night II
When the Cleveland Indians hosted their second 10-cent beer night…