Doug Griffin (Trading Card DB)

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…
Tom Seaver (TRADING CARD DB)

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…
Ken Macha (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

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…
Mel Behney (1974 Boston Red Sox Yearbook)

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…
Hal McRae (Trading Card DB)

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,…
Ron Hunt (Trading Card DB)

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 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…
Randy Moffitt

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…
Ron Schueler (TRADING CARD DB)

June 22, 1974: Ron Schueler’s complete game leads Phillies in opener

The Philadelphia Phillies (35-32) began the day continuing to…
Bill Robinson (TRADING CARD DB)

June 22, 1974: Phillies sweep doubleheader versus Mets, remain in first place

Wayne Twitchell was making his first start of the season since…
Gaylord Perry (TRADING CARD DB)

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…