Nolan Ryan (TRADING CARD DB)

April 5, 1974: Streaking, brawling Chicago fans overshadow Angels’ Opening Day win

Opening Day is usually a day of optimism, celebration, and a…
Steve Busby (TRADING CARD DB)

April 6, 1974: Royals crush Twins, 23-6

The Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins were teams going in…
Bill Singer (Trading Card DB)

April 7, 1974: Angels, White Sox tie amid snow flurries

Entering the 2024 season, the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim…

April 9, 1974: Padres owner Ray Kroc throws a tirade

The San Diego Padres had not had a good beginning to 1974. They…
Steve Carlton (Trading Card DB)

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…
Juan Veintidos (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

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…

April 17, 1974: George Mitterwald’s monster game leads Cubs to victory

In the 1950s announcer Jack Brickhouse dubbed Wrigley Field the…
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…