1974 American Association season

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The 1974 American Association season was the 67th in the league's history, and ended with the Tulsa Oilers winning their second straight league championship.

1 Final standings
- 1.1 Championship Finals
2 League Leaders
- 2.1 Batting
- 2.2 Pitching
3 All-Star Team
4 References

[edit] Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

East Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Indianapolis Indians	78	57	.578	-	Vern Rapp	Cincinnati Reds
Iowa Oaks	74	62	.544	4½	Joe Sparks	Chicago White Sox
Evansville Triplets	68	67	.504	10	Fred Hatfield	Detroit Tigers
Omaha Royals	54	82	.387	24½	Harry Malmberg	Kansas City Royals

West Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tulsa Oilers	76	58	.567	-	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals
Wichita Aeros	67	68	.496	9½	Mike Roarke	Chicago Cubs
Oklahoma City 89ers	62	73	.459	14½	Red Davis	Cleveland Indians
Denver Bears	62	74	.456	15	Frank Verdi	Houston Astros

[edit] Championship Finals

Indianapolis vs. Tulsa
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Indianapolis 3	Tulsa 4
September 4	Indianapolis 2	Tulsa 3
	11 innings
September 5	Indianapolis 3	Tulsa 0
September 6	Tulsa 2	Indianapolis 3
September 7	Tulsa 3	Indianapolis 9
September 8	Tulsa 8	Indianapolis 4
	15 innings
September 9	Tulsa 3	Indianapolis 1
Tulsa wins series 4-3

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Keith Hernandez, Tulsa, .351
Runs Scored Bill Stein, Iowa, 107
Hits Stein, 178
Doubles Sam Ewing, Iowa, 35
Triples Ray Busse, Denver; Tommy Smith, Oklahoma City, 9
Home Runs Adrian Garrett, Wichita, 26
Runs Batted In Lamar Johnson, Iowa, 96
Stolen Bases Duane Kuiper, Oklahoma City, 29

[edit] Pitching

Wins Jim Kern, Oklahoma City, 17
Earned Run Average Ray Bare, Tulsa, 2.34
Complete Games Dennis Leonard, Omaha, 18
Shutouts Leonard, 4
Strikeouts Kern, 220
Saves Paul Reuschel, Wichita, 15

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Keith Hernandez, Tulsa
Second Base Duane Kuiper, Oklahoma City
Shortstop Doug Flynn, Indianapolis
Third Base Bill Stein, Iowa
Outfield Joe Talley, Iowa; Tom Spencer, Indianapolis; Pete LaCock, Wichita; Danny Godby, Tulsa
Catcher Marc Hill, Tulsa; Skip Jutze, Denver
Utility Dan Meyer, Evansville
Designated Hitter Lamar Johnson, Iowa
Pitcher Jim Kern, Oklahoma City; Ray Bare, Tulsa
Manager Vern Rapp, Indianapolis