1974 Southern League

1974 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 549 games, 8 teams, approx. 137 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1973 / 1975
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1973 / 1975

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1973 / 1975

League Standings

Regular Season

April 16, 1974 to September 5, 1974 · 140 games

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Jacksonville Suns	KCR	78	60	0	.565	--
Orlando Twins	MIN	73	61	1	.545	3
Savannah Braves	ATL	73	65	0	.529	5
Columbus Astros	HOU	65	73	0	.471	13

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Knoxville Sox	CHW	72	63	2	.533	--
Asheville Orioles	BAL	70	67	0	.511	3
Montgomery Rebels	DET	61	76	1	.445	12
Birmingham A's	OAK	54	81	2	.400	18

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Savannah Braves	ATL	24.1	4.86	138	5113	4471	671	1195	176	31	120	582	75	43	522	746	.267	.345	.401	.746	1793	33	46	41	24
Knoxville Sox	CHW	23.1	4.66	137	5111	4496	638	1186	175	42	60	559	132	72	510	721	.264	.339	.361	.701	1625	28	32	45	37
Jacksonville Suns	KCR	23.0	4.55	138	5173	4422	628	1052	170	23	86	561	90	36	622	734	.238	.336	.345	.681	1526	48	41	40	25
Birmingham A's	OAK	22.3	4.34	137	4975	4331	594	1099	202	21	78	523	79	43	555	643	.254	.342	.364	.706	1577	41	22	26	19
Orlando Twins	MIN	22.8	4.30	135	5082	4373	580	1119	141	24	78	520	48	51	582	732	.256	.345	.353	.698	1542	37	47	43	38
Asheville Orioles	BAL	21.6	4.30	137	5022	4452	589	1197	180	17	83	532	71	37	483	644	.269	.341	.373	.714	1660	22	32	33	29
Montgomery Rebels	DET	22.5	4.09	138	4947	4352	565	1100	164	19	66	496	78	40	503	610	.253	.330	.345	.675	1500	21	27	44	22
Columbus Astros	HOU	22.2	4.05	138	5111	4474	559	1131	161	25	68	484	130	46	527	781	.253	.336	.346	.682	1546	47	37	26	21
League Totals		22.7	4.39	1098	40534	35371	4824	9079	1369	202	639	4257	703	368	4304	5611	.257	.339	.361	.700	12769	277	284	298	215

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Orlando Twins	MIN	23.2	3.93	73	61	.545	3.43	135	135	72	63	13	13	1154.0	1111	531	440	67	473	18	651	25	6	56	1.373	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.1	1.38
Jacksonville Suns	KCR	23.7	4.24	78	60	.565	3.47	138	138	100	38	10	18	1175.0	1088	585	453	76	550	56	756	36	9	62	1.394	8.3	0.6	4.2	5.8	1.37
Asheville Orioles	BAL	22.8	4.30	70	67	.511	3.71	137	137	68	69	13	9	1151.0	1138	589	475	116	502	14	628	36	6	73	1.425	8.9	0.9	3.9	4.9	1.25
Knoxville Sox	CHW	22.1	4.30	72	63	.533	3.63	137	137	114	23	15	23	1162.0	1140	589	469	93	496	25	754	25	7	43	1.408	8.8	0.7	3.8	5.8	1.52
Columbus Astros	HOU	22.1	4.42	65	73	.471	3.63	138	138	86	52	6	14	1175.0	1187	610	474	68	550	21	780	25	9	65	1.478	9.1	0.5	4.2	6.0	1.42
Montgomery Rebels	DET	23.0	4.44	61	76	.445	3.63	138	138	81	57	10	11	1140.0	1094	613	460	69	534	27	561	44	12	57	1.428	8.6	0.5	4.2	4.4	1.05
Savannah Braves	ATL	21.7	4.46	73	65	.529	3.78	138	138	100	38	9	17	1160.0	1074	615	487	67	689	25	833	49	9	78	1.520	8.3	0.5	5.3	6.5	1.21
Birmingham A's	OAK	21.1	5.05	54	81	.400	4.40	137	137	95	42	3	11	1115.0	1247	692	545	83	510	29	648	37	9	65	1.576	10.1	0.7	4.1	5.2	1.27
League Totals		22.4	4.39	546	546	.500	3.71	1098	1098	716	382	79	116	9232.0	9079	4824	3803	639	4304	215	5611	277	67	499	1.450	8.9	0.6	4.2	5.5	1.30

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Orlando Twins	MIN	135	3463	1457	149	128	.971	9	Dick Phillips
Knoxville Sox	CHW	137	3487	1388	168	117	.967	14	Jim Napier
Savannah Braves	ATL	138	3480	1315	171	124	.966	17	Tommie Aaron
Asheville Orioles	BAL	137	3454	1486	179	149	.965	18	Cal Ripken
Jacksonville Suns	KCR	138	3526	1456	183	121	.965	12	Billy Gardner
Montgomery Rebels	DET	138	3420	1534	211	146	.959	31	Jim Leyland
Columbus Astros	HOU	138	3525	1416	224	116	.957	16	Jimmy Williams
Birmingham A's	OAK	137	3346	1364	211	118	.957	26	Harry Bright
League Totals		1098	27701	11416	1496	1019	.963	143

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