1974 Chicago White Sox roster

36 players appeared for the Chicago White Sox in the 1974 MLB season.

1974 White Sox roster: batting

1974 Chicago White Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ken Henderson16260276176209512.292.360.827
Carlos May149551661378588.249.306.640
Jorge Orta1395257316610679.316.365.805
Bucky Dent154496551365453.274.316.662
Bill Melton1364956312021633.242.326.730
Dick Allen1284628413932887.301.375.938
Pat Kelly1224246011942118.281.354.715
Ron Santo11737529835410.221.293.591
Ed Herrmann107367329510391.259.288.669
Bill Sharp10032045814240.253.309.652
Brian Downing108293416610390.225.344.719
Tony Muser10320616601181.291.313.653
Jerry Hairston45109825080.229.311.605
Buddy Bradford399616325101.333.414.925
Lee Richard3267511010.164.222.401
Eddie Leon314615030.109.143.273
Bill Stein1343512050.279.380.682
Lamar Johnson1029110020.345.333.678
Pete Varney92817020.250.267.517
Nyls Nyman51459041.643.6671.595

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1974 White Sox roster: pitching

1974 Chicago White Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Wilbur WoodP424220193.60320.11691.200
Jim KaatRP423921132.92277.11421.180
Stan BahnsenRP383512154.70216.11021.570
Terry ForsterRP591783.62134.11051.2524
Bart JohnsonP18181042.74121.2761.130
Skip PitlockP405334.43105.2681.501
Goose GossageRP393464.1589.0641.561
Bill MoranP155134.6646.1171.730
Cy AcostaP270033.7445.2191.343
Jack KucekSP97145.2637.2251.830
Ken TatumP101004.7920.251.550
Jim OttenRP51015.5116.1112.080
Joe HendersonP53108.4015.0122.130
Wayne GrangerP50008.227.242.480
Stan PerzanowskiP210019.292.124.290
Francisco BarriosSP200027.002.024.500

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.