1974 International League season

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The 1974 International League season was the 89th in the league's history, and ended with the Rochester Red Wings winning their second Governors' Cup in four years.

The Toledo Mud Hens moved their affiliation from the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies, forcing the IL to rename their two divisions since the AL/NL split was now 5-3 in favor of the NL. The Expos moved their Triple-A club from Hampton, VA to Memphis, TN as well.

The playoff format introduced in 1973 remained in place, though with no Junior World Series this year, all series were now best-of-seven instead of best-of-five.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold .

Northern Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Rochester Red Wings	88	56	.611	—	Joe Altobelli	Baltimore Orioles
Syracuse Chiefs	74	70	.514	14	Bobby Cox	New York Yankees
Toledo Mud Hens	70	74	.486	18	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies
Pawtucket Red Sox	57	87	.396	31	Joe Morgan	Boston Red Sox

Southern Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Memphis Blues	87	55	.613	-	Karl Kuehl	Montreal Expos
Richmond Braves	75	65	.536	11	Clint Courtney	Atlanta Braves
Charleston Charlies	62	81	.434	25½	Bill Adair	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tidewater Tides	57	82	.410	28½	Johnny Antonelli	New York Mets

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	N1	Rochester Red Wings	4
	S1	Memphis Blues	2
						N1	Rochester Red Wings	4
						N2	Syracuse Chiefs	3
	N2	Syracuse Chiefs	4
	S2	Richmond Braves	1

First Round

Memphis vs. Rochester Date Away Home September 9 Memphis 5 Rochester 2 September 10 Memphis 3 Rochester 5 September 11 Memphis 6 Rochester 4 September 12 Rochester 3 Memphis 2 September 13 Rochester 2 Memphis 0 September 14 Rochester 2 Memphis 1 Rochester wins series 4-2

Syracuse vs. Richmond Date Away Home September 9 Richmond 2 Syracuse 4 September 10 Richmond 0 Syracuse 2 September 11 Richmond 8 Syracuse 9 September 12 Syracuse 2 Richmond 6 September 13 Syracuse 8 Richmond 2 Syracuse wins series 4-1

Governor's Cup Finals

Rochester vs. Syracuse Date Away Home September 15 Syracuse 11 Rochester 5 13 innings September 16 Syracuse 10 Rochester 6 September 18 Rochester 5 Syracuse 2 September 19 Rochester 6 Syracuse 1 September 20 Syracuse 8 Rochester 1 September 22 Rochester 6 Syracuse 2 September 23 Syracuse 1 Rochester 5 Rochester wins series 4-3

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Jim Rice, Pawtucket, .337
• Runs Scored Bob Beall, Richmond, 105
• Hits Rob Andrews, Rochester, 165
• Doubles Larvell Blanks, Richmond, 29
• Triples Burnel Flowers, Charleston, 8
• Home Runs Rice, Pawtucket, 25
• Runs Batted In Rice, Pawtucket, 93
• Stolen Bases Pepe Mangual, Memphis, 46

Pitching

• Wins Bill Kirkpatrick, Rochester, 15
• Earned Run Average Bob Gebhard, Memphis, 1.69
• Winning Percentage Paul Mitchell, Rochester, .700
• Complete Games Scott McGregor, Syracuse, 12
• Shutouts Larry Gowell, Syracuse; Larry Gura, Syracuse and Mike Willis, Rochester, 4
• Strikeouts Dyar Miller, Rochester, 138
• Saves Mickey Scott, Rochester, 17

References

Jim Mandelaro and Scott Pitoniak. “Silver Seasons.” Syracuse University Press, 1995.

Brian Bennett, On A Silver Diamond: The Story Of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996. Triphammer Publishing, 1997.

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

External Links

1974 Rochester Red Wings review – On A Silver Diamond