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The 1974 season of the National League was the ninety-ninth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Eastern Division
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	88	74	0	.543	-.-	751 (4.64)	657 (4.06)	0.274	0.334	0.391	3.49	0.975
2	St. Louis Cardinals	161	86	75	0	.534	1.5	677 (4.20)	643 (3.99)	0.265	0.329	0.365	3.48	0.977
3	Philadelphia Phillies	162	80	82	0	.494	8.0	676 (4.17)	701 (4.33)	0.261	0.319	0.373	3.91	0.976
4	Montreal Expos	161	79	82	0	.491	8.5	662 (4.11)	657 (4.08)	0.254	0.335	0.350	3.60	0.976
5	New York Mets	162	71	91	0	.438	17.0	572 (3.53)	646 (3.99)	0.235	0.310	0.329	3.42	0.975
6	Chicago Cubs	162	66	96	0	.407	22.0	669 (4.13)	826 (5.10)	0.251	0.326	0.365	4.28	0.969
Western Division
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	102	60	0	.630	-.-	798 (4.93)	561 (3.46)	0.272	0.343	0.401	2.97	0.975
2	Cincinnati Reds	163	98	64	1	.601	4.0	776 (4.76)	631 (3.87)	0.260	0.342	0.394	3.41	0.979
3	Atlanta Braves	163	88	74	1	.540	14.0	661 (4.06)	563 (3.45)	0.249	0.319	0.363	3.05	0.979
4	Houston Astros	162	81	81	0	.500	21.0	653 (4.03)	632 (3.90)	0.263	0.321	0.378	3.46	0.983
5	San Francisco Giants	162	72	90	0	.444	30.0	634 (3.91)	723 (4.46)	0.252	0.320	0.358	3.78	0.972
6	San Diego Padres	162	60	102	0	.370	42.0	541 (3.34)	830 (5.12)	0.229	0.302	0.330	4.58	0.973

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	163
At Bats	Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	687
Runs Scored	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	110
Hits	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	214
Doubles	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	45
Triples	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	17
Home Runs	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	36
Total Bases	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	315
Runs Batted In	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	129
Stolen Bases	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	118
Caught Stealing	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	33
Walks	Darrell Evans	Atlanta Braves	126
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Bill Russell	Los Angeles Dodgers	25
Hit by Pitch	Ron Hunt	Montreal Expos/St. Louis Cardinals	16
Strikeouts	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	138
Sacrifice Hits	Felix Millan	New York Mets	24
Sacrifice Flies	Barry Foote	Montreal Expos	12
Grounded into Double Plays	Ken Reitz	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Batting Average	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	0.353
On-Base Percentage	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	0.427
Slugging Percentage	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	0.546
On-Base plus Slugging	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.944
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	168

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Andy Messersmith Phil Niekro	Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta Braves	20
Losses	Bill Bonham Randy Jones Steve Rogers	Chicago Cubs San Diego Padres Montreal Expos	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Tommy John	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.812
Appearances	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	106
Games Started	Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	40
Complete Games	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	18
Shutouts	Jon Matlack	New York Mets	7
Games Finished	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	83
Saves	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	21
Innings Pitched	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	302.1
Batters Faced	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	1227
Hits Allowed	Carl Morton	Atlanta Braves	293
Home Runs Allowed	Bob Gibson Andy Messersmith	St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	136
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Ron Schueler	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Hit Batsmen	Bill Greif	San Diego Padres	14
Strikeouts	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	240
Wild Pitches	Steve Renko	Montreal Expos	19
Balks	Bill Bonham	Chicago Cubs	8
Runs Allowed	Steve Rogers	Montreal Expos	139
Earned Runs Allowed	Steve Rogers	Montreal Expos	126
Earned Run Average	Buzz Capra	Atlanta Braves	2.28
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.098

All-Star Game

The National League won the forty-fifth midsummer classic at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA on Tuesday, July 23, 1974 by a score of 7 to 2. The league's manager was Yogi Berra.

Postseason

The National League Championship Series, featured Pittsburgh Pirates, the Eastern Division winner, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Western Division winner. The Dodgers defeated the Pirates, 3 games to 1.

In the World Series, the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers were defeated by the American League's Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Steve Garvey, a first baseman with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the award's voting, he had 270 out of a possible 336 points and 13 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Mike Marshall (marshmi01) of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the award's voting, he had 96 out of a possible 120 points and 17 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Bake McBride, an outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 16 out of a possible 24 points and 16 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers
C	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds
1B	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers
2B	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds
3B	Dave Concepción	Cincinnati Reds
SS	Doug Rader	Houston Astros
OF	Bobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants
	Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros
	Cesar Geronimo	Cincinnati Reds

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Tommy John, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • May: Ralph Garr, Atlanta Braves
  • June: Buzz Capra, Atlanta Braves
  • July: Don Gullett, Cincinnati Reds
  • August: Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals
  • September: none

Hall of Fame Game

The thirty-second annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 12 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the National League's Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago White Sox of the American League by a score of 12 to 9.

Umpires

• Nick Colosi
• Shag Crawford
• Jerry Dale
• Satch Davidson
• Bob Engel
• Bruce Froemming
• Tom Gorman
• Doug Harvey
• John Kibler
• John McSherry
• Ed Montague
• Andy Olsen
• Chris Pelekoudas
• Paul Pryor
• Frank Pulli
• Jim Quick
• Dutch Rennert
• Paul Runge
• Dick Stello
• Ed Sudol
• Terry Tata
• Ed Vargo
• Harry Wendelstedt
• Lee Weyer
• Art Williams
• Bill Williams