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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Aker, Jack 21 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 1.000 .500 Apodaca, Bob 28 19 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 .158 5 .263 .227 Ayala, Benny 11 35 6 7 1 0 1 4 6 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 .200 11 .314 .326 Boswell, Ken 83 188 19 43 6 1 2 13 15 1 16 1 2 1 0 1 .229 57 .303 .288 Cram, Jerry 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Dyer, Duffy 43 74 4 13 0 0 0 6 13 2 8 1 0 1 0 0 .176 13 .176 .303 Garrett, Wayne 127 435 44 97 11 2 11 41 75 6 73 3 1 2 4 6 .223 145 .333 .338 Gosger, Jim 20 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .097 3 .097 .125 Grote, Jerry 97 319 25 82 8 1 5 36 33 4 33 5 4 2 0 1 .257 107 .335 .326 Hahn, Don 91 248 30 67 10 1 4 22 33 4 28 1 1 1 1 0 .270 91 .367 .357 Harrelson, Bud 103 317 46 73 10 0 1 12 69 1 39 0 7 2 9 4 .230 86 .271 .371 Hodges, Ron 48 114 13 28 4 0 4 12 14 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 .246 44 .386 .326 Jones, Cleon 112 423 56 119 19 1 12 55 33 2 73 3 1 6 3 2 .281 176 .416 .340 Koosman, Jerry 30 75 5 10 1 0 0 3 6 0 28 0 9 0 0 0 .133 11 .147 .198 Kranepool, Ed 78 174 15 54 7 1 4 24 17 0 11 2 0 0 1 0 .310 75 .431 .368 Martinez, Ted 92 256 21 58 14 4 1 36 12 4 30 4 3 0 2 1 .227 83 .324 .257 Matlack, Jon 29 69 3 5 0 0 0 3 5 0 31 1 8 0 0 0 .072 5 .072 .133 McGraw, Tug 34 10 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .100 2 .200 .250 Millan, Felix 115 436 42 114 12 2 1 31 27 2 12 4 22 6 5 1 .261 133 .305 .311 Miller, Bob 51 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .111 2 .222 .111 Milner, John 116 434 64 110 15 0 19 54 53 8 66 3 0 0 10 2 .253 182 .419 .333 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Parker, Harry 33 36 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 0 3 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .053 Sadecki, Ray 31 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 5 .263 .300 Schneck, Dave 79 215 18 44 9 0 5 22 13 1 32 1 0 0 4 1 .205 68 .316 .249 Seaver, Tom 28 60 3 5 0 0 0 3 8 0 24 0 7 0 0 0 .083 5 .083 .191 Staub, Rusty 129 480 60 131 22 1 16 70 66 9 32 7 1 3 2 1 .273 203 .423 .360 Stone, George 15 26 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .115 3 .115 .148 Swan, Craig 7 11 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .364 4 .364 .417 Theodore, George 51 65 6 10 0 0 1 1 5 0 12 0 4 1 0 0 .154 13 .200 .225

Pitching Statistics as of September 8, 1974

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aker, Jack 21 36.1 2 1 .667 33 18 16 15 13 0 0 0 2 3.96 Apodaca, Bob 28 81 5 5 .500 76 41 36 44 31 7 0 0 3 4.00 Cram, Jerry 4 6 0 1 .000 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 Koosman, Jerry 30 229 13 9 .591 225 97 84 159 71 30 11 0 0 3.30 Matlack, Jon 29 226 12 11 .522 182 68 62 174 62 29 12 6 0 2.47 McGraw, Tug 34 68.2 6 7 .462 76 29 28 44 22 2 1 1 2 3.67 Miller, Bob 51 68.1 2 2 .500 79 33 26 29 33 0 0 0 2 3.42 Parker, Harry 33 119 4 12 .250 129 54 49 55 43 16 1 0 4 3.71 Sadecki, Ray 31 84.2 7 7 .500 87 40 32 37 29 7 2 1 0 3.40 Seaver, Tom 28 206.1 10 8 .556 183 80 75 164 65 28 10 4 0 3.27 Stone, George 15 77 2 7 .222 103 57 43 29 21 13 1 0 0 5.03 Swan, Craig 7 30.1 1 3 .250 28 19 15 10 21 5 0 0 0 4.45

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