1974 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1974 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1974 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1974 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1974 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1974 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1974 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"(Carl) Yaz (Yastrzemski) could decoy better than any outfielder and routinely pretended he was ready to catch a ball that he knew was going to carom off the Wall. Sometimes this would make runners slow down or stop altogether." - Dan Shaughnessy in Fenway (2000)

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1974 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

46 Steve Barr 6-04 200 Left Left 1951-09-08
42 Lance Clemons 6-02 205 Left Left 1947-07-06
26, 33 Reggie Cleveland 6-01 195 Right Right 1948-05-23
41 Dick Drago 6-01 190 Right Right 1945-06-25
37 Bill Lee 6-03 210 Left Left 1946-12-28
21 Juan Marichal 6-00 185 Right Right 1937-10-20
29 Roger Moret 6-04 175 Left Both 1949-09-16
28 Don Newhauser 6-04 200 Right Right 1947-11-07
45 Dick Pole 6-03 210 Right Right 1950-10-13
36 Diego Segui 6-00 190 Right Right 1937-08-17
23 Luis Tiant 5-11 190 Right Right 1940-11-23
55 Bob Veale 6-06 212 Left Both 1935-10-28
40 Rick Wise 6-02 195 Right Right 1945-09-13
39 Tim Blackwell 5-11 180 Right Both 1952-08-19
48 Bob Didier 6-00 190 Right Both 1949-02-16
27 Carlton Fisk 6-02 220 Right Right 1947-12-26
33 Tim McCarver 6-01 195 Right Left 1941-10-16
10 Bob Montgomery 6-01 203 Right Right 1944-04-16
7 Rick Burleson 5-10 165 Right Right 1951-04-29
5 Danny Cater 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1940-02-25
17 Cecil Cooper 6-02 190 Left Left 1949-12-20
48 Chuck Goggin 5-11 175 Right Both 1945-07-07
2 Doug Griffin 6-00 170 Right Right 1947-06-04
18 Mario Guerrero 5-10 155 Right Right 1949-09-28
38 Terry Hughes 6-01 185 Right Right 1949-05-13
12 John Kennedy 6-00 185 Right Right 1941-05-29
3 Dick McAuliffe 5-11 176 Right Left 1939-11-29
6 Rico Petrocelli 6-00 185 Right Right 1943-06-27
8 Carl Yastrzemski 5-11 182 Right Left 1939-08-22
20 Juan Beniquez 5-11 165 Right Right 1950-05-13
1 Bernie Carbo 6-00 175 Right Left 1947-08-05
24 Dwight Evans 6-02 205 Right Right 1951-11-03
4 Tommy Harper 5-10 168 Right Right 1940-10-14
19 Fred Lynn 6-01 190 Left Left 1952-02-03
16 Rick Miller 6-00 185 Left Left 1948-04-19
30 Deron Johnson 6-02 209 Right Right 1938-07-17
14 Jim Rice 6-02 205 Right Right 1953-03-08


The 1974 Boston Red Sox played 162 games during the regular season, won 84 games, lost 78 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 107/106) where 1,556,411 fans witnessed their 1974 Red Sox finish the season with a .519 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1974 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1974 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1974 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1974 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1974 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1974 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Bob Montgomery (79)
1B Carl Yastrzemski (84)
2B Doug Griffin (91)
3B Rico Petrocelli (116)
SS Mario Guerrero (93)
LF Carl Yastrzemski (63)
CF Juan Beniquez (91)
RF Dwight Evans (120)
DH Tommy Harper (51)
  
SP Reggie Cleveland
SP Dick Drago
SP Bill Lee
SP Roger Moret
SP Luis Tiant
  
CL Diego Segui


1974 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Juan Marichal $135,000.00
Tommy Harper $90,000.00
Rick Wise $85,000.00
Diego Segui $52,000.00
Dick Drago $45,000.00
Reggie Cleveland $42,000.00
Bernie Carbo $40,000.00
Chuck Goggin $19,000.00
Steve Barr $15,000.00
Tim Blackwell $15,000.00
Rick Burleson $15,000.00
Dwight Evans $15,000.00
Mario Guerrero $15,000.00
Terry Hughes $15,000.00
Fred Lynn $15,000.00
Don Newhauser $15,000.00
Dick Pole $15,000.00
Jim Rice $15,000.00


1974 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 Bernie Carbo
#2 Doug Griffin
#3 Dick McAuliffe
#4 Tommy Harper
#5 Danny Cater
#6 Rico Petrocelli
#7 Rick Burleson
#8 Carl Yastrzemski
#10 Bob Montgomery
#12 John Kennedy
#14 Jim Rice
#16 Rick Miller
#17 Cecil Cooper
#18 Mario Guerrero
#19 Fred Lynn
#20 Juan Beniquez
#21 Juan Marichal
#23 Luis Tiant
#24 Dwight Evans
#26 Reggie Cleveland
#27 Carlton Fisk
#28 Don Newhauser
#29 Roger Moret
#30 Deron Johnson
#33 Reggie Cleveland
#33 Tim McCarver
#36 Diego Segui
#37 Bill Lee
#38 Terry Hughes
#39 Tim Blackwell
#40 Rick Wise
#41 Dick Drago
#42 Lance Clemons
#45 Dick Pole
#46 Steve Barr
#48 Bob Didier
#48 Chuck Goggin
#55 Bob Veale

Did you know that a 1974 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

     

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