Home Attendance*: 981,083 on 75 dates (13,081 avg. [8], The team returned to Atlanta for a series with the LosAngelesDodgers. Although Dodgers outfielder BillBuckner nearly went over the outfield wall trying to catch it, the ball landed in the Braves bullpen, where reliefpitcher TomHouse caught it. He would have taken the Braves' job, Aaron said, "simply because there are no black managers in baseball. 1974 Atlanta Braves. Record: 31-51, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (31-51) Executive: William Wilcox. As events turned out, however, the Braves responded to King, winning 38 of their final 63 games (.603) and King was rehired for the 1975 season. Division. At the end of the 1973season, Aaron had finished one home run short of the record. West. Atlanta's black mayor, MaynardJackson, and Governor JimmyCarter attended the game.[9]. The Braves' 8874 (.543) record was an 1112 game improvement over 1973, and resulted in a third-place finish in the NL West. The team finished third in the NationalLeagueWest with a record of 8874, 14 games behind the LosAngelesDodgers. teams), 563 runs allowed (2nd) Two white college students sprinted onto the field and jogged alongside Aaron as he circled the base paths. 1974 Baseball Calendar. Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. The 1974 Atlanta Braves roster is above. Hank Aaron and the Home Run that changed America, Tom Stanton, p.64, Grizzard, Lewis, "If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground", p. 239-40, Leggett, William. FrankRobinson became MLB's first black manager when he was hired by the ClevelandIndians on October 3, 1974. The 1974 Atlanta Braves season was the ninth season in Atlanta along with the 104th season as a franchise overall. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. Scully calls Aaron's historic 715th home run, NLCS Gm3: Aaron crushes two-run homer to center, WS1974 Gm5: Perfect relay gets Buckner at third, July 6, 1986 - Montreal Expos vs. Atlanta Braves, 1974 WS Gm2: Marshall picks off Washington in ninth, The fence over which Hank Aaron hit the home run still exists outside of Turner Field. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975. On April 8, 1974, a crowd of 53,775 people showed up for the game a Braves attendance record. )Road Attendance*: 1,685,528 on 76 dates (22,178 avg. For information regarding statistical abbreviations, please View the Statistics Legend. Location. Buffalo Braves 1974-75 Roster and Stats. "[12] Braves' owner WilliamBartholomay responded by claiming he had had no inkling that Aaron was interested in managing in the Major Leagues.[12]. King's hiring aroused some controversy when Aaron noted that he had been bypassed as a managerial candidate; he would have become baseball's first African-American manager had he been named to the post. That's it. Aaron was traded to the AmericanLeague MilwaukeeBrewers on November 2, 1974; he finished his active career in the JuniorCircuit with two years as a designatedhitter before returning to the Braves as a front-office executive.