SOUTHERN LEAGUE
What a finish to the 1974 batting race. Just six points separated third from first as Jim Baba of Moose Jaw captured the title with a .379 average, besting Bill Bell of Regina who finished at .378 and Doug Simon also of the Red Sox at .373. Roy Rowley of Moose Jaw was fourth, at .351, and Moose Jaw's two-time batting champion Ned Andreoni was 5th, at .337.
Larry Tollefson of Moose Jaw and Simon tied for the most home runs, 7, while Tollefson was tops in runs batted in, with 26. Doug Senyk of Melville registered the most stolen bases, 16.
Warren Mertens of Moose Jaw was the top hurler with a 6-2 record and 2.80 earned run average.
LEAGUE TROPHY WINNERS
Dave Dryburgh memorial trophy (batting champion) - Jim Baba (Moose Jaw Devons)
Gus Riddler memorial trophy (best catcher) - Larry Tollefson (Moose Jaw Devons)
Luther "Doc" Hughes memorial trophy (best pitcher) - Warren Mertens (Moose Jaw Devons)
Heinie Rogers memorial trophy (most valuable player) - Wayne Pusch (Swift Current Indians)
Father Athol Murray trophy (rookie of the year) - Ross Mahoney (Swift Current Indians)
| ALL - STAR SELECTIONS | ||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Larry Tollefson (Moose Jaw Devons) | C | Andy Logan (Regina Red Sox) |
| Warren Martens (Moose Jaw Devons) | RHP | Steve Murray (Moose Jaw Devons) |
| Wayne Pusch (Swift Current Indians | LHP | Gene Gerrard (Melville Millionaires) |
| Greg Steele (Moose Jaw Devons) | 1B | Brian Keegan (Swift Current Indians) |
| Mark Bell (Melville Millionaires) | 2B | Jim Paisley (Regina Red Sox) |
| Bill Bell (Regina Red Sox) | 3B | Roy Rowley (Moose Jaw Devons) |
| Ned Andreoni (Moose Jaw Devons) | SS | Dan Ahern (Swift Current Indians) |
| Jim Baba (Moose Jaw Devons) | OF | Warren Kivell (Regina Red Sox) |
| Doug Simon (Regina Red Sox) | OF | Steve Clausen (Melville Millionaires) |
| Clark Compton (Regina Red Sox) | OF | Gary Erfle (Moose Jaw Devons) |
AVE : Baba MJ - .379
RUNS : Simon RGR - 30
HR : Tollefson MJ, Simon RGR - 7
RBI : Tollefson MJ - 26
SB : Senyk MM - 16
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO RBI PCT
1974 SBL Baba Jim MJ 87 29 33 .379
1974 SBL Bell Bill RGR 82 26 31 .378
1974 SBL Simon Doug RGR 75 30 28 7 .373
1974 SBL Rowley Roy MJ 74 17 26 .351
1974 SBL Andreoni Ned MJ 86 19 29 .337
1974 SBL Ahern Dan SC 79 13 25 .316
1974 SBL Compton Clark RGR 83 14 26 .313
1974 SBL Steele Greg MJ 78 16 24 .308
1974 SBL Logan Andy RGR 78 19 24 .308
1974 SBL Nybo Harvey SC 98 15 29 .296
1974 SBL Tollefson Larry MJ 7 26
1974 SBL Senyk Doug MM 16
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 1, 1974 MJ=Moose Jaw Devons, MM=Melville Millionaires, RGR=Regina Red Sox, SC=Swift Current Indians
Wins : Mertens MJ, Pusch SC - 6
Pct : Rowley MJ - 1.000
Games : Johnson RGR - 13
Started : Pusch SC 10
Completed : Pusch SC 9
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1974 SBL Mertens Warren MJ 10 8 5 6 2 .750 2.80 1974 SBL Pusch Wayne SC 10 10 9 6 4 .600 1974 SBL Rowley Roy MJ 8 4 3 5 0 1.000 1974 SBL Barr Russ RGR 6 2 0 4 1 .800 1974 SBL Gerrard Gene MM 9 9 7 4 4 .500 1974 SBL Faith Bob RGR 7 1 0 3 0 1.000 1974 SBL Overbo Doug RGR 4 4 2 3 0 1.000 1974 SBL Heisler Rod MJ 8 5 1 3 1 .750 1974 SBL Johnson Lyle RGR 13 5 3 3 4 .429 1974 SBL Currie Bob RGR 7 4 1 2 1 .667 1974 SBL Devine Brad MJ 5 1 0 1 1 .500 1974 SBL Murray Steve MJ 6 4 2 1 2 .333 1974 SBL Gleed Jeff SC 4 4 4 1 3 .250 1974 SBL Clausen Steve MM 7 5 4 1 5 .167 1974 SBL Fedyk Brian MM 6 6 4 1 5 .167 1974 SBL Andrie Dan MJ 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Burgess Ed MM 2 1 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Holiday Dean MM 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Paisley Jim RGR 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Tulloch Neil RGR 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Sawa Randy RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Hogg Neil SC 2 1 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Sannes Lonnie SC 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1974 SBL Rhodes Pete RGR 3 0 0 0 1 .000 1974 SBL Lee Jeff SC 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1974 SBL Singer Howard RGR 7 6 1 0 2 .000 1974 SBL Schwartz Les SC 5 3 0 0 2 .000 1974 SBL Szabo Don SC 2 2 1 0 2 .000 1974 SBL Senyk Doug MM 6 2 1 0 3 .000 Source : Linescores, game reports
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
Hal Harris of Unity edged out Gorman Heimueller of Eston for the 1974 batting title. Harris compiled a .393 average, Heimueller finished at .391. Jesse Chavez of Unity was third, at .333. Gord Johnson of Saskatoon drove in the most runs, 23. Don McLeod of Saskatoon was tops in runs scored, 29, and steals, 11.
Teammates Steve Kemp and Wayne Plummer dominated the pitching statistics. Plummer had the most wins, 7. With 7-0 and 5-0 records, they tied for the best winning percentage. Kemp finished first in ERA with a 0.74 average, Plummer was second at 1.47. Tom Sharpe of Unity had the most strikeouts, 73, in just 58 innings.
AVE : Harris UN - .393
RUNS : McLeod SK - 29
RBI : Johnson SK - 23
SB : McLeod SK - 11
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1974 NSBL Harris Hal UN 25 94 24 37 7 1 2 0 11 16 20 .393
1974 NSBL Heimueller Gorman EN 28 92 19 36 7 1 1 3 16 10 16 .391
1974 NSBL Chavez Jesse UN 23 78 20 26 4 0 3 5 27 11 16 .333
1974 NSBL Wilkinson Doug NB 21 76 19 25 2 1 1 2 14 3 13 .329
1974 NSBL Papadakis Buddy KI 18 70 14 23 3 1 2 3 7 9 12 .329
1974 NSBL Bringhurst Stu KI 19 70 12 23 5 2 2 5 10 13 9 .329
1974 NSBL Mitchell Al SK 23 84 15 27 4 1 0 4 13 13 13 .321
1974 NSBL Jackson Don KI 19 68 9 21 4 0 0 0 8 7 6 .309
1974 NSBL Ralston Ed UN 21 75 16 23 2 1 4 0 13 9 21 .307
1974 NSBL Sterning Cam NB 18 66 11 20 4 0 0 3 8 6 16 .303
1974 NSBL McLeod Don SK 23 86 29 26 4 5 2 11 22 15 18 .302
1974 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 25 93 21 28 4 0 1 3 21 7 12 .301
1974 NSBL Maxemiuk Fred SK 24 80 15 24 1 1 0 5 19 14 18 .300
1974 NSBL Nelson Ken NB 19 67 15 20 3 2 1 3 10 5 14 .299
1974 NSBL Wright Oakley EN 22 84 14 25 5 0 3 5 6 13 12 .298
1974 NSBL Irvine Blythe EN 13 51 7 15 1 0 0 0 6 14 4 .294
1974 NSBL McIvor Hugh NB 20 76 19 22 5 1 0 5 9 13 18 .289
1974 NSBL Andrew Reg EN 24 95 14 27 1 1 1 0 6 16 12 .284
1974 NSBL Ruggles Terry KI 14 53 8 15 1 1 1 2 7 4 7 .283
1974 NSBL Cuadros Al UN 21 57 6 16 1 0 0 0 6 3 3 .281
1974 NSBL Lampitt Brian NB 22 85 16 23 3 3 0 6 3 15 11 .271
1974 NSBL Lampitt Neil NB 21 74 19 20 2 0 0 4 15 9 4 .270
1974 NSBL McIvor Rod EN 25 84 10 22 1 0 1 0 12 25 11 .262
1974 NSBL Munch Randy SK 25 84 10 22 1 0 1 0 12 25 11 .262
1974 NSBL Nelson Gary EN 21 65 8 16 1 1 0 0 17 7 6 .246
1974 NSBL Sharpe Tom UN 19 65 9 16 1 0 1 2 11 7 5 .246
1974 NSBL Freeberg Bruce EN 20 65 5 16 0 0 0 0 8 16 4 .246
1974 NSBL Johnston Rick NB 20 63 10 15 1 0 0 4 10 14 7 .238
1974 NSBL Goldade Greg EN 30 106 19 25 3 0 0 2 19 18 3 .236
1974 NSBL Miller Glen UN 24 81 17 19 2 2 0 3 18 23 8 .235
1974 NSBL Johnson Gord SK 26 103 16 24 7 2 2 2 10 30 23 .233
1974 NSBL Morrice Rick EN 30 121 17 26 1 1 0 0 12 13 9 .215
1974 NSBL Mitchell Doug KI 22 80 12 17 4 0 0 6 13 36 7 .213
1974 NSBL Arthur Randy KI 20 76 6 16 2 0 1 0 7 20 3 .211
1974 NSBL Brandon Gary SK 22 81 15 17 5 0 0 5 3 15 13 .210
Source : Batter-Up, The Story of the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League WINS : Plummer SK - 7
PCT : Plummer, Kemp SK - 1.000
INNINGS : Heimueller EN - 77
STRIKEOUTS : Sharpe UN - 73
ERA : Kemp SK - 0.74 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1974 NSBL Kemp Steve SK 5 0 1.000 48 23 4 8 53 0.74 1974 NSBL Plummer Wayne SK 7 0 1.000 43 26 7 25 42 1.47 1974 NSBL Cuadros Al UN 4 1 .800 49 35 8 22 70 1.47 1974 NSBL Ruybalid Dan NB 4 2 .667 31 15 6 19 39 1.72 1974 NSBL Cline Hal NB 3 0 1.000 36 18 7 27 27 1.73 1974 NSBL McIntyre Don NB 3 1 .750 26 22 6 16 20 2.10 1974 NSBL Sharpe Tom UN 4 3 .571 58 58 15 21 73 2.33 1974 NSBL Freeberg Bruce EN 1 4 .200 68 41 19 23 43 2.50 1974 NSBL Heimueller Gorman EN 3 5 .375 77 68 24 32 68 2.82 1974 NSBL Wright Oakley EN 1 2 .333 28 28 9 14 17 2.93 1974 NSBL Ballou Cliff NB 3 3 .500 65 67 22 22 29 3.05 1974 NSBL Turner Bruce SK 2 1 .667 33 25 14 27 26 3.78 1974 NSBL McMillan Neil EN 4 5 .444 52 64 23 42 30 4.01 1974 NSBL Vincent Gary EN 0 3 .000 31 41 15 7 35 4.35 1974 NSBL Moline Stan KI 0 4 .000 46 51 24 27 33 4.73 1974 NSBL Lumsden Bill NB 2 1 .667 28 36 15 8 16 4.88 1974 NSBL Benedetti Jeff SK 3 2 .600 47 45 27 35 42 5.21 1974 NSBL Pakadakis Buddy KI 1 5 .167 39 48 23 18 40 5.31 1974 NSBL Delainey Fred UN 1 4 .200 33 49 37 29 17 10.19
1974 NSBL Gray Terry KI 2 0 1.000
1974 NSBL Robertson Dave UN 2 1 .500 1974 NSBL Harris Hal UN 1 0 1.000 1974 NSBL Will Randy EN 1 0 1.000 1974 NSBL Brandon Gary SK 1 1 .500 1974 NSBL Parenteau Ken SK 1 1 .500 1974 NSBL Bringhurst Stu KI 1 2 .333
1974 NSBL Rosenstein Tom UN 0 1 .500 1974 NSBL Burton Dean UN 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Chavez Jesse UN 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Christiaens Tom KI 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Dahl Richard KI 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Gautschi Shelly SK 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Saisi Al KI 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Schommer Jim KI 0 1 .000 1974 NSBL Zaichkowski Bob UN 0 1 .000 Source : Batter-Up, The Story of the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League & linescores, game reports. EN=Eston Ramblers, KI=Kindersley Klippers, NB=North Battleford Beavers, SK=Saskatoon Boston Royals,
UN=Unity Cardinals