| Sunday, October 20th , 1974 |
| Washington Eagles: 1B Red Johns retired from professional baseball. |
| Seattle Kings: Retired #12 in honor of Beau McClellan. |
| Montreal Saints: SP Beau McClellan retired from professional baseball. |
| San Francisco Sailors: RP Mike Peter retired from professional baseball. |
| Chicago Chiefs: C Dutch Miller retired from professional baseball. |
| Cleveland Foresters: Retired #10 in honor of John Low. |
| Boston Minutemen: SS John Low retired from professional baseball. |
| Montreal Saints: Activated CL Johnny Lyon from the 60-day injured list. |
| Montreal Saints: Activated 3B Johnny Lee from the 60-day injured list. |
| Atlanta Copperheads: Activated SP Dutch Wright from the 60-day injured list. |
| Dallas Wranglers: Activated 1B Nick Parker from the 60-day injured list. |
| Kansas City Mavericks: Activated RP Sam Pedraza from the 60-day injured list. |
| New York Gothams: Activated RP Herb Isom from the injured list. |
| New York Gothams: Activated RP Jerry Walton from the 60-day injured list. |
| Detroit Dynamos: Activated SP Paddy Williamson from the injured list. |
| Detroit Dynamos: Activated RP George Fuller from the 60-day injured list. |
| New York Imperials: Activated C Ty Rusconi from the injured list. |
| Washington Eagles: Activated RP Vance Smith from the injured list. |
| Washington Eagles: Activated CF Don Whited from the injured list. |
| Cleveland Foresters: Activated LF Orlando Benitez from the 60-day injured list. |
| Seattle Kings: Activated 1B Hank Williams from the injured list. |
| Los Angeles Stars: Activated SP Ed Jackson from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Cougars: Activated 2B Cleo Harris from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Cougars: Activated CF Al Johnson from the 60-day injured list. |
| Toronto Wolves: Activated 1B Pat Kellison from the 60-day injured list. |
| Toronto Wolves: Activated 1B John Baab from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Cougars: RP Tom McDaniel was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Toronto Wolves: 1B George Horn was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Toronto Wolves: RP Jim Piper was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Detroit Dynamos: RP Red Holmes (A Terre Haute) retired from professional baseball. |
| RP Wally Ponzo retired from professional baseball. |
| SS Paul Taylor retired from professional baseball. |
| SP Bill Carpenter retired from professional baseball. |
| RP Dave Wiseman retired from professional baseball. |
| C Bill Riley retired from professional baseball. |
| LF Miguel Paniagua retired from professional baseball. |
| CF Dick Fleck retired from professional baseball. |
| 3B Art Johnson retired from professional baseball. |
| CF Frank McCarroll retired from professional baseball. |
| LF Dick DiFilippo retired from professional baseball. |
| SP Jimmy Blair retired from professional baseball. |
| CF Al Clark retired from professional baseball. |
| LF Vern Boyd retired from professional baseball. |
| 1B Ham Flanders retired from professional baseball. |
| SP Dewey Allcock retired from professional baseball. |
| Chicago Chiefs: RF Jack Thompson retired from professional baseball. |
| C Bill Smith retired from professional baseball. |
| SP Chuck Droste retired from professional baseball. |
| 1B Fred Wilcox retired from professional baseball. |
| RF Roy Williams retired from professional baseball. |
| Washington Eagles: Scouting Director Joe McPherson retires. |
| Dallas Wranglers: Manager George Waller retires. |
| Houston Comets: Pitching Coach Henry Crayton retires. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: Third Base Coach Ross Bond retires. |
| St. Louis Pioneers: Third Base Coach Dutch Craig retires. |
| Chicago Cougars: First Base Coach Stu Dickson retires. |
| Manager Bob Prewitt retires. |
| Manager Hank Swanson retires. |
| Hitting Coach Charlie Lane retires. |
| Team Trainer Clyde Smith retires. |
| First Base Coach Art Rice retires. |
| Manager Lou Ormsby retires. |
| Team Trainer Milt McMahon retires. |
| Pitching Coach Johnny Jones retires. |
| Team Trainer Abe Saunders retires. |
| Team Trainer Mel Hicks retires. |
| Team Trainer Walt Rich retires. |
| Hitting Coach Freddie Ebbert retires. |
| General Manager KJal Craig retires. |
| Hitting Coach Michael Rodriguez retires. |
| Manager Babe Stinson retires. |
| First Base Coach Bob Mark retires. |
| Manager Bill Smith retires. |
| Manager Jim Dirks retires. |
| Pitching Coach Jake Roberts retires. |
| Hitting Coach Bill Merkel retires. |
| Hitting Coach Donald Sutton retires. |
| New York Gothams: Fired 1B Coach Pat Stephens. |
| Baltimore Clippers: Fired Pitching Coach Don Spooner. |
| Chicago Chiefs: Fired Hitting Coach Alf Adkins. |
| Minneapolis Millers: Fired Bench Coach Dixie Dennis. |
| Minneapolis Millers: Fired Pitching Coach Don Fluharty. |
| St. Louis Pioneers: Fired Pitching Coach Harvey Mitchell. |
| Montreal Saints: Fired Hitting Coach Vic Kramer. |
| Montreal Saints: Fired 1B Coach Herbert Crawford Jr.. |
| Toronto Wolves: Fired Hitting Coach Billy Wyatt. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: Fired Hitting Coach Bob Hoppe. |
| New York Imperials: Fired Hitting Coach Arnie Cunningham. |
| Dallas Wranglers: Fired 1B Coach Dave Gray. |
| Kansas City Mavericks: Fired Pitching Coach Jack B Miller. |
| Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent SP Jim Martin to a minor league contract. |
| Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent CF Luis Ramirez to a minor league contract. |
| Milwaukee Arrows: Signed free agent SP Frank Mason to a minor league contract. |
| Houston Comets: Signed free agent C Roy Phillips to a minor league contract. |
| Houston Comets: Signed free agent SP Scott Redman to a minor league contract. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: Signed free agent SP Duane Bennett to a minor league contract. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: Signed free agent RP Elmer Murphy to a minor league contract. |
| Chicago Cougars: Signed free agent SP Ray Robinson to a minor league contract. |
| Chicago Chiefs: Signed free agent SP Bill Newhouse to a minor league contract. |
| New York Gothams: Signed free agent CL Billy Simpson to a minor league contract. |
| Detroit Dynamos: Signed free agent SP Fred Cady to a minor league contract. |
| The Detroit Dynamos traded 26-year old minor league RHP Ray Green and 21-year old minor league RHP Bob Bruce to the Los Angeles Stars, getting 18-year old minor league 2B Al Ireland in return. |
| The Los Angeles Stars traded 23-year old minor league C Kent Parkhurst to the Baltimore Clippers, getting 29-year old minor league RHP John Bennett in return. |
| The Dallas Wranglers traded 19-year old minor league 1B Jimmy Grider and 23-year old minor league RHP Jim Danielson to the Seattle Kings, getting 34-year old minor league RHP Fred Jones in return. |
| The Washington Eagles traded 25-year old minor league RHP Jerry Baker to the Baltimore Clippers, getting 23-year old minor league RF Jimmy Henderson in return. |
| The Toronto Wolves traded 27-year old RHP Dave Dumas to the Milwaukee Arrows, getting 22-year old minor league RHP Johnny Banks in return. |
| Chicago Chiefs: Activated RP Joe Jones from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Cougars: Activated C Charlie Sanders from the 60-day injured list. |
| Los Angeles Suns: Activated CF Lou Geyer from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Chiefs: Activated CL Hal Alsip from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Cougars: Activated SS Tom Halliday from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Chiefs: Activated SP Larry Barker from the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago Chiefs: RP Hank Bowers was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Los Angeles Suns: CF Lou Geyer was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Chicago Cougars: 1B Carl Chambers was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Chicago Cougars: RF Dallas Ratajczyk was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Philadelphia Keystones: Activated SP Allie Boone from the 60-day injured list. |
| Milwaukee Arrows: RP Frank Baxter was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Washington Eagles: Activated RP Hoot Harger from the 60-day injured list. |
| Atlanta Copperheads: Activated 2B Al Hubbard from the 60-day injured list. |
| Dallas Wranglers: Activated 1B Dean Grenier from the 60-day injured list. |
| Washington Eagles: RP Hoot Harger was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Dallas Wranglers: 1B Dean Grenier was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Boston Minutemen: Activated LF Frank Kirouac from the 60-day injured list. |
| Los Angeles Stars: Activated 1B Bobby Garrison from the 60-day injured list. |
| Los Angeles Stars: Activated CL Floyd Warner from the 60-day injured list. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: Activated 2B Al Rogers from the 60-day injured list. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: Activated RP Hal Williamson from the 60-day injured list. |
| Cincinnati Cannons: 2B Al Rogers was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Los Angeles Stars: CF Bubba McKinney was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Detroit Dynamos: Signed Manager Roger Cleaves to a 2-year contract extension. |