| Thursday, October 31st , 1974 | | Signed Hitting Coach Pug Davis to a 2-year, $8,400 per year contract. | | Tuesday, October 29th , 1974 | | Signed Pitching Coach Ed Lusk to a 2-year, $7,050 per year contract. | | Friday, October 25th , 1974 | | Signed free agent SP Bill Knox to a 1-year contract worth a total of $14,000. | | Monday, October 21st , 1974 | | Signed Team Trainer Toshiichi Hiramatsu to a 2-year, $2,500 per year contract. | | Sunday, October 20th , 1974 | | SP Tadaatsu Sunada retired from professional baseball. | | Wednesday, October 16th , 1974 | | Signed free agent 1B Kagetoki Taira to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RF Yoshihiro Watanabe to a minor league contract. | | Monday, September 30th , 1974 | | Placed CF Kazuo Kawano on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 09/29/1974. | | Saturday, September 21st , 1974 | | Activated SP Tsuneo Oda from the injured list. | | Tuesday, September 3rd , 1974 | | Placed SP Tsuneo Oda on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 09/02/1974. | | Thursday, August 8th , 1974 | | Signed free agent C Ichiro Hirano to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent 2B Kaemon Yoshida to a minor league contract. | | Tuesday, July 30th , 1974 | | Placed RP Taku Doi on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 07/29/1974. | | Thursday, July 18th , 1974 | | Placed RP Tadaatsu Sunada on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 07/17/1974. | | Wednesday, July 10th , 1974 | | Activated RF Kazuo Kawano from the injured list. | | Wednesday, June 12th , 1974 | | Placed RF Kazuo Kawano on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 06/11/1974. | | Wednesday, June 5th , 1974 | | Drafted 2B Kazunori Nishimura in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | | Drafted C Kiyoji Ikeda in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 17th overall pick). | | Drafted CF Sofu Tanaka in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Kaemon Yoshida in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 41st overall pick). | | Drafted CF Tadashige Nakai in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). | | Friday, May 31st , 1974 | | SP An Ba did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Vesutan organization. | | RP Taku Doi did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Vesutan organization. | | Sunday, May 19th , 1974 | | Activated SS Yoringa Ueda from the injured list. | | Sunday, May 5th , 1974 | | Placed SS Yoringa Ueda on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/04/1974. | | Thursday, April 18th , 1974 | | Placed 1B Shougo Iwai on the 60-day injured list. | |
