| Sunday, October 20th , 1974 | | Retired #4 in honor of Shinki Kimura. | | Thursday, October 10th , 1974 | | SP Ryunosuke Saito retired from professional baseball. | | Signed Manager Shun Kawamura to a 2-year contract extension. | | Signed Scouting Director Troy Crockett to a 2-year contract extension. | | Signed Bench Coach Jack Weaver to a 2-year contract extension. | | Signed 3B Coach Bob Lewiston to a 1-year contract extension. | | Signed 1B Coach Kikuma Kanai to a 2-year contract extension. | | Sunday, August 18th , 1974 | | Activated 2B Rkuemon Endo from the injured list. | | Sunday, June 16th , 1974 | | Placed 2B Rkuemon Endo on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 06/15/1974. | | Wednesday, June 5th , 1974 | | Drafted 2B Micho Nakajima in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Nobuo Kimura in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 9, 21st overall pick). | | Drafted SS Shukishi Omura in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 9, 33rd overall pick). | | Drafted RP Saita Umemoto in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 9, 45th overall pick). | | Drafted CF Tetsuya Takemoto in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 9, 57th overall pick). | | Friday, May 31st , 1974 | | SP Tsunehiko Yamamoto did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Hosho organization. | |
