1975 Houston Astros season
1975 Houston Astros | |
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Record | 64–97 (.398) |
Divisional place | 6th |
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Owner(s) | Roy Hofheinz |
General manager(s) | Spec Richardson, John Mullen, Tal Smith |
Manager(s) | Preston Gómez, Bill Virdon |
Local television | KPRC-TV |
Local radio | KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe) |
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The 1975 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 64–97, 431⁄2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The Astros' .398 winning percentage is, as of 2021, the fourth worst in franchise history. In three consecutive seasons, in 2011, 2012 and 2013 the Astros finished each season with lower winning percentages.[1] Houston also lost 97 games in 1965 and 1991, but lost more than 100 games each in the 2011-2013 seasons.
Offseason[]
- December 3, 1974: Lee May and Jay Schlueter were traded by the Astros to the Baltimore Orioles for Enos Cabell and Rob Andrews.[2]
- January 5, 1975: Pitcher Don Wilson died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Regular season[]
Opening Day starters[]
- Rob Andrews
- Enos Cabell
- César Cedeño
- José Cruz
- Larry Dierker
- Cliff Johnson
- Milt May
- Roger Metzger
- Doug Rader[3]
Season standings[]
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 54 | 0.667 | — | 64–17 | 44–37 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 20 | 49–32 | 39–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 81 | 0.497 | 27½ | 46–35 | 34–46 |
San Diego Padres | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 37 | 38–43 | 33–48 |
Atlanta Braves | 67 | 94 | 0.416 | 40½ | 37–43 | 30–51 |
Houston Astros | 64 | 97 | 0.398 | 43½ | 37–44 | 27–53 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 3–15 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 8–9 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 1–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 15–3 | 11–1 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 4–8–1 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 12–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–7 | |||||
Montreal | 4–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 | — | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–8 | 7–5 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- June 3, 1975: Kim Seaman was drafted by the Astros in the 23rd round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[4]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Milt May | 111 | 386 | 93 | .241 | 4 | 52 |
1B | Bob Watson | 132 | 485 | 157 | .324 | 18 | 85 |
2B | Rob Andrews | 103 | 277 | 66 | .238 | 0 | 19 |
SS | Roger Metzger | 127 | 450 | 102 | .227 | 2 | 26 |
3B | Doug Rader | 129 | 448 | 100 | .223 | 12 | 48 |
LF | Greg Gross | 132 | 483 | 142 | .294 | 0 | 41 |
CF | César Cedeño | 131 | 500 | 144 | .288 | 13 | 63 |
RF | José Cruz | 120 | 315 | 81 | .257 | 9 | 49 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Wilbur Howard | 121 | 392 | 111 | .283 | 0 | 21 |
Enos Cabell | 117 | 348 | 92 | .264 | 2 | 43 |
Cliff Johnson | 122 | 340 | 94 | .276 | 20 | 65 |
Ken Boswell | 86 | 178 | 43 | .242 | 0 | 21 |
Larry Milbourne | 73 | 151 | 32 | .212 | 1 | 9 |
Tommy Helms | 64 | 135 | 28 | .207 | 0 | 14 |
Jerry DaVanon | 32 | 97 | 27 | .278 | 1 | 10 |
Skip Jutze | 51 | 93 | 21 | .226 | 0 | 6 |
Art Gardner | 13 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
Rafael Batista | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Easler | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jesús de la Rosa | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Larry Dierker | 34 | 232 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 | 127 |
J.R. Richard | 33 | 203 | 12 | 10 | 4.39 | 176 |
Dave Roberts | 32 | 198.1 | 8 | 14 | 4.27 | 101 |
Doug Konieczny | 32 | 171 | 6 | 13 | 4.47 | 89 |
Tom Griffin | 17 | 79.1 | 3 | 8 | 5.33 | 56 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ken Forsch | 34 | 109 | 4 | 8 | 3.22 | 54 |
Jim York | 19 | 46.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.86 | 17 |
Paul Siebert | 7 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 2.95 | 6 |
Mike Stanton | 7 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.27 | 16 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Wayne Granger | 55 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3.65 | 30 |
Jim Crawford | 44 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.63 | 37 |
Joe Niekro | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3.07 | 54 |
Mike Cosgrove | 32 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3.03 | 32 |
José Sosa | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.02 | 31 |
Fred Scherman | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.96 | 13 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Iowa Oaks | American Association | Joe Sparks |
AA | Columbus Astros | Southern League | Jim Beauchamp |
A | Dubuque Packers | Midwest League | Bob Cluck |
Rookie | Covington Astros | Appalachian League | Billy Smith |
References[]
- ^ Houston Astros Team History & Encyclopedia at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1975 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Kim Seaman at Baseball Reference
External links[]
- Houston Astros seasons
- 1975 Major League Baseball season
- 1975 in sports in Texas