1975 New York Yankees season

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1975 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Shea Stadium (since 1974)
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Bill Virdon (games 1-104)
Billy Martin (games 104-160)
Local televisionWPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Local radioWMCA
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dom Valentino / John Sterling)
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The 1975 New York Yankees season was the 73rd season for the Yankees in New York, and the franchise's 75th season overall. The team finished with a record of 83–77, finishing 12 games behind the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium, which re-opened in 1976.

Bill Virdon opened the season as Yankees manager, but he was replaced on August 1st by Billy Martin. This would be the first of five stints as Yankees manager for Martin.

Offseason[]

  • October 22, 1974: Bobby Murcer was traded by the Yankees to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds.[1]
  • December 3, 1974: Joe Pactwa was purchased from the Yankees by the Alijadores de Tampico.[2]
  • December 20, 1974: Sam McDowell was released by the Yankees.[3]
  • December 31, 1974: Catfish Hunter was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[4]
  • January 21, 1975: Gene Michael was released by the Yankees.[5]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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  • t
AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 95 65 0.594 — 47–34 48–31
Baltimore Orioles 90 69 0.566 4½ 44–33 46–36
New York Yankees 83 77 0.519 12 43–35 40–42
Cleveland Indians 79 80 0.497 15½ 41–39 38–41
Milwaukee Brewers 68 94 0.420 28 36–45 32–49
Detroit Tigers 57 102 0.358 37½ 31–49 26–53

Record vs. opponents[]

1975 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 9–9 6–6 7–4 10–8 12–4 7–5 14–4 6–6 8–10 4–8 7–5
Boston 9–9 — 6–6 8–4 7–11 13–5 7–5 10–8 10–2 11–5 6–6 8–4
California 6–6 6–6 — 9–9 3–9 6–5 4–14 7–5 8–10 7–5 7–11 9–9
Chicago 4–7 4–8 9–9 — 7–5 5–7 9–9 8–4 9–9 6–6 9–9 5–13
Cleveland 8–10 11–7 9–3 5–7 — 12–6 6–6 9–9 3–6 9–9 2–10 5–7
Detroit 4–12 5–13 5–6 7–5 6–12 — 6–6 7–11 4–8 6–12 6–6 1–11
Kansas City 5–7 5–7 14–4 9–9 6–6 6–6 — 7–5 11–7 7–5 11–7 14–4
Milwaukee 4–14 8–10 5–7 4–8 9–9 11–7 5–7 — 2–10 9–9 5–7 6–6
Minnesota 6–6 2–10 10–8 9–9 6–3 8–4 7–11 10–2 — 4–8 6–12 8–10
New York 10–8 5–11 5–7 6–6 9–9 12–6 5–7 9–9 8–4 — 6–6 8–4
Oakland 8–4 6–6 11–7 9–9 10–2 6–6 11–7 7–5 12–6 6–6 — 12–6
Texas 5–7 4–8 9–9 13–5 7–5 11–1 4–14 6–6 10–8 4–8 6–12 —


Notable transactions[]

  • June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Jim Beattie was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round.[6]
    • Willie Upshaw was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round.[7]
  • June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased by the Yankees from the Texas Rangers.[8]

Roster[]

1975 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 46 Rick Dempsey
  • 45 Ed Herrmann
  • 15 Thurman Munson

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  1 Billy Martin
  • 21 Bill Virdon

Coaches

  • 62 Cloyd Boyer
  • 16 Whitey Ford
  • 32 Elston Howard
  • 34 Dick Howser
  • 31 Mel Wright

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

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 R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Thurman Munson 157 597 83 190 .318 12 102 3
1B Chris Chambliss 150 562 66 171 .304 9 72 0
2B Sandy Alomar 151 489 61 117 .239 2 39 28
3B Graig Nettles 157 581 71 155 .267 21 91 1
SS Jim Mason 94 223 17 34 .152 2 16 0
LF Roy White 148 566 81 161 .290 12 59 16
CF Elliott Maddox 55 218 36 67 .307 1 23 9
RF Bobby Bonds 145 529 93 143 .270 32 85 30
DH Ed Herrmann 80 200 16 51 .255 6 30 0

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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
Fred Stanley 117 252 56 .222 0 15
Lou Piniella 74 199 39 .196 0 22
Walt Williams 82 185 52 .281 5 16
Rick Dempsey 71 145 38 .262 1 11
Alex Johnson 52 119 31 .261 1 15
Rick Bladt 52 117 26 .222 1 11
Rich Coggins 51 107 24 .224 1 6
Ron Blomberg 34 106 27 .255 4 17
Terry Whitfield 28 81 22 .272 0 7
Ed Brinkman 44 63 11 .175 0 2
Bob Oliver 18 38 5 .132 0 1
Kerry Dineen 7 22 8 .364 0 1
Dave Bergman 7 17 0 .000 0 0
Otto Vélez 6 8 2 .250 0 1
Larry Murray 6 1 0 .000 0 0
Eddie Leon 1 0 0 --- 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
Catfish Hunter 39 328 23 14 2.58 177
Doc Medich 38 272.1 16 16 3.50 132
Rudy May 32 212 14 12 3.06 145
Pat Dobson 33 207.2 11 14 4.07 129
Larry Gura 26 151.1 7 8 3.51 65

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
Sparky Lyle 49 5 7 6 3.12 65
Dick Tidrow 37 6 3 5 3.12 38
Tippy Martinez 23 1 2 8 2.68 20
Dave Pagan 13 0 0 1 4.06 18
Ron Guidry 10 0 1 0 3.45 15
Rick Sawyer 4 0 0 0 3.00 3
Mike Wallace 3 0 0 0 14.54 2

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bobby Cox
AA West Haven Yankees Eastern League Pete Ward
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Leo Posada
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Mike Ferraro

[10]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Joe Pactwa Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Sam McDowell Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "Catfish Hunter Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "Gene Michael Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "Jim Beattie Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ "Willie Upshaw Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "Ed Brinkman Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ "1975 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References[]

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