1975 Texas Rangers season

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1975 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bradford G. Corbett
General manager(s)Dan O'Brien Sr.
Manager(s)Billy Martin, Frank Lucchesi
Local televisionKXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Local radioWBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
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The 1975 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses. The team hit a major league-leading five grand slams.[1]

Offseason[]

  • December 5, 1974: Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis.[2]
  • January 9, 1975: Bump Wills was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft.[3]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 98 64 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
Kansas City Royals 91 71 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Texas Rangers 79 83 0.488 19 39–41 40–42
Minnesota Twins 76 83 0.478 20½ 39–43 37–40
Chicago White Sox 75 86 0.466 22½ 42–39 33–47
California Angels 72 89 0.447 25½ 35–46 37–43

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 4, 1975: Willie Davis was traded by the Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore.[4]
  • June 13, 1975: Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.[5]
  • June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees.[4]

Roster[]

1975 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Jim Sundberg 155 472 94 .199 6 36
1B Jim Spencer 132 403 107 .266 11 47
2B Lenny Randle 156 601 166 .276 4 57
SS Toby Harrah 151 522 153 .293 20 93
3B Roy Howell 125 383 96 .251 10 51
LF Mike Hargrove 145 519 157 .303 11 62
CF Dave Moates 54 175 48 .274 3 14
RF Jeff Burroughs 152 585 132 .226 29 94
DH César Tovar 102 427 110 .258 3 28

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
Tom Grieve 118 369 102 .276 14 61
Roy Smalley 78 250 57 .228 3 33
Jim Fregosi 77 191 50 .262 7 33
Willie Davis 42 169 42 .249 5 17
Mike Cubbage 58 143 32 .224 4 21
Joe Lovitto 50 106 22 .208 1 8
Leo Cárdenas 55 102 24 .235 1 5
Dave Nelson 28 80 17 .213 2 10
Bill Fahey 21 37 11 .297 0 3
Tom Robson 17 35 7 .200 0 2
Ron Pruitt 14 17 3 .176 0 0
Bobby Jones 9 11 1 .091 0 0
Ed Brinkman 1 2 0 .000 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
Ferguson Jenkins 37 270 17 18 3.93 157
Steve Hargan 33 189.1 9 10 3.80 93
Gaylord Perry 22 184 12 8 3.03 148
Bill Hands 18 109.2 6 7 4.02 67
Jim Bibby 12 68.1 2 6 5.00 31
Stan Perzanowski 12 66 3 3 3.00 26
David Clyde 1 7 0 1 2.57 2
Jim Gideon 1 5.2 0 0 7.94 2

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
Jim Umbarger 56 131 8 7 4.12 50
Clyde Wright 25 93.1 4 6 4.44 32
Jackie Brown 17 70.1 5 5 4.22 35
Mike Bacsik 7 26.2 1 2 3.71 13

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
Steve Foucault 59 8 4 10 4.12 56
Stan Thomas 46 4 4 3 3.10 46
Mike Kekich 23 0 0 2 3.73 19
Tommy Moore 12 0 2 0 8.14 15
Jim Merritt 5 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Del Wilber
AA Pittsfield Rangers Eastern League Jackie Moore and Marty Martínez
A Lynchburg Rangers Carolina League Wayne Terwilliger
A Anderson Rangers Western Carolinas League Rich Donnelly
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1975, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference

References[]

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

External links[]

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