1975 Milwaukee Brewers season
1975 Milwaukee Brewers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Milwaukee County Stadium | |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Owners | Bud Selig | |
General managers | Jim Baumer | |
Managers | Del Crandall, Harvey Kuenn | |
Television | WTMJ-TV (Gary Bender, Jim Irwin) | |
Radio | 620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.
Offseason
- November 2, 1974: Dave May and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers completed the trade by sending Roger Alexander (minors) to the Braves on December 2.[1]
- January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).[2]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 95 | 65 | .594 | — | 47–34 | 48–31 |
Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 69 | .566 | 4½ | 44–33 | 46–36 |
New York Yankees | 83 | 77 | .519 | 12 | 43–35 | 40–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 80 | .497 | 15½ | 41–39 | 38–41 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 94 | .420 | 28 | 36–45 | 32–49 |
Detroit Tigers | 57 | 102 | .358 | 37½ | 31–49 | 26–53 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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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
- April 3, 1975: Jesús Vega was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.[3]
- May 8, 1975: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.[4]
- June 14, 1975: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Bobby Darwin.[5]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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Coaches
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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 | Darrell Porter | 130 | 409 | 95 | .232 | 18 | 60 |
1B | George Scott | 158 | 617 | 176 | .285 | 36 | 109 |
2B | Pedro García | 98 | 302 | 68 | .225 | 6 | 38 |
3B | Don Money | 109 | 405 | 112 | .277 | 15 | 43 |
SS | Robin Yount | 147 | 558 | 149 | .267 | 8 | 52 |
LF | Bobby Mitchell | 93 | 229 | 57 | .249 | 9 | 41 |
CF | Bill Sharp | 125 | 373 | 95 | .255 | 1 | 34 |
RF | Sixto Lezcano | 134 | 429 | 106 | .247 | 11 | 43 |
DH | Hank Aaron | 137 | 465 | 109 | .234 | 12 | 60 |
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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Kurt Bevacqua | 104 | 258 | 59 | .229 | 2 | 24 |
Charlie Moore | 73 | 241 | 70 | .290 | 1 | 29 |
Gorman Thomas | 121 | 240 | 43 | .179 | 10 | 28 |
Mike Hegan | 93 | 203 | 51 | .251 | 5 | 22 |
Bobby Darwin | 55 | 186 | 46 | .247 | 8 | 23 |
Bob Sheldon | 53 | 181 | 52 | .287 | 0 | 14 |
Tim Johnson | 38 | 85 | 12 | .141 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Briggs | 28 | 74 | 22 | .297 | 3 | 5 |
Bob Coluccio | 22 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 1 | 5 |
Tommy Bianco | 18 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Lind | 17 | 20 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Ellis | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 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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Pete Broberg | 38 | 220.1 | 14 | 16 | 4.13 | 100 |
Jim Slaton | 37 | 217.0 | 11 | 18 | 4.52 | 119 |
Jim Colborn | 36 | 206.1 | 11 | 13 | 4.27 | 79 |
Bill Travers | 28 | 136.1 | 6 | 11 | 4.29 | 57 |
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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Tom Hausman | 29 | 112.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.10 | 46 |
Bill Champion | 27 | 110.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.89 | 40 |
Bill Castro | 18 | 75.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.52 | 25 |
Ed Sprague | 18 | 67.1 | 1 | 7 | 4.68 | 21 |
Larry Anderson | 8 | 30.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.04 | 13 |
Jerry Augustine | 5 | 26.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.04 | 8 |
Lafayette Currence | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 7 |
Pat Osburn | 6 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1 |
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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Tom Murphy | 52 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 4.60 | 32 |
Eduardo Rodríguez | 43 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3.49 | 65 |
Rick Austin | 32 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.05 | 30 |
Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1975.[7] The Newark Co-Pilots won the New York–Penn League championship.[8]
Notes
- ^ Hank Aaron at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
- ^ Jesús Vega at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1975 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics".
- ^ "1975 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "New York–Penn League Champions". New York–Penn League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
References
- 1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
- 1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac