1975 Texas Rangers season




































1975 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1961)


  • Western Division (since 1972)

Location

  • Arlington Stadium (since 1972)

  • Arlington, Texas (since 1972)

Other information
Owner(s) Bradford G. Corbett
General manager(s) Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)
Billy Martin, Frank Lucchesi
Local television
KXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Local radio
WBAP
(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]




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 Farm system


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





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




































































  • v

  • t

  • e


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

  • v

  • t

  • e




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


  • 34 Mike Bacsik


  • 22 Jim Bibby


  • 28 Jackie Brown


  • 32 David Clyde


  • 29 Steve Foucault


  • 39 Jim Gideon


  • 49 Bill Hands


  • 26 Steve Hargan


  • 31 Ferguson Jenkins


  • 18 Mike Kekich


  • 16 Jim Merritt


  • 28 Tommy Moore


  • 36 Gaylord Perry


  • 18 Stan Perzanowski


  • 23 Stan Thomas


  • 40 Jim Umbarger


  • 25,38 Clyde Wright

Catchers


  • 14 Bill Fahey


  • 35 Ron Pruitt


  • 10 Jim Sundberg


Infielders




  •  3 Ed Brinkman


  • 19 Leo Cárdenas


  •  4 Mike Cubbage


  • 17 Jim Fregosi


  • 11 Toby Harrah


  • 13,27 Roy Howell


  •  5 Dave Nelson


  • 7,33 Lenny Randle


  • 25 Tom Robson


  • 15 Roy Smalley


  • 3,9 Jim Spencer

Outfielders


  • 20 Jeff Burroughs


  •  3 Willie Davis


  •  6 Tom Grieve


  • 21 Mike Hargrove


  •  8 Bobby Jones


  •  2 Joe Lovitto


  • 30 Dave Moates


  • 12 César Tovar

Manager


  • 44 Frank Lucchesi


  •  1 Billy Martin


Coaches




  • 45 Merl Combs


  • 41 Art Fowler


  • 47 Dick Gernert


  • 44 Frank Lucchesi


  • 42 Jackie Moore


  • 43 Charlie Silvera


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
CF Dave Moates 54 175 48 .274 3 14


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
Roy Smalley 78 250 57 .228 3 33
Willie Davis 42 169 42 .249 5 17
Dave Nelson 28 80 17 .213 2 10
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
Gaylord Perry 22 184 12 8 3.03 148
Jim Bibby 12 68.1 2 6 5.00 31
David Clyde 1 7 0 1 2.57 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
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
Tommy Moore 12 0 2 0 8.14 15


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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference


  4. ^ ab 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



  • 1975 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference

  • 1975 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com










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