1975 Cleveland Indians season

The 1975 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians competing in the American League East, where they finished fourth with a record of 79–80.

1975 Cleveland Indians
Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in MLB
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Nick Mileti
General manager(s)Phil Seghi
Manager(s)Frank Robinson
Local televisionWJW-TV
Local radioWWWE
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Offseason

One highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. Prior to the start of the season, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in Major League Baseball history.[1]

Notable transactions

Regular season


Earl Averill
CF
Retired 1975

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9565 0.594 47–34 48–31
Baltimore Orioles 9069 0.566 44–33 46–36
New York Yankees 8377 0.519 12 43–35 40–42
Cleveland Indians 7980 0.497 15½ 41–39 38–41
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 28 36–45 32–49
Detroit Tigers 57102 0.358 37½ 31–49 26–53

Record vs. opponents

1975 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore 9–96–67–410–812–47–514–46–68–104–87–5
Boston 9–96–68–47–1113–57–510–810–211–56–68–4
California 6–66–69–93–96–54–147–58–107–57–119–9
Chicago 4–74–89–97–55–79–98–49–96–69–95–13
Cleveland 8–1011–79–35–712–66–69–93–69–92–105–7
Detroit 4–125–135–67–56–126–67–114–86–126–61–11
Kansas City 5–75–714–49–96–66–67–511–77–511–714–4
Milwaukee 4–148–105–74–89–911–75–72–109–95–76–6
Minnesota 6–62–1010–89–96–38–47–1110–24–86–128–10
New York 10–85–115–76–69–912–65–79–98–46–68–4
Oakland 8–46–611–79–910–26–611–77–512–66–612–6
Texas 5–74–89–913–57–511–14–146–610–84–86–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1975 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CAlan Ashby9025457.224532
1BBoog Powell134435129.2972786
2BDuane Kuiper90346101.292025
3BBuddy Bell153553150.2711059
SSFrank Duffy146482117.243147
LFOscar Gamble12134891.2611545
CFGeorge Hendrick145561145.2582486
RFCharlie Spikes11134579.2291133
DHRico Carty118383118.3081864

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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
Rick Manning120480137.285335
John Ellis9229668.230732
John Lowenstein9126564.2421233
Jack Brohamer6921753.244616
Ed Crosby6112830.23407
Frank Robinson4911828.237924
Tommy McCraw235114.27525
Bill Sudakis20469.19613
Ken Berry25408.20001
Leron Lee13233.13000
Joe Lis9134.30828
Rick Cerone7143.25000
Tommy Smith881.12502

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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
Dennis Eckersley34186.21372.60152
Fritz Peterson25146.11483.9447
Roric Harrison19126774.7952
Gaylord Perry15121.1693.5585
Eric Raich1892.2785.5434
Jim Perry837.2166.6911

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
Don Hood29135.16104.3951
Jim Bibby24112.2593.2062
Jim Kern1371.2123.7755
Rick Waits1670.1622.9434
Dick Bosman628.2024.0811
Blue Moon Odom310.1102.6110

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Dave LaRoche6182.153172.1994
Tom Buskey50775372.5729
Jackie Brown2569.11214.2841
Fred Beene1946.21016.9420
Bob Reynolds59.20224.665
Larry Andersen35.20004.764
Jim Strickland44.20011.933

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Red Davis
AA San Antonio Brewers Texas League Woody Smith
A San Jose Bees California League Del Youngblood
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Tony Pacheco

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Notes

References

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