1975 Detroit Tigers season

The 1975 Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 57–102, the fifth worst season in Detroit Tigers history. They finished in last place in the American League East, 37½ games behind the Boston Red Sox. Their team batting average of .249 and team ERA of 4.27 were the second worst in the American League. They were outscored by their opponents 786 to 570.

1975 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John Fetzer
General manager(s)Jim Campbell
Manager(s)Ralph Houk
Local televisionWWJ-TV
(George Kell, Larry Osterman, Don Kremer)
Local radioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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Offseason

Regular season
Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
RankYearWinsLossesWin %
1 2003 43 119 .265
2 1952 50 104 .325
3 1996 53 109 .327
4 2002 55 106 .342
5 1975 57 102 .358

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 4½ 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 9–9—6–68–47–1113–57–510–810–211–56–68–4
California 6–66–6—9–93–96–54–147–58–107–57–119–9
Chicago 4–74–89–9—7–55–79–98–49–96–69–95–13
Cleveland 8–1011–79–35–7—12–66–69–93–69–92–105–7
Detroit 4–125–135–67–56–12—6–67–114–86–126–61–11
Kansas City 5–75–714–49–96–66–6—7–511–77–511–714–4
Milwaukee 4–148–105–74–89–911–75–7—2–109–95–76–6
Minnesota 6–62–1010–89–96–38–47–1110–2—4–86–128–10
New York 10–85–115–76–69–912–65–79–98–4—6–68–4
Oakland 8–46–611–79–910–26–611–77–512–66–6—12–6
Texas 5–74–89–913–57–511–14–146–610–84–86–12—

Notable transactions
  • June 15, 1975: Nate Colbert was purchased from the Tigers by the Montreal Expos.[6]

Roster
1975 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBill Freehan120427105.2461447
1BJack Pierce5317040.235822
2BGary Sutherland129503130.258639
3BAurelio Rodríguez151507124.2451360
SSTom Veryzer128404102.252548
LFBen Oglivie10033295.286936
CFRon LeFlore136550142.258837
RFLeon Roberts129447115.2571038
DHWillie Horton159615169.2752592

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
Dan Meyer122470111.236847
Mickey Stanley5216442.256319
Nate Colbert4515623.147418
Gene Michael5614531.214313
John Wockenfuss3511827.229413
Billy Baldwin309521.22148
John Knox438623.26702
Terry Humphrey184110.24401
Art James11409.22501
Gates Brown47356.17113
Bob Molinaro6195.26301
Jerry Manuel6181.05600
Chuck Scrivener4164.25000
Gene Lamont483.37501

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mickey Lolich32240.212183.78139
Joe Coleman3120110185.55125
Vern Ruhle3219011124.0367
Lerrin LaGrow32164.17144.3875
Ray Bare29150.28134.4871

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Walker36115.1384.4560
Dave Lemanczyk26109274.4667
Ed Glynn314.2024.308

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
John Hiller362314342.1787
Bob Reynolds21023144.6726
Fernando Arroyo1421064.5625
Gene Pentz13040113.2021
Ike Brookens300025.238
Tom Makowski300024.823
Steve Grilli300031.355

Awards and honors

1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Bill Freehan, reserve

League top ten finishers

Joe Coleman

  • AL leader in wild pitches (15)
  • #2 in MLB in losses (18)
  • #2 in MLB in earned runs allowed (124)
  • #4 in AL in hit batsmen(9)

Ron LeFlore

  • #2 in AL in strikeouts (139)
  • #2 in MLB in times caught stealing (20)

Mickey Lolich

  • #2 in MLB in losses (18)
  • #6 in MLB in complete games (19)

Dan Meyer

  • AL leader in at bats per strikeout (18.8)

Willie Horton

  • #3 in AL in game played (159)
  • #4 in AL in at bats (615)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1975 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Evansville Triplets American Association Fred Hatfield
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Les Moss
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Stubby Overmire
A Clinton Pilots Midwest League Jim Leyland
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Joe Lewis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Evansville, Montgomery

Notes
  1. Ed Brinkman at Baseball-Reference
  2. Woodie Fryman at Baseball-Reference
  3. Tom Brookens at Baseball-Reference
  4. Gene Michael at Baseball-Reference
  5. Jack Pierce at Baseball-Reference
  6. Nate Colbert at Baseball-Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1975 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics
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