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.

Offseason

December 5, 1974: Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis.^[1]
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.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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 Sources:
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.^[3]
June 13, 1975: Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.^[4]
June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees.^[3]

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	Moates, DaveDave 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
Smalley, RoyRoy Smalley	78	250	57	.228	3	33
Davis, WillieWillie Davis	42	169	42	.249	5	17
Nelson, DaveDave Nelson	28	80	17	.213	2	10
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones	9	11	1	.091	0	0
Brinkman, EdEd 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
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	22	184	12	8	3.03	148
Bibby, JimJim Bibby	12	68.1	2	6	5.00	31
Clyde, DavidDavid 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
Brown, JackieJackie Brown	17	70.1	5	5	4.22	35
Bacsik, MikeMike 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
Foucault, SteveSteve Foucault	59	8	4	10	4.12	56
Thomas, StanStan Thomas	46	4	4	3	3.10	46
Moore, TommyTommy Moore	12	0	2	0	8.14	15

Farm system

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

Notes

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 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1975 All-Star Game 1975 World Series

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

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Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington New Rangers Ballpark

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

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Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

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