1975 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersJim Baumer
ManagersDel Crandall, Harvey Kuenn
TelevisionWTMJ-TV
(Gary Bender, Jim Irwin)
Radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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

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 record

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

Roster

1975 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CDarrell Porter13040995.2321860
1BGeorge Scott158617176.28536109
2BPedro García9830268.225638
3BDon Money109405112.2771543
SSRobin Yount147558149.267852
LFBobby Mitchell9322957.249941
CFBill Sharp12537395.255134
RFSixto Lezcano134429106.2471143
DHHank Aaron137465109.2341260

[6]

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
Kurt Bevacqua10425859.229224
Charlie Moore7324170.290129
Gorman Thomas12124043.1791028
Mike Hegan9320351.251522
Bobby Darwin5518646.247823
Bob Sheldon5318152.287014
Tim Johnson388512.14102
Johnny Briggs287422.29735
Bob Coluccio226212.19415
Tommy Bianco18346.17600
Jack Lind17201.05000
Rob Ellis672.28600

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
Pete Broberg38220.114164.13100
Jim Slaton37217.011184.52119
Jim Colborn36206.111134.2779
Bill Travers28136.16114.2957

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
Tom Hausman29112.0364.1046
Bill Champion27110.0665.8940
Bill Castro1875.0322.5225
Ed Sprague1867.1174.6821
Larry Anderson830.1105.0413
Jerry Augustine526.2203.048
Lafayette Currence818.2027.717
Pat Osburn611.2015.401

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
Tom Murphy5219204.6032
Eduardo Rodríguez437073.4965
Rick Austin322323.0530

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]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Harry Bright
Double-A Thetford Mines Miners Eastern League John Felske
Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Matt Galante
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Tony Roig

Notes

  1. ↑ Hank Aaron at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
  3. ↑ Jesús Vega at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "1975 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics".
  7. ↑ "1975 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "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

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