1975 Cincinnati Reds season

1975 Cincinnati Reds
1975 World Series Champions
1975 National League Champions
1975 NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Louis Nippert
General manager(s) Bob Howsam
Manager(s) Sparky Anderson
Local television WLWT
(Ken Coleman, Woody Woodward)
Local radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The season saw the Reds attempting to improve on their previous output of 98–64. The Reds dominated the league all season, and won the National League West with a record of 108–54, best record in MLB and finished 20 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds went on to win the National League Championship Series by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games, and the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium. It was the first World Series championship for Cincinnati since 1940. The 1975 Reds are one of the few teams to consistently challenge the 1927 Yankees, what some people call the best in baseball history, for the title for the best team in MLB history. Some sources consider the 1975 Reds the greatest team to ever play baseball. According to some sources, a lot of them put the 1927 Yankees ahead of the '75 Reds. The Reds went 64–17 at home in 1975. That is the best ever home record by a National League team and the second best in baseball history behind only the 1961 Yankees who went 65–16 at home that year. The Reds also set the major league record for most consecutive wins to ever close out a half with 10, when they went into the all star break on a 10 game winning streak. The 840 runs scored by the Reds in 1975 were the most in the league that season, and their +254 run differential was also the best in the league. The Reds were also the only team in the National League to have a winning record on the road, going 44–37.

Offseason

Regular season

The 1975 Reds clinched a playoff appearance on September 7, the earliest clinch date of any MLB team in a 162-game season.[4]

Joe Morgan was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1975.

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 0.667 — 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8081 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6794 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 6497 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents

1975 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–73–1512–68–108–44–85–74–87–118–93–9
Chicago7–5—1–117–55–79–97–1112–66–125–75–711–7
Cincinnati15–311–1—13–58–108–48–47–56–611–713–58–4
Houston6–125–75–13—6–128–44–86–66–59–95–134–8–1
Los Angeles 10–87–510–812–6—5–76–67–55–711–710–85–7
Montreal4–89–94–84–87–5—10–87–117–117–55–711–7
New York8–411–74–88–46–68–10—7–115–138–48–49–9
Philadelphia7-56–125–76–65–711–711–7—11–77–57–510–8
Pittsburgh8–412–66–65–67–511–713–57–11—8–45–710–8
San Diego11–77–57–119–97–115–74–85–74–8—8–104–8
San Francisco9–87–55–1313–58–107–54–85–77–510–8—5–7
St. Louis9–37–114–88–4–17–57–119–98–108–108–47–5—

Notable transactions

Roster

1975 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CJohnny Bench142530150.28328110
1BTony Pérez137511144.28220109
2BJoe Morgan146498163.3271794
3BPete Rose162662210.317774
SSDave Concepción140507139.274549
LFGeorge Foster134463139.3002378
CFCésar Gerónimo148501129.257653
RFKen Griffey132463141.305446

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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
Dan Driessen8821059.281738
Merv Rettenmund9318845.239219
Darrel Chaney7116035.219226
Bill Plummer6515929.182119
Doug Flynn8912734.268120
Terry Crowley667119.268111
Ed Armbrister596512.18502
John Vukovich31388.21102
Don Werner781.12500

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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
Gary Nolan32210.21593.1674
Jack Billingham3320815104.1179
Fred Norman341881243.73119
Don Gullett22159.21542.4298
Pat Darcy27130.21153.5846
Clay Kirby26110.21064.7248

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 Carroll1247414.9814

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L S ERA SO
Will McEnaney7052152.4748
Pedro Borbón679552.9529
Rawly Eastwick5853222.6061
Clay Carroll567572.6244
Tom Hall20000.003

Postseason

National League Championship Series

Game One

October 4, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 020 000 001 380
Cincinnati 013 040 00X 8110
W: Don Gullett (1–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  
HRs: CIN – Don Gullett (1)

Game Two

October 5, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 000 100 000 150
Cincinnati 200 201 10X 6121
W: Fred Norman (1–0)  L: Jim Rooker (0–1)  SV: Rawly Eastwick (1)
HRs: CIN – Tony Pérez (1)

Game Three

October 7, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cincinnati 010 000 0202 560
Pittsburgh 000 002 0010 372
W: Rawly Eastwick (1–0)  L: Ramón Hernández (0–1)  SV: Pedro Borbón (1)
HRs: CIN – Dave Concepción (1), Pete Rose (1); PIT – Al Oliver (1)

World Series

NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Reds – 0, Red Sox – 6Sat. Oct 11 (D)Fenway Park35,2052:27
2Reds – 3, Red Sox – 2Sun. Oct 12 (D)Fenway Park35,2052:38
3Red Sox – 5, Reds – 6 (10 inns)Tue. Oct 14 (N)Riverfront Stadium55,3923:03
4Red Sox – 5, Reds – 4Wed. Oct 15 (N)Riverfront Stadium55,6672:52
5Red Sox – 2, Reds – 6Thu. Oct 16 (N)Riverfront Stadium56,3932:23
6Reds – 6, Red Sox – 7 (12 inns)Tue. Oct 21 (N)Fenway Park35,2054:01
7Reds – 4, Red Sox – 3Wed. Oct 22 (N)Fenway Park35,2052:52

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Vern Rapp
AA Trois-Rivières Aigles Eastern League Jim Snyder and Ron Plaza
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Russ Nixon
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jim Hoff

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eugene[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Earliest division-clinching dates in a 162-game season
  5. ↑ Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Doug Corbett at Baseball Reference
  7. 1 2 1975 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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