1975 New York Yankees season

The 1975 New York Yankees season was the 73rd season for the Yankees in New York, and the franchise's 75th season overall. The team finished with a record of 83–77, finishing 12 games behind the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium, which would re-open in 1976.

1975 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Bill Virdon (games 1-104)
Billy Martin (games 104-160)
Local televisionWPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Local radioWMCA
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dom Valentino / John Sterling)
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Bill Virdon opened the season as Yankees manager, but he was replaced on August 1 by Billy Martin. This would be the first of five stints as Yankees manager for Martin.

Offseason

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 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

Roster
1975 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  2 Sandy Alomar
 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 R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CThurman Munson15759783190.318121023
1BChris Chambliss15056266171.3049720
2BSandy Alomar15148961117.23923928
3BGraig Nettles15758171155.26721911
SSJim Mason942231734.1522160
LFRoy White14856681161.290125916
CFElliott Maddox552183667.3071239
RFBobby Bonds14552993143.270328530
DHEd Herrmann802001651.2556300

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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
Fred Stanley11725256.222015
Rick Dempsey7114538.262111
Ed Brinkman446311.17502
Kerry Dineen7228.36401
Otto Vélez682.25001
Larry Murray610.00000

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
Catfish Hunter3932823142.58177
Doc Medich38272.116163.50132
Rudy May3221214123.06145
Pat Dobson33207.211144.07129
Larry Gura26151.1783.5165

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
Sparky Lyle495763.1265
Tippy Martinez231282.6820
Dave Pagan130014.0618
Ron Guidry100103.4515
Rick Sawyer40003.003
Mike Wallace300014.542

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bobby Cox
AA West Haven Yankees Eastern League Pete Ward
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Leo Posada
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Mike Ferraro

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Notes
  1. "Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "Joe Pactwa Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Sam McDowell Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. "Catfish Hunter Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. "Gene Michael Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. "Jim Beattie Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. "Willie Upshaw Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. "Ed Brinkman Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. "1975 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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