1975 Texas Rangers season

The 1975 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses. The team hit a major league-leading five grand slams.[1]

1975 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bradford G. Corbett
General manager(s)Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)Billy Martin, Frank Lucchesi
Local televisionKXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Local radioWBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9864 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
Kansas City Royals 9171 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 19 39–41 40–42
Minnesota Twins 7683 0.478 20½ 39–43 37–40
Chicago White Sox 7586 0.466 22½ 42–39 33–47
California Angels 7289 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 —9–96–67–410–812–47–514–46–68–104–87–5
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 Texas Rangers
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
CFDave Moates5417548.274314

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
Roy Smalley7825057.228333
Willie Davis4216942.249517
Dave Nelson288017.213210
Bobby Jones9111.09100
Ed Brinkman120.00000

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
Gaylord Perry221841283.03148
Jim Bibby1268.1265.0031
David Clyde17012.572

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
Jackie Brown1770.1554.2235
Mike Bacsik726.2123.7113

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
Steve Foucault5984104.1256
Stan Thomas464433.1046
Tommy Moore120208.1415

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes
  1. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1975, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
  4. Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
  5. Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference

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.
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