1975 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1975
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	Dick Williams
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)

The 1975 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses.

California hit 55 home runs for the entire season. This caused Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee to say about the team- "could take batting practice in a hotel lobby without damaging a chandelier."^[1]

Offseason

• October 24, 1974: Paul Schaal was released by the Angels.^[2]
• January 9, 1975: Derek Botelho was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft secondary phase, but did not sign.^[3]
• March 31, 1975: Horacio Piña was released by the Angels.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 14, 1975: Denny Doyle was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Chuck Ross (minors) to the Angels on March 5, 1976.^[5]
• September 12, 1975: Joe Pactwa was purchased by the Angels from the Alijadores de Tampico.^[6]
• September 17, 1975: Bobby Valentine and a player to be named later were traded by the Angels to the San Diego Padres for Gary Ross. The Angels completed the deal by sending Rudy Meoli to the Padres on November 4.^[7]

Draft picks

• June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
  • Danny Goodwin was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (1st pick).^[8]
  • Paul Hartzell was drafted by the Angels in the 10th round.^[9]

Roster

1975 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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
C		90	226	53	.235	3	27
1B		107	375	107	.285	3	48
2B		147	569	147	.258	1	46
SS		70	224	39	.174	4	26
3B		149	513	140	.273	3	56
LF		93	319	85	.266	3	29
CF		155	616	175	.284	1	53
RF		137	440	115	.261	14	82
DH		89	285	68	.239	3	31

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
	112	294	68	.231	0	23
	76	192	41	.214	6	33
	59	143	29	.203	0	14
	70	126	27	.214	0	6
	45	120	29	.242	1	10
	56	113	21	.186	0	11
	37	107	28	.262	6	18
	31	100	28	.280	3	17
	44	100	24	.240	0	4
	30	94	19	.202	1	12
	28	70	16	.229	0	3
	31	66	10	.152	0	4
	30	58	7	.121	1	6
	26	57	16	.281	0	5
	21	45	8	.178	1	2
	13	39	9	.231	0	2
	11	30	6	.200	0	1
	13	31	7	.226	1	3
	8	15	1	.067	0	0
	4	10	1	.100	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
	34	257.1	16	9	2.62	269
	33	244.2	16	13	2.91	139
	28	198.0	14	12	3.45	186
	29	179.0	7	15	4.98	78
	4	16.1	1	0	3.86	3
	1	5.0	0	1	5.40	4

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
	30	133.1	3	12	5.94	82
	30	102.0	4	6	5.21	45
	16	41.0	0	5	5.27	15
	9	28.0	0	2	6.75	14
	4	23.2	0	2	4.18	17
	3	5.2	0	1	9.53	0

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
	44	6	5	7	3.11	49
	50	4	2	1	3.29	31
	21	1	0	5	1.82	22
	7	0	2	0	2.13	4
	4	0	0	0	8.64	7
	4	0	2	0	6.43	5
	2	0	0	0	6.23	5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1975 California Angels at Baseball-Reference
• 1975 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19750525&id=EdZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_dcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678,6538817&hl=en Angels hit in hotel lobby, look like it against Lee
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schaapa01.shtml Paul Schaal
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botelde01.shtml Derek Botelho
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinaho01.shtml Horacio Piña
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/doylede01.shtml Denny Doyle
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pactwjo01.shtml Joe Pactwa
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenbo01.shtml Bobby Valentine
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/goodwda01.shtml Danny Goodwin
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartzpa01.shtml Paul Hartzell