1975 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1975
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	John Holland
Managers:	Jim Marshall
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Radio:	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

The 1975 Chicago Cubs season was the 104th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 100th in the National League and the 60th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 75–87.

Offseason

October 23, 1974: Billy Williams was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Manny Trillo, Darold Knowles and Bob Locker.^[1]
December 2, 1974: Tim Hosley was selected by the Cubs from the Oakland Athletics in the rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 13, 1974: Carmen Fanzone was released by the Cubs.^[3]
January 9, 1975: Ed Putman was drafted by the Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).^[4]

April 6, 1975: Jim Todd was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and cash. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Champ Summers to the Cubs on April 29.^[5]
May 2, 1975: Burt Hooton was traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon.^[6]
June 3, 1975: Lee Smith was drafted by the Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1975.^[7]
July 22, 1975: Eddie Solomon was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Crosby.^[8]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	93	254	54	.213	1	22
1B	120	372	109	.293	18	60
2B	154	545	135	.248	7	70
SS	154	601	146	.243	0	46
3B	130	514	182	.354	7	64
LF	154	574	182	.317	9	68
CF	136	491	131	.267	17	60
RF	153	578	156	.270	12	91

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
106	249	57	.229	6	30
84	200	44	.220	5	26
65	144	30	.208	1	9
62	141	36	.255	6	20
76	91	21	.231	1	16
45	62	15	.242	0	6
19	58	15	.259	1	8
51	56	10	.179	0	5
16	56	16	.286	1	4
32	44	7	.159	1	6
11	22	5	.227	0	3
16	21	2		.095	1	6

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	238.1	15	10	4.12	108
38	234.0	11	17	3.73	155
38	229.1	13	15	4.71	165
33	214.1	12	8	3.95	139
3	14.2	0	2	8.59	7
3	11.0	0	2	8.18	5

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	85.1	5	4	5.38	46
16	62.2	2	7	4.45	21
4	8.2	0	0	4.15	8

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
58	6	9	15	5.81	63
52	5	2	10	5.07	28
41	2	5	1	5.43	39
28	1	3	5	3.50	12
25	0	1	0	5.63	21
22	0	1	0	4.96	14
9	1	0	0	3.24	6
6	0	0	0	1.35	3
6	0	1	0	13.50	6
6	2	0	0	6.35	4

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