1975 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1975
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	John Allyn
General Managers:	Roland Hemond
Managers:	Chuck Tanner
Television:	WSNS-TV (Harry Caray, J. C. Martin)
Radio:	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Bill Mercer)

The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record of 75–86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

• December 3, 1974: Dick Allen was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975.^[1]
• January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

Regular season

• The proposed sale of the Chicago White Sox presented opportunities for the Oakland Athletics. A group from Seattle was ready to purchase the White Sox and move them to Seattle. As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago. Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. In the end, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold to Bill Veeck, who kept the White Sox in Chicago.^[3]

Opening Day lineup

• Nyls Nyman, LF
• Jorge Orta, 2B
• Buddy Bradford, RF
• Deron Johnson, DH
• Ken Henderson, CF
• Bill Melton, 3B
• Bucky Dent, SS
• Carlos May, 1B
• Brian Downing, C
• Wilbur Wood, P

Notable transactions

• May 8, 1975: Bill Sharp was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio.^[4]
• June 3, 1975: Marv Foley was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]
• June 15, 1975: Tony Muser was traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.^[6]

Roster

1975 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Buddy Bradford, RF, LF, DH	25	58	8	9	3	1	2	15	8	22	.155	3
Bob Coluccio, OF	61	161	22	33	4	2	4	13	13	34	.205	4
Bucky Dent, SS	157	602	52	159	29	4	3	58	36	48	.264	2
Brian Downing, C	138	420	58	101	12	1	7	41	76	75	.240	13
Jerry Hairston, LF, DH, RF	69	219	26	62	8	0	0	23	46	23	.283	1
Ken Henderson, CF	140	513	65	129	20	3	9	53	74	65	.251	5
Deron Johnson, DH,1B	148	555	66	129	25	1	18	72	48	117	.232	0
Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH	8	30	2	6	3	0	1	1	1	5	.200	0
Pat Kelly, RF, DH	133	471	73	129	21	7	9	45	58	69	.274	18
Chet Lemon, 3B, DH, CF	9	35	2	9	2	0	0	1	2	6	.257	1
Carlos May, 1B, LF, DH	128	454	55	123	19	2	8	53	67	46	.271	12
Bill Melton, 3B, DH	149	512	62	123	16	0	15	70	78	106	.251	5
Jerry Moses, 1B	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Tony Muser, 1B	43	111	11	27	3	0	0	6	7	8	.243	2
Nyls Nyman, OF	106	327	36	74	6	3	2	28	11	34	.226	10
Jorge Orta, 2B	140	542	64	165	26	10	11	83	48	67	.304	16
Lee Richard, SS, 3B, DH, 2B	43	49	11	9	0	1	0	5	4	7	.200	2
Bill Sharp, OF	18	35	1	7	0	0	0	4	2	3	.200	0
Mike Squires, 1B	20	65	5	15	0	0	0	4	8	5	.231	3
Bill Stein, 2B, 3B, DH	76	226	23	61	7	1	3	21	18	32	.270	2
Pete Varney, C	36	107	12	29	5	1	2	8	6	28	.271	2
	161	5490	655	1400	209	38	94	604	611	800	.255	101

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Lloyd Allen	0	2	11.81	3	2	0	5.1	8	7	7	2	6	2
Stan Bahnsen	4	6	6.01	12	12	0	67.1	78	49	45	9	40	31
Terry Forster	3	3	2.19	17	1	4	37.0	30	12	9	0	28	32
Bill Gogolewski	0	0	5.24	19	0	2	55.0	61	35	32	5	31	37
Goose Gossage	9	8	1.84	62	0	26	141.2	99	32	29	3	85	130
Dave Hamilton	6	5	2.84	30	1	6	69.2	63	23	22	4	31	51
Rich Hinton	1	0	4.82	15	0	0	37.1	41	22	20	2	16	30
Jesse Jefferson	5	9	5.10	22	21	0	107.2	100	69	61	11	95	67
Jim Kaat	20	14	3.11	43	41	0	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	142
Chris Knapp	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	3
Ken Kravec	0	1	6.23	2	1	0	4.1	1	3	3	0	8	1
Jack Kucek	0	0	4.91	2	0	0	3.2	9	2	2	0	4	2
Ozzie Osborn	3	0	4.50	24	0	0	58.0	57	29	29	2	38	38
Claude Osteen	7	16	4.36	37	37	0	204.1	237	110	99	16	94	63
Jim Otten	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	5.1	4	5	4	1	7	3
Skip Pitlock	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Stoddard	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
Cecil Upshaw	1	1	3.23	29	0	1	47.1	49	19	17	5	24	22
Pete Vuckovich	0	1	13.06	4	2	0	10.1	17	15	15	0	8	5
Wilbur Wood	16	20	4.11	43	43	0	291.1	309	148	133	26	97	140
	75	86	3.93	161	161	39	1452.1	1489	703	634	107	693	799

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 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allendi01.shtml Jim Essian
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendejo01.shtml Joe Henderson
3. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.229, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colucbo01.shtml Bob Coluccio
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foleyma01.shtml Marv Foley
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muserto01.shtml Tony Muser