1975 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1975
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Nick Mileti
General Managers:	Phil Seghi
Managers:	Frank Robinson
Television:	WJW-TV
Radio:	WWWE

The 1975 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians competing in the American League East, where they finished fourth with a record of 79–80.

Offseason

One highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. Prior to the start of the season, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in Major League Baseball history.^[1]

Notable transactions

• February 25, 1975: Dave Duncan and Al McGrew (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Boog Powell and Don Hood.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 20, 1975: Dick Bosman and Jim Perry were traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Blue Moon Odom and cash.^[3]
• June 3, 1975: Rick Cerone was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]
• June 7, 1975: Blue Moon Odom and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Roric Harrison. The Indians completed the deal by sending Rob Belloir to the Braves on June 16.^[3]
• June 13, 1975: Gaylord Perry was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000.^[5]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
23		LF
20		DH
21		CF
24		RF
26		1B
7		C
25		3B
10		2B
12
36		P

^[6]

Roster

1975 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Third Base) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen)

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		90	254	32	57	10	1	5	32	.224	3
align=left		153	553	66	150	20	4	10	59	.271	6
align=left		25	40	6	8	1	0	0	1	.200	0
align=left		69	217	15	53	5	0	6	16	.244	2
align=left		118	383	57	118	19	1	18	64	.308	2
align=left		7	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	.250	0
align=left		61	128	12	30	3	0	0	7	.234	0
align=left		146	482	44	117	22	2	1	47	.243	10
align=left		92	296	22	68	11	1	7	32	.230	0
align=left		121	348	60	91	16	3	15	45	.261	11
align=left		145	561	82	145	21	2	24	86	.258	6
align=left		90	346	42	101	11	1	0	25	.292	19
align=left		13	23	3	3	1	0	0	0	.130	1
align=left		9	13	4	4	2	0	2	8	.308	0
align=left		91	265	37	64	5	1	12	33	.242	15
align=left		120	480	69	137	16	5	3	35	.285	19
align=left		23	51	7	14	1	1	2	5	.275	4
align=left		134	435	64	129	18	0	27	86	.297	1
align=left		49	118	19	28	5	0	9	24	.237	0
align=left		8	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	0
align=left		111	345	41	79	13	3	11	33	.229	7
align=left		20	46	4	9	0	0	1	3	.196	0
Team Totals	159	5404	688	1409	201	25	153	643	.261	106

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		0	0	4.76	3	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	2	4
align=left		1	0	6.94	19	1	1	46.2	63	42	36	25	20
align=left		5	9	3.20	24	12	1	112.2	99	48	40	50	62
align=left		0	2	4.08	6	3	0	28.2	33	17	13	8	11
align=left		1	2	4.28	25	3	1	69.1	72	40	33	29	41
align=left		5	3	2.57	50	0	7	77.0	69	27	22	29	29
align=left		13	7	2.60	34	24	2	186.2	147	61	54	90	152
align=left		7	7	4.79	19	19	0	126.0	137	71	67	46	52
align=left		6	10	4.39	29	19	0	135.1	136	76	66	57	51
align=left		1	2	3.77	13	7	0	71.2	60	31	30	45	55
align=left		5	3	2.19	61	0	17	82.1	61	26	20	57	94
align=left		1	0	2.61	3	1	0	10.1	4	3	3	8	10
align=left		6	9	3.55	15	15	0	121.2	120	57	48	34	85
align=left		1	6	6.69	8	6	0	37.2	46	34	28	18	11
align=left		14	8	3.94	25	25	0	146.1	154	73	64	40	47
align=left		7	8	5.54	18	17	0	92.2	118	61	57	31	34
align=left		0	2	4.66	5	0	2	9.2	11	7	5	3	5
align=left		0	0	1.93	4	0	1	4.2	4	1	1	2	3
align=left		6	2	2.94	16	7	1	70.1	57	25	23	25	34
Team Totals	79	80	3.84	159	159	33	1435.1	1395	703	613	599	800

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• George Hendrick, reserve^[7]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[8]

References

• 1975 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
• 1975 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/robinson_frank.html Frank Robinson bio at ESPN
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/powelbo01.shtml Boog Powell page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/odombl01.shtml Blue Moon Odom page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ceronri01.shtml Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197504080.shtml 1975 Opening Day Lineup
7. Web site: 1975 All-Star Game.
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007