1975 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	1975
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Royals Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:	Ewing Kauffman
General Managers:	Joe Burke
Managers:	Jack McKeon (50–46,) Whitey Herzog (41–25,)
Television:	KBMA (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews)
Radio:	WIBW (AM) (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1975 Kansas City Royals season was their seventh in Major League Baseball. The Royals' 91–71 record was the best in franchise history and Kansas City finished second in the American League West, six games behind the Oakland Athletics. Manager Jack McKeon was fired on July 24 and was replaced by Whitey Herzog.^{[1] [2]} John Mayberry became the first Royals player to hit at least 30 home runs in a season (34) and also set a franchise single-season record with 106 runs batted in.

Offseason

• January 24, 1975: Harmon Killebrew was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1975: Doug Corbett was released by the Royals.^[4]
• June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
  • Clint Hurdle was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (9th pick).^[5]
  • Ron Hassey was drafted by the Royals in the 22nd round, but did not sign.^[6]
• September 15, 1975: Mark Williams was traded by the Royals to the Oakland Athletics for Rick Ingalls (minors).^[7]

Roster

1975 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		80	226	51	.226	3	23
1B		156	554	161	.291	34	106
2B		120	406	103	.254	2	37
SS		136	483	110	.228	5	45
3B		159	634	195	.308	11	89
LF		126	480	147	.306	5	71
CF		132	470	116	.247	9	46
RF		116	353	90	.255	0	30
DH		106	312	62	.199	14	44

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
	120	328	91	.277	4	42
	103	319	71	.223	4	21
	111	304	76	.250	7	36
	93	231	60	.260	16	44
	56	188	48	.255	2	18
	63	147	39	.265	1	9
	14	39	10	.256	1	5
	48	15	1	.067	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	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	260.1	18	12	3.08	160
	35	242.0	16	12	3.57	78
	32	212.1	15	7	3.77	146

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
	44	177.0	10	10	3.25	89
	35	159.0	9	10	3.17	76
	24	112.0	6	6	4.26	73
	7	24.1	1	2	3.70	19
	4	8.2	0	2	15.58	5

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
	51	9	6	11	3.25	81
	40	5	1	1	4.15	40
	36	0	3	2	2.50	25
	12	1	0	1	0.00	15
	7	0	0	2	4.00	8
	5	1	0	0	3.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

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

External links

• 1975 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1975 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. News: Royals fire McKeon, hire Herzog . Spartanburg Herald . South Carolina . Associated Press . July 25, 1975 . D1 .
2. News: Royals fire McKeon, hire Angles' Herzog . Milwaukee Sentinel . UPI . July 25, 1975 . 1, part 2 .
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/killeha01.shtml Harmon Killebrew
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/corbedo01.shtml Doug Corbett
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hurdlcl01.shtml Clint Hurdle
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml Ron Hassey
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willima02.shtml Mark Williams