1975 Los Angeles Dodgers season explained

Los Angeles Dodgers
Season:	1975
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Dodger Stadium
City:	Los Angeles
Owners:	Walter O'Malley, heirs of James Mulvey
President:	Peter O'Malley
General Managers:	Al Campanis
Managers:	Walter Alston
Television:	KTTV (11)
Radio:	KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett XEGM Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos

The 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place, 20 games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West.

Offseason

• January 29, 1975: Von Joshua was selected off waivers from the Dodgers by the San Francisco Giants.^[1]

Regular season

Opening day lineup

Opening Day starters

Name	Position
	Second baseman
	Left fielder
	Center fielder
Joe Ferguson	Right fielder
	First baseman
	Third baseman
Steve Yeager	Catcher
	Shortstop
	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• May 2, 1975: Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Burt Hooton.^[2]
• July 15, 1975: Jim Brewer was purchased from the Dodgers by the California Angels.^[3]

Roster

1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
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		135	452	103	.228	12	54
1B		160	659	210	.319	18	95
2B		155	618	162	.262	8	41
SS		84	252	52	.206	0	14
3B		158	566	160	.283	25	101
LF		92	288	70	.243	6	31
CF		130	412	102	.248	18	58
RF		124	373	98	.263	9	46

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
	101	306	96	.314	7	40
	71	204	43	.211	6	22
	66	202	42	.208	5	23
	85	170	38	.224	0	12
	62	145	28	.193	1	5
	53	94	25	.266	0	5
	63	87	16	.184	0	2
	52	49	13	.265	0	10
	39	46	11	.239	2	14
	48	43	11	.256	0	2
	13	36	9	.250	0	1
	15	15	2	.133	0	2
	8	10	2	.200	0	0
	9	6	2	.333	0	0
	4	4	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
	42	321.2	19	14	2.29	213
	38	257.2	15	9	3.11	151
	35	254.1	16	13	2.87	175
	31	223.2	18	7	2.82	148
	2	6.0	0	1	13.50	1

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
	26	99.1	3	3	3.08	40
	22	74.2	2	1	2.89	39

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
	58	9	14	13	3.29	64
	38	3	7	4	2.95	34
	21	3	1	2	5.18	21
	10	0	1	0	1.69	6
	5	0	2	0	3.86	1
	2	0	1	0	9.00	1
	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

• Gold Glove Award
  • Steve Garvey
  • Andy Messersmith
• NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Don Sutton (April 1975)
  • Don Sutton (May 1975)
  • Burt Hooton (August 1975)
  • Burt Hooton (September 1975)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Burt Hooton and Don Sutton (Aug. 4–10)
  • Andy Messersmith (Sep. 8–14)

All-Stars

• 1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Steve Garvey starter
  • Ron Cey starter
  • Jimmy Wynn starter
  • Mike Marshall reserve
  • Don Sutton reserve
  • Andy Messersmith reserve
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Steve Garvey

1975 Major League Baseball Draft

See main article: 1975 Major League Baseball Draft.

The Dodgers drafted 33 players in the June draft and 11 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The top draft pick was shortstop Mark Bradley from Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He spent two seasons with the Dodgers as an outfielder in 1981–82 and a third season with the New York Mets and hit .204 in 113 at-bats.

The most successful draft pick was pitcher Dave Stewart, a 16th round pick out of St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland, California. He reached the Majors in 1978 with the Dodgers and played through 1995, primarily with the Oakland Athletics. He was 168–129 with a 3.95 ERA, was a 1989 All-Star, 3 time World Series Champion, a World Series MVP and 3 time League Championship Series MVP. Following his playing career he became a coach, an agent and a General Manager.

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/joshuvo01.shtml Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hootobu01.shtml Burt Hooton page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/breweji01.shtml Jim Brewer page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1975&draft_type=janreg& 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1975&draft_type=jansec& 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1975&draft_type=junreg& 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft