1975 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1975
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Jim Baumer
Managers:	Del Crandall, Harvey Kuenn
Television:	WTMJ-TV (Gary Bender, Jim Irwin)
Radio:	620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Espntn:	mil
Brtn:	MIL

The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

• November 2, 1974: Dave May and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers completed the trade by sending Roger Alexander (minors) to the Braves on December 2.^[1]
• January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1975: Jesús Vega was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• May 8, 1975: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.^[4]
• June 14, 1975: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Bobby Darwin.^[5]

Roster

1975 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager (4/8-9/27) (9/28-9/28)Coaches (Hitting) (Pitching) (Third Base) (First Base)

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		130	409	95	.232	18	60
1B		158	617	176	.285	36	109
2B		98	302	68	.225	6	38
3B		109	405	112	.277	15	43
SS		147	558	149	.267	8	52
LF		93	229	57	.249	9	41
CF		125	373	95	.255	1	34
RF		134	429	106	.247	11	43
DH		137	465	109	.234	12	60

^[6]

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
	104	258	59	.229	2	24
	73	241	70	.290	1	29
	121	240	43	.179	10	28
	93	203	51	.251	5	22
	55	186	46	.247	8	23
	53	181	52	.287	0	14
	38	85	12	.141	0	2
	28	74	22	.297	3	5
	22	62	12	.194	1	5
	18	34	6	.176	0	0
	17	20	1	.050	0	0
	6	7	2	.286	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
	38	220.1	14	16	4.13	100
	37	217.0	11	18	4.52	119
	36	206.1	11	13	4.27	79
	28	136.1	6	11	4.29	57

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
	29	112.0	3	6	4.10	46
	27	110.0	6	6	5.89	40
	18	75.0	3	2	2.52	25
	18	67.1	1	7	4.68	21
	8	30.1	1	0	5.04	13
	5	26.2	2	0	3.04	8
	8	18.2	0	2	7.71	7
	6	11.2	0	1	5.40	1

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
	52	1	9	20	4.60	32
	43	7	0	7	3.49	65
	32	2	3	2	3.05	30

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1975.^[7] The Newark Co-Pilots won the New York–Penn League championship.^[8]

References

• 1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
• 1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aaronha01.shtml Hank Aaron
2. Web site: Lenn Sakata Stats.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vegaje01.shtml Jesús Vega
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colucbo01.shtml Bob Coluccio
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/briggjo02.shtml Johnny Briggs
6. Web site: 1975 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics.
7. Web site: 1975 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
8. Web site: New York–Penn League Champions. New York–Penn League. Minor League Baseball. December 31, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201231152156/https://www.milb.com/new-york-penn/history/champions. December 31, 2020.