1975 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1975
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Shea Stadium
City:	New York City
Owners:	George Steinbrenner
General Managers:	Gabe Paul
Managers:	Bill Virdon (games 1-104) Billy Martin (games 104-160)
Television:	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Radio:	WMCA (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dom Valentino)

The 1975 New York Yankees season was the 73rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 83–77, finishing 12 games behind the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium, which re-opened in 1976.

Bill Virdon opened the season as Yankees manager, but he was replaced on August 1 by Billy Martin. This would be the first of five stints as Yankees manager for Martin.

Offseason

October 22, 1974: Bobby Murcer was traded by the Yankees to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds.^[1]
December 3, 1974: Joe Pactwa was purchased from the Yankees by the Alijadores de Tampico.^[2]
December 20, 1974: Sam McDowell was released by the Yankees.^[3]
December 31, 1974: Catfish Hunter was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[4]
January 21, 1975: Gene Michael was released by the Yankees.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball Draft
- Jim Beattie was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round.^[6]
- Willie Upshaw was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round.^[7]
June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased by the Yankees from the Texas Rangers.^[8]

Roster

1975 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	157	597	83	190	.318	12	102	3
1B	150	562	66	171	.304	9	72	0
2B	151	489	61	117	.239	2	39	28
3B	157	581	71	155	.267	21	91	1
SS	94	223	17	34	.152	2	16	0
LF	148	566	81	161	.290	12	59	16
CF	55	218	36	67	.307	1	23	9
RF	145	529	93	143	.270	32	85	30
DH	80	200	16	51	.255	6	30	0

^[9]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
117	252	56	.222	0	15
74	199	39	.196	0	22
82	185	52	.281	5	16
71	145	38	.262	1	11
52	119	31	.261	1	15
52	117	26	.222	1	11
51	107	24	.224	1	6
34	106	27	.255	4	17
28	81	22	.272	0	7
44	63	11	.175	0	2
18	38	5	.132	0	1
7	22	8	.364	0	1
7	17	0	.000	0	0
6	8	2	.250	0	1
6	1	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	328.0	23	14	2.58	177
38	272.1	16	16	3.50	132
32	212.0	14	12	3.06	145
33	207.2	11	14	4.07	129
26	151.1	7	8	3.51	65

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
49	5	7	6	3.12	65
37	6	3	5	3.12	38
23	1	2	8	2.68	20
13	0	0	1	4.06	18
10	0	1	0	3.45	15
4	0	0	0	3.00	3
3	0	0	0	14.54	2

Farm system

References

Notes and References

Web site: Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Joe Pactwa Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Sam McDowell Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Catfish Hunter Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Gene Michael Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Jim Beattie Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Willie Upshaw Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: Ed Brinkman Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Web site: 1975 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007