1975 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1975
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Busch Memorial Stadium
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	82–80 (.506)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	August "Gussie" Busch
General Managers:	Bing Devine
Managers:	Red Schoendienst
Television:	KSD-TV (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Radio:	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)

The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 94th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 84th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–80 during the season and finished in a tie for third (with the New York Mets) in the National League East, 10 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

October 14, 1974: Marc Hill was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa.^[1]
November 18, 1974: Alan Foster, Rich Folkers and Sonny Siebert were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres as part of a three team trade. The Padres sent a player to be named later to the Cardinals, and the Detroit Tigers sent Ed Brinkman to the Cardinals. The Tigers sent Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon to the Padres. The Padres sent Nate Colbert to the Tigers. The Padres completed the deal by sending Danny Breeden to the Cardinals on December 12.^[2]
March 26, 1975: Ron Hunt was released by the Cardinals.^[3]
March 29, 1975: Danny Godby was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Danny Cater.^[4]

Third baseman Ken Reitz won a Gold Glove this year. 1975 was also the final major league season for pitcher Bob Gibson.

May 28, 1975: Elías Sosa and Ray Sadecki were traded by the Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Ron Reed and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Wayne Nordhagen to the Cardinals on June 2.^[5]
June 3, 1975: Jim Lentine was drafted by the Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft.^[6]
June 4, 1975: Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore were traded by the Cardinals to the Texas Rangers for Willie Davis.^[7]
July 22, 1975: Ken Crosby was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Solomon.^[8]

1975 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	157	581	193	.332	18	100
1B	64	188	47	.250	3	20
2B	153	562	135	.240	3	49
SS	122	368	98	.266	2	37
3B	161	592	159	.269	5	63
LF	136	528	163	.309	3	47
CF	116	413	124	.300	5	36
RF	135	477	144	.302	19	76

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
98	350	102	.291	6	50
110	291	77	.265	2	27
107	229	69	.301	7	37
64	184	44	.239	0	11
50	81	22	.272	4	15
44	80	16	.200	1	6
28	75	18	.240	1	6
23	48	7	.146	0	6
22	35	8	.229	0	2
21	31	6	.194	0	1
17	29	6	.207	1	1
16	21	4	.190	0	2
27	18	5	.278	0	1
11	16	6	.375	0	1
7	8	1	.125	0	0
7	4	0	.000	0	0
3	3	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	239.0	15	13	3.92	146
34	230.0	15	10	2.86	108
24	175.2	9	8	3.23	99
25	136.0	10	7	3.97	72
22	109.0	3	10	5.04	60
14	81.0	5	5	3.78	59

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

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
65	13	3	22	1.66	82
66	3	8	10	2.39	48
20	0	1	0	4.45	13
14	0	3	0	4.00	15
14	0	1	1	6.27	13
10	0	0	0	3.86	6
10	0	1	0	1.59	7
10	0	1	0	16.62	7
9	0	0	0	2.08	6
9	0	0	0	4.70	2
8	1	0	0	3.27	8
7	0	0	0	7.62	6