1975 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersDan O'Brien Sr.
ManagersBilly Martin, Frank Lucchesi
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
RadioWBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
Seasons

In the 1975 Texas Rangers season, the Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses. The team hit a major league-leading five grand slams.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9864 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
Kansas City Royals 9171 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 19 39–41 40–42
Minnesota Twins 7683 0.478 20½ 39–43 37–40
Chicago White Sox 7586 0.466 22½ 42–39 33–47
California Angels 7289 0.447 25½ 35–46 37–43

Record vs. opponents

1975 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —9–96–67–410–812–47–514–46–68–104–87–5
Boston 9–9—6–68–47–1113–57–510–810–211–56–68–4
California 6–66–6—9–93–96–54–147–58–107–57–119–9
Chicago 4–74–89–9—7–55–79–98–49–96–69–95–13
Cleveland 8–1011–79–35–7—12–66–69–93–69–92–105–7
Detroit 4–125–135–67–56–12—6–67–114–86–126–61–11
Kansas City 5–75–714–49–96–66–6—7–511–77–511–714–4
Milwaukee 4–148–105–74–89–911–75–7—2–109–95–76–6
Minnesota 6–62–1010–89–96–38–47–1110–2—4–86–128–10
New York 10–85–115–76–69–912–65–79–98–4—6–68–4
Oakland 8–46–611–79–910–26–611–77–512–66–6—12–6
Texas 5–74–89–913–57–511–14–146–610–84–86–12—

Notable transactions

Roster

1975 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CJim Sundberg15547294.199636
1BJim Spencer132403107.2661147
2BLenny Randle156601166.276457
SSToby Harrah151522153.2932093
3BRoy Howell12538396.2511051
LFMike Hargrove145519157.3031162
CFDave Moates5417548.274314
RFJeff Burroughs152585132.2262994
DHCésar Tovar102427110.258328

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
Tom Grieve118369102.2761461
Roy Smalley7825057.228333
Jim Fregosi7719150.262733
Willie Davis4216942.249517
Mike Cubbage5814332.224421
Joe Lovitto5010622.20818
Leo Cárdenas5510224.23515
Dave Nelson288017.213210
Bill Fahey213711.29703
Tom Robson17357.20002
Ron Pruitt14173.17600
Bobby Jones9111.09100
Ed Brinkman120.00000

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
Ferguson Jenkins37270.017183.93157
Steve Hargan33189.19103.8093
Gaylord Perry22184.01283.03148
Bill Hands18109.2674.0267
Jim Bibby1268.1265.0031
Stan Perzanowski1266.0333.0026
David Clyde17.0012.572
Jim Gideon15.2007.942

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
Jim Umbarger56131.0874.1250
Clyde Wright2593.1464.4432
Jackie Brown1770.1554.2235
Mike Bacsik726.2123.7113

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
Steve Foucault5984104.1256
Stan Thomas464433.1046
Mike Kekich230023.7319
Tommy Moore120208.1415
Jim Merritt50000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Del Wilber
AA Pittsfield Rangers Eastern League Jackie Moore and Marty Martínez
A Lynchburg Rangers Carolina League Wayne Terwilliger
A Anderson Rangers Western Carolinas League Rich Donnelly
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

  1. ↑ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1975, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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