1975 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1975 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1975 in baseball.

The 1975 Major League Baseball season.

1975 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 7, 1975 – September 28, 1975
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Fred Lynn (BOS) NL: Joe Morgan (CIN)
Postseason
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	Oakland Athletics
NL champions	Cincinnati Reds
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	Cincinnati Reds
Runners-up	Boston Red Sox
Finals MVP	Pete Rose (CIN)

News and notes

Frank Robinson became the first black manager in the Major Leagues. He managed the Cleveland Indians.
At the All-Star Break, there were discussions of Bowie Kuhn’s reappointment. Charlie Finley, New York owner George Steinbrenner and Baltimore owner Jerry Hoffberger were part of a group that wanted him gone.^[1] Finley was trying to convince the new owner of the Texas Rangers Brad Corbett that MLB needed a more dynamic commissioner.^[2] During the vote, Baltimore and New York decided to vote in favour of the commissioner’s reappointment. In addition, there were discussions of expansion for 1977, with Seattle and Washington, D.C. as the proposed cities for expansion.

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	65	0.594	—	47–34	48–31
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	0.566	4½	44–33	46–36
New York Yankees	83	77	0.519	12	43–35	40–42
Cleveland Indians	79	80	0.497	15½	41–39	38–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	28	36–45	32–49
Detroit Tigers	57	102	0.358	37½	31–49	26–53

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	98	64	0.605	—	54–27	44–37
Kansas City Royals	91	71	0.562	7	51–30	40–41
Texas Rangers	79	83	0.488	19	39–41	40–42
Minnesota Twins	76	83	0.478	20½	39–43	37–40
Chicago White Sox	75	86	0.466	22½	42–39	33–47
California Angels	72	89	0.447	25½	35–46	37–43

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	69	0.571	—	52–28	40–41
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	0.531	6½	51–30	35–46
New York Mets	82	80	0.506	10½	42–39	40–41
St. Louis Cardinals	82	80	0.506	10½	45–36	37–44
Chicago Cubs	75	87	0.463	17½	42–39	33–48
Montreal Expos	75	87	0.463	17½	39–42	36–45

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	108	54	0.667	—	64–17	44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	0.543	20	49–32	39–42
San Francisco Giants	80	81	0.497	27½	46–35	34–46
San Diego Padres	71	91	0.438	37	38–43	33–48
Atlanta Braves	67	94	0.416	40½	37–43	30–51
Houston Astros	64	97	0.398	43½	37–44	27–53

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Rod Carew MIN	.359	Bill Madlock CHC	.354
HR	Reggie Jackson OAK George Scott MIL	36	Mike Schmidt PHI	38
RBI	George Scott MIL	109	Greg Luzinski PHI	120
Wins	Jim Palmer BAL Catfish Hunter NYY	23	Tom Seaver NYM	22
ERA	Jim Palmer BAL	2.09	Randy Jones SD	2.24
SO	Frank Tanana CAL	269	Tom Seaver NYM	243
SV	Rich Gossage CHW	26	Rawly Eastwick CIN Al Hrabosky STL	22
SB	Mickey Rivers CAL	70	Davey Lopes LA	77

↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.226, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.227, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0

1975 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1975 All-Star Game 1975 World Series

Pre-modern era

Modern era