1975 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1975 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Bing Devine
Manager(s)	Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSD-TV (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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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 ¹⁄₂ 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]

Regular season

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

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1975 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	3–15	12–6	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	4–8	7–11	8–9	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	1–11	7–5	5–7	9–9	7–11	12–6	6–12	5–7	5–7	11–7
Cincinnati	15–3	11–1	—	13–5	8–10	8–4	8–4	7–5	6–6	11–7	13–5	8–4
Houston	6–12	5–7	5–13	—	6–12	8–4	4–8	6–6	6–5	9–9	5–13	4–8–1
Los Angeles	10–8	7–5	10–8	12–6	—	5–7	6–6	7–5	5–7	11–7	10–8	5–7
Montreal	4–8	9–9	4–8	4–8	7–5	—	10–8	7–11	7–11	7–5	5–7	11–7
New York	8–4	11–7	4–8	8–4	6–6	8–10	—	7–11	5–13	8–4	8–4	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	6–12	5–7	6–6	5–7	11–7	11–7	—	11–7	7–5	7–5	10–8
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	6–6	5–6	7–5	11–7	13–5	7–11	—	8–4	5–7	10–8
San Diego	11–7	7–5	7–11	9–9	7–11	5–7	4–8	5–7	4–8	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–8	7–5	5–13	13–5	8–10	7–5	4–8	5–7	7–5	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	9–3	7–11	4–8	8–4–1	7–5	7–11	9–9	8–10	8–10	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

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]

Roster

1975 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

24,27 Mike Barlow

32 Ron Bryant

22 John Curtis

36 John Denny

31 Bob Forsch

43 Mike Garman

45 Bob Gibson

39 Al Hrabosky

40 Ryan Kurosaki

47 Lynn McGlothen

27 Tommy Moore

34 Harry Parker

42 Eric Rasmussen

38 Ron Reed

24 Ken Reynolds

37 Ray Sadecki

38 Elías Sosa

35 Greg Terlecky

32 Mike Wallace

Catchers

9 Ken Rudolph

23 Ted Simmons

Infielders

5 Ed Brinkman

24 Danny Cater

11 Héctor Cruz

15 Ron Fairly

19 Mario Guerrero

18 Keith Hernandez

37 Doug Howard

28 Mick Kelleher

25 Larry Lintz

44 Ken Reitz

41 Ted Sizemore

10 Mike Tyson

Outfielders

12 Buddy Bradford

20 Lou Brock

5 Willie Davis

25 Jim Dwyer

29 Don Hahn

19 Ted Martínez

21 Bake McBride

26 Luis Meléndez

29 Jerry Mumphrey

7 Reggie Smith

Other batters

16 Dick Billings

Manager

2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

8 Vern Benson

3 George Kissell

30 Johnny Lewis

14 Dave Ricketts

33 Barney Schultz

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
1B	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	64	188	47	.250	3	20
3B	Reitz, KenKen Reitz	161	592	159	.269	5	63
LF	Brock, LouLou Brock	136	528	163	.309	3	47
RF	Davis, WillieWillie Davis	98	350	102	.291	6	50

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
Meléndez, LuisLuis Meléndez	110	291	77	.265	2	27
Rudolph, KenKen Rudolph	44	80	16	.200	1	6
Brinkman, EdEd Brinkman	28	75	18	.240	1	6
Cater, DannyDanny Cater	22	35	8	.229	0	2
Hahn, DonDon Hahn	7	8	1	.125	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
Denny, JohnJohn Denny	25	136	10	7	3.97	72
Gibson, BobBob Gibson	22	109	3	10	5.04	60
Rasmussen, EricEric Rasmussen	14	81	5	5	3.78	59

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
Curtis, JohnJohn Curtis	39	146.2	8	9	3.44	67

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Sosa, ElíasElías Sosa	14	3	4.00	15
Bryant, RonRon Bryant	10	1	16.62	7
Barlow, MikeMike Barlow	9	0	4.70	2

Awards and honors

Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tulsa Oilers	American Association	Ken Boyer
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Roy Majtyka
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Jack Krol
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Tom Burgess
Rookie	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast League	Fred Koenig

References

↑ Giants, Cards make trade
↑ Nate Colbert page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
↑ Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
↑ Wayne Nordhagen page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Lentine page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ken Crosby page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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

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