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. December 3, 1974: Joe Pactwa was purchased from the Yankees by the Alijadores de Tampico. December 20, 1974: Sam McDowell was released by the Yankees. December 31, 1974: Catfish Hunter was signed as a free agent by the Yankees. January 21, 1975: Gene Michael was released by the Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft Jim Beattie was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round. Willie Upshaw was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round. June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased by the Yankees from the Texas Rangers.

Roster 1975 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Player 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

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 117 252 56 .222 0 15 Lou Piniella 74 199 39 .196 0 22 Walt Williams 82 185 52 .281 5 16 71 145 38 .262 1 11 Alex Johnson 52 119 31 .261 1 15 Rick Bladt 52 117 26 .222 1 11 Rich Coggins 51 107 24 .224 1 6 Ron Blomberg 34 106 27 .255 4 17 Terry Whitfield 28 81 22 .272 0 7 44 63 11 .175 0 2 Bob Oliver 18 38 5 .132 0 1 7 22 8 .364 0 1 Dave Bergman 7 17 0 .000 0 0 6 8 2 .250 0 1 6 1 0 .000 0 0 Eddie Leon 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 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 Player 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

Awards and honors Catfish Hunter, League leader, Complete Games (30)

All-Star Game Thurman Munson, Starter Graig Nettles, Starter Bobby Bonds, Starter Catfish Hunter, Reserve

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1975 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1975 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com