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.Giants, Cards make trade 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.Nate Colbert page at Baseball Reference March 26, 1975: Ron Hunt was released by the Cardinals.Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference March 29, 1975: Danny Godby was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Danny Cater.Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
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
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters Ed Brinkman Lou Brock Bob Gibson Keith Hernandez Bake McBride Ken Reitz Ted Simmons Ted Sizemore Reggie Smith
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.Wayne Nordhagen page at Baseball Reference June 3, 1975: Jim Lentine was drafted by the Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.Jim Lentine page at Baseball Reference June 4, 1975: Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore were traded by the Cardinals to the Texas Rangers for Willie Davis.Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference July 22, 1975: Ken Crosby was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Solomon.Ken Crosby page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1975 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 C Ted Simmons 157 581 193 .332 18 100 1B 64 188 47 .250 3 20 2B Ted Sizemore 153 562 135 .240 3 49 SS Mike Tyson 122 368 98 .266 2 37 3B 161 592 159 .269 5 63 LF 136 528 163 .309 3 47 CF Bake McBride 116 413 124 .300 5 36 RF Reggie Smith 135 477 144 .302 19 76
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 Willie Davis 98 350 102 .291 6 50 110 291 77 .265 2 27 Ron Fairly 107 229 69 .301 7 37 Mario Guerrero 64 184 44 .239 0 11 Buddy Bradford 50 81 22 .272 4 15 44 80 16 .200 1 6 28 75 18 .240 1 6 Héctor Cruz 23 48 7 .146 0 6 22 35 8 .229 0 2 Jim Dwyer 21 31 6 .194 0 1 Doug Howard 17 29 6 .207 1 1 Ted Martínez 16 21 4 .190 0 2 Larry Lintz 27 18 5 .278 0 1 Jerry Mumphrey 11 16 6 .375 0 1 7 8 1 .125 0 0 Mick Kelleher 7 4 0 .000 0 0 3 3 0 .000 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 Lynn McGlothen 35 239.0 15 13 3.92 146 Bob Forsch 34 230.0 15 10 2.86 108 Ron Reed 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
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 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 W L SV ERA SO Al Hrabosky 65 13 3 22 1.66 82 Mike Garman 66 3 8 10 2.39 48 Greg Terlecky 20 0 1 0 4.45 13 14 0 3 0 4.00 15 Harry Parker 14 0 1 1 6.27 13 Tommy Moore 10 0 0 0 3.86 6 Ken Reynolds 10 0 1 0 1.59 7 10 0 1 0 16.62 7 Mike Wallace 9 0 0 0 2.08 6 9 0 0 0 4.70 2 Ray Sadecki 8 1 0 0 3.27 8 Ryan Kurosaki 7 0 0 0 7.62 6
Awards and honors Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente Award
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg, Johnson CityJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1975 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1975 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com