The 1975 Texas Rangers season was the 15th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 4th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 4th season at Arlington Stadium. 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.
Offseason December 5, 1974: Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis.Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference January 9, 1975: Bump Wills was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 4, 1975: Willie Davis was traded by the Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore.Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference June 13, 1975: Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees.
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 C Jim Sundberg 155 472 94 .199 6 36 1B Jim Spencer 132 403 107 .266 11 47 2B Lenny Randle 156 601 166 .276 4 57 SS Toby Harrah 151 522 153 .293 20 93 3B Roy Howell 125 383 96 .251 10 51 LF Mike Hargrove 145 519 157 .303 11 62 CF 54 175 48 .274 3 14 RF Jeff Burroughs 152 585 132 .226 29 94 DH César Tovar 102 427 110 .258 3 28
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 Grieve 118 369 102 .276 14 61 78 250 57 .228 3 33 Jim Fregosi 77 191 50 .262 7 33 42 169 42 .249 5 17 Mike Cubbage 58 143 32 .224 4 21 Joe Lovitto 50 106 22 .208 1 8 Leo Cárdenas 55 102 24 .235 1 5 28 80 17 .213 2 10 Bill Fahey 21 37 11 .297 0 3 Tom Robson 17 35 7 .200 0 2 Ron Pruitt 14 17 3 .176 0 0 9 11 1 .091 0 0 1 2 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 Ferguson Jenkins 37 270.0 17 18 3.93 157 Steve Hargan 33 189.1 9 10 3.80 93 22 184.0 12 8 3.03 148 Bill Hands 18 109.2 6 7 4.02 67 12 68.1 2 6 5.00 31 Stan Perzanowski 12 66.0 3 3 3.00 26 1 7.0 0 1 2.57 2 Jim Gideon 1 5.2 0 0 7.94 2
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 Umbarger 56 131.0 8 7 4.12 50 Clyde Wright 25 93.1 4 6 4.44 32 17 70.1 5 5 4.22 35 7 26.2 1 2 3.71 13
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 59 8 4 10 4.12 56 46 4 4 3 3.10 46 Mike Kekich 23 0 0 2 3.73 19 12 0 2 0 8.14 15 Jim Merritt 5 0 0 0 0.00 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers
Notes
References
External links 1975 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1975 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com