The 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 86th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 18th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 14th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers finished in second place, 20 games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West. This would be long time manager Walter Alston's final full season in charge. Alston would step down towards the end of the 1976 season and was replaced by his third base coach Tommy Lasorda.

Offseason January 29, 1975: Von Joshua was selected off waivers from the Dodgers by the San Francisco Giants.Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening day lineup +Opening Day startersName Position Davey Lopes Second basemanBill Buckner Left fielderJimmy Wynn Center fielderJoe FergusonRight fielderSteve Garvey First basemanRon Cey Third basemanSteve YeagerCatcherBill Russell ShortstopDon Sutton Starting pitcher

Notable transactions May 2, 1975: Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Burt Hooton.Burt Hooton page at Baseball Reference July 15, 1975: Jim Brewer was purchased from the Dodgers by the California Angels.Jim Brewer page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season Legend Dodgers win Dodgers loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldDodgers team member

|- bgcolor=#fbb | 1 || || || @ Reds || L 1–2 || || || || || || 0–1 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 2 || || || @ Reds || L 3–4 || || || || || || 0–2 || L2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 3 || || || @ Reds || L 6–7 || || || || || || 0–3 || L3 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 7 || || || Reds || W 5–2 || || || || || || 3–4 || W2 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 8 || || || Reds || W 3–1 || || || || || || 4–4 || W3 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 9 || || || Reds || W 7–6 || || || || || || 5–4 || W4 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 10 || || || Reds || W 5–4 || || || || || || 6–4 || W5

|- bgcolor=#fbb | 30 || || || @ Pirates || L 3–11 || || || || || || 19–11 || L1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 31 || || || @ Pirates || W 6–2 || || || || || || 20–11 || W1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 32 || || || @ Pirates || W 7–0 || || || || || || 21–11 || W2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 36 || || || Pirates || L 2–3 || || || || || || 23–13 || L2 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 37 || || || Pirates || W 4–3 || || || || || || 24–13 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 38 || || || Pirates || L 2–7 || || || || || || 24–14 || L1

|- bgcolor=#bfb | 55 || || || @ Phillies || W 3–2 || || || || || || 33–22 || W3 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 56 || || || @ Phillies || L 0–4 || || || || || || 33–23 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 57 || || || @ Phillies || L 2–4 || || || || || || 33–24 || L2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 62 || || || Phillies || L 1–5 || || || || || || 34–28 || L4 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 63 || || || Phillies || W 4–3 || || || || || || 35–28 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 64 || || || Phillies || L 3–4 || || || || || || 35–29 || L1

|- bgcolor=#bfb | 86 || || || @ Pirates || W 3–0 || || || || || || 48–38 || W3 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 87 || || || @ Pirates || L 2–3 || || || || || || 48–39 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 88 || || || @ Pirates || L 1–4 || || || || || || 48–40 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || || 5:30p.m. PDT || 46th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |- bgcolor=#fbb | 92 || || || Pirates || L 2–5 || || || || || || 49–43 || L3 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 93 || || || Pirates || W 4–3 || || || || || || 50–43 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 94 || || || Pirates || L 3–5 || || || || || || 50–44 || L1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 100 || || || @ Reds || W 4–3 || || || || || || 53–47 || W2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 101 || || || @ Reds || L 3–6 || || || || || || 53–48 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 102 || || || @ Reds || L 3–5 || || || || || || 53–49 || L1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 103 || || || @ Reds || W 5–3 || || || || || || 54–49 || W1

|- bgcolor=#bfb | 108 || || || Reds || W 5–3 || || || || || || 56–52 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 109 || || || Reds || L 0–1 || || || || || || 56–53 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 110 || || || Reds || L 1–3 || || || || || || 56–54 || L2 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 117 || || || @ Phillies || W 7–1 || || || || || || 62–55 || W4 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 112 || || || @ Phillies || W 7–6 || || || || || || 62–56 || W5 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 113 || || || @ Phillies || W 5–4 || || || || || || 62–57 || W6 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 130 || || || Phillies || L 2–4 || || || || || || 68–62 || L3 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 131 || || || Phillies || W 8–1 || || || || || || 68–63 || W1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 132 || || || Phillies || W 10–0 || || || || || || 69–63 || W2

|- bgcolor=#fbb | 139 || || || @ Reds || L 2–13 || || || || || || 73–66 || L2 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 140 || || || @ Reds || W 3–2 || || || || || || 74–66 || W1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 146 || || || Reds || W 3–2 || || || || || || 78–68 || W3 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 147 || || || Reds || W 5–2 || || || || || || 79–68 || W4

Detailed records National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed NL East Philadelphia Phillies 3–3 4–2 7–5 52 38 Pittsburgh Pirates 2–4 3–3 5–7 39 46 5–7 7–5 12–12 91 84 NL West Cincinnati Reds 7–2 3–6 10–8 64 69 Los Angeles Dodgers — — — — — — 7–2 3–6 10–8 64 69

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 135 452 103 .228 12 54 1B 160 659 210 .319 18 95 2B 155 618 162 .262 8 41 SS 84 252 52 .206 0 14 3B 158 566 160 .283 25 101 LF 92 288 70 .243 6 31 CF 130 412 102 .248 18 58 RF 124 373 98 .263 9 46

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 101 306 96 .314 7 40 71 204 43 .211 6 22 66 202 42 .208 5 23 85 170 38 .224 0 12 62 145 28 .193 1 5 53 94 25 .266 0 5 63 87 16 .184 0 2 52 49 13 .265 0 10 39 46 11 .239 2 14 48 43 11 .256 0 2 13 36 9 .250 0 1 15 15 2 .133 0 2 8 10 2 .200 0 0 9 6 2 .333 0 0 4 4 0 .000 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 42 321.2 19 14 2.29 213 38 257.2 15 9 3.11 151 35 254.1 16 13 2.87 175 31 223.2 18 7 2.82 148 2 6.0 0 1 13.50 1

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 26 99.1 3 3 3.08 40 22 74.2 2 1 2.89 39

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 58 9 14 13 3.29 64 38 3 7 4 2.95 34 21 3 1 2 5.18 21 10 0 1 0 1.69 6 5 0 2 0 3.86 1 2 0 1 0 9.00 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors Gold Glove Award Steve Garvey Andy Messersmith NL Pitcher of the Month Don Sutton (April 1975) Don Sutton (May 1975) Burt Hooton (August 1975) Burt Hooton (September 1975) NL Player of the Week Burt Hooton and Don Sutton (Aug. 4–10) Andy Messersmith (Sep. 8–14)

All-Stars 1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Steve Garvey starter Ron Cey starter Jimmy Wynn starter Mike Marshall reserve Don Sutton reserve Andy Messersmith reserve TSN National League All-Star Steve Garvey

Farm system

1975 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers drafted 33 players in the June draft and 11 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The top draft pick was shortstop Mark Bradley from Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He spent two seasons with the Dodgers as an outfielder in 1981–82 and a third season with the New York Mets and hit .204 in 113 at-bats.

The most successful draft pick was pitcher Dave Stewart, a 16th round pick out of St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland, California. He reached the Majors in 1978 with the Dodgers and played through 1995, primarily with the Oakland Athletics. He was 168–129 with a 3.95 ERA, was a 1989 All-Star, 3 time World Series Champion, a World Series MVP and 3 time League Championship Series MVP. Following his playing career he became a coach, an agent and a General Manager.

1975 draft picksJanuary draft 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase

RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Donald WashingtonOF Laney CollegeYes 1975–1977 A2Dale EmmerOF Santa Monica CollegeNo 3Gavin LongP College of San MateoNo Braves-1977 1977 Rookie4Patrick BucknerC Sacramento City CollegeNo 1977A-5Steven WatsonP Midland CollegeNo 6Mike TennantRHP Crowder CollegeYes 1975–1981 AAA7Ronald Weirum2B Santa Barbara City CollegeYes 1975–1977 A8Terry WatkinsP Sacramento City CollegeNoBlue Jays-1978 1978 A-

January secondary phase 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase

RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Gil PattersonOF Miami Dade College NoYankees-19751975–1982 MLB2William YarbroughIFState College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota NoRoyals-1977 1977–1979 AA3Earl BassRHPUniversity of South Carolina NoCardinals-1975 1975–1978 AAA

June draft 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Mark BradleySSElizabethtown High SchoolYes1975–1984MLB2Myron WhiteOFSana Ana Valley High SchoolYes1975–1981MLB3Rod SchellerRHPGreeley West High SchoolYes1975–1979A4James EvansLHPEast Technical High SchoolYes1975–1977A5Marvin GarrisonOFVerbum Dei High SchoolYes 1975–1980AAA6Robert AdamsSSFairview High SchoolYes1975–1976 A7Kenneth TownsendRHPSonora High SchoolYes 1975–1978 A8Jacky ParishCUniversity of OklahomaYes 1975–1976 A9Arthur ToalSSTottenville High SchoolNoTigers-1978 1978–1980 AA10Charles MartinOFWheaton North High SchoolYes 1975 A-11Michael LakeLHPHueneme High SchoolYes 1975–1978A12Robert HealeyRHPRoosevelt High SchoolNoAngels-1977 1977–1979 A13Robert LowmanRHPMamaroneck High SchoolYes 1975 A-14Samuel Roberts1B Carson-Newman CollegeNo 15Bob StoffieRHPJohn F. Kennedy High SchoolYes 1975–1977 A16Dave StewartRHPSt. Elizabeth High SchoolYes 1975–1995 MLB17Brad GuldenCChaska High SchoolYes 1975–1986 MLB18Mike WaltersRHPAlta Loma High SchoolNoAngels-1977 1977–1985MLB19Robert DoveRHPTustin High SchoolNo 20William SeneyRHPApple Valley High SchoolNo 21Stephen Youngman1BNorth Brunswick High SchoolNo 22Paul JacobsOFJohn F. Kennedy High SchoolNo 23Paul TouchstoneRHPGalveston CollegeNo 24Robert NewmanRHPMt. Hood Community CollegeNo 25Kris KaminskaRHPPeoria High SchoolNo 26Jay NelsonRHPChaska High SchoolNo 27Mitch DeanRHPConcord High SchoolNo 28Arthur Fischetti2BLafayette CollegeYes 1975–1977 AA29Michael OttoRHPJohn F. Kennedy High SchoolNo1980 A-30Paul LanierCMoultrie High SchoolNo 31Rudy RuferSSValley Stream High SchoolNo 32James BlackOFCamden High SchoolNo 33Alan ClarkRHPHiawatha High SchoolNo

Notes

References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page

External links 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site