1975 Oakland Athletics season

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1975  Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Owners Charles O. Finley
Managers Alvin Dark
Television KPIX-TV
Radio KEEN
(Monte Moore, Bob Waller)
  1974 Seasons 1976  

The 1975 Oakland Athletics season was the 75th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 8th season in Oakland. Entering the season as the three-time defending World Series champions, the Athletics won their fifth consecutive American League West title with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They went on to play the Boston Red Sox in the 1975 American League Championship Series, losing in three straight games.

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Offseason

After the Athletics' victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1974 World Series under Alvin Dark, pitcher Catfish Hunter filed a grievance. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 1974 with a record of 25–12 and a league-leading 2.49 earned run average. Hunter uncovered a violation of his contract with A's owner Charlie Finley and the team that allowed him to become a free agent. The A's were to send half of Hunter's $100,000 annual salary to a North Carolina bank as payment on an annuity, but Finley did not comply. [1]

On December 13, 1974, arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled in Hunter's favor. As a result, Hunter became a free agent, and signed a contract with the New York Yankees for the 1975 season. [2] Despite the loss of Hunter, the A's repeated as A.L. West champions in 1975, but lost the ALCS to Boston in a 3-game sweep.

The Athletics led the league in arbitration filings with 13. [3] Seven players settled before their hearings.

Notable transactions

Regular season

Relocation plans

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9864.60554274437
Kansas City Royals 9171.562751304041
Texas Rangers 7983.4881939414042
Minnesota Twins 7683.47820½39433740
Chicago White Sox 7586.46622½42393347
California Angels 7289.44725½35463743

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore 9–96–67–410–812–47–514–46–68–104–87–5
Boston 9–96–68–47–1113–57–510–810–211–56–68–4
California 6–66–69–93–96–54–147–58–107–57–119–9
Chicago 4–74–89–97–55–79–98–49–96–69–95–13
Cleveland 8–1011–79–35–712–66–69–93–69–92–105–7
Detroit 4–125–135–67–56–126–67–114–86–126–61–11
Kansas City 5–75–714–49–96–66–67–511–77–511–714–4
Milwaukee 4–148–105–74–89–911–75–72–109–95–76–6
Minnesota 6–62–1010–89–96–38–47–1110–24–86–128–10
New York 10–85–115–76–69–912–65–79–98–46–68–4
Oakland 8–46–611–79–910–26–611–77–512–66–612–6
Texas 5–74–89–913–57–511–14–146–610–84–86–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1975 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Designated runner

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gene Tenace 158498127.2552987
1B Joe Rudi 126468130.2782175
2B Phil Garner 160488120.246654
3B Sal Bando 160562129.2301578
SS Bert Campaneris 137509135.265446
LF Claudell Washington 148590182.3081077
CF Billy North 140524143.273143
RF Reggie Jackson 157593150.25336104
DH Billy Williams 155520127.2442381

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ray Fosse 8213619.140012
Jim Holt 10212327.220216
Ángel Mangual 6210924.22016
Ted Martínez 868715.17203
Tommy Harper 346922.31927
Ted Kubiak 20287.25004
Larry Haney 47265.19212
César Tovar 19266.23103
Matt Alexander 63101.10000
Dal Maxvill 20102.20000
Denny Walling 681.12502
Rich McKinney 871.14302
Don Hopkins 8261.16700
Charlie Chant 550.00000
Gaylen Pitts 1031.33301
Charlie Sands 321.50000
Billy Grabarkewitz 620.00000
Herb Washington 1300----00
Tommy Sandt 200----00

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vida Blue 39278.022113.01189
Ken Holtzman 39266.118143.14122
Dick Bosman 22122.21143.5242
Stan Bahnsen 21100.0673.2449
Sonny Siebert 1761.0443.6944
Mike Norris 416.2100.005
Craig Mitchell 13.20112.272

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Glenn Abbott 30114.1554.2551
Jim Perry 1567.2344.6633
Dave Hamilton 1135.2124.0420
Blue Moon Odom 711.00212.274

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rollie Fingers 75106242.98115
Paul Lindblad 689172.7258
Jim Todd 5883122.2950

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Hank Aguirre
AA Birmingham A's Southern League Harry Malmberg
A Modesto A's California League Rene Lachemann
A-Short Season Boise A's Northwest League Tom Trebelhorn

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