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1975 Chicago White Sox season


FieldValue
nameChicago White Sox
season1975
leagueAmerican League
divisionWest
ballparkComiskey Park
cityChicago
ownersJohn Allyn
general_managersRoland Hemond
managersChuck Tanner
televisionWSNS-TV
(Harry Caray, J. C. Martin)
radioWMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Bill Mercer)

(Harry Caray, J. C. Martin) (Harry Caray, Bill Mercer) |}}

The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record of 75–86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics. This was the final season that the White Sox wore their Go-Go Sox-era uniforms. Towards the end of the 1990 season the team reintroduced the Go-Go Sox uniforms (replacing the red hat and pinstripes with black) and have remained the teams main uniform ever since.

Offseason

  • December 3, 1974: Dick Allen was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975.
  • January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

  • The proposed sale of the Chicago White Sox presented opportunities for the Oakland Athletics. A group from Seattle was ready to purchase the White Sox and move them to Seattle. As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago. Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. In the end, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold to Bill Veeck, who kept the White Sox in Chicago.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

  • Nyls Nyman, LF
  • Jorge Orta, 2B
  • Buddy Bradford, RF
  • Deron Johnson, DH
  • Ken Henderson, CF
  • Bill Melton, 3B
  • Bucky Dent, SS
  • Carlos May, 1B
  • Brian Downing, C
  • Wilbur Wood, P

Notable transactions

  • May 8, 1975: Bill Sharp was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio.
  • June 3, 1975: Marv Foley was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.
  • June 15, 1975: Tony Muser was traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.

Roster

1975 Chicago White Sox
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Game log

Regular season

Legend
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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGSB
Buddy Bradford, RF, LF, DH25588931215822.1553
Bob Coluccio, OF611612233424131334.2054
Bucky Dent, SS157602521592943583648.2642
Brian Downing, C138420581011217417675.24013
Jerry Hairston, LF, DH, RF692192662800234623.2831
Ken Henderson, CF140513651292039537465.2515
Deron Johnson, DH, 1B14855566129251187248117.2320
Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH83026301115.2000
Pat Kelly, RF, DH133471731292179455869.27418
Chet Lemon, 3B, DH, CF93529200126.2571
Carlos May, 1B, LF, DH128454551231928536746.27112
Bill Melton, 3B, DH14951262123160157078106.2515
Jerry Moses, 1B2211010000.5000
Tony Muser, 1B431111127300678.2432
Nyls Nyman, OF1063273674632281134.22610
Jorge Orta, 2B14054264165261011834867.30416
Lee Richard, SS, 3B, DH, 2B4349119010547.2002
Bill Sharp, OF183517000423.2000
Mike Squires, 1B2065515000485.2313
Bill Stein, 2B, 3B, DH762262361713211832.2702
Pete Varney, C3610712295128628.2712
**161****5490****655****1400****209****38****94****604****611****800****.255****101**

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Lloyd Allen0211.813205.1877262
Stan Bahnsen466.011212067.178494594031
Terry Forster332.19171437.03012902832
Bill Gogolewski005.24190255.061353253137
Goose Gossage981.8462026141.2993229385130
Dave Hamilton652.84301669.263232243151
Rich Hinton104.82150037.141222021630
Jesse Jefferson595.1022210107.21006961119567
Jim Kaat20143.1143410303.23211211052077142
Chris Knapp004.502002.0211043
Ken Kravec016.232104.1133081
Jack Kucek004.912003.2922042
Ozzie Osborn304.50240058.057292923838
Claude Osteen7164.3637370204.123711099169463
Jim Otten006.752005.1454173
Skip Pitlock000.001000.0100000
Tim Stoddard009.001001.0211100
Cecil Upshaw113.23290147.149191752422
Pete Vuckovich0113.0642010.1171515085
Wilbur Wood16204.1143430291.13091481332697140
**75****86****3.93****161****161****39****1452.1****1489****703****634****107****693****799**

Farm system

Notes

References

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allendi01.shtml Jim Essian] at ''Baseball Reference''
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendejo01.shtml Joe Henderson] at ''Baseball Reference''
  3. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.229, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
  4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colucbo01.shtml Bob Coluccio] at ''Baseball Reference''
  5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foleyma01.shtml Marv Foley] at ''Baseball Reference''
  6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muserto01.shtml Tony Muser] at ''Baseball Reference''
  7. "1975 Chicago White Sox Schedule & Results".
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