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1975 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1975
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Nick Mileti
general_managers	Phil Seghi
managers	Frank Robinson
television	WJW-TV
radio	WWWE

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The 1975 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians competing in the American League East, where they finished fourth with a record of 79–80.

Offseason

One highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. Prior to the start of the season, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in Major League Baseball history.

Notable transactions

February 25, 1975: Dave Duncan and Al McGrew (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Boog Powell and Don Hood.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 20, 1975: Dick Bosman and Jim Perry were traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Blue Moon Odom and cash.
June 3, 1975: Rick Cerone was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.
June 7, 1975: Blue Moon Odom and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Roric Harrison. The Indians completed the deal by sending Rob Belloir to the Braves on June 16.
June 13, 1975: Gaylord Perry was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000.

Opening Day Lineup

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23	Oscar Gamble	LF
20	Frank Robinson	DH
21	George Hendrick	CF
24	Charlie Spikes	RF
26	Boog Powell	1B
7	John Ellis	C
25	Buddy Bell	3B
10	Jack Brohamer	2B
12	Ed Crosby	SS
36	Gaylord Perry	P

Roster

1975 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	90	254	32	57	10	1	5	32	.224	3
	153	553	66	150	20	4	10	59	.271	6
	25	40	6	8	1	0	0	1	.200	0
	69	217	15	53	5	0	6	16	.244	2
	118	383	57	118	19	1	18	64	.308	2
	7	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	.250	0
	61	128	12	30	3	0	0	7	.234	0
	146	482	44	117	22	2	1	47	.243	10
	92	296	22	68	11	1	7	32	.230	0
	121	348	60	91	16	3	15	45	.261	11
	145	561	82	145	21	2	24	86	.258	6
	90	346	42	101	11	1	0	25	.292	19
	13	23	3	3	1	0	0	0	.130	1
	9	13	4	4	2	0	2	8	.308	0
	91	265	37	64	5	1	12	33	.242	15
	120	480	69	137	16	5	3	35	.285	19
	23	51	7	14	1	1	2	5	.275	4
	134	435	64	129	18	0	27	86	.297	1
	49	118	19	28	5	0	9	24	.237	0
	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	0
	111	345	41	79	13	3	11	33	.229	7
	20	46	4	9	0	0	1	3	.196	0
Team Totals	159	5404	688	1409	201	25	153	643	.261	106

Pitching

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	0	0	4.76	3	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	2	4
	1	0	6.94	19	1	1	46.2	63	42	36	25	20
	5	9	3.20	24	12	1	112.2	99	48	40	50	62
	0	2	4.08	6	3	0	28.2	33	17	13	8	11
	1	2	4.28	25	3	1	69.1	72	40	33	29	41
	5	3	2.57	50	0	7	77.0	69	27	22	29	29
	13	7	2.60	34	24	2	186.2	147	61	54	90	152
	7	7	4.79	19	19	0	126.0	137	71	67	46	52
	6	10	4.39	29	19	0	135.1	136	76	66	57	51
	1	2	3.77	13	7	0	71.2	60	31	30	45	55
	5	3	2.19	61	0	17	82.1	61	26	20	57	94
	1	0	2.61	3	1	0	10.1	4	3	3	8	10
	6	9	3.55	15	15	0	121.2	120	57	48	34	85
	1	6	6.69	8	6	0	37.2	46	34	28	18	11
	14	8	3.94	25	25	0	146.1	154	73	64	40	47
	7	8	5.54	18	17	0	92.2	118	61	57	31	34
	0	2	4.66	5	0	2	9.2	11	7	5	3	5
	0	0	1.93	4	0	1	4.2	4	1	1	2	3
	6	2	2.94	16	7	1	70.1	57	25	23	25	34
Team Totals	79	80	3.84	159	159	33	1435.1	1395	703	613	599	800

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

George Hendrick, reserve

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/robinson_frank.html Frank Robinson bio at ESPN]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/powelbo01.shtml Boog Powell page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/odombl01.shtml Blue Moon Odom page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ceronri01.shtml Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197504080.shtml 1975 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1975 All-Star Game".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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