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1975 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Field	Value
name	Los Angeles Dodgers
season	1975
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Dodger Stadium
city	Los Angeles
record
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Walter O'Malley, heirs of James Mulvey
president	Peter O'Malley
general_managers	Al Campanis
managers	Walter Alston
television	KTTV (11)
radio	KABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos

Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett XEGM Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos |}}

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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening day lineup

Opening Day starters	Name	Position
Davey Lopes	Second baseman
Bill Buckner	Left fielder
Jimmy Wynn	Center fielder
Joe Ferguson	Right fielder
Steve Garvey	First baseman
Ron Cey	Third baseman
Steve Yeager	Catcher
Bill Russell	Shortstop
Don 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.
July 15, 1975: Jim Brewer was purchased from the Dodgers by the California Angels.

Roster

1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

Legend




Bold

|- bgcolor=#fbb | 1 || || || @ Reds || L 1–2 (14) || || || || || || 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 (11) || || || || || || 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 (10) || || || || || || 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 (1) || || || @ Reds || W 4–3 || || || || || || 53–47 || W2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 101 (2) || || || @ 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 (10) || || || || || || 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

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
NL East
[Philadelphia Phillies](1975-philadelphia-phillies-season)	3–3	4–2	7–5		52	38
[Pittsburgh Pirates](1975-pittsburgh-pirates-season)	2–4	3–3	5–7		39	46
	5–7	7–5	12–12		91	84
NL West
[Cincinnati Reds](1975-cincinnati-reds-season)	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	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

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

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

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

Main article: 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.

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Donald Washington	OF	Laney College	Yes	1975–1977	A
2	Dale Emmer	OF	Santa Monica College	No
3	Gavin Long	P	College of San Mateo	No
Braves-1977	1977	Rookie
4	Patrick Buckner	C	Sacramento City College	No	1977	A-
5	Steven Watson	P	Midland College	No
6	Mike Tennant	RHP	Crowder College	Yes	1975–1981	AAA
7	Ronald Weirum	2B	Santa Barbara City College	Yes	1975–1977	A
8	Terry Watkins	P	Sacramento City College	No
Blue Jays-1978	1978	A-

January secondary phase

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed
1	Gil Patterson	OF	Miami Dade College	No
Yankees-1975	1975–1982	MLB
2	William Yarbrough	IF	State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota	No
Royals-1977	1977–1979	AA
3	Earl Bass	RHP	University of South Carolina	No
Cardinals-1975	1975–1978	AAA

June draft

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Mark Bradley	SS	Elizabethtown High School	Yes	1975–1984	MLB
2	Myron White	OF	Sana Ana Valley High School	Yes	1975–1981	MLB
3	Rod Scheller	RHP	Greeley West High School	Yes	1975–1979	A
4	James Evans	LHP	East Technical High School	Yes	1975–1977	A
5	Marvin Garrison	OF	Verbum Dei High School	Yes	1975–1980	AAA
6	Robert Adams	SS	Fairview High School	Yes	1975–1976	A
7	Kenneth Townsend	RHP	Sonora High School	Yes	1975–1978	A
8	Jacky Parish	C	University of Oklahoma	Yes	1975–1976	A
9	Arthur Toal	SS	Tottenville High School	No
Tigers-1978	1978–1980	AA
10	Charles Martin	OF	Wheaton North High School	Yes	1975	A-
11	Michael Lake	LHP	Hueneme High School	Yes	1975–1978	A
12	Robert Healey	RHP	Roosevelt High School	No
Angels-1977	1977–1979	A
13	Robert Lowman	RHP	Mamaroneck High School	Yes	1975	A-
14	Samuel Roberts	1B	Carson-Newman College	No
15	Bob Stoffie	RHP	John F. Kennedy High School	Yes	1975–1977	A
16	Dave Stewart	RHP	St. Elizabeth High School	Yes	1975–1995	MLB
17	Brad Gulden	C	Chaska High School	Yes	1975–1986	MLB
18	Mike Walters	RHP	Alta Loma High School	No
Angels-1977	1977–1985	MLB
19	Robert Dove	RHP	Tustin High School	No
20	William Seney	RHP	Apple Valley High School	No
21	Stephen Youngman	1B	North Brunswick High School	No
22	Paul Jacobs	OF	John F. Kennedy High School	No
23	Paul Touchstone	RHP	Galveston College	No
24	Robert Newman	RHP	Mt. Hood Community College	No
25	Kris Kaminska	RHP	Peoria High School	No
26	Jay Nelson	RHP	Chaska High School	No
27	Mitch Dean	RHP	Concord High School	No
28	Arthur Fischetti	2B	Lafayette College	Yes	1975–1977	AA
29	Michael Otto	RHP	John F. Kennedy High School	No	1980	A-
30	Paul Lanier	C	Moultrie High School	No
31	Rudy Rufer	SS	Valley Stream High School	No
32	James Black	OF	Camden High School	No
33	Alan Clark	RHP	Hiawatha High School	No

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/joshuvo01.shtml Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hootobu01.shtml Burt Hooton page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/breweji01.shtml Jim Brewer page at Baseball Reference]
"1975 Los Angeles Dodgers schedule and results". Baseball Reference.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1975&draft_type=janreg& 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase ]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1975&draft_type=jansec& 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase ]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1975&draft_type=junreg& 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]

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