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1975 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1975
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Jim Baumer
managers	Del Crandall, Harvey Kuenn
television	WTMJ-TV
(Gary Bender, Jim Irwin)
radio	620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
espntn	mil
brtn	MIL

(Gary Bender, Jim Irwin) (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) |}} The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 6th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 7th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

November 2, 1974: Dave May and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers completed the trade by sending Roger Alexander (minors) to the Braves on December 2.
January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

Regular season

On May 1, 1975, Hank Aaron broke baseball's all-time RBI record, previously held by Babe Ruth with 2,213.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 3, 1975: Jesús Vega was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.
May 8, 1975: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.
June 14, 1975: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Bobby Darwin.

Roster

1975 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league 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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	130	409	95	.232	18	60
1B	158	617	176	.285	36	109
2B	98	302	68	.225	6	38
3B	109	405	112	.277	15	43
SS	147	558	149	.267	8	52
LF	93	229	57	.249	9	41
CF	125	373	95	.255	1	34
RF	134	429	106	.247	11	43
DH	137	465	109	.234	12	60

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
Kurt Bevacqua	104	258	59	.229	2	24
Charlie Moore	73	241	70	.290	1	29
Gorman Thomas	121	240	43	.179	10	28
Mike Hegan	93	203	51	.251	5	22
	55	186	46	.247	8	23
	53	181	52	.287	0	14
	38	85	12	.141	0	2
	28	74	22	.297	3	5
	22	62	12	.194	1	5
	18	34	6	.176	0	0
Jack Lind	17	20	1	.050	0	0
	6	7	2	.286	0	0

Pitching

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
	38	220.1	14	16	4.13	100
Jim Slaton	37	217.0	11	18	4.52	119
Jim Colborn	36	206.1	11	13	4.27	79
Bill Travers	28	136.1	6	11	4.29	57

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
Tom Hausman	29	112.0	3	6	4.10	46
	27	110.0	6	6	5.89	40
	18	75.0	3	2	2.52	25
	18	67.1	1	7	4.68	21
	8	30.1	1	0	5.04	13
	5	26.2	2	0	3.04	8
Lafayette Currence	8	18.2	0	2	7.71	7
Pat Osburn	6	11.2	0	1	5.40	1

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
Tom Murphy	52	1	9	20	4.60	32
	43	7	0	7	3.49	65
	32	2	3	2	3.05	30

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

George Scott, 1B, Reserve
Hank Aaron, OF, Reserve

Aaron appeared in his last and 24th All-Star Game (25th All-Star Game selection); lining out to Dave Concepción as a pinch-hitter in the second inning. This All-Star Game, like the first one he played in 1955, was before a home crowd at Milwaukee County Stadium.

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1975. The Newark Co-Pilots won the New York–Penn League championship.

Notes

References

1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aaronha01.shtml Hank Aaron] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Lenn Sakata Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vegaje01.shtml Jesús Vega] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colucbo01.shtml Bob Coluccio] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/briggjo02.shtml Johnny Briggs] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1975 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics".
Lynch, Mike. "July 15, 1975: In Milwaukee, NL wins fourth straight All-Star Game".
"1975 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"New York–Penn League Champions". Minor League Baseball.

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