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1975 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1975
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Shea Stadium
city	New York City
owners	George Steinbrenner
general_managers	Gabe Paul
managers	Bill Virdon (games 1-104)
Billy Martin (games 104-160)
television	WPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
radio	WMCA
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dom Valentino)

Billy Martin (games 104-160) (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White) (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dom Valentino) |}}

The 1975 New York Yankees season was the 73rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 83–77, finishing 12 games behind the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium, which re-opened in 1976.

Bill Virdon opened the season as Yankees manager, but he was replaced on August 1 by Billy Martin. This would be the first of five stints as Yankees manager for Martin.

Offseason

October 22, 1974: Bobby Murcer was traded by the Yankees to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds.
December 3, 1974: Joe Pactwa was purchased from the Yankees by the Alijadores de Tampico.
December 20, 1974: Sam McDowell was released by the Yankees.
December 31, 1974: Catfish Hunter was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
January 21, 1975: Gene Michael was released by the Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
- Jim Beattie was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round.
- Willie Upshaw was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round.
June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased by the Yankees from the Texas Rangers.

Roster

1975 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

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

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	157	597	83	190	.318	12	102	3
1B	150	562	66	171	.304	9	72	0
2B	151	489	61	117	.239	2	39	28
3B	157	581	71	155	.267	21	91	1
SS	94	223	17	34	.152	2	16	0
LF	148	566	81	161	.290	12	59	16
CF	55	218	36	67	.307	1	23	9
RF	145	529	93	143	.270	32	85	30
DH	80	200	16	51	.255	6	30	0

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
	117	252	56	.222	0	15
Lou Piniella	74	199	39	.196	0	22
Walt Williams	82	185	52	.281	5	16
	71	145	38	.262	1	11
Alex Johnson	52	119	31	.261	1	15
Rick Bladt	52	117	26	.222	1	11
Rich Coggins	51	107	24	.224	1	6
Ron Blomberg	34	106	27	.255	4	17
Terry Whitfield	28	81	22	.272	0	7
	44	63	11	.175	0	2
Bob Oliver	18	38	5	.132	0	1
	7	22	8	.364	0	1
Dave Bergman	7	17	0	.000	0	0
	6	8	2	.250	0	1
	6	1	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Leon	1	0	0	----	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
39	328.0	23	14	2.58	177
38	272.1	16	16	3.50	132
32	212.0	14	12	3.06	145
33	207.2	11	14	4.07	129
26	151.1	7	8	3.51	65

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
49	5	7	6	3.12	65
37	6	3	5	3.12	38
23	1	2	8	2.68	20
13	0	0	1	4.06	18
10	0	1	0	3.45	15
4	0	0	0	3.00	3
3	0	0	0	14.54	2

Awards and honors

Catfish Hunter, League leader, Complete Games (30)

All-Star Game

Thurman Munson, Starter
Graig Nettles, Starter
Bobby Bonds, Starter
Catfish Hunter, Reserve

Farm system

Notes

References

"Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Joe Pactwa Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Sam McDowell Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Catfish Hunter Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Gene Michael Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Jim Beattie Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Willie Upshaw Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"Ed Brinkman Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"1975 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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