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1975 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1975
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Jerry Donovan, Spec Richardson
managers	Wes Westrum
television	KTVU
(Al Michaels, Gary Park)
radio	KSFO
(Al Michaels, Art Eckman)

(Al Michaels, Gary Park) (Al Michaels, Art Eckman) |}} The 1975 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 93rd season in Major League Baseball, their 18th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 16th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 80–81 record, 27½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

October 14, 1974: Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marc Hill.
October 22, 1974: Bobby Bonds was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Bobby Murcer.
December 6, 1974: Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger were traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Derrel Thomas.
January 29, 1975: Von Joshua was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Jim Barr
Garry Maddox
Gary Matthews
Bobby Murcer
Steve Ontiveros
Dave Rader
Chris Speier
Derrel Thomas
Gary Thomasson

Notable transactions

April 3, 1975: Chuck Hartenstein was released by the Giants.
May 4, 1975: Garry Maddox was traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Willie Montañez.

Roster

1975 San Francisco Giants
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dave Rader	98	292	85	.291	5	31
1B		135	518	158	.305	8	85
2B		144	540	149	.276	6	48
SS	Chris Speier	141	487	132	.271	10	69
3B		108	325	94	.289	3	31
LF	Gary Matthews	116	425	119	.280	12	58
CF		129	507	161	.318	7	43
RF		147	526	157	.298	11	91

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
Gary Thomasson	114	326	74	.227	7	32
Bruce Miller	99	309	74	.239	1	31
	72	182	39	.214	5	23
Ed Goodson	39	121	25	.207	1	8
	42	106	25	.236	0	9
Glenn Adams	61	90	27	.300	4	15
Johnnie LeMaster	22	74	14	.189	2	9
	17	52	7	.135	1	4
Jake Brown	41	43	9	.209	0	4
Chris Arnold	29	41	8	.195	0	0
Mike Phillips	10	31	6	.194	0	1
Craig Robinson	29	29	2	.069	0	0
Jack Clark	8	17	4	.235	0	2
Horace Speed	17	15	2	.133	0	1
Gary Alexander	3	3	0	.000	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
	35	244.0	13	14	3.06	77
John Montefusco	35	243.2	15	9	2.88	215
Pete Falcone	34	190.0	12	11	4.17	131
Ed Halicki	24	159.2	9	13	3.49	153

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
	38	163.1	7	13	4.79	57
	13	42.0	2	3	6.21	13
	10	28.0	2	4	10.29	22
Greg Minton	4	17.0	1	1	6.88	6
Rob Dressler	3	16.1	1	0	1.10	6

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
Randy Moffitt	55	4	5	11	3.89	39
Gary Lavelle	65	6	3	8	2.95	51
	55	5	3	3	3.49	45
Dave Heaverlo	42	3	1	1	2.39	35
Tommy Toms	7	0	1	0	6.10	6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

References

"Times Daily - Google News Archive Search".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murcebo01.shtml Bobby Murcer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fuentti01.shtml Tito Fuentes] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joshuvo01.shtml Von Joshua] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1975 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maddoga01.shtml Garry Maddox] at ''Baseball Reference''
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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