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1975 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	1975
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Arlington Stadium
city	Arlington, Texas
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Bradford G. Corbett
general_managers	Dan O'Brien Sr.
managers	Billy Martin, Frank Lucchesi
television	KXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
radio	WBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)

(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff) (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill) |}} The 1975 Texas Rangers season was the 15th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 4th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 4th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses. The team hit a major league-leading five grand slams.

Offseason

December 5, 1974: Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis.
January 9, 1975: Bump Wills was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 4, 1975: Willie Davis was traded by the Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore.
June 13, 1975: Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.
June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees.

Roster

1975 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jim Sundberg	155	472	94	.199	6	36
1B	Jim Spencer	132	403	107	.266	11	47
2B	Lenny Randle	156	601	166	.276	4	57
SS	Toby Harrah	151	522	153	.293	20	93
3B	Roy Howell	125	383	96	.251	10	51
LF	Mike Hargrove	145	519	157	.303	11	62
CF		54	175	48	.274	3	14
RF	Jeff Burroughs	152	585	132	.226	29	94
DH	César Tovar	102	427	110	.258	3	28

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
Tom Grieve	118	369	102	.276	14	61
	78	250	57	.228	3	33
Jim Fregosi	77	191	50	.262	7	33
	42	169	42	.249	5	17
Mike Cubbage	58	143	32	.224	4	21
Joe Lovitto	50	106	22	.208	1	8
Leo Cárdenas	55	102	24	.235	1	5
	28	80	17	.213	2	10
Bill Fahey	21	37	11	.297	0	3
Tom Robson	17	35	7	.200	0	2
Ron Pruitt	14	17	3	.176	0	0
	9	11	1	.091	0	0
	1	2	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
Ferguson Jenkins	37	270.0	17	18	3.93	157
Steve Hargan	33	189.1	9	10	3.80	93
	22	184.0	12	8	3.03	148
Bill Hands	18	109.2	6	7	4.02	67
	12	68.1	2	6	5.00	31
Stan Perzanowski	12	66.0	3	3	3.00	26
	1	7.0	0	1	2.57	2
Jim Gideon	1	5.2	0	0	7.94	2

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
Jim Umbarger	56	131.0	8	7	4.12	50
Clyde Wright	25	93.1	4	6	4.44	32
	17	70.1	5	5	4.22	35
	7	26.2	1	2	3.71	13

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
	59	8	4	10	4.12	56
	46	4	4	3	3.10	46
Mike Kekich	23	0	0	2	3.73	19
	12	0	2	0	8.14	15
Jim Merritt	5	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

References

"Team Batting Event Finder: 1975, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanhdo01.shtml Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willsbu01.shtml Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brinked01.shtml Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference]

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