1975 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1975 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Harry Dalton Dick Williams KTLA KMPC(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale) The 1975 California Angels season was the 15th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 10th in Anaheim, and their 10th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season sixth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses. California hit 55 home runs for the entire season. This caused Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee to say about the team- "could take batting practice in a hotel lobby without damaging a chandelier."Angels hit in hotel lobby, look like it against Lee Offseason October 24, 1974: Paul Schaal was released by the Angels.Paul Schaal at Baseball-Reference January 9, 1975: Derek Botelho was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft secondary phase, but did not sign.Derek Botelho at Baseball-Reference March 31, 1975: Horacio Piña was released by the Angels.Horacio Piña at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions June 14, 1975: Denny Doyle was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Chuck Ross (minors) to the Angels on March 5, 1976.Denny Doyle at Baseball-Reference September 12, 1975: Joe Pactwa was purchased by the Angels from the Alijadores de Tampico.Joe Pactwa at Baseball-Reference September 17, 1975: Bobby Valentine and a player to be named later were traded by the Angels to the San Diego Padres for Gary Ross. The Angels completed the deal by sending Rudy Meoli to the Padres on November 4.Bobby Valentine at Baseball-Reference Draft picks June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft Danny Goodwin was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (1st pick).Danny Goodwin at Baseball-Reference Paul Hartzell was drafted by the Angels in the 10th round.Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference Roster 1975 California Angels Roster Pitchers 47 Steve Blateric 34 Jim Brewer 29 Chuck Dobson 37 Ed Figueroa 42 Andy Hassler 46 Chuck Hockenbery 41 Charlie Hudson 33 Don Kirkwood 35 Dick Lange 43 Sid Monge 34 Joe Pactwa 28 Orlando Peña 44 Luis Quintana 47 Gary Ross 30 Nolan Ryan 19 Mickey Scott 29 Dave Sells 48 Bill Singer 40 Frank Tanana Catchers 18 Bob Allietta 10 Tom Egan  8 Andy Etchebarren 15 Ike Hampton  6 Ellie Rodríguez  9 Bill Sudakis Infielders 22 Bruce Bochte 38 Dan Briggs  7 Dave Chalk  5 John Doherty 15 Denny Doyle 10 Adrian Garrett 31 Tommy Harper 12 Winston Llenas  3 Rudy Meoli 21 Mike Miley  1 Orlando Ramírez  2 Jerry Remy 14 Billy Smith 11 Bobby Valentine Outfielders  9 John Balaz 28 Dave Collins 29 Paul Dade 15 Ron Jackson  4 Joe Lahoud 16 Morris Nettles 17 Mickey Rivers 36 Leroy Stanton Other batters 20 Danny Goodwin Manager 23 Dick Williams Coaches 25 Jerry Adair 24 Whitey Herzog 26 Billy Muffett 50 Jimmie Reese 27 Grover Resinger 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 Ellie Rodríguez 90 226 53 .235 3 27 1B Bruce Bochte 107 375 107 .285 3 48 2B Jerry Remy 147 569 147 .258 1 46 SS Mike Miley 70 224 39 .174 4 26 3B Dave Chalk baseball 149 513 140 .273 3 56 LF Dave Collins baseball 93 319 85 .266 3 29 CF Mickey Rivers 155 616 175 .284 1 53 RF Leroy Stanton 137 440 115 .261 14 82 DH Tommy Harper 89 285 68 .239 3 31 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 Morris Nettles 112 294 68 .231 0 23 Joe Lahoud 76 192 41 .214 6 33 Billy Smith Billy Smith (second baseman) 59 143 29 .203 0 14 Rudy Meoli 70 126 27 .214 0 6 John Balaz 45 120 29 .242 1 10 Winston Llenas 56 113 21 .186 0 11 Adrian Garrett 37 107 28 .262 6 18 Andy Etchebarren 31 100 28 .280 3 17 Orlando Ramírez 44 100 24 .240 0 4 John Doherty John Doherty (first baseman) 30 94 19 .202 1 12 Tom Egan 28 70 16 .229 0 3 Ike Hampton 31 66 10 .152 0 4 Bill Sudakis 30 58 7 .121 1 6 Bobby Valentine 26 57 16 .281 0 5 Bob Allietta 21 45 8 .178 1 2 Ron Jackson 13 39 9 .231 0 2 Paul Dade 11 30 6 .200 0 1 Dan Briggs Dan Briggs (baseball) 13 31 7 .226 1 3 Denny Doyle 8 15 1 .067 0 0 Danny Goodwin 4 10 1 .100 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Frank Tanana 34 257.1 16 9 2.62 269 Ed Figueroa 33 244.2 16 13 2.91 139 Nolan Ryan 28 198.0 14 12 3.45 186 Bill Singer 29 179.0 7 15 4.98 78 Joe Pactwa 4 16.1 1 0 3.86 3 Gary Ross Gary Ross (baseball) 1 5.0 0 1 5.40 4 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 Andy Hassler 30 133.1 3 12 5.94 82 Dick Lange 30 102.0 4 6 5.21 45 Chuck Hockenbery 16 41.0 0 5 5.27 15 Chuck Dobson 9 28.0 0 2 6.75 14 Sid Monge 4 23.2 0 2 4.18 17 Charlie Hudson 3 5.2 0 1 9.53 0 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 Don Kirkwood 44 6 5 7 3.11 49 Mickey Scott 50 4 2 1 3.29 31 Jim Brewer baseball 21 1 0 5 1.82 22 Orlando Peña 7 0 2 0 2.13 4 Dave Sells 4 0 0 0 8.64 7 Luis Quintana 4 0 2 0 6.43 5 Steve Blateric 2 0 0 0 6.23 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Norm Sherry AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Jimy Williams A Salinas Packers California League Buck Rodgers A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bobby Knoop Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Larry Himes Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1975 California Angels at Baseball-Reference 1975 California Angels at Baseball Almanac Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1970s in Anaheim, California California Angels season Los