1975 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1975 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 79 83 y 6th Bradford G. Corbett Dan O'Brien Sr. Billy Martin, Frank Lucchesi KXAS-TV(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff) WBAP(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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/cxvVR Team Batting Event Finder: 1975, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123 Baseball Reference July 3, 2018 Offseason December 5, 1974: Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis.Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference 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.Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Notable transactions June 4, 1975: Willie Davis was traded by the Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore.Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference June 13, 1975: Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees. Roster 1975 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 34 Mike Bacsik 22 Jim Bibby 28 Jackie Brown 32 David Clyde 29 Steve Foucault 39 Jim Gideon 49 Bill Hands 26 Steve Hargan 31 Ferguson Jenkins 18 Mike Kekich 16 Jim Merritt 28 Tommy Moore 36 Gaylord Perry 18 Stan Perzanowski 23 Stan Thomas 40 Jim Umbarger 25,38 Clyde Wright Catchers 14 Bill Fahey 35 Ron Pruitt 10 Jim Sundberg Infielders  3 Ed Brinkman 19 Leo Cárdenas  4 Mike Cubbage 17 Jim Fregosi 11 Toby Harrah 13,27 Roy Howell  5 Dave Nelson 7,33 Lenny Randle 25 Tom Robson 15 Roy Smalley 3,9 Jim Spencer Outfielders 20 Jeff Burroughs  3 Willie Davis  6 Tom Grieve 21 Mike Hargrove  8 Bobby Jones  2 Joe Lovitto 30 Dave Moates 12 César Tovar Manager 44 Frank Lucchesi  1 Billy Martin Coaches 45 Merl Combs 41 Art Fowler 47 Dick Gernert 54 Sid Hudson 44 Frank Lucchesi 42 Jackie Moore 43 Charlie Silvera 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 Dave Moates 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 Roy Smalley Roy Smalley III 78 250 57 .228 3 33 Jim Fregosi 77 191 50 .262 7 33 Willie Davis Willie Davis (baseball) 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 Dave Nelson 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 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones (outfielder) 9 11 1 .091 0 0 Ed Brinkman 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 Gaylord Perry 22 184.0 12 8 3.03 148 Bill Hands 18 109.2 6 7 4.02 67 Jim Bibby 12 68.1 2 6 5.00 31 Stan Perzanowski 12 66.0 3 3 3.00 26 David Clyde 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 Jackie Brown Jackie Brown (baseball) 17 70.1 5 5 4.22 35 Mike Bacsik Mike Bacsik (right-handed pitcher) 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 Steve Foucault 59 8 4 10 4.12 56 Stan Thomas Stan Thomas (baseball) 46 4 4 3 3.10 46 Mike Kekich 23 0 0 2 3.73 19 Tommy Moore Tommy Moore (baseball) 12 0 2 0 8.14 15 Jim Merritt 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Del Wilber AA Pittsfield Rangers Eastern League Jackie Moore and Marty Martínez A Lynchburg Rangers Carolina League Wayne Terwilliger A Anderson Rangers Western Carolinas League Rich Donnelly Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 External links 1975 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1975 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Texas Rang