1975 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1975 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 68 94 y 5th Bud Selig Jim Baumer Del Crandall, Harvey Kuenn WTMJ-TV(Gary Bender, Jim Irwin) 620 WTMJ(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) mil MIL The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 6th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 7th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. Offseason November 2, 1974: Dave May and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers completed the trade by sending Roger Alexander (minors) to the Braves on December 2.Hank Aaron at Baseball Reference January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml Lenn Sakata Stats Regular season thumb|Aaron with the Brewers in 1975 On May 1, 1975, Hank Aaron broke baseball's all-time RBI record, previously held by Babe Ruth with 2,213. Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions April 3, 1975: Jesús Vega was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Jesús Vega at Baseball Reference May 8, 1975: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference June 14, 1975: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Bobby Darwin.Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference Roster 1975 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 45 Larry Anderson 46 Jerry Augustine 43 Rick Austin 40 Pete Broberg 35 Bill Castro 38 Bill Champion 48 Jim Colborn 20 Lafayette Currence 18 Tom Hausman 42 Tom Murphy 49 Pat Osburn 23 Eduardo Rodríguez 41 Jim Slaton 29 Ed Sprague 25 Bill Travers Catchers 22 Charlie Moore 15 Darrell Porter Infielders 2,11 Kurt Bevacqua 33 Tommy Bianco  9 Pedro García  4 Tim Johnson  8 Jack Lind  7 Don Money  5 George Scott  2 Bob Sheldon 19 Robin Yount Outfielders 44 Hank Aaron 12 Johnny Briggs 26 Bob Coluccio 12 Bobby Darwin  8 Rob Ellis  6 Mike Hegan 37 Sixto Lezcano 17 Bobby Mitchell 26 Bill Sharp  3 Gorman Thomas Manager  1 Del Crandall (4/8-9/27) 32 Harvey Kuenn (9/28-9/28) Coaches 32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) 37 Ken McBride (Pitching) 24 Joe Nossek (Third Base) 30 Jim Walton (First Base) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 Darrell Porter 130 409 95 .232 18 60 1B George Scott George Scott (first baseman) 158 617 176 .285 36 109 2B Pedro García Pedro García (baseball) 98 302 68 .225 6 38 3B Don Money 109 405 112 .277 15 43 SS Robin Yount 147 558 149 .267 8 52 LF Bobby Mitchell Bobby Mitchell (1970s outfielder) 93 229 57 .249 9 41 CF Bill Sharp Bill Sharp (baseball) 125 373 95 .255 1 34 RF Sixto Lezcano 134 429 106 .247 11 43 DH Hank Aaron 137 465 109 .234 12 60https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1975.shtml 1975 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics 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 Kurt Bevacqua 104 258 59 .229 2 24 Charlie Moore 73 241 70 .290 1 29 Gorman Thomas 121 240 43 .179 10 28 Mike Hegan 93 203 51 .251 5 22 Bobby Darwin 55 186 46 .247 8 23 Bob Sheldon 53 181 52 .287 0 14 Tim Johnson Tim Johnson (baseball) 38 85 12 .141 0 2 Johnny Briggs Johnny Briggs (baseball) 28 74 22 .297 3 5 Bob Coluccio 22 62 12 .194 1 5 Tommy Bianco 18 34 6 .176 0 0 Jack Lind 17 20 1 .050 0 0 Rob Ellis Rob Ellis (baseball) 6 7 2 .286 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 Pete Broberg 38 220.1 14 16 4.13 100 Jim Slaton 37 217.0 11 18 4.52 119 Jim Colborn 36 206.1 11 13 4.27 79 Bill Travers 28 136.1 6 11 4.29 57 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 Tom Hausman 29 112.0 3 6 4.10 46 Bill Champion Bill Champion (baseball) 27 110.0 6 6 5.89 40 Bill Castro 18 75.0 3 2 2.52 25 Ed Sprague Ed Sprague (pitcher) 18 67.1 1 7 4.68 21 Larry Anderson Larry Anderson (baseball) 8 30.1 1 0 5.04 13 Jerry Augustine 5 26.2 2 0 3.04 8 Lafayette Currence 8 18.2 0 2 7.71 7 Pat Osburn 6 11.2 0 1 5.40 1 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 Tom Murphy 52 1 9 20 4.60 32 Eduardo Rodríguez Eduardo Rodríguez (right-handed pitcher) 43 7 0 7 3.49 65 Rick Austin Rick Austin (baseball) 32 2 3 2 3.05 30 Awards and honors All-Star Game George Scott, 1B, Reserve Hank Aaron, OF, Reserve Aaron appeared in his last and 24th All-Star Game (25th All-Star Game selection); lining out to Dave Concepción as a pinch-hitter in the second inning. This All-Star Game, like the first one he played in 1955, was before a home crowd at Milwaukee County Stadium.Lynch Mike July 15, 1975: In Milwaukee, NL wins fourth straight All-Star Game https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-15-1975-in-milwaukee-nl-wins-fourth-straight-all-star-game/ Society for American Baseball Research Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1975.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1975 1975 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Newark Co-Pilots won the New York–Penn League championship.https://www.milb.com/new-york-penn/history/champions New York–Penn League Champions New York–Penn League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201231152156/https://www.milb.com/new-york-penn/history/champions December 31, 2020 Triple-A Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Harry Bright Double-A Thetford Mines Miners Eastern League John Felske Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Matt Galante Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Tony Roig Notes 2 References 1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil Category:1970s in Milwaukee