1975 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1975 American League West Comiskey Park Chicago John Allyn Roland Hemond Chuck Tanner WSNS-TV(Harry Caray, J. C. Martin) WMAQ (AM)(Harry Caray, Bill Mercer) The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record of 75–86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics. This was the final season that the White Sox wore their Go-Go Sox-era uniforms. Towards the end of the 1990 season the team reintroduced the Go-Go Sox uniforms (replacing the red hat and pinstripes with black) and have remained the teams main uniform ever since. Offseason December 3, 1974: Dick Allen was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975.Jim Essian at Baseball Reference January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds.Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference Regular season The proposed sale of the Chicago White Sox presented opportunities for the Oakland Athletics. A group from Seattle was ready to purchase the White Sox and move them to Seattle. As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago. Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. In the end, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold to Bill Veeck, who kept the White Sox in Chicago.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.229, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Nyls Nyman, LF Jorge Orta, 2B Buddy Bradford, RF Deron Johnson, DH Ken Henderson, CF Bill Melton, 3B Bucky Dent, SS Carlos May, 1B Brian Downing, C Wilbur Wood, P Notable transactions May 8, 1975: Bill Sharp was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio.Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference June 3, 1975: Marv Foley was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.Marv Foley at Baseball Reference June 15, 1975: Tony Muser was traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.Tony Muser at Baseball Reference Roster 1975 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 40 Lloyd Allen 45 Stan Bahnsen 51 Terry Forster 32 Bill Gogolewski 54 Goose Gossage 26 Dave Hamilton 44 Rich Hinton 25 Jesse Jefferson 36 Jim Kaat 45 Chris Knapp 27 Ken Kravec 55 Jack Kucek 46 Dan Osborn 41 Claude Osteen 38 Jim Otten 26 Skip Pitlock 42 Tim Stoddard 34 Cecil Upshaw 40 Pete Vuckovich 28 Wilbur Wood Catchers 16 Brian Downing  8 Pete Varney Infielders 30 Bucky Dent 23 Lamar Johnson  2 Chet Lemon 17 Carlos May 14 Bill Melton 11 Jerry Moses 25 Tony Muser  6 Jorge Orta  9 Lee Richard 19 Mike Squires  1 Bill Stein Outfielders 22 Buddy Bradford  5 Bob Coluccio 22 Jerry Hairston 24 Ken Henderson 18 Pat Kelly 20 Nyls Nyman  5 Bill Sharp Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 37 Joe Lonnett 31 Jim Mahoney 35 Alex Monchak 39 Glen Rosenbaum 33 Johnny Sain Game log Regular season Legend White Sox win White Sox loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldWhite Sox team member background:black;color:white; 1975 regular season game log: 75–86 (Home: 42–39; Away: 33–47)1975 Chicago White Sox Schedule & Results https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHA/1975-schedule-scores.shtml Baseball Reference 28 April 2025 y background:white;color:black; April: 7–13 (Home: 1–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; May: 13–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 4–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; June: 15–14 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; July: 15–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#bbbfff | style="Chicago White Sox 1975 2;" |— || July 15, 1975 || style="Chicago White Sox 1975 2;" |7:15p.m. CDT || colspan="9" style="Chicago White Sox 1975 2;" |46th All-Star Game in Milwaukee, WI |- y background:white;color:black; August: 15–17 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; September: 10–17 (Home: 4–11; Away: 6–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Buddy Bradford, RF, LF, DH 25 58 8 9 3 1 2 15 8 22 .155 3 Bob Coluccio, OF 61 161 22 33 4 2 4 13 13 34 .205 4 Bucky Dent, SS 157 602 52 159 29 4 3 58 36 48 .264 2 Brian Downing, C 138 420 58 101 12 1 7 41 76 75 .240 13 Jerry Hairston, LF, DH, RF 69 219 26 62 8 0 0 23 46 23 .283 1 Ken Henderson, CF 140 513 65 129 20 3 9 53 74 65 .251 5 Deron Johnson, DH, 1B 148 555 66 129 25 1 18 72 48 117 .232 0 Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH 8 30 2 6 3 0 1 1 1 5 .200 0 Pat Kelly, RF, DH 133 471 73 129 21 7 9 45 58 69 .274 18 Chet Lemon, 3B, DH, CF 9 35 2 9 2 0 0 1 2 6 .257 1 Carlos May, 1B, LF, DH 128 454 55 123 19 2 8 53 67 46 .271 12 Bill Melton, 3B, DH 149 512 62 123 16 0 15 70 78 106 .251 5 Jerry Moses, 1B 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 Tony Muser, 1B 43 111 11 27 3 0 0 6 7 8 .243 2 Nyls Nyman, OF 106 327 36 74 6 3 2 28 11 34 .226 10 Jorge Orta, 2B 140 542 64 165 26 10 11 83 48 67 .304 16 Lee Richard, SS, 3B, DH, 2B 43 49 11 9 0 1 0 5 4 7 .200 2 Bill Sharp, OF 18 35 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 3 .200 0 Mike Squires, 1B 20 65 5 15 0 0 0 4 8 5 .231 3 Bill Stein, 2B, 3B, DH 76 226 23 61 7 1 3 21 18 32 .270 2 Pete Varney, C 36 107 12 29 5 1 2 8 6 28 .271 2 Team totals 161 5490 655 1400 209 38 94 604 611 800 .255 101 Pitching = Indicates league leader Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Lloyd Allen 0 2 11.81 3 2 0 5.1 8 7 7 2 6 2 Stan Bahnsen 4 6 6.01 12 12 0 67.1 78 49 45 9 40 31 Terry Forster 3 3 2.19 17 1 4 37.0 30 12 9 0 28 32 Bill Gogolewski 0 0 5.24 19 0 2 55.0 61 35 32 5 31 37 Goose Gossage 9 8 1.84 62 0 26 141.2 99 32 29 3 85 130 Dave Hamilton 6 5 2.84 30 1 6 69.2 63 23 22 4 31 51 Rich Hinton 1 0 4.82 15 0 0 37.1 41 22 20 2 16 30 Jesse Jefferson 5 9 5.10 22 21 0 107.2 100 69 61 11 95 67 Jim Kaat 20 14 3.11 43 41 0 303.2 321 121 105 20 77 142 Chris Knapp 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 3 Ken Kravec 0 1 6.23 2 1 0 4.1 1 3 3 0 8 1 Jack Kucek 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 9 2 2 0 4 2 Ozzie Osborn 3 0 4.50 24 0 0 58.0 57 29 29 2 38 38 Claude Osteen 7 16 4.36 37 37 0 204.1 237 110 99 16 94 63 Jim Otten 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 5.1 4 5 4 1 7 3 Skip Pitlock 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Stoddard 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Cecil Upshaw 1 1 3.23 29 0 1 47.1 49 19 17 5 24 22 Pete Vuckovich 0 1 13.06 4 2 0 10.1 17 15 15 0 8 5 Wilbur Wood 16 20 4.11 4343 0 291.1 309 148 133 26 97 140 Team totals 75 86 3.93 161 161 39 1452.1 1489 703 634 107 693 799 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Loren Babe AA Knoxville Knox Sox Southern League Jim Napier A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Gordon Lund Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Joe Jones 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 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago