Jump to content

1975 St. Louis Cardinals season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1975 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersBing Devine
ManagersRed Schoendienst
TelevisionKSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
← 1974 Seasons 1976 →

The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 94th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 84th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–80 during the season and finished in a tie for third (with the New York Mets) in the National League East, 1012 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

[edit]

Regular season

[edit]

Third baseman Ken Reitz won a Gold Glove this year. 1975 was also the final major league season for pitcher Bob Gibson.

Season standings

[edit]
NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 69 .571 52‍–‍28 40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 86 76 .531 51‍–‍30 35‍–‍46
New York Mets 82 80 .506 10½ 42‍–‍39 40‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 82 80 .506 10½ 45‍–‍36 37‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 75 87 .463 17½ 42‍–‍39 33‍–‍48
Montreal Expos 75 87 .463 17½ 39‍–‍42 36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

[edit]

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–7 3–15 12–6 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 4–8 7–11 8–9 3–9
Chicago 7–5 1–11 7–5 5–7 9–9 7–11 12–6 6–12 5–7 5–7 11–7
Cincinnati 15–3 11–1 13–5 8–10 8–4 8–4 7–5 6–6 11–7 13–5 8–4
Houston 6–12 5–7 5–13 6–12 8–4 4–8 6–6 6–5 9–9 5–13 4–8–1
Los Angeles 10–8 7–5 10–8 12–6 5–7 6–6 7–5 5–7 11–7 10–8 5–7
Montreal 4–8 9–9 4–8 4–8 7–5 10–8 7–11 7–11 7–5 5–7 11–7
New York 8–4 11–7 4–8 8–4 6–6 8–10 7–11 5–13 8–4 8–4 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 6–12 5–7 6–6 5–7 11–7 11–7 11–7 7–5 7–5 10–8
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 6–6 5–6 7–5 11–7 13–5 7–11 8–4 5–7 10–8
San Diego 11–7 7–5 7–11 9–9 7–11 5–7 4–8 5–7 4–8 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–8 7–5 5–13 13–5 8–10 7–5 4–8 5–7 7–5 10–8 5–7
St. Louis 9–3 7–11 4–8 8–4–1 7–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 8–10 8–4 7–5


Opening Day starters

[edit]

Notable transactions

[edit]

Roster

[edit]
1975 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

[edit]

Batting

[edit]

Starters by position

[edit]

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 Ted Simmons 157 581 193 .332 18 100
1B Keith Hernandez 64 188 47 .250 3 20
2B Ted Sizemore 153 562 135 .240 3 49
SS Mike Tyson 122 368 98 .266 2 37
3B Ken Reitz 161 592 159 .269 5 63
LF Lou Brock 136 528 163 .309 3 47
CF Bake McBride 116 413 124 .300 5 36
RF Reggie Smith 135 477 144 .302 19 76

Other batters

[edit]

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
Willie Davis 98 350 102 .291 6 50
Luis Meléndez 110 291 77 .265 2 27
Ron Fairly 107 229 69 .301 7 37
Mario Guerrero 64 184 44 .239 0 11
Buddy Bradford 50 81 22 .272 4 15
Ken Rudolph 44 80 16 .200 1 6
Ed Brinkman 28 75 18 .240 1 6
Héctor Cruz 23 48 7 .146 0 6
Danny Cater 22 35 8 .229 0 2
Jim Dwyer 21 31 6 .194 0 1
Doug Howard 17 29 6 .207 1 1
Ted Martínez 16 21 4 .190 0 2
Larry Lintz 27 18 5 .278 0 1
Jerry Mumphrey 11 16 6 .375 0 1
Don Hahn 7 8 1 .125 0 0
Mick Kelleher 7 4 0 .000 0 0
Dick Billings 3 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

[edit]

Starting pitchers

[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lynn McGlothen 35 239.0 15 13 3.92 146
Bob Forsch 34 230.0 15 10 2.86 108
Ron Reed 24 175.2 9 8 3.23 99
John Denny 25 136.0 10 7 3.97 72
Bob Gibson 22 109.0 3 10 5.04 60
Eric Rasmussen 14 81.0 5 5 3.78 59

Other pitchers

[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Curtis 39 146.2 8 9 3.44 67

Relief pitchers

[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Al Hrabosky 65 13 3 22 1.66 82
Mike Garman 66 3 8 10 2.39 48
Greg Terlecky 20 0 1 0 4.45 13
Elías Sosa 14 0 3 0 4.00 15
Harry Parker 14 0 1 1 6.27 13
Tommy Moore 10 0 0 0 3.86 6
Ken Reynolds 10 0 1 0 1.59 7
Ron Bryant 10 0 1 0 16.62 7
Mike Wallace 9 0 0 0 2.08 6
Mike Barlow 9 0 0 0 4.70 2
Ray Sadecki 8 1 0 0 3.27 8
Ryan Kurosaki 7 0 0 0 7.62 6

Awards and honors

[edit]

Farm system

[edit]
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Ken Boyer
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Roy Majtyka
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Jack Krol
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Tom Burgess
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Fred Koenig

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg, Johnson City[9]

References

[edit]
[edit]