1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersWalter O'Malley, heirs of James Mulvey
PresidentPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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The 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place, 20 games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 108 54 0.667 — 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 74 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 80 81 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 71 91 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 67 94 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 64 97 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents

1975 National League record

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 lineup

Opening Day starters
Name Position
Davey Lopes Second baseman
Bill Buckner Left fielder
Jimmy Wynn Center fielder
Joe Ferguson Right fielder
Steve Garvey First baseman
Ron Cey Third baseman
Steve Yeager Catcher
Bill Russell Shortstop
Don Sutton Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Steve Yeager 135 452 103 .228 12 54
1B Steve Garvey 160 659 210 .319 18 95
2B Davey Lopes 155 618 162 .262 8 41
SS Bill Russell 84 252 52 .206 0 14
3B Ron Cey 158 566 160 .283 25 101
LF Bill Buckner 92 288 70 .243 6 31
CF Jim Wynn 130 412 102 .248 18 58
RF Willie Crawford 124 373 98 .263 9 46

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
Lee Lacy 101 306 96 .314 7 40
John Hale 71 204 43 .211 6 22
Joe Ferguson 66 202 42 .208 5 23
Rick Auerbach 85 170 38 .224 0 12
Tom Paciorek 62 145 28 .193 1 5
Henry Cruz 53 94 25 .266 0 5
Iván DeJesús 63 87 16 .184 0 2
Manny Mota 52 49 13 .265 0 10
Ken McMullen 39 46 11 .239 2 14
Leron Lee 48 43 11 .256 0 2
Jerry Royster 13 36 9 .250 0 1
Charlie Manuel 15 15 2 .133 0 2
Paul Powell 8 10 2 .200 0 0
Joe Simpson 9 6 2 .333 0 0
Orlando Álvarez 4 4 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
Andy Messersmith 42 321.2 19 14 2.29 213
Doug Rau 38 257.2 15 9 3.11 151
Don Sutton 35 254.1 16 13 2.87 175
Burt Hooton 31 223.2 18 7 2.82 148
Juan Marichal 2 6.0 0 1 13.50 1

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
Rick Rhoden 26 99.1 3 3 3.08 40
Al Downing 22 74.2 2 1 2.89 39

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
Mike Marshall 58 9 14 13 3.29 64
Charlie Hough 38 3 7 4 2.95 34
Jim Brewer 21 3 1 2 5.18 21
Stan Wall 10 0 1 0 1.69 6
Dave Sells 5 0 2 0 3.86 1
Geoff Zahn 2 0 1 0 9.00 1
Dennis Lewallyn 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Stan Wasiak
AA Waterbury Dodgers Eastern League Don LeJohn
A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Ron Brand
A Danville Dodgers Midwest League Bart Shirley
Rookie Bellingham Dodgers Northwest League Bill Berrier

1975 Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 1975 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 33 players in the June draft and 11 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The top draft pick was shortstop Mark Bradley from Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He spent two seasons with the Dodgers as an outfielder in 1981–82 and a third season with the New York Mets and hit .204 in 113 at-bats.

The most successful draft pick was pitcher Dave Stewart, a 16th round pick out of St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland, California. He reached the Majors in 1978 with the Dodgers and played through 1995, primarily with the Oakland Athletics. He was 168–129 with a 3.95 ERA, was a 1989 All-Star, 3 time World Series Champion, a World Series MVP and 3 time League Championship Series MVP. Following his playing career he became a coach, an agent and a General Manager.

Notes

  1. ^ Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Burt Hooton page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jim Brewer page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  5. ^ 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  6. ^ 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

References

External links

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