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1975 California Angels
Major league affiliations
Location
1975 information
Owner(s) Gene Autry
Manager(s) Dick Williams
Local television KTLA
Local radio KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Dave Niehaus)

The California Angels 1975 season involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses.

Contents

Offseason

  • October 24, 1974: Paul Schaal was released by the Angels.[1]
  • January 9, 1975: Derek Botelho was drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign. [2]
  • March 31, 1975: Horacio Piña was released by the Angels.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L GB Pct.
Oakland Athletics 98 64 -- .605
Kansas City Royals 91 71 7 .562
Texas Rangers 79 83 19 .488
Minnesota Twins 76 83 20.5 .478
Chicago White Sox 75 86 22.5 .466
California Angels 72 89 25.5 .447

Notable transactions

  • June 14, 1975: Denny Doyle was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Chuck Ross (minors) to the Angels on March 5, 1976.[4]
  • September 12, 1975: Joe Pactwa was purchased by the Angels from the Alijadores de Tampico.[5]
  • September 17, 1975: Bobby Valentine and a player to be named later were traded by the Angels to the San Diego Padres for Gary Ross. The Angels completed the deal by sending Rudy Meoli to the Padres on November 4.[6]

Draft picks

Roster

1975 California Angels roster
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
2B Remy, JerryJerry Remy 147 569 147 .258 1 46
3B Chalk, DaveDave Chalk 149 513 140 .273 3 56
LF Collins, DaveDave Collins 93 319 85 .266 3 29
CF Rivers, MickeyMickey Rivers 155 616 175 .284 1 53
RF Stanton, LeroyLeroy Stanton 137 440 115 .261 14 82

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
Lahoud, JoeJoe Lahoud 76 192 41 .214 6 33
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 59 143 29 .203 0 14
Garrett, AdrianAdrian Garrett 37 107 28 .262 6 18
Doherty, JohnJohn Doherty 30 94 19 .202 1 12
Valentine, BobbyBobby Valentine 26 57 16 .281 0 5
Briggs, DanDan Briggs 13 31 7 .226 1 3
Doyle, DennyDenny Doyle 8 15 1 .067 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tanana, FrankFrank Tanana 34 257.1 16 9 2.62 269
Figueroa, EdEd Figueroa 33 244.2 16 13 2.91 139
Ryan, NolanNolan Ryan 28 198 14 12 3.45 186
Singer, BillBill Singer 29 179 7 15 4.98 78
Pactwa, JoeJoe Pactwa 4 16.1 1 0 3.86 3
Ross, GaryGary Ross 1 5 0 1 5.40 4

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hassler, AndyAndy Hassler 30 133.1 3 12 5.94 82
Dobson, ChuckChuck Dobson 9 28 0 2 6.75 14

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Kirkwood, DonDon Kirkwood 44 6 5 7 3.11 49
Brewer, JimJim Brewer 21 1 0 5 1.82 22
Blateric, SteveSteve Blateric 2 0 0 0 6.23 5

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Norm Sherry
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Jimy Williams
A Salinas Packers California League Buck Rodgers
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bobby Knoop
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Larry Himes

Notes

  1. ^ Paul Schaal page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botelde01.shtml
  3. ^ Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Denny Doyle page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Joe Pactwa page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Bobby Valentine page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Danny Goodwin page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference

See also

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0963718983.  

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