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1975 Minnesota Twins
76-83, fourth in the AL Western Division
Major league affiliations
Location
1975 information
Owner(s) Calvin Griffith
Manager(s) Frank Quilici
Local television WTCN
(Larry Calton, Joe Boyle, Ray Scott)
Local radio 830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal,Larry Calton)

The 1975 Minnesota Twins finished 76-83, fourth in the American League West. Only 737,156 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, second baseman Rod Carew.

Carew won his fifth AL batting title with a .359 average. Three pitchers had double digit wins: Jim Hughes, (16-14), Bert Blyleven (15-10), and Dave Goltz (14-14).

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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

Roster

1975 Minnesota Twins roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team 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 Borgmann, GlennGlenn Borgmann 125 352 73 .207 2 33
1B Briggs, JohnnyJohnny Briggs 87 264 61 .231 7 39
2B Carew, RodRod Carew 143 535 192 .359 14 80
CF Ford, DanDan Ford 130 440 123 .280 15 59

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
Darwin, BobbyBobby Darwin 48 169 37 .219 5 18
Ferrer, SergioSergio Ferrer 32 81 20 .247 0 2
Gómez, LuisLuis Gómez 89 72 10 .139 0 5

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Blyleven, BertBert Blyleven 35 275.2 15 10 3.00 233
Hughes, JimJim Hughes 37 249.2 16 14 3.82 130
Goltz, DaveDave Goltz 32 243 14 14 3.67 128
Bane, EddieEddie Bane 4 28.1 3 1 2.86 14

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Albury, VicVic Albury 32 135 6 7 4.53 72
Corbin, RayRay Corbin 18 89.2 5 7 5.12 49
Butler, BillBill Butler 23 81.2 5 4 5.95 55
Pazik, MikeMike Pazik 5 19.2 0 4 8.24 8

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Burgmeier, TomTom Burgmeier 46 5 8 11 3.09 41
Campbell, BillBill Campbell 47 4 6 5 3.79 76

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Twins Pacific Coast League Cal Ermer
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Dick Phillips
A Reno Silver Sox California League Harry Warner
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Johnny Goryl
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Reno

Reno affiliation shared with San Diego Padres

Notes

  1. ^ Dan Ford page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Harmon Killebrew page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnny Briggs page at Baseball Reference

References

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

External links

1975 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Texas
NL East
NL West
1975 All-Star Game • 1975 World Series

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