1975 Cleveland Indians season

1975 Cleveland Indians
Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in MLB
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Nick Mileti
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson
Local television	WJW-TV
Local radio	WWWE
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The 1975 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians competing in the American League East, where they finished fourth with a record of 79-80.

Offseason

One highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. Prior to the start of the season, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in Major League Baseball history.^[1]

Notable transactions

February 25, 1975: Dave Duncan and Al McGrew (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Boog Powell and Don Hood.^[2]

Regular season

Earl Averill CF Retired 1975

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	65	0.594	—	47–34	48–31
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	0.566	4½	44–33	46–36
New York Yankees	83	77	0.519	12	43–35	40–42
Cleveland Indians	79	80	0.497	15½	41–39	38–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	28	36–45	32–49
Detroit Tigers	57	102	0.358	37½	31–49	26–53

Record vs. opponents

1975 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	TEX
Baltimore	—	9–9	6–6	7–4	10–8	12–4	7–5	14–4	6–6	8–10	4–8	7–5
Boston	9–9	—	6–6	8–4	7–11	13–5	7–5	10–8	10–2	11–5	6–6	8–4
California	6–6	6–6	—	9–9	3–9	6–5	4–14	7–5	8–10	7–5	7–11	9–9
Chicago	4–7	4–8	9–9	—	7–5	5–7	9–9	8–4	9–9	6–6	9–9	5–13
Cleveland	8–10	11–7	9–3	5–7	—	12–6	6–6	9–9	3–6	9–9	2–10	5–7
Detroit	4–12	5–13	5–6	7–5	6–12	—	6–6	7–11	4–8	6–12	6–6	1–11
Kansas City	5–7	5–7	14–4	9–9	6–6	6–6	—	7–5	11–7	7–5	11–7	14–4
Milwaukee	4–14	8–10	5–7	4–8	9–9	11–7	5–7	—	2–10	9–9	5–7	6–6
Minnesota	6–6	2–10	10–8	9–9	6–3	8–4	7–11	10–2	—	4–8	6–12	8–10
New York	10–8	5–11	5–7	6–6	9–9	12–6	5–7	9–9	8–4	—	6–6	8–4
Oakland	8–4	6–6	11–7	9–9	10–2	6–6	11–7	7–5	12–6	6–6	—	12–6
Texas	5–7	4–8	9–9	13–5	7–5	11–1	4–14	6–6	10–8	4–8	6–12	—

Notable transactions

May 20, 1975: Dick Bosman and Jim Perry were traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Blue Moon Odom and cash.^[3]
June 3, 1975: Rick Cerone was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]
June 7, 1975: Blue Moon Odom and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Roric Harrison. The Indians completed the deal by sending Rob Belloir to the Braves on June 16.^[3]
June 13, 1975: Gaylord Perry was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000.^[5]

Roster

1975 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

42 Larry Andersen

47 Fred Beene

22 Jim Bibby

27 Dick Bosman

31 Jackie Brown

35 Tom Buskey

37 Dennis Eckersley

27 Roric Harrison

32 Don Hood

34 Jim Kern

17 Dave LaRoche

13 Blue Moon Odom

36 Gaylord Perry

31 Jim Perry

16 Fritz Peterson

33 Eric Raich

40 Bob Reynolds

44 Jim Strickland

36 Rick Waits

Catchers

8 Alan Ashby

4 Rick Cerone

7 John Ellis

Infielders

25 Buddy Bell

10 Jack Brohamer

9 Rico Carty

12 Ed Crosby

15 Frank Duffy

18 Duane Kuiper

30 Joe Lis

14 Tommy McCraw

26 Boog Powell

4 Bill Sudakis

Outfielders

1 Ken Berry

23 Oscar Gamble

21 George Hendrick

22 Leron Lee

29 John Lowenstein

28 Rick Manning

11 Tommy Smith

24 Charlie Spikes

Other batters

20 Frank Robinson

Manager

20 Frank Robinson

Coaches

6 Dave Garcia

2 Harvey Haddix

14 Tom McCraw

3 Jeff Torborg

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	Ashby, AlanAlan Ashby	90	254	57	.224	5	32
1B	Powell, BoogBoog Powell	134	435	129	.297	27	86
2B	Kuiper, DuaneDuane Kuiper	90	346	101	.292	0	25
3B	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	153	553	150	.271	10	59
SS	Duffy, FrankFrank Duffy	146	482	117	.243	1	47
LF	Gamble, OscarOscar Gamble	121	348	91	.261	15	45
CF	Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick	145	561	145	.258	24	86
RF	Spikes, CharlieCharlie Spikes	111	345	79	.229	11	33
DH	Carty, RicoRico Carty	118	383	118	.308	18	64

^[6]

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
Manning, RickRick Manning	120	480	137	.285	3	35
Ellis, JohnJohn Ellis	92	296	68	.230	7	32
Lowenstein, JohnJohn Lowenstein	91	265	64	.242	12	33
Brohamer, JackJack Brohamer	69	217	53	.244	6	16
Crosby, EdEd Crosby	61	128	30	.234	0	7
Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson	49	118	28	.237	9	24
McCraw, TommyTommy McCraw	23	51	14	.275	2	5
Sudakis, BillBill Sudakis	20	46	9	.196	1	3
Berry, KenKen Berry	25	40	8	.200	0	1
Lee, LeronLeron Lee	13	23	3	.130	0	0
Lis, JoeJoe Lis	9	13	4	.308	2	8
Cerone, RickRick Cerone	7	14	3	.250	0	0
Smith, TommyTommy Smith	8	8	1	.125	0	2

^[6]

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
Eckersley, DennisDennis Eckersley	34	186.2	13	7	2.60	152
Peterson, FritzFritz Peterson	25	146.1	14	8	3.94	47
Harrison, RoricRoric Harrison	19	126	7	7	4.79	52
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	15	121.1	6	9	3.55	85
Raich, EricEric Raich	18	92.2	7	8	5.54	34
Perry, JimJim Perry	8	37.2	1	6	6.69	11

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
Hood, DonDon Hood	29	135.1	6	10	4.39	51
Bibby, JimJim Bibby	24	112.2	5	9	3.20	62
Kern, JimJim Kern	13	71.2	1	2	3.77	55
Waits, RickRick Waits	16	70.1	6	2	2.94	34
Bosman, DickDick Bosman	6	28.2	0	2	4.08	11
Odom, Blue MoonBlue Moon Odom	3	10.1	1	0	2.61	10

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
LaRoche, DaveDave LaRoche	61	82.1	5	3	17	2.19	94
Buskey, TomTom Buskey	50	77	5	3	7	2.57	29
Brown, JackieJackie Brown	25	69.1	1	2	1	4.28	41
Beene, FredFred Beene	19	46.2	1	0	1	6.94	20
Reynolds, BobBob Reynolds	5	9.2	0	2	2	4.66	5
Andersen, LarryLarry Andersen	3	5.2	0	0	0	4.76	4
Strickland, JimJim Strickland	4	4.2	0	0	1	1.93	3

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

George Hendrick, reserve^[7]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Red Davis
AA	San Antonio Brewers	Texas League	Woody Smith
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Del Youngblood
Rookie	GCL Indians	Gulf Coast League	Tony Pacheco

Notes

↑ Frank Robinson bio at ESPN
↑ Boog Powell page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Blue Moon Odom page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
↑ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
1 2 1975 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1975as.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1975 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1975 All-Star Game 1975 World Series

Cleveland Indians

Founded in 1894
Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Broncos, and Cleveland Naps
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

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Ballparks

Culture and lore

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Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Terry Francona

Postseason appearances (12)

Division championships (8)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

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Hall of Fame inductees

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