1975 Cleveland Indians season

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1975 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Since 1932) Cleveland, Ohio (Since 1901)
1975 Information
Owner(s)	Nick Mileti
General Manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson
Local television	WJW (TV) (Bob Brown, Rocky Colavito)
Local radio	WWWE (Herb Score, Joe Tait)

The highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. In 1975, the Cleveland Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in the Majors. [1]

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 Award Winners 4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Red Sox	95	65	.594	0
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	.566	4.5
New York Yankees	83	77	.519	12.0
Cleveland Indians	79	80	.497	15.5
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	28.0
Detroit Tigers	57	102	.358	37.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

• May 20, 1975: Blue Moon Odom was traded by the Oakland Athletics with cash to the Cleveland Indians for Dick Bosman and Jim Perry. ^[1]
• June 3, 1975: Rick Cerone was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. ^[2]
• June 7, 1975: Blue Moon Odom was traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Roric Harrison. The Cleveland Indians sent Rob Belloir (June 16, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade. ^[3]

[edit] Roster

1975 Cleveland Indians roster v • d • e
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Award Winners

All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1975 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
• 1975 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 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

v • d • e Cleveland Indians franchise
AAA	AA	A	Rookie
Buffalo Bisons	Akron Aeros	Kinston Indians Lake County Captains Mahoning Valley Scrappers	Gulf Coast Indians DSL Indians

v • d • e Cleveland Indians Based in Cleveland, Ohio The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters Ballparks League Park • Cleveland Stadium • Progressive Field Culture Chief Wahoo • John Adams • The Catch • Ten Cent Beer Night • Bat Burglary • Curse of Rocky Colavito • Cleveland Sports Curse • Major League • Cleveland Rocks Important Figures Nap Lajoie • Addie Joss • Ray Chapman • Tris Speaker • Stan Coveleski • Joe Sewell • Mel Harder • Earl Averill • Hal Trosky • Bob Feller • Lou Boudreau • Bob Lemon • Bill Veeck • Al Rosen • Larry Doby • Mike Garcia • Early Wynn • Herb Score • Rocky Colavito • Mudcat Grant • Sam McDowell • Luis Tiant • Andre Thornton • Albert Belle • Sandy Alomar Jr • Jim Thome • Manny Ramirez • Kenny Lofton • Omar Vizquel • C.C. Sabathia • Travis Hafner • Víctor Martínez• Grady Sizemore • Fausto Carmona Retired Numbers 3 • 5 • 14 • 18 • 19 • 21 • 42 • 455 Key Personnel Owner: Larry Dolan • General Manager: Mark Shapiro • Manager: Eric Wedge World Series Champions (2) 1920 • 1948 American League Pennants (5) 1920 • 1948 • 1954 • 1995 • 1997 Division Championships Central: 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2007 • Wild Card: none Minor League Affiliates Buffalo Bisons (AAA) • Akron Aeros (AA) • Kinston Indians (A) • Lake County Captains (A) • Mahoning Valley Scrappers (A) • Gulf Coast Indians (Rookie) • DSL Indians (Rookie) Other Assets SportsTime Ohio   Seasons (108) 1900s 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 1910s 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 1920s 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 1930s 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 1940s 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 1950s 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970s 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000s 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008