1975 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | John Fetzer | |
General managers | Jim Campbell | |
Managers | Ralph Houk | |
Television |
WWJ-TV ( George Kell, Larry Osterman, Don Kremer) | |
Radio |
WJR ( Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) | |
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The 1975 Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 57–102, the fifth worst season in Detroit Tigers history. They finished in last place in the American League East, 37½ games behind the Boston Red Sox. Their team batting average of .249 and team ERA of 4.27 were the second worst in the American League. They were outscored by their opponents 786 to 570.
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AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1975 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
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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 |
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C | Bill Freehan | 120 | 427 | 105 | .246 | 14 | 47 |
1B | Jack Pierce | 53 | 170 | 40 | .235 | 8 | 22 |
2B | Gary Sutherland | 129 | 503 | 130 | .258 | 6 | 39 |
3B | Aurelio Rodríguez | 151 | 507 | 124 | .245 | 13 | 60 |
SS | Tom Veryzer | 128 | 404 | 102 | .252 | 5 | 48 |
LF | Ben Oglivie | 100 | 332 | 95 | .286 | 9 | 36 |
CF | Ron LeFlore | 136 | 550 | 142 | .258 | 8 | 37 |
RF | Leon Roberts | 129 | 447 | 115 | .257 | 10 | 38 |
DH | Willie Horton | 159 | 615 | 169 | .275 | 25 | 92 |
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 |
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Dan Meyer | 122 | 470 | 111 | .236 | 8 | 47 |
Mickey Stanley | 52 | 164 | 42 | .256 | 3 | 19 |
Nate Colbert | 45 | 156 | 23 | .147 | 4 | 18 |
Gene Michael | 56 | 145 | 31 | .214 | 3 | 13 |
John Wockenfuss | 35 | 118 | 27 | .229 | 4 | 13 |
Billy Baldwin | 30 | 95 | 21 | .221 | 4 | 8 |
John Knox | 43 | 86 | 23 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
Terry Humphrey | 18 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 1 |
Art James | 11 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 1 |
Gates Brown | 47 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 1 | 3 |
Bob Molinaro | 6 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry Manuel | 6 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Scrivener | 4 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Lamont | 4 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mickey Lolich | 32 | 240.2 | 12 | 18 | 3.78 | 139 |
Joe Coleman | 31 | 201.0 | 10 | 18 | 5.55 | 125 |
Vern Ruhle | 32 | 190.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.03 | 67 |
Lerrin LaGrow | 32 | 164.1 | 7 | 14 | 4.38 | 75 |
Ray Bare | 29 | 150.2 | 8 | 13 | 4.48 | 71 |
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Walker | 36 | 115.1 | 3 | 8 | 4.45 | 60 |
Dave Lemanczyk | 26 | 109.0 | 2 | 7 | 4.46 | 67 |
Ed Glynn | 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.30 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO |
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John Hiller | 36 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 2.17 | 87 |
Bob Reynolds | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 26 |
Fernando Arroyo | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.56 | 25 |
Gene Pentz | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3.20 | 21 |
Ike Brookens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 8 |
Tom Makowski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.82 | 3 |
Steve Grilli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.35 | 5 |
1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Bill Freehan, reserve
The following members of the 1975 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Evansville, Montgomery