1975 Chicago White Sox season

1975 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Allyn
General manager(s)	Roland Hemond
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WSNS-TV (Harry Caray, J. C. Martin)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Bill Mercer)
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The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record 75-86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

• December 3, 1974: Dick Allen was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975.^[1]
• January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

Regular season

• The proposed sale of the Chicago White Sox presented opportunities for the Oakland Athletics. A group from Seattle was ready to purchase the White Sox and move them to Seattle. As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago. Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. In the end, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold to Bill Veeck, who kept the White Sox in Chicago.^[3]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	98	64	0.605	—	54–27	44–37
Kansas City Royals	91	71	0.562	7	51–30	40–41
Texas Rangers	79	83	0.488	19	39–41	40–42
Minnesota Twins	76	83	0.478	20½	39–43	37–40
Chicago White Sox	75	86	0.466	22½	42–39	33–47
California Angels	72	89	0.447	25½	35–46	37–43

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	—

Opening Day lineup

• Nyls Nyman, lf
• Jorge Orta, 2b
• Buddy Bradford, rf
• Deron Johnson, dh
• Ken Henderson, cf
• Bill Melton, 3b
• Bucky Dent, ss
• Carlos May, 1b
• Brian Downing, c
• Wilbur Wood, p

Notable transactions

• May 8, 1975: Bill Sharp was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio.^[4]
• June 3, 1975: Marv Foley was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]
• June 15, 1975: Tony Muser was traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.^[6]

Roster

1975 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 40 Lloyd Allen 45 Stan Bahnsen 51 Terry Forster 32 Bill Gogolewski 54 Goose Gossage 26 Dave Hamilton 44 Rich Hinton 25 Jesse Jefferson 36 Jim Kaat 45 Chris Knapp 27 Ken Kravec 55 Jack Kucek 46 Ozzie Osborn 41 Claude Osteen 38 Jim Otten 26 Skip Pitlock 42 Tim Stoddard 34 Cecil Upshaw 40 Pete Vuckovich 28 Wilbur Wood (MLBplayer (( Bart Johnson))		Catchers 16 Brian Downing  8 Pete Varney Infielders 30 Bucky Dent 12 Deron Johnson 23 Lamar Johnson  2 Chet Lemon 17 Carlos May 14 Bill Melton 11 Jerry Moses 25 Tony Muser  6 Jorge Orta  9 Lee Richard 19 Mike Squires  1 Bill Stein		Outfielders 22 Buddy Bradford  5 Bob Coluccio 22 Jerry Hairston 24 Ken Henderson 18 Pat Kelly 20 Nyls Nyman  5 Bill Sharp		Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 37 Joe Lonnett 31 Jim Mahoney 35 Alex Monchak 39 Glen Rosenbaum 33 Johnny Sain

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Buddy Bradford, RF,LF,DH	25	58	8	9	3	1	2	15	8	22	.155	3
Bob Coluccio, OF	61	161	22	33	4	2	4	13	13	34	.205	4
Bucky Dent, SS	157	602	52	159	29	4	3	58	36	48	.264	2
Brian Downing, C	138	420	58	101	12	1	7	41	76	75	.240	13
Jerry Hairston, LF,DH,RF	69	219	26	62	8	0	0	23	46	23	.283	1
Ken Henderson, CF	140	513	65	129	20	3	9	53	74	65	.251	5
Deron Johnson, DH,1B	148	555	66	129	25	1	18	72	48	117	.232	0
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH	8	30	2	6	3	0	1	1	1	5	.200	0
Pat Kelly, RF,DH	133	471	73	129	21	7	9	45	58	69	.274	18
Chet Lemon, 3B,DH,CF	9	35	2	9	2	0	0	1	2	6	.257	1
Carlos May, 1B,LF,DH	128	454	55	123	19	2	8	53	67	46	.271	12
Bill Melton, 3B,DH	149	512	62	123	16	0	15	70	78	106	.251	5
Jerry Moses, 1B	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Tony Muser, 1B	43	111	11	27	3	0	0	6	7	8	.243	2
Nyls Nyman, OF	106	327	36	74	6	3	2	28	11	34	.226	10
Jorge Orta, 2B	140	542	64	165	26	10	11	83	48	67	.304	16
Lee Richard, SS,3B,DH,2B	43	49	11	9	0	1	0	5	4	7	.200	2
Bill Sharp, OF	18	35	1	7	0	0	0	4	2	3	.200	0
Mike Squires, 1B	20	65	5	15	0	0	0	4	8	5	.231	3
Bill Stein, 2B,3B,DH	76	226	23	61	7	1	3	21	18	32	.270	2
Pete Varney, C	36	107	12	29	5	1	2	8	6	28	.271	2
Team totals	161	5490	655	1400	209	38	94	604	611	800	.255	101

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Lloyd Allen	0	2	11.81	3	2	0	5.1	8	7	7	2	6	2
Stan Bahnsen	4	6	6.01	12	12	0	67.1	78	49	45	9	40	31
Terry Forster	3	3	2.19	17	1	4	37.0	30	12	9	0	28	32
Bill Gogolewski	0	0	5.24	19	0	2	55.0	61	35	32	5	31	37
Goose Gossage	9	8	1.84	62	0	26	141.2	99	32	29	3	85	130
Dave Hamilton	6	5	2.84	30	1	6	69.2	63	23	22	4	31	51
Rich Hinton	1	0	4.82	15	0	0	37.1	41	22	20	2	16	30
Jesse Jefferson	5	9	5.10	22	21	0	107.2	100	69	61	11	95	67
Jim Kaat	20	14	3.11	43	41	0	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	142
Chris Knapp	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	3
Ken Kravec	0	1	6.23	2	1	0	4.1	1	3	3	0	8	1
Jack Kucek	0	0	4.91	2	0	0	3.2	9	2	2	0	4	2
Ozzie Osborn	3	0	4.50	24	0	0	58.0	57	29	29	2	38	38
Claude Osteen	7	16	4.36	37	37	0	204.1	237	110	99	16	94	63
Jim Otten	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	5.1	4	5	4	1	7	3
Skip Pitlock	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Stoddard	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
Cecil Upshaw	1	1	3.23	29	0	1	47.1	49	19	17	5	24	22
Pete Vuckovich	0	1	13.06	4	2	0	10.1	17	15	15	0	8	5
Wilbur Wood	16	20	4.11	43	43	0	291.1	309	148	133	26	97	140
Team totals	75	86	3.93	161	161	39	1452.1	1489	703	634	107	693	799

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	American Association	Loren Babe
AA	Knoxville Knox Sox	Southern League	Jim Napier
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Gordon Lund
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones

Notes

1. Jim Essian at Baseball Reference
2. Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference
3. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.229, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
4. Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference
5. Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
6. Tony Muser at Baseball Reference

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1975 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference