1975 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place, 20 games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the Western Division of the National League.

1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, heirs of James Mulvey
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 0.667 — 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8081 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6794 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 6497 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1975 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–73–1512–68–108–44–85–74–87–118–93–9
Chicago7–5—1–117–55–79–97–1112–66–125–75–711–7
Cincinnati15–311–1—13–58–108–48–47–56–611–713–58–4
Houston6–125–75–13—6–128–44–86–66–59–95–134–8–1
Los Angeles 10–87–510–812–6—5–76–67–55–711–710–85–7
Montreal4–89–94–84–87–5—10–87–117–117–55–711–7
New York8–411–74–88–46–68–10—7–115–138–48–49–9
Philadelphia7-56–125–76–65–711–711–7—11–77–57–510–8
Pittsburgh8–412–66–65–67–511–713–57–11—8–45–710–8
San Diego11–77–57–119–97–115–74–85–74–8—8–104–8
San Francisco9–87–55–1313–58–107–54–85–77–510–8—5–7
St. Louis9–37–114–88–4–17–57–119–98–108–108–47–5—

Opening day lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Davey LopesSecond baseman
Bill BucknerLeft fielder
Jimmy WynnCenter fielder
Joe FergusonRight fielder
Steve GarveyFirst baseman
Ron CeyThird baseman
Steve YeagerCatcher
Bill RussellShortstop
Don SuttonStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CSteve Yeager135452103.2281254
1BSteve Garvey160659210.3191895
2BDavey Lopes155618162.262841
SSBill Russell8425252.206014
3BRon Cey158566160.28325101
LFBill Buckner9228870.243631
CFJim Wynn130412102.2481858
RFWillie Crawford12437398.263946

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
Lee Lacy10130696.314740
John Hale7120443.211622
Joe Ferguson6620242.208523
Rick Auerbach8517038.224012
Tom Paciorek6214528.19315
Henry Cruz539425.26605
Iván DeJesús638716.18402
Manny Mota524913.265010
Ken McMullen394611.239214
Leron Lee484311.25602
Jerry Royster13369.25001
Charlie Manuel15152.13302
Paul Powell8102.20000
Joe Simpson962.33300
Orlando Álvarez440.00000

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
Andy Messersmith42321.219142.29213
Doug Rau38257.21593.11151
Don Sutton35254.116132.87175
Burt Hooton31223.21872.82148
Juan Marichal260113.501

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
Rick Rhoden2699.1333.0840
Al Downing2274.2212.8939

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Marshall58914133.2964
Charlie Hough383742.9534
Jim Brewer213125.1821
Stan Wall100101.696
Dave Sells50203.861
Geoff Zahn20109.001
Dennis Lewallyn20000.000

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Stan Wasiak
AA Waterbury Dodgers Eastern League Don LeJohn
A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Ron Brand
A Danville Dodgers Midwest League Bart Shirley
Rookie Bellingham Dodgers Northwest League Bill Berrier

1975 Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 1975 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 33 players in the June draft and 11 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The top draft pick was shortstop Mark Bradley from Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He spent two seasons with the Dodgers as an outfielder in 1981–82 and a third season with the New York Mets and hit .204 in 113 at-bats.

The most successful draft pick was pitcher Dave Stewart, a 16th round pick out of St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland, California. He reached the Majors in 1978 with the Dodgers and played through 1995, primarily with the Oakland Athletics. He was 168–129 with a 3.95 ERA, was a 1989 All-Star, 3 time World Series Champion, a World Series MVP and 3 time League Championship Series MVP. Following his playing career he became a coach, an agent and a General Manager.

Notes
  1. Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
  2. Burt Hooton page at Baseball Reference
  3. Jim Brewer page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  5. 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  6. 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

References
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