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1975 Oakland Athletics season

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Major League Baseball team season
1975 Oakland Athletics
American League West champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
OwnersCharles O. Finley
ManagersAlvin Dark
TelevisionKPIX-TV
RadioKEEN
(Monte Moore, Bob Waller)
← 1974Seasons1976 →

The1975 Oakland Athletics season was the 75th season for theOakland Athletics franchise, all as members of theAmerican League, and their 8th season inOakland. Entering the season as thethree-time defending World Series champions, the Athletics won their fifth consecutiveAmerican League West title with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They went on to play theBoston Red Sox in the1975 American League Championship Series, losing in three straight games.

Offseason

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After the Athletics' victory over theLos Angeles Dodgers in the1974 World Series underAlvin Dark, pitcherCatfish Hunter filed a grievance. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 1974 with a record of 25–12 and a league-leading 2.49 earned run average. Hunter uncovered a violation of his contract with Athletics ownerCharlie Finley and the team that allowed him to become a free agent. The Athletics were to send half of Hunter's $100,000 annual salary to a North Carolina bank as payment on an annuity, but Finley did not comply.[1]

On December 13, 1974, arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled in Hunter's favor. As a result, Hunter became a free agent, and signed a contract with theNew York Yankees for the 1975 season.[2] Despite the loss of Hunter, the Athletics repeated as A.L. West champions in 1975, but lost the ALCS toBoston in a 3-game sweep.

The Athletics led the league in arbitration filings with 13.[3] Seven players settled before their hearings.

Notable transactions

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Regular season

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  • At the All-Star Break, there were discussions ofBowie Kuhn's reappointment. Finley, New York owner George Steinbrenner and Baltimore owner Jerry Hoffberger were part of a group that wanted him gone.[10] Finley was trying to convince the new owner of the Texas RangersBrad Corbett that MLB needed a more dynamic commissioner.[11] During the vote, Baltimore and New York decided to vote in favor of the commissioner's reappointment.
  • By July 14, the Athletics had won 55 games, compared to 32 losses.[12] Seven Athletics had been named to the All-Star Game.[13]
  • August 18, 1975: Charlie Finley was on the cover ofTime magazine.[14] It would be his last major profile in a national publication.[15]

Relocation plans

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  • Finley received numerous offers for the Athletics. Horse owner Marge Everett wanted to purchase the team and relocate them to Seattle. Former San Francisco Giants managerHerman Franks led a group of 15 investors who had offered more than $15 million.[16]
  • Finley openly criticized fans for the lack of attendance. There were rumours of possible relocation to New Orleans, Seattle, and Toronto.[16] In addition, there was talk of an ownership group relocating the San Francisco Giants to Toronto, with the possibility that Oakland would have the entire Bay Area to itself.[14]
  • In 1975, fed up with poor attendance in Oakland during the team's championship years, Finley pondered relocating the team. When Seattle filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball over the move of theSeattle Pilots to Milwaukee, Finley and others came up with an elaborate shuffle which would move the ailingChicago White Sox to Seattle. White Sox owner John Allyn was broke and placed under enormous pressure from fellow owners to sell his club to Seattle interests and undercut a lawsuit which Seattle had against them.[17] As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago and be closer to his home inLaPorte, Indiana.[18] Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. The scheme fell through when Arthur Allyn sold the White Sox to another colorful owner,Bill Veeck, who was not interested in leaving Chicago.[14]

Season standings

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AL West
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Oakland Athletics9864.605—54‍–‍2744‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals9171.562751‍–‍3040‍–‍41
Texas Rangers7983.4881939‍–‍4140‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins7683.47820½39‍–‍4337‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox7586.46622½42‍–‍3933‍–‍47
California Angels7289.44725½35‍–‍4637‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

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1975 American League record

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore—9–96–67–410–812–47–514–46–68–104–87–5
Boston9–9—6–68–47–1113–57–510–810–211–56–68–4
California6–66–6—9–93–96–54–147–58–107–57–119–9
Chicago4–74–89–9—7–55–79–98–49–96–69–95–13
Cleveland8–1011–79–35–7—12–66–69–93–69–92–105–7
Detroit4–125–135–67–56–12—6–67–114–86–126–61–11
Kansas City5–75–714–49–96–66–6—7–511–77–511–714–4
Milwaukee4–148–105–74–89–911–75–7—2–109–95–76–6
Minnesota6–62–1010–89–96–38–47–1110–2—4–86–128–10
New York10–85–115–76–69–912–65–79–98–4—6–68–4
Oakland8–46–611–79–910–26–611–77–512–66–6—12–6
Texas5–74–89–913–57–511–14–146–610–84–86–12—


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1975 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Designated runner

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CGene Tenace158498127.2552987
1BJoe Rudi126468130.2782175
2BPhil Garner160488120.246654
3BSal Bando160562129.2301578
SSBert Campaneris137509135.265446
LFClaudell Washington148590182.3081077
CFBilly North140524143.273143
RFReggie Jackson157593150.25336104
DHBilly Williams155520127.2442381

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Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ray Fosse8213619.140012
Jim Holt10212327.220216
Ángel Mangual6210924.22016
Ted Martínez868715.17203
Tommy Harper346922.31927
Ted Kubiak20287.25004
Larry Haney47265.19212
César Tovar19266.23103
Matt Alexander63101.10000
Dal Maxvill20102.20000
Denny Walling681.12502
Rich McKinney871.14302
Don Hopkins8261.16700
Charlie Chant550.00000
Gaylen Pitts1031.33301
Charlie Sands321.50000
Billy Grabarkewitz620.00000
Herb Washington1300----00
Tommy Sandt200----00

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Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vida Blue39278.022113.01189
Ken Holtzman39266.118143.14122
Dick Bosman22122.21143.5242
Stan Bahnsen21100.0673.2449
Sonny Siebert1761.0443.6944
Mike Norris416.2100.005
Craig Mitchell13.20112.272

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Glenn Abbott30114.1554.2551
Jim Perry1567.2344.6633
Dave Hamilton1135.2124.0420
Blue Moon Odom711.00212.274

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rollie Fingers75106242.98115
Paul Lindblad689172.7258
Jim Todd5883122.2950

Farm system

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See also:Minor League Baseball
LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAATucson TorosPacific Coast LeagueHank Aguirre
AABirmingham A'sSouthern LeagueHarry Malmberg
AModesto A'sCalifornia LeagueRene Lachemann
A-Short SeasonBoise A'sNorthwest LeagueTom Trebelhorn

References

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  1. ^Catfish Hunter, Who Pitched in 6 World Series for A's and Yankees, Dies at 53 – New York Times
  2. ^Catfish Hunter page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.219, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  4. ^Manny Trillo page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^Dan Ford page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^abDal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^Tim Hosley page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^Rob Picciolo page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^Jesús Alou page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.226, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  11. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.227, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  12. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.225, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  13. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.225–6, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  14. ^abcCharlie 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
  15. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.230, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  16. ^abCharlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.222, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  17. ^"WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude!". Archived fromthe original on December 22, 2018. RetrievedFebruary 14, 2021.
  18. ^K.C. A's – why did Finley almost move to Dallas? – Baseball Fever
  19. ^Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference
  20. ^Blue Moon Odom page at Baseball Reference
  21. ^Denny Walling page at Baseball Reference
  22. ^Brian Kingman page at Baseball Reference
  23. ^Mark Williams page at Baseball Reference
  24. ^ab1975 Oakland Athletics Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com

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