1975 Cincinnati Reds season

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1975 Cincinnati Reds
1975 World Series Champions
1975 National League Champions
1975 NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Louis Nippert
General manager(s) Bob Howsam
Manager(s) Sparky Anderson
Local television WLWT
(Ken Coleman, Woody Woodward)
Local radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Reds winning the National League West with a record of 108-54, 20 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds went on to win the National League Championship Series by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games, and the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium. It was the first World Series championship for Cincinnati since 1940.

Offseason

Regular season

The 1975 Reds clinched a playoff appearance on September 7, the earliest clinch date of any MLB team in a 162-game season.[4]

Joe Morgan was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1975.

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 108 54 0.667 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 74 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 80 81 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 71 91 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 67 94 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 64 97 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53


Record vs. opponents

1975 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–7 3–15 12–6 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 4–8 7–11 8–9 3–9
Chicago 7–5 1–11 7–5 5–7 9–9 7–11 12–6 6–12 5–7 5–7 11–7
Cincinnati 15–3 11–1 13–5 8–10 8–4 8–4 7–5 6–6 11–7 13–5 8–4
Houston 6–12 5–7 5–13 6–12 8–4 4–8 6–6 6–5 9–9 5–13 4–8–1
Los Angeles 10–8 7–5 10–8 12–6 5–7 6–6 7–5 5–7 11–7 10–8 5–7
Montreal 4–8 9–9 4–8 4–8 7–5 10–8 7–11 7–11 7–5 5–7 11–7
New York 8–4 11–7 4–8 8–4 6–6 8–10 7–11 5–13 8–4 8–4 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 6–12 5–7 6–6 5–7 11–7 11–7 11–7 7–5 7–5 10–8
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 6–6 5–6 7–5 11–7 13–5 7–11 8–4 5–7 10–8
San Diego 11–7 7–5 7–11 9–9 7–11 5–7 4–8 5–7 4–8 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–8 7–5 5–13 13–5 8–10 7–5 4–8 5–7 7–5 10–8 5–7
St. Louis 9–3 7–11 4–8 8–4–1 7–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 8–10 8–4 7–5


Notable transactions

Roster

1975 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
C Johnny Bench 142 530 150 .283 28 110
1B Tony Pérez 137 511 144 .282 20 109
2B Joe Morgan 146 498 163 .327 17 94
3B Pete Rose 162 662 210 .317 7 74
SS Dave Concepción 140 507 139 .274 5 49
LF George Foster 134 463 139 .300 23 78
CF César Gerónimo 148 501 129 .257 6 53
RF Ken Griffey 132 463 141 .305 4 46

[7]

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
Dan Driessen 88 210 59 .281 7 38
Merv Rettenmund 93 188 45 .239 2 19
Darrel Chaney 71 160 35 .219 2 26
Bill Plummer 65 159 29 .182 1 19
Doug Flynn 89 127 34 .268 1 20
Terry Crowley 66 71 19 .268 1 11
Ed Armbrister 59 65 12 .185 0 2
John Vukovich 31 38 8 .211 0 2
Don Werner 7 8 1 .125 0 0

[7]

Pitching

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
Gary Nolan 32 210.2 15 9 3.16 74
Jack Billingham 33 208 15 10 4.11 79
Fred Norman 34 188 12 4 3.73 119
Don Gullett 22 159.2 15 4 2.42 98
Pat Darcy 27 130.2 11 5 3.58 46
Clay Kirby 26 110.2 10 6 4.72 48

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
Tom Carroll 12 47 4 1 4.98 14

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L S ERA SO
Will McEnaney 70 5 2 15 2.47 48
Pedro Borbón 67 9 5 5 2.95 29
Rawly Eastwick 58 5 3 22 2.60 61
Clay Carroll 56 7 5 7 2.62 44
Tom Hall 2 0 0 0 0.00 3

Postseason

National League Championship Series

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Game One

October 4, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0
Cincinnati 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 X 8 11 0
W: Don Gullett (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)  
HRs: CINDon Gullett (1)

Game Two

October 5, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Cincinnati 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 6 12 1
W: Fred Norman (1-0)  L: Jim Rooker (0-1)  SV: Rawly Eastwick (1)
HRs: CINTony Pérez (1)

Game Three

October 7, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 6 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 7 2
W: Rawly Eastwick (1-0)  L: Ramón Hernández (0-1)  SV: Pedro Borbón (1)
HRs: CINDave Concepción (1), Pete Rose (1); PITAl Oliver (1)

World Series

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NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Reds – 0, Red Sox – 6 Sat. Oct 11 (D) Fenway Park 35,205 2:27
2 Reds – 3, Red Sox – 2 Sun. Oct 12 (D) Fenway Park 35,205 2:38
3 Red Sox – 5, Reds – 6 (10 inns) Tue. Oct 14 (N) Riverfront Stadium 55,392 3:03
4 Red Sox – 5, Reds – 4 Wed. Oct 15 (N) Riverfront Stadium 55,667 2:52
5 Red Sox – 2, Reds – 6 Thu. Oct 16 (N) Riverfront Stadium 56,393 2:23
6 Reds – 6, Red Sox – 7 (12 inns) Tue. Oct 21 (N) Fenway Park 35,205 4:01
7 Reds – 4, Red Sox – 3 Wed. Oct 22 (N) Fenway Park 35,205 2:52

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Vern Rapp
AA Trois-Rivières Aigles Eastern League Jim Snyder and Ron Plaza
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Russ Nixon
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jim Hoff

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eugene[9]

Notes

  1. Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference
  2. Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference
  3. Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference
  4. Earliest division-clinching dates in a 162-game season
  5. Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  6. Doug Corbett at Baseball Reference
  7. 7.0 7.1 1975 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References