1975 Kansas City Royals season
1975 Kansas City Royals | ||
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Division | West Division | |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
Managers | Jack McKeon (50–46, .521) Whitey Herzog (41–25, .621) | |
Television | KBMA (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews) | |
Radio | WIBW (AM) (Buddy Blattner, Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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The 1975 Kansas City Royals season was their seventh in Major League Baseball. The Royals' 91–71 record was the best in franchise history and Kansas City finished second in the American League West, six games behind the Oakland Athletics. Manager Jack McKeon was fired on July 24 and was replaced by Whitey Herzog.[1][2] John Mayberry became the first Royals player to hit at least 30 home runs in a season (34) and also set a franchise single-season record with 106 runs batted in.
Offseason
- January 24, 1975: Harmon Killebrew was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[3]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 54–27 | 44–37 |
Kansas City Royals | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7 | 51–30 | 40–41 |
Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 19 | 39–41 | 40–42 |
Minnesota Twins | 76 | 83 | .478 | 20½ | 39–43 | 37–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 75 | 86 | .466 | 22½ | 42–39 | 33–47 |
California Angels | 72 | 89 | .447 | 25½ | 35–46 | 37–43 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 10, 1975: Doug Corbett was released by the Royals.[4]
- June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
- Clint Hurdle was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round (9th pick).[5]
- Ron Hassey was drafted by the Royals in the 22nd round, but did not sign.[6]
- September 15, 1975: Mark Williams was traded by the Royals to the Oakland Athletics for Rick Ingalls (minors).[7]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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Outfielders
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Coaches
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Buck Martinez | 80 | 226 | 51 | .226 | 3 | 23 |
1B | John Mayberry | 156 | 554 | 161 | .291 | 34 | 106 |
2B | Cookie Rojas | 120 | 406 | 103 | .254 | 2 | 37 |
SS | Freddie Patek | 136 | 483 | 110 | .228 | 5 | 45 |
3B | George Brett | 159 | 634 | 195 | .308 | 11 | 89 |
LF | Hal McRae | 126 | 480 | 147 | .306 | 5 | 71 |
CF | Amos Otis | 132 | 470 | 116 | .247 | 9 | 46 |
RF | Jim Wohlford | 116 | 353 | 90 | .255 | 0 | 30 |
DH | Harmon Killebrew | 106 | 312 | 62 | .199 | 14 | 44 |
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 |
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Al Cowens | 120 | 328 | 91 | .277 | 4 | 42 |
Vada Pinson | 103 | 319 | 71 | .223 | 4 | 21 |
Frank White | 111 | 304 | 76 | .250 | 7 | 36 |
Tony Solaita | 93 | 231 | 60 | .260 | 16 | 44 |
Fran Healy | 56 | 188 | 48 | .255 | 2 | 18 |
Bob Stinson | 63 | 147 | 39 | .265 | 1 | 9 |
Jamie Quirk | 14 | 39 | 10 | .256 | 1 | 5 |
Rodney Scott | 48 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Martz | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Steve Busby | 34 | 260.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.08 | 160 |
Al Fitzmorris | 35 | 242 | 16 | 12 | 3.57 | 78 |
Dennis Leonard | 32 | 212.1 | 15 | 7 | 3.77 | 146 |
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 |
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Marty Pattin | 44 | 177 | 10 | 10 | 3.25 | 89 |
Paul Splittorff | 35 | 159 | 9 | 10 | 3.17 | 76 |
Nelson Briles | 24 | 112 | 6 | 6 | 4.26 | 73 |
Mark Littell | 7 | 24.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.70 | 19 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 4 | 8.2 | 0 | 2 | 15.58 | 5 |
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 |
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Doug Bird | 51 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3.25 | 81 |
Lindy McDaniel | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 40 |
Steve Mingori | 36 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.50 | 25 |
Bob McClure | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 15 |
George Throop | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 8 |
Ray Sadecki | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo
Notes
- ^ "Royals fire McKeon, hire Herzog". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. July 25, 1975. p. D1.
- ^ "Royals fire McKeon, hire Angles' Herzog". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. July 25, 1975. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ Harmon Killebrew at Baseball Reference
- ^ Doug Corbett at Baseball Reference
- ^ Clint Hurdle at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ron Hassey at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mark Williams 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.
External links
- 1975 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
- 1975 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac