1975 Milwaukee Brewers season

1975 Milwaukee Brewers
Hank Aaron's Final Season
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Jim Baumer
Manager(s)	Del Crandall, Harvey Kuenn
Local television	WTMJ-TV (Gary Bender, Jim Irwin)
Local radio	620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

November 2, 1974: Dave May and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers completed the trade by sending Roger Alexander (minors) to the Braves on December 2.^[1]
January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	65	0.594	—	47–34	48–31
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	0.566	4½	44–33	46–36
New York Yankees	83	77	0.519	12	43–35	40–42
Cleveland Indians	79	80	0.497	15½	41–39	38–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	28	36–45	32–49
Detroit Tigers	57	102	0.358	37½	31–49	26–53

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	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1975: Jesús Vega was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
May 8, 1975: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.^[4]
June 14, 1975: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Bobby Darwin.^[5]

Roster

1975 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

45 Larry Anderson

46 Jerry Augustine

43 Rick Austin

40 Pete Broberg

35 Bill Castro

38 Bill Champion

48 Jim Colborn

20 Lafayette Currence

18 Tom Hausman

42 Tom Murphy

49 Pat Osburn

23 Eduardo Rodríguez

41 Jim Slaton

29 Ed Sprague

25 Bill Travers

Catchers

22 Charlie Moore

15 Darrell Porter

Infielders

2,11 Kurt Bevacqua

33 Tommy Bianco

9 Pedro García

4 Tim Johnson

8 Jack Lind

7 Don Money

5 George Scott

2 Bob Sheldon

19 Robin Yount

Outfielders

44 Hank Aaron

12 Johnny Briggs

26 Bob Coluccio

12 Bobby Darwin

8 Rob Ellis

6 Mike Hegan

37 Sixto Lezcano

17 Bobby Mitchell

26 Bill Sharp

3 Gorman Thomas

Manager

1 Del Crandall (4/8-9/27)

32 Harvey Kuenn (9/28-9/28)

Coaches

32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting)

37 Ken McBride (Pitching)

24 Joe Nossek (Third Base)

30 Jim Walton (First Base)

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
C	Porter, DarrellDarrell Porter	130	409	95	.232	18	60
1B	Scott, GeorgeGeorge Scott	158	617	176	.285	36	109
2B	García, PedroPedro García	98	302	68	.225	6	38
3B	Money, DonDon Money	109	405	112	.277	15	43
SS	Yount, RobinRobin Yount	147	558	149	.267	8	52
LF	Mitchell, BobbyBobby Mitchell	93	229	57	.249	9	41
CF	Sharp, BillBill Sharp	125	373	95	.255	1	34
RF	Lezcano, SixtoSixto Lezcano	134	429	106	.247	11	43
DH	Aaron, HankHank Aaron	137	465	109	.234	12	60

^[6]

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
Darwin, BobbyBobby Darwin	55	186	46	.247	8	23
Sheldon, BobBob Sheldon	53	181	52	.287	0	14
Johnson, TimTim Johnson	38	85	12	.141	0	2
Briggs, JohnnyJohnny Briggs	28	74	22	.297	3	5
Coluccio, BobBob Coluccio	22	62	12	.194	1	5
Bianco, TommyTommy Bianco	18	34	6	.176	0	0
Ellis, RobRob Ellis	6	7	2	.286	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
Broberg, PetePete Broberg	38	220.1	14	16	4.13	100

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
Champion, BillBill Champion	27	110	6	6	5.89	40
Castro, BillBill Castro	18	75	3	2	2.52	25
Sprague, EdEd Sprague	18	67.1	1	7	4.68	21
Anderson, LarryLarry Anderson	8	30.1	1	0	5.04	13
Augustine, JerryJerry Augustine	5	26.2	2	0	3.04	8

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
Rodríguez, EduardoEduardo Rodríguez	43	7	0	7	3.49	65
Austin, RickRick Austin	32	2	3	2	3.05	30

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento Solons	Pacific Coast League	Harry Bright
AA	Thetford Mines Miners	Eastern League	John Felske
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Matt Galante
A-Short Season	Newark Co-Pilots	New York–Penn League	Tony Roig

Notes

↑ Hank Aaron at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml
↑ Jesús Vega at Baseball Reference
↑ Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnny Briggs at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1975.shtml

References

1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
1975 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

1975 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1975 All-Star Game 1975 World Series

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: David Stearns
Manager: Craig Counsell

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (49)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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