1975 New York Yankees season

1975 New York Yankees
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Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	George Steinbrenner
Managers	Bill Virdon
Television	WPIX
Radio	WMCA (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dom Valentino)
Seasons

The New York Yankees' 1975 season was the 73rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 83-77, finishing 12 games behind of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Virdon. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium. That work would be done in time for opening day 1976, whereupon the Yankees would return to baseball's elite.

Offseason

December 20, 1974: Sam McDowell was released by the New York Yankees.

Regular Season

Season Standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	65	.594	—	47‍–‍34	48‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	.566	4½	44‍–‍33	46‍–‍36
New York Yankees	83	77	.519	12	43‍–‍35	40‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	79	80	.497	15½	41‍–‍39	38‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	28	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers	57	102	.358	37½	31‍–‍49	26‍–‍53

Notable Transactions

• December 11, 1975: Willie Randolph was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ken Brett and Dock Ellis to the New York Yankees for Doc Medich.

Roster

1975 New York Yankees roster
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers  15 Thurman Munson  46 Rick Dempsey Infielders  2 Sandy Alomar  9 Graig Nettles  10 Chris Chambliss  52 Otto Velez Outfielders  6 Roy White  25 Bobby Bonds		Manager

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

References

• 1975 New York Yankees
• 1975 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com