# 1975 Texas Rangers season

The 1975 Texas Rangers season was the 15th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 4th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 4th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses. The team hit a major league-leading five grand slams.

## Offseason

* December 5, 1974: Don Stanhouse and Pete Mackanin were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis.
* January 9, 1975: Bump Wills was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| 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

1975 American League recordvte 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

* June 4, 1975: Willie Davis was traded by the Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore.
* June 13, 1975: Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.
* June 13, 1975: Ed Brinkman was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees.

### Roster
## 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 | Jim Sundberg | 155 | 472 | 94 | .199 | 6 | 36 |
| 1B | Jim Spencer | 132 | 403 | 107 | .266 | 11 | 47 |
| 2B | Lenny Randle | 156 | 601 | 166 | .276 | 4 | 57 |
| SS | Toby Harrah | 151 | 522 | 153 | .293 | 20 | 93 |
| 3B | Roy Howell | 125 | 383 | 96 | .251 | 10 | 51 |
| LF | Mike Hargrove | 145 | 519 | 157 | .303 | 11 | 62 |
| CF | Dave Moates | 54 | 175 | 48 | .274 | 3 | 14 |
| RF | Jeff Burroughs | 152 | 585 | 132 | .226 | 29 | 94 |
| DH | César Tovar | 102 | 427 | 110 | .258 | 3 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Grieve | 118 | 369 | 102 | .276 | 14 | 61 |
| Roy Smalley | 78 | 250 | 57 | .228 | 3 | 33 |
| Jim Fregosi | 77 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 7 | 33 |
| Willie Davis | 42 | 169 | 42 | .249 | 5 | 17 |
| Mike Cubbage | 58 | 143 | 32 | .224 | 4 | 21 |
| Joe Lovitto | 50 | 106 | 22 | .208 | 1 | 8 |
| Leo Cárdenas | 55 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 1 | 5 |
| Dave Nelson | 28 | 80 | 17 | .213 | 2 | 10 |
| Bill Fahey | 21 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Robson | 17 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Pruitt | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 9 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Brinkman | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 37 | 270.0 | 17 | 18 | 3.93 | 157 |
| Steve Hargan | 33 | 189.1 | 9 | 10 | 3.80 | 93 |
| Gaylord Perry | 22 | 184.0 | 12 | 8 | 3.03 | 148 |
| Bill Hands | 18 | 109.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.02 | 67 |
| Jim Bibby | 12 | 68.1 | 2 | 6 | 5.00 | 31 |
| Stan Perzanowski | 12 | 66.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 26 |
| David Clyde | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 2 |
| Jim Gideon | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Umbarger | 56 | 131.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.12 | 50 |
| Clyde Wright | 25 | 93.1 | 4 | 6 | 4.44 | 32 |
| Jackie Brown | 17 | 70.1 | 5 | 5 | 4.22 | 35 |
| Mike Bacsik | 7 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.71 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Foucault | 59 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4.12 | 56 |
| Stan Thomas | 46 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.10 | 46 |
| Mike Kekich | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.73 | 19 |
| Tommy Moore | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.14 | 15 |
| Jim Merritt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Spokane Indians | Pacific Coast League | Del Wilber |
| AA | Pittsfield Rangers | Eastern League | Jackie Moore and Marty Martínez |
| A | Lynchburg Rangers | Carolina League | Wayne Terwilliger |
| A | Anderson Rangers | Western Carolinas League | Rich Donnelly |
| Rookie | GCL Rangers | Gulf Coast League | Joe Klein |
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