# 1975 California Angels season

The 1975 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses.
California hit 55 home runs for the entire season. This caused Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee to say about the team- "could take batting practice in a hotel lobby without damaging a chandelier."

## Offseason

* October 24, 1974: Paul Schaal was released by the Angels.
* January 9, 1975: Derek Botelho was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft secondary phase, but did not sign.
* March 31, 1975: Horacio Piña was released by the Angels.

## 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 14, 1975: Denny Doyle was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Chuck Ross (minors) to the Angels on March 5, 1976.
* September 12, 1975: Joe Pactwa was purchased by the Angels from the Alijadores de Tampico.
* September 17, 1975: Bobby Valentine and a player to be named later were traded by the Angels to the San Diego Padres for Gary Ross. The Angels completed the deal by sending Rudy Meoli to the Padres on November 4.

#### Draft picks

* June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
** Danny Goodwin was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (1st pick).
** Paul Hartzell was drafted by the Angels in the 10th round.

### 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 | Ellie Rodríguez | 90 | 226 | 53 | .235 | 3 | 27 |
| 1B | Bruce Bochte | 107 | 375 | 107 | .285 | 3 | 48 |
| 2B | Jerry Remy | 147 | 569 | 147 | .258 | 1 | 46 |
| SS | Mike Miley | 70 | 224 | 39 | .174 | 4 | 26 |
| 3B | Dave Chalk | 149 | 513 | 140 | .273 | 3 | 56 |
| LF | Dave Collins | 93 | 319 | 85 | .266 | 3 | 29 |
| CF | Mickey Rivers | 155 | 616 | 175 | .284 | 1 | 53 |
| RF | Leroy Stanton | 137 | 440 | 115 | .261 | 14 | 82 |
| DH | Tommy Harper | 89 | 285 | 68 | .239 | 3 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Morris Nettles | 112 | 294 | 68 | .231 | 0 | 23 |
| Joe Lahoud | 76 | 192 | 41 | .214 | 6 | 33 |
| Billy Smith | 59 | 143 | 29 | .203 | 0 | 14 |
| Rudy Meoli | 70 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
| John Balaz | 45 | 120 | 29 | .242 | 1 | 10 |
| Winston Llenas | 56 | 113 | 21 | .186 | 0 | 11 |
| Adrian Garrett | 37 | 107 | 28 | .262 | 6 | 18 |
| Andy Etchebarren | 31 | 100 | 28 | .280 | 3 | 17 |
| Orlando Ramírez | 44 | 100 | 24 | .240 | 0 | 4 |
| John Doherty | 30 | 94 | 19 | .202 | 1 | 12 |
| Tom Egan | 28 | 70 | 16 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
| Ike Hampton | 31 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Sudakis | 30 | 58 | 7 | .121 | 1 | 6 |
| Bobby Valentine | 26 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
| Bob Allietta | 21 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Jackson | 13 | 39 | 9 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Dade | 11 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Briggs | 13 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 1 | 3 |
| Denny Doyle | 8 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Goodwin | 4 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 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 |
| Frank Tanana | 34 | 257.1 | 16 | 9 | 2.62 | 269 |
| Ed Figueroa | 33 | 244.2 | 16 | 13 | 2.91 | 139 |
| Nolan Ryan | 28 | 198.0 | 14 | 12 | 3.45 | 186 |
| Bill Singer | 29 | 179.0 | 7 | 15 | 4.98 | 78 |
| Joe Pactwa | 4 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
| Gary Ross | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Andy Hassler | 30 | 133.1 | 3 | 12 | 5.94 | 82 |
| Dick Lange | 30 | 102.0 | 4 | 6 | 5.21 | 45 |
| Chuck Hockenbery | 16 | 41.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.27 | 15 |
| Chuck Dobson | 9 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 14 |
| Sid Monge | 4 | 23.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.18 | 17 |
| Charlie Hudson | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.53 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Don Kirkwood | 44 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3.11 | 49 |
| Mickey Scott | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.29 | 31 |
| Jim Brewer | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.82 | 22 |
| Orlando Peña | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.13 | 4 |
| Dave Sells | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 7 |
| Luis Quintana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 |
| Steve Blateric | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Gulls | Pacific Coast League | Norm Sherry |
| AA | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Jimy Williams |
| A | Salinas Packers | California League | Buck Rodgers |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Bobby Knoop |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Angels | Pioneer League | Larry Himes |