# 1975 Chicago White Sox season

The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record of 75–86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics. This was the final season that the White Sox wore their Go-Go Sox-era uniforms. Towards the end of the 1990 season the team reintroduced the Go-Go Sox uniforms (replacing the red hat and pinstripes with black) and have remained the teams main uniform ever since.

## Offseason

* December 3, 1974: Dick Allen was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975.
* January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds.

## Regular season

* The proposed sale of the Chicago White Sox presented opportunities for the Oakland Athletics. A group from Seattle was ready to purchase the White Sox and move them to Seattle. As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago. Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. In the end, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold to Bill Veeck, who kept the White Sox in Chicago.

### 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Nyls Nyman, LF
* Jorge Orta, 2B
* Buddy Bradford, RF
* Deron Johnson, DH
* Ken Henderson, CF
* Bill Melton, 3B
* Bucky Dent, SS
* Carlos May, 1B
* Brian Downing, C
* Wilbur Wood, P

### Notable transactions

* May 8, 1975: Bill Sharp was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio.
* June 3, 1975: Marv Foley was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 15, 1975: Tony Muser was traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Buddy Bradford, RF, LF, DH | 25 | 58 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 22 | .155 | 3 |
| Bob Coluccio, OF | 61 | 161 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 34 | .205 | 4 |
| Bucky Dent, SS | 157 | 602 | 52 | 159 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 36 | 48 | .264 | 2 |
| Brian Downing, C | 138 | 420 | 58 | 101 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 76 | 75 | .240 | 13 |
| Jerry Hairston, LF, DH, RF | 69 | 219 | 26 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 46 | 23 | .283 | 1 |
| Ken Henderson, CF | 140 | 513 | 65 | 129 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 74 | 65 | .251 | 5 |
| Deron Johnson, DH,1B | 148 | 555 | 66 | 129 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 72 | 48 | 117 | .232 | 0 |
| Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH | 8 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 |
| Pat Kelly, RF, DH | 133 | 471 | 73 | 129 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 58 | 69 | .274 | 18 |
| Chet Lemon, 3B, DH, CF | 9 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .257 | 1 |
| Carlos May, 1B, LF, DH | 128 | 454 | 55 | 123 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 67 | 46 | .271 | 12 |
| Bill Melton, 3B, DH | 149 | 512 | 62 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 70 | 78 | 106 | .251 | 5 |
| Jerry Moses, 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Tony Muser, 1B | 43 | 111 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | .243 | 2 |
| Nyls Nyman, OF | 106 | 327 | 36 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 34 | .226 | 10 |
| Jorge Orta, 2B | 140 | 542 | 64 | 165 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 83 | 48 | 67 | .304 | 16 |
| Lee Richard, SS, 3B, DH, 2B | 43 | 49 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .200 | 2 |
| Bill Sharp, OF | 18 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
| Mike Squires, 1B | 20 | 65 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | .231 | 3 |
| Bill Stein, 2B, 3B, DH | 76 | 226 | 23 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 32 | .270 | 2 |
| Pete Varney, C | 36 | 107 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 28 | .271 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 5490 | 655 | 1400 | 209 | 38 | 94 | 604 | 611 | 800 | .255 | 101 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Lloyd Allen | 0 | 2 | 11.81 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Stan Bahnsen | 4 | 6 | 6.01 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 67.1 | 78 | 49 | 45 | 9 | 40 | 31 |
| Terry Forster | 3 | 3 | 2.19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 37.0 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 32 |
| Bill Gogolewski | 0 | 0 | 5.24 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 61 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 37 |
| Goose Gossage | 9 | 8 | 1.84 | 62 | 0 | 26 | 141.2 | 99 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 85 | 130 |
| Dave Hamilton | 6 | 5 | 2.84 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 69.2 | 63 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 51 |
| Rich Hinton | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 41 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| Jesse Jefferson | 5 | 9 | 5.10 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 107.2 | 100 | 69 | 61 | 11 | 95 | 67 |
| Jim Kaat | 20 | 14 | 3.11 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 303.2 | 321 | 121 | 105 | 20 | 77 | 142 |
| Chris Knapp | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ken Kravec | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Jack Kucek | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ozzie Osborn | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 57 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 38 | 38 |
| Claude Osteen | 7 | 16 | 4.36 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 204.1 | 237 | 110 | 99 | 16 | 94 | 63 |
| Jim Otten | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Skip Pitlock | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Stoddard | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Upshaw | 1 | 1 | 3.23 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 47.1 | 49 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| Pete Vuckovich | 0 | 1 | 13.06 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10.1 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Wilbur Wood | 16 | 20 | 4.11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 291.1 | 309 | 148 | 133 | 26 | 97 | 140 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 86 | 3.93 | 161 | 161 | 39 | 1452.1 | 1489 | 703 | 634 | 107 | 693 | 799 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Denver Bears | American Association | Loren Babe |
| AA | Knoxville Knox Sox | Southern League | Jim Napier |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Gordon Lund |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Joe Jones |