# 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 6th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 7th overall. The Brewers finished 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.
* January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL 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 |

### 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

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

### 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 | Darrell Porter | 130 | 409 | 95 | .232 | 18 | 60 |
| 1B | George Scott | 158 | 617 | 176 | .285 | 36 | 109 |
| 2B | Pedro García | 98 | 302 | 68 | .225 | 6 | 38 |
| 3B | Don Money | 109 | 405 | 112 | .277 | 15 | 43 |
| SS | Robin Yount | 147 | 558 | 149 | .267 | 8 | 52 |
| LF | Bobby Mitchell | 93 | 229 | 57 | .249 | 9 | 41 |
| CF | Bill Sharp | 125 | 373 | 95 | .255 | 1 | 34 |
| RF | Sixto Lezcano | 134 | 429 | 106 | .247 | 11 | 43 |
| DH | Hank Aaron | 137 | 465 | 109 | .234 | 12 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Kurt Bevacqua | 104 | 258 | 59 | .229 | 2 | 24 |
| Charlie Moore | 73 | 241 | 70 | .290 | 1 | 29 |
| Gorman Thomas | 121 | 240 | 43 | .179 | 10 | 28 |
| Mike Hegan | 93 | 203 | 51 | .251 | 5 | 22 |
| Bobby Darwin | 55 | 186 | 46 | .247 | 8 | 23 |
| Bob Sheldon | 53 | 181 | 52 | .287 | 0 | 14 |
| Tim Johnson | 38 | 85 | 12 | .141 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Briggs | 28 | 74 | 22 | .297 | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Coluccio | 22 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 1 | 5 |
| Tommy Bianco | 18 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lind | 17 | 20 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob 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 |
| Pete Broberg | 38 | 220.1 | 14 | 16 | 4.13 | 100 |
| Jim Slaton | 37 | 217.0 | 11 | 18 | 4.52 | 119 |
| Jim Colborn | 36 | 206.1 | 11 | 13 | 4.27 | 79 |
| Bill Travers | 28 | 136.1 | 6 | 11 | 4.29 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Hausman | 29 | 112.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.10 | 46 |
| Bill Champion | 27 | 110.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.89 | 40 |
| Bill Castro | 18 | 75.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.52 | 25 |
| Ed Sprague | 18 | 67.1 | 1 | 7 | 4.68 | 21 |
| Larry Anderson | 8 | 30.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.04 | 13 |
| Jerry Augustine | 5 | 26.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.04 | 8 |
| Lafayette Currence | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 7 |
| Pat Osburn | 6 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Murphy | 52 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 4.60 | 32 |
| Eduardo Rodríguez | 43 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3.49 | 65 |
| Rick Austin | 32 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.05 | 30 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1975. The Newark Co-Pilots won the New York–Penn League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Harry Bright |
| Double-A | Thetford Mines Miners | Eastern League | John Felske |
| Class A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Matt Galante |
| Class A Short Season | Newark Co-Pilots | New York–Penn League | Tony Roig |