1975 Chicago Cubs season

Major League Baseball team season

1975 Chicago Cubs

League| National League
Division| East
Ballpark| Wrigley Field
City| Chicago
Owners| Philip K. Wrigley
General managers| John Holland
Managers| Jim Marshall
Television| WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Radio| WGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats| ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1975 Chicago Cubs season was the 104th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 100th in the National League and the 60th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 75–87.

## Offseason

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* October 23, 1974: Billy Williams was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Manny Trillo, Darold Knowles and Bob Locker.[1]
* December 2, 1974: Tim Hosley was selected by the Cubs from the Oakland Athletics in the rule 5 draft.[2]
* December 13, 1974: Carmen Fanzone was released by the Cubs.[3]
* January 9, 1975: Ed Putman was drafted by the Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).[4]

## Regular season

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* April 25, 1975: Rick Reuschel had three putouts in one inning for the Cubs.

### Season standings

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NL East Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 69  | .571  | —  | 52‍–‍28  | 40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 76  | .531  | 6½  | 51‍–‍30  | 35‍–‍46
New York Mets | 82 | 80  | .506  | 10½  | 42‍–‍39  | 40‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 80  | .506  | 10½  | 45‍–‍36  | 37‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87  | .463  | 17½  | 42‍–‍39  | 33‍–‍48
Montreal Expos | 75 | 87  | .463  | 17½  | 39‍–‍42  | 36‍–‍45

### Record vs. opponents

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1975 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Team  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | HOU  | LAD  | MON  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 3–15 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 8–9 | 3–9
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 1–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 11–7
Cincinnati | 15–3 | 11–1 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 8–4
Houston | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 4–8–1
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 12–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–7
Montreal | 4–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7
New York | 8–4 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–9
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 | — | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8
San Diego | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 4–8
San Francisco | 9–8 | 7–5 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 5–7
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | —

### Notable transactions

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* April 6, 1975: Jim Todd was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and cash. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Champ Summers to the Cubs on April 29.[5]
* May 2, 1975: Burt Hooton was traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon.[6]
* June 3, 1975: Lee Smith was drafted by the Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1975.[7]
* July 22, 1975: Eddie Solomon was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Crosby.[8]

### Roster

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1975 Chicago Cubs

Roster
Pitchers

* 33 Bill Bonham
* 34 Ray Burris
* 39 Ken Crosby
* 32 Tom Dettore
* 47 Ken Frailing
* 44 Burt Hooton
* 32 Darold Knowles
* 36 Bob Locker
* 49 Donnie Moore
* 37 Willie Prall
* 43 Paul Reuschel
* 48 Rick Reuschel
* 35 Buddy Schultz
* 40 Eddie Solomon
* 30 Steve Stone
* 39 Eddie Watt
* 42 Milt Wilcox
* 38 Geoff Zahn
* 45 Oscar Zamora

|  | Catchers

* 6 Tim Hosley
* 15 George Mitterwald
* 9 Steve Swisher

Infielders

* 22 Ron Dunn
* 28 Adrian Garrett
* 11 Don Kessinger
* 23 Pete LaCock
* 18 Bill Madlock
* 17 Dave Rosello
* 16 Rob Sperring
* 12 Andre Thornton
* 19 Manny Trillo

|  | Outfielders

* 1 José Cardenal
* 4 Vic Harris
* 21 Gene Hiser
* 7 Rick Monday
* 24 Jerry Morales
* 27 Champ Summers
* 27 Jim Tyrone
* 28 Joe Wallis

|  | Manager

* 25 Jim Marshall

Coaches

* 3 Jack Bloomfield
* 46 Marv Grissom
* 5 Irv Noren
* 2 Jim Saul

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Steve Swisher | 93 | 254 | 54 | .213 | 1 | 22
1B | Andre Thornton | 120 | 372 | 109 | .293 | 18 | 60
2B | Manny Trillo | 154 | 545 | 135 | .248 | 7 | 70
SS | Don Kessinger | 154 | 601 | 146 | .243 | 0 | 46
3B | Bill Madlock | 130 | 514 | 182 | .354 | 7 | 64
LF | José Cardenal | 154 | 574 | 182 | .317 | 9 | 68
CF | Rick Monday | 136 | 491 | 131 | .267 | 17 | 60
RF | Jerry Morales | 153 | 578 | 156 | .270 | 12 | 91

#### Other batters

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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

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Pete LaCock | 106 | 249 | 57 | .229 | 6 | 30
George Mitterwald | 84 | 200 | 44 | .220 | 5 | 26
Rob Sperring | 65 | 144 | 30 | .208 | 1 | 9
Tim Hosley | 62 | 141 | 36 | .255 | 6 | 20
Champ Summers | 76 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 1 | 16
Gene Hiser | 45 | 62 | 15 | .242 | 0 | 6
Dave Rosello | 19 | 58 | 15 | .259 | 1 | 8
Vic Harris | 51 | 56 | 10 | .179 | 0 | 5
Joe Wallis | 16 | 56 | 16 | .286 | 1 | 4
Ron Dunn | 32 | 44 | 7 | .159 | 1 | 6
Jim Tyrone | 11 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 3
Adrian Garrett | 16 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 1 | 6

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Ray Burris | 36 | 238.1 | 15 | 10 | 4.12 | 108
Rick Reuschel | 38 | 234.0 | 11 | 17 | 3.73 | 155
Bill Bonham | 38 | 229.1 | 13 | 15 | 4.71 | 165
Steve Stone | 33 | 214.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.95 | 139
Willie Prall | 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.59 | 7
Burt Hooton | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.18 | 5

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Tom Dettore | 36 | 85.1 | 5 | 4 | 5.38 | 46
Geoff Zahn | 16 | 62.2 | 2 | 7 | 4.45 | 21
Donnie Moore | 4 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 8

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Darold Knowles | 58 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5.81 | 63
Oscar Zamora | 52 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5.07 | 28
Ken Frailing | 41 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.43 | 39
Paul Reuschel | 28 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3.50 | 12
Milt Wilcox | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 21
Bob Locker | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.96 | 14
Ken Crosby | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 6
Eddie Solomon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 3
Eddie Watt | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 6
Buddy Schultz | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 4

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Wichita Aeros | American Association | Mike Roarke
AA | Midland Cubs | Texas League | Doc Edwards
A | Key West Conchs | Florida State League | Walt Dixon
Rookie | GCL Cubs | Gulf Coast League | Jack Hiatt

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Midland

## Notes

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1. ^ Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Tim Hosley at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Carmen Fanzone at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Ed Putman at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Champ Summers page on Baseball Reference
6. ^ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Lee Smith at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Ken Crosby at Baseball Reference

## References

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* Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
* 1975 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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1975 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Milwaukee
* New York

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Texas

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1975 MLB draft
* 1975 All-Star Game
* 1975 World Series

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