1975 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1975 San Francisco Giants

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| Candlestick Park
City| San Francisco
Owners| Horace Stoneham
General managers| Jerry Donovan, Spec Richardson
Managers| Wes Westrum
Television| KTVU
(Al Michaels, Gary Park)
Radio| KSFO
(Al Michaels, Art Eckman)
| <- 1974 | Seasons | 1976 ->

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The 1975 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 93rd season in Major League Baseball, their 18th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 16th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 80–81 record, 27½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

## Offseason

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* October 14, 1974: Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marc Hill.[1]
* October 22, 1974: Bobby Bonds was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Bobby Murcer.[2]
* December 6, 1974: Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger were traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Derrel Thomas.[3]
* January 29, 1975: Von Joshua was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[4]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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

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Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 54  | .667  | —  | 64‍–‍17  | 44‍–‍37
Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 74  | .543  | 20  | 49‍–‍32  | 39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 81  | .497  | 27½  | 46‍–‍35  | 34‍–‍46
San Diego Padres | 71 | 91  | .438  | 37  | 38‍–‍43  | 33‍–‍48
Atlanta Braves | 67 | 94  | .416  | 40½  | 37‍–‍43  | 30‍–‍51
Houston Astros | 64 | 97  | .398  | 43½  | 37‍–‍44  | 27‍–‍53

### 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 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Jim Barr
* Garry Maddox
* Gary Matthews
* Bobby Murcer
* Steve Ontiveros
* Dave Rader
* Chris Speier
* Derrel Thomas
* Gary Thomasson[5]

### Notable transactions

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* April 3, 1975: Chuck Hartenstein was released by the Giants.[6]
* May 4, 1975: Garry Maddox was traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Willie Montañez.[7]

### Roster

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1975 San Francisco Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* 33 Jim Barr
* 40 Tom Bradley
* 37 Mike Caldwell
* 34 John D'Acquisto
* 25 Rob Dressler
* 56 Pete Falcone
* 28 Ed Halicki
* 60 Dave Heaverlo
* 46 Gary Lavelle
* 41 Greg Minton
* 17 Randy Moffitt
* 26 John Montefusco
* 40 Tommy Toms
* 41 Don Rose
* 49 Charlie Williams

|  | Catchers

* 58 Gary Alexander
* 2 Marc Hill
* 14 Dave Rader
* 3 Mike Sadek

Infielders

* 15 Chris Arnold
* 21 Ed Goodson
* 10 Johnnie LeMaster
* 29 Bruce Miller
* 22 Willie Montañez
* 16 Steve Ontiveros
* 10 Mike Phillips
* 18 Craig Robinson
* 35 Chris Speier
* 30 Derrel Thomas

|  | Outfielders

* 43 Glenn Adams
* 32 Jake Brown
* 15 Jack Clark
* 19 Von Joshua
* 31 Garry Maddox
* 36 Gary Matthews
* 20 Bobby Murcer
* 38 Horace Speed
* 12 Gary Thomasson

|  | Manager

* 9 Wes Westrum

Coaches

* 5 Joey Amalfitano
* 8 Andy Gilbert
* 47 Don McMahon
* 1 Ozzie Virgil

## 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 | Dave Rader | 98 | 292 | 85 | .291 | 5 | 31
1B | Willie Montañez | 135 | 518 | 158 | .305 | 8 | 85
2B | Derrel Thomas | 144 | 540 | 149 | .276 | 6 | 48
SS | Chris Speier | 141 | 487 | 132 | .271 | 10 | 69
3B | Steve Ontiveros | 108 | 325 | 94 | .289 | 3 | 31
LF | Gary Matthews | 116 | 425 | 119 | .280 | 12 | 58
CF | Von Joshua | 129 | 507 | 161 | .318 | 7 | 43
RF | Bobby Murcer | 147 | 526 | 157 | .298 | 11 | 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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Gary Thomasson | 114 | 326 | 74 | .227 | 7 | 32
Bruce Miller | 99 | 309 | 74 | .239 | 1 | 31
Marc Hill | 72 | 182 | 39 | .214 | 5 | 23
Ed Goodson | 39 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 1 | 8
Mike Sadek | 42 | 106 | 25 | .236 | 0 | 9
Glenn Adams | 61 | 90 | 27 | .300 | 4 | 15
Johnnie LeMaster | 22 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 2 | 9
Garry Maddox | 17 | 52 | 7 | .135 | 1 | 4
Jake Brown | 41 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 4
Chris Arnold | 29 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 0
Mike Phillips | 10 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 1
Craig Robinson | 29 | 29 | 2 | .069 | 0 | 0
Jack Clark | 8 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2
Horace Speed | 17 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1
Gary Alexander | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### 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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Jim Barr | 35 | 244.0 | 13 | 14 | 3.06 | 77
John Montefusco | 35 | 243.2 | 15 | 9 | 2.88 | 215
Pete Falcone | 34 | 190.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.17 | 131
Ed Halicki | 24 | 159.2 | 9 | 13 | 3.49 | 153

#### 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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Mike Caldwell | 38 | 163.1 | 7 | 13 | 4.79 | 57
Tom Bradley | 13 | 42.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.21 | 13
John D'Acquisto | 10 | 28.0 | 2 | 4 | 10.29 | 22
Greg Minton | 4 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.88 | 6
Rob Dressler | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | 1.10 | 6

#### 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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Randy Moffitt | 55 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3.89 | 39
Gary Lavelle | 65 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2.95 | 51
Charlie Williams | 55 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.49 | 45
Dave Heaverlo | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.39 | 35
Tommy Toms | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.10 | 6

## Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Rocky Bridges
AA | Lafayette Drillers | Texas League | Dennis Sommers
A | Fresno Giants | California League | John VanOrnum
A | Cedar Rapids Giants | Midwest League | Bob Hartsfield
Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Ernie Rodriguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Lafayette[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Times Daily - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
2. ^ Bobby Murcer at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Tito Fuentes at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Von Joshua at Baseball Reference
5. ^ "1975 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
6. ^ Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
7. ^ Garry Maddox at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1975 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
* 1975 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

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