1975 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

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Major League Baseball team season

1975 St. Louis Cardinals

League| National League
Division| East
Ballpark| Busch Memorial Stadium
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 82–80 (.506)
Divisional place| 3rd
Owners| August "Gussie" Busch
General managers| Bing Devine
Managers| Red Schoendienst
Television| KSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Radio| KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
| <- 1974 | Seasons | 1976 ->

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The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 94th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 84th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–80 during the season and finished in a tie for third (with the New York Mets) in the National League East, 101⁄2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## Offseason

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* October 14, 1974: Marc Hill was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa.[1]
* November 18, 1974: Alan Foster, Rich Folkers and Sonny Siebert were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres as part of a three team trade. The Padres sent a player to be named later to the Cardinals, and the Detroit Tigers sent Ed Brinkman to the Cardinals. The Tigers sent Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon to the Padres. The Padres sent Nate Colbert to the Tigers. The Padres completed the deal by sending Danny Breeden to the Cardinals on December 12.[2]
* March 26, 1975: Ron Hunt was released by the Cardinals.[3]
* March 29, 1975: Danny Godby was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Danny Cater.[4]

## Regular season

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Third baseman Ken Reitz won a Gold Glove this year. 1975 was also the final major league season for pitcher Bob Gibson.

### 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 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Ed Brinkman
* Lou Brock
* Bob Gibson
* Keith Hernandez
* Bake McBride
* Ken Reitz
* Ted Simmons
* Ted Sizemore
* Reggie Smith

### Notable transactions

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* May 28, 1975: Elías Sosa and Ray Sadecki were traded by the Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Ron Reed and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Wayne Nordhagen to the Cardinals on June 2.[5]
* June 3, 1975: Jim Lentine was drafted by the Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]
* June 4, 1975: Ed Brinkman and Tommy Moore were traded by the Cardinals to the Texas Rangers for Willie Davis.[7]
* July 22, 1975: Ken Crosby was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Solomon.[8]

### Roster

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1975 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster
Pitchers

* 24,27 Mike Barlow
* 32 Ron Bryant
* 22 John Curtis
* 36 John Denny
* 31 Bob Forsch
* 43 Mike Garman
* 45 Bob Gibson
* 39 Al Hrabosky
* 40 Ryan Kurosaki
* 47 Lynn McGlothen
* 27 Tommy Moore
* 34 Harry Parker
* 42 Eric Rasmussen
* 38 Ron Reed
* 24 Ken Reynolds
* 37 Ray Sadecki
* 38 Elías Sosa
* 35 Greg Terlecky
* 32 Mike Wallace

|  | Catchers

* 9 Ken Rudolph
* 23 Ted Simmons

Infielders

* 5 Ed Brinkman
* 24 Danny Cater
* 11 Héctor Cruz
* 15 Ron Fairly
* 19 Mario Guerrero
* 18 Keith Hernandez
* 37 Doug Howard
* 28 Mick Kelleher
* 25 Larry Lintz
* 44 Ken Reitz
* 41 Ted Sizemore
* 10 Mike Tyson

|  | Outfielders

* 12 Buddy Bradford
* 20 Lou Brock
* 5 Willie Davis
* 25 Jim Dwyer
* 29 Don Hahn
* 19 Ted Martínez
* 21 Bake McBride
* 26 Luis Meléndez
* 29 Jerry Mumphrey
* 7 Reggie Smith

Other batters

* 16 Dick Billings

|  | Manager

* 2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

* 8 Vern Benson
* 3 George Kissell
* 30 Johnny Lewis
* 14 Dave Ricketts
* 33 Barney Schultz

## 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 | Ted Simmons | 157 | 581 | 193 | .332 | 18 | 100
1B | Keith Hernandez | 64 | 188 | 47 | .250 | 3 | 20
2B | Ted Sizemore | 153 | 562 | 135 | .240 | 3 | 49
SS | Mike Tyson | 122 | 368 | 98 | .266 | 2 | 37
3B | Ken Reitz | 161 | 592 | 159 | .269 | 5 | 63
LF | Lou Brock | 136 | 528 | 163 | .309 | 3 | 47
CF | Bake McBride | 116 | 413 | 124 | .300 | 5 | 36
RF | Reggie Smith | 135 | 477 | 144 | .302 | 19 | 76

#### 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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Willie Davis | 98 | 350 | 102 | .291 | 6 | 50
Luis Meléndez | 110 | 291 | 77 | .265 | 2 | 27
Ron Fairly | 107 | 229 | 69 | .301 | 7 | 37
Mario Guerrero | 64 | 184 | 44 | .239 | 0 | 11
Buddy Bradford | 50 | 81 | 22 | .272 | 4 | 15
Ken Rudolph | 44 | 80 | 16 | .200 | 1 | 6
Ed Brinkman | 28 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 1 | 6
Héctor Cruz | 23 | 48 | 7 | .146 | 0 | 6
Danny Cater | 22 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2
Jim Dwyer | 21 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 1
Doug Howard | 17 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 1
Ted Martínez | 16 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2
Larry Lintz | 27 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 1
Jerry Mumphrey | 11 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 1
Don Hahn | 7 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0
Mick Kelleher | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Dick Billings | 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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Lynn McGlothen | 35 | 239.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.92 | 146
Bob Forsch | 34 | 230.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.86 | 108
Ron Reed | 24 | 175.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.23 | 99
John Denny | 25 | 136.0 | 10 | 7 | 3.97 | 72
Bob Gibson | 22 | 109.0 | 3 | 10 | 5.04 | 60
Eric Rasmussen | 14 | 81.0 | 5 | 5 | 3.78 | 59

#### 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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John Curtis | 39 | 146.2 | 8 | 9 | 3.44 | 67

#### 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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Al Hrabosky | 65 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 1.66 | 82
Mike Garman | 66 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2.39 | 48
Greg Terlecky | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.45 | 13
Elías Sosa | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | 15
Harry Parker | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.27 | 13
Tommy Moore | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 6
Ken Reynolds | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 7
Ron Bryant | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.62 | 7
Mike Wallace | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 6
Mike Barlow | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 2
Ray Sadecki | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 8
Ryan Kurosaki | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 6

## Awards and honors

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* Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente Award

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Tulsa Oilers | American Association | Ken Boyer
AA | Arkansas Travelers | Texas League | Roy Majtyka
A | St. Petersburg Cardinals | Florida State League | Jack Krol
Rookie | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Tom Burgess
Rookie | GCL Cardinals | Gulf Coast League | Fred Koenig

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg, Johnson City[9]

## References

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1. ^ Giants, Cards make trade
2. ^ Nate Colbert page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Wayne Nordhagen page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Jim Lentine page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Ken Crosby page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ 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 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
* 1975 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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