1975 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds dominated the league all season, and won the National League West with a record of 108–54, the best record in MLB and finished 20 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds went on to win the NLCS by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games, and the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium. It was the first World Series championship for Cincinnati since 1940. The 1975 Reds are one of the few teams to consistently challenge the 1927 New York Yankees for the title of the best team in major league history. The Reds went 64–17 at home in 1975, which remains the best home record ever by a National League team. It is currently the second-best home record in MLB history, behind the 1961 Yankees, who went 65-16.

1975 Cincinnati Reds
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkRiverfront Stadium
CityCincinnati
Record108–54 (.667)
Divisional place1st
OwnersLouis Nippert
General managersBob Howsam
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWLWT
(Ken Coleman, Woody Woodward)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Seasons

Offseason
  • October 25, 1974: Andy Kosco was released by the Reds.[1]
  • October 25, 1974: Phil Gagliano was released by the Reds.[2]
  • January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased by the Reds from the Chicago White Sox.[3]

Regular season

The 1975 Reds clinched a playoff appearance on September 7, the earliest clinch date of any MLB team in a 162-game season.[4]

Joe Morgan was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1975.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 0.667 — 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8081 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6794 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 6497 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1975 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–73–1512–68–108–44–85–74–87–118–93–9
Chicago7–5—1–117–55–79–97–1112–66–125–75–711–7
Cincinnati15–311–1—13–58–108–48–47–56–611–713–58–4
Houston6–125–75–13—6–128–44–86–66–59–95–134–8–1
Los Angeles 10–87–510–812–6—5–76–67–55–711–710–85–7
Montreal4–89–94–84–87–5—10–87–117–117–55–711–7
New York8–411–74–88–46–68–10—7–115–138–48–49–9
Philadelphia7-56–125–76–65–711–711–7—11–77–57–510–8
Pittsburgh8–412–66–65–67–511–713–57–11—8–45–710–8
San Diego11–77–57–119–97–115–74–85–74–8—8–104–8
San Francisco9–87–55–1313–58–107–54–85–77–510–8—5–7
St. Louis9–37–114–88–4–17–57–119–98–108–108–47–5—

Notable transactions
  • April 8, 1975: Roger Freed was purchased from the Reds by the Sultanes de Monterrey.[5]
  • May 6, 1975: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[6]

Roster
1975 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season
1975 regular season game log: 108–54 (Home: 64–17; Away: 44–37)
April: 12–11 (Home: 7–2; Away: 5–9)
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May: 16–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 5–7)
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June: 21–7 (Home: 12–4; Away: 9–3)
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—June 2@ PiratesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 22)
51June 3@ PiratesW 8–4—2:269,43830–21W3
52June 4@ PiratesL 1–22:2513,75430–22L1
57June 9PiratesL 2–9—2:0822,55534–23L1
58June 10PiratesL 5–92:4519,10734–24L2
July: 20–9 (Home: 14–3; Away: 6–6)
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46th All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August: 21–8 (Home: 11–2; Away: 10–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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118August 14PiratesW 6–1—1:5440,06279–39W5
119August 15PiratesW 8–3—2:2045,00380–39W6
120August 16PiratesW 5–32:1551,28681–39W7
121August 17PiratesW 3–11:5650,12182–39W8
125August 22
(1)		@ PiratesL 2–7—2:41—83–42L3
126August 22
(2)		@ PiratesL 2–42:0446,57683–43L4
127August 23@ PiratesW 12–73:2132,06884–43W1
128August 24@ PiratesL 1–5—1:5335,59884–44L1
September: 18–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 10–6)
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

Postseason Game log
1975 Postseason game log: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Away: 2–2)
NL Championship Series: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)
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1October 44:00 p.m. EDTPiratesW 8–3Gullett (1–0)Reuss (0–1)—3:0054,6331–0W1
2October 54:00 p.m. EDTPiratesW 6–1Norman (1–0)Rooker (0–1)Eastwick (1)2:5154,7522–0W2
3October 78:00 p.m. EDT@ PiratesW 5–3 (10)Eastwick (1–0)Hernández (0–1)Borbón (1)2:4746,3553–0W3
World Series: vs. Boston Red Sox 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–2)
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1October 111:00 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 0–6Tiant (1–0)Gullett (0–1)—2:2735,2050–1L1
2October 121:00 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxW 3–2Eastwick (1–0)Drago (0–1)—2:3835,2051–1W1
3October 148:30 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 6–5 (10)Eastwick (2–0)Willoughby (0–1)—3:0355,3922–1W2
4October 158:30 p.m. EDTRed SoxL 4–5Tiant (2–0)Norman (0–1)—2:5255,6672–2L1
5October 168:30 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 6–2Gullett (1–1)Cleveland (0–1)Eastwick (1)2:2356,3933–2W1
—October 18@ Red SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 21)
—October 19@ Red SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 21)
—October 20@ Red SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 21)
6October 218:15 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 6–7 (12)Wise (1–0)Darcy (0–1)—4:0135,2053–3L1
7October 228:15 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxW 4–3Carroll (1–0)Burton (0–1)McEnaney (1)2:5235,2054–3W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CJohnny Bench142530150.28328110
1BTony Pérez137511144.28220109
2BJoe Morgan146498163.3271794
3BPete Rose162662210.317774
SSDave Concepción140507139.274549
LFGeorge Foster134463139.3002378
CFCésar Gerónimo148501129.257653
RFKen Griffey132463141.305446

[7]

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
Dan Driessen8821059.281738
Merv Rettenmund9318845.239219
Darrel Chaney7116035.219226
Bill Plummer6515929.182119
Doug Flynn8912734.268120
Terry Crowley667119.268111
Ed Armbrister596512.18502
John Vukovich31388.21102
Don Werner781.12500

[7]

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
Gary Nolan32210.21593.1674
Jack Billingham33208.015104.1179
Fred Norman34188.01243.73119
Don Gullett22159.21542.4298
Pat Darcy27130.21153.5846
Clay Kirby26110.21064.7248

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 Carroll1247.0414.9814

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
Rawly Eastwick5853222.6061
Will McEnaney7052152.4748
Pedro Borbón679552.9529
Clay Carroll567572.6244
Tom Hall20000.003

Postseason

National League Championship Series
Main article: 1975 National League Championship Series

Game One

October 4, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 020 000 001 380
Cincinnati 013 040 00X 8110
W: Don Gullett (1–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  
HRs: CIN – Don Gullett (1)

Game Two

October 5, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 000 100 000 150
Cincinnati 200 201 10X 6121
W: Fred Norman (1–0)  L: Jim Rooker (0–1)  SV: Rawly Eastwick (1)
HRs: CIN – Tony Pérez (1)

Game Three

October 7, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cincinnati 010 000 0202 560
Pittsburgh 000 002 0010 372
W: Rawly Eastwick (1–0)  L: Ramón Hernández (0–1)  SV: Pedro Borbón (1)
HRs: CIN – Dave Concepción (1), Pete Rose (1); PIT – Al Oliver (1)

World Series
Main article: 1975 World Series
NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Reds – 0, Red Sox – 6Sat. Oct 11 (D)Fenway Park35,2052:27
2Reds – 3, Red Sox – 2Sun. Oct 12 (D)Fenway Park35,2052:38
3Red Sox – 5, Reds – 6 (10 inns)Tue. Oct 14 (N)Riverfront Stadium55,3923:03
4Red Sox – 5, Reds – 4Wed. Oct 15 (N)Riverfront Stadium55,6672:52
5Red Sox – 2, Reds – 6Thu. Oct 16 (N)Riverfront Stadium56,3932:23
6Reds – 6, Red Sox – 7 (12 inns)Tue. Oct 21 (N)Fenway Park35,2054:01
7Reds – 4, Red Sox – 3Wed. Oct 22 (N)Fenway Park35,2052:52

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Vern Rapp
AA Trois-Rivières Aigles Eastern League Jim Snyder and Ron Plaza
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Russ Nixon
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jim Hoff

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eugene[9]

Notes
  1. Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference
  2. Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference
  3. Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference
  4. Earliest division-clinching dates in a 162-game season
  5. Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  6. Doug Corbett at Baseball Reference
  7. 1975 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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