1975 Chicago Cubs 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 BB-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

• 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

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

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	69	0.571	—	52–28	40–41
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	0.531	6½	51–30	35–46
New York Mets	82	80	0.506	10½	42–39	40–41
St. Louis Cardinals	82	80	0.506	10½	45–36	37–44
Chicago Cubs	75	87	0.463	17½	42–39	33–48
Montreal Expos	75	87	0.463	17½	39–42	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1975 National League record v t e 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

• 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

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

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	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

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
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

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
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

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 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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

• 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