The Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

 season was a season in American baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. It involved the Indians competing in the American League East

American League East

The American League Eastern Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions . This division was created before the start of the 1969 season along with the Western Division...

, where they finished fourth with a record of 79-80.

Offseason

One highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson

Frank Robinson

Frank Robinson , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956–1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues...

 to the club. Prior to the start of the season, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 history.

Notable transactions

• February 25, 1975: Dave Duncan
  Dave Duncan (baseball)
  David Edwin Duncan is an American former professional baseball player and current pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals...
  
   and Al McGrew (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
   for Boog Powell
  Boog Powell
  John Wesley Powell is a former major league first baseman who played for the Baltimore Orioles , Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
   and Don Hood
  Don Hood
  Donald Harris Hood , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1973-1983. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, and Kansas City Royals.-External links:...
  
  .

Regular season

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Notable transactions

• May 20, 1975: Dick Bosman
  Dick Bosman
  Richard Allen Bosman is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched for the Washington Senators , Texas Rangers , Cleveland Indians and Oakland Athletics . Bosman started the final game for the expansion Senators and the first game for the Texas Rangers...
  
   and Jim Perry
  Jim Perry (baseball)
  James Evan Perry, Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for 1959-1975 for four different teams. During a 17-year baseball career, Perry compiled 215 wins, 1,576 strikeouts, and a 3.45 earned run average....
  
   were traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
   for Blue Moon Odom
  Blue Moon Odom
  Johnny Lee Odom was a Major League Baseball pitcher who won three consecutive World Series championships with the Oakland Athletics in , and .-Early years:...
  
   and cash.
• June 3, 1975: Rick Cerone
  Rick Cerone
  Richard Aldo Cerone from Seton Hall University is a former Major League Baseball player from 1975 to 1992 for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and Montreal Expos...
  
   was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft
  1975 Major League Baseball Draft
  -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1975 Major League Baseball draft..Many baseball draft experts consider the 1975 draft to be the weakest in MLB history.- External links :*- References :...
  
  .
• June 7, 1975: Blue Moon Odom and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   for Roric Harrison
  Roric Harrison
  Roric Edward Harrison is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He holds the distinction of being the last American League pitcher to hit a home run in an American League game before the introduction of the Designated Hitter.-Early years:Harrison signed with the Houston Astros out of Westchester...
  
  . The Indians completed the deal by sending Rob Belloir
  Rob Belloir
  Robert Edward Belloir , is a former professional baseball player. Born in Heidelberg, West Germany, he was the 25th German born player in Major League Baseball....
  
   to the Braves on June 16.
• June 13, 1975: Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Perry
  Gaylord Jackson Perry is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average...
  
   was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
   for Jim Bibby
  Jim Bibby
  James Blair Bibby was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972-1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he was a member of its 1979 World Series Champions...
  
  , Jackie Brown
  Jackie Brown (baseball)
  Jackie Gene Brown is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1970 through 1977 for the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers , Cleveland Indians and Montreal Expos . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , Rick Waits
  Rick Waits
  Michael Richard Waits is a former professional baseball pitcher. Waits, who threw left-handed, played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers , Cleveland Indians , and Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  , and $100,000.

Roster

1975 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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
C		90	254	57	.224	5	32
1B		134	435	129	.297	27	86
2B		90	346	101	.292	0	25
3B		153	553	150	.271	10	59
SS		146	482	117	.243	1	47
LF		121	348	91	.261	15	45
CF		145	561	145	.258	24	86
RF		111	345	79	.229	11	33
DH		118	383	118	.308	18	64

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
	120	480	137	.285	3	35
	92	296	68	.230	7	32
	91	265	64	.242	12	33
	69	217	53	.244	6	16
	61	128	30	.234	0	7
	49	118	28	.237	9	24
	23	51	14	.275	2	5
	20	46	9	.196	1	3
	25	40	8	.200	0	1
	13	23	3	.130	0	0
	9	13	4	.308	2	8
	7	14	3	.250	0	0
	8	8	1	.125	0	2

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
	34	186.2	13	7	2.60	152
	25	146.1	14	8	3.94	47
	19	126	7	7	4.79	52
	15	121.1	6	9	3.55	85
	18	92.2	7	8	5.54	34
	8	37.2	1	6	6.69	11

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
	29	135.1	6	10	4.39	51
	24	112.2	5	9	3.20	62
	13	71.2	1	2	3.77	55
	16	70.1	6	2	2.94	34
	6	28.2	0	2	4.08	11
	3	10.1	1	0	2.61	10

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	61	82.1	5	3	17	2.19	94
	50	77	5	3	7	2.57	29
	25	69.1	1	2	1	4.28	41
	19	46.2	1	0	1	6.94	20
	5	9.2	0	2	2	4.66	5
	3	5.2	0	0	0	4.76	4
	4	4.2	0	0	1	1.93	3

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 46th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League and the National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 15, 1975 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of...

• George Hendrick
  George Hendrick
  George Andrew Hendrick Jr. is a former major league outfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels. However Hendrick is best remembered as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom he played for from 1979–84. He was a...
  
  , reserve

Farm system