1975 St. Louis Cardinals season
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The St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

 season
was the team's 94th season in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 and its 84th season in the National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

. The Cardinals went 82-80 during the season and finished in a tie for third (with the New York Mets
1975 New York Mets season
The New York Mets season was the 14th regular season for the Mets, who played their home games at Shea Stadium. Initially led by manager Yogi Berra followed by Roy McMillan, the team had an 82-80 record yielding a third-place finish in the National League's Eastern Division.- Offseason :* October...

) in the National League East
National League East
The National League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the most National League East Division titles . All of Atlanta's NL East titles came during a record stretch of 14 consecutive division titles...

, 10½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 89th in the history of the franchise. The Pirates' 92-69 record was good enough to win their fifth National League East title in six seasons by 6½ games over their cross-state rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies...

.

Offseason

  • October 14, 1974: Marc Hill
    Marc Hill
    Marc Kevin Hill is a former Major League Baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , Seattle Mariners , and Chicago White Sox ....

     was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants
    San Francisco Giants
    The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

     for Ken Rudolph
    Ken Rudolph
    Kenneth Victor Rudolph , is a retired American professional baseball player. A catcher, he appeared in 328 Major League games played between – for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles...

     and Elias Sosa
    Elias Sosa
    Elías Sosa Martínez , is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent on March 4, 1968. He played for the Giants , St...

    .
  • November 18, 1974: Alan Foster, Rich Folkers
    Rich Folkers
    Richard Nevin Folkers is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to for the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers....

     and Sonny Siebert
    Sonny Siebert
    Wilfred Charles Siebert is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966 against the Washington Senators. He was originally drafted simultaneously by the Cleveland Indians and the St...

     were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres
    San Diego Padres
    The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...

     as part of a three team trade. The Padres sent a player to be named later to the Cardinals, and the Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers
    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

     sent Ed Brinkman
    Ed Brinkman
    Edwin Albert Brinkman was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played fifteen years in the Major League Baseball, led the American League in games played twice, won a Gold Glove Award at shortstop, and had a career batting average of .224...

     to the Cardinals. The Tigers sent Bob Strampe
    Bob Strampe
    Robert Edwin "Bob" Strampe is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1972...

     and Dick Sharon
    Dick Sharon
    Richard Louis Sharon was a professional Major League Baseball player.Sharon graduated Kennedy Middle School and Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California.-Baseball career:...

     to the Padres. The Padres sent Nate Colbert
    Nate Colbert
    Nathan Colbert Jr. , is a former American Major League Baseball player who was a first baseman with the Houston Astros , San Diego Padres , Detroit Tigers , Montreal Expos and Oakland Athletics .Signed by his hometown St...

     to the Tigers. The Padres completed the deal by sending Danny Breeden
    Danny Breeden
    Danny Richard Breeden is a former right-handed Major League Baseball catcher who played in 1969 and 1971 for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs....

     to the Cardinals on December 12.
  • March 26, 1975: Ron Hunt
    Ron Hunt
    Ronald Kenneth Hunt is a former Major League Baseball player. A second baseman who also played third base sparingly, Hunt played for the New York Mets , Los Angeles Dodgers , San Francisco Giants , Montreal Expos and St...

     was released by the Cardinals.
  • March 29, 1975: Danny Godby
    Danny Godby
    Danny Ray Godby was a professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1974 season.Godby was born in Logan, West Virginia. He went to Bowling Green University, and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1971.After his pro baseball days were...

     was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox
    The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

     for Danny Cater
    Danny Cater
    Danny Anderson Cater is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder. He was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies at the age of 18 on June 8,...

    .

Regular season

Third baseman Ken Reitz
Ken Reitz
Kenneth John Reitz is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Reitz played for the St...

 won a Gold Glove
Gold Glove Award
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League and the American League , as voted by the...

 this year. 1975 was also the final major league season for pitcher Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson
Robert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...

.

Opening Day starters

  • Ed Brinkman
    Ed Brinkman
    Edwin Albert Brinkman was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played fifteen years in the Major League Baseball, led the American League in games played twice, won a Gold Glove Award at shortstop, and had a career batting average of .224...

  • Lou Brock
    Lou Brock
    Louis Clark "Lou" Brock is an American former professional baseball player. He began his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs but, spent the majority of his career as the left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league...

  • Bob Gibson
    Bob Gibson
    Robert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...

  • Keith Hernandez
    Keith Hernandez
    Keith Barlow Hernandez is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is currently a baseball analyst working for the New York Mets, for whom he played from –, on SportsNet New York and WPIX television broadcasts...

  • Bake McBride
    Bake McBride
    Arnold Ray "Bake" McBride , also nicknamed "Shake n' Bake" and "The Callaway Kid", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, known primarily as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies' teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He made his major league debut for the St...

  • Ken Reitz
    Ken Reitz
    Kenneth John Reitz is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Reitz played for the St...

  • Ted Simmons
    Ted Simmons
    Ted Lyle Simmons is an American former professional baseball player and coach. A switch-hitter, Simmons was a catcher for most of his Major League Baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals , the Milwaukee Brewers and the Atlanta Braves...

  • Ted Sizemore
    Ted Sizemore
    Ted Crawford Sizemore was a second baseman for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers , St...

  • Reggie Smith
    Reggie Smith
    Carl Reginald Smith is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, coach and front office executive. During a 17-year big league career , Smith appeared in 1,987 games, hit 314 home runs and batted .287. He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. In his prime, he had one of the strongest...


Notable transactions

  • May 28, 1975: Elías Sosa
    Elias Sosa
    Elías Sosa Martínez , is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent on March 4, 1968. He played for the Giants , St...

     and Ray Sadecki
    Ray Sadecki
    Raymond Michael Sadecki is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A left-hander, Sadecki pitched for the St...

     were traded by the Cardinals 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 Ron Reed
    Ron Reed
    Ronald Lee Reed is a retired American starting/relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox...

     and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Wayne Nordhagen
    Wayne Nordhagen
    Wayne Oren Nordhagen is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played eight seasons in the majors for the Chicago White Sox , Toronto Blue Jays , Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs .Drafted by the New York Yankees in 1968, Nordhagen played in 502 games in his eight...

     to the Cardinals on June 2.
  • June 3, 1975: Jim Lentine
    Jim Lentine
    James Matthew Lentine is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, from until , for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers.-External links:...

     was drafted by the Cardinals in the 12th round 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 4, 1975: Ed Brinkman
    Ed Brinkman
    Edwin Albert Brinkman was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played fifteen years in the Major League Baseball, led the American League in games played twice, won a Gold Glove Award at shortstop, and had a career batting average of .224...

     and Tommy Moore
    Tommy Moore (baseball)
    Tommy Joe Moore is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets , St. Louis Cardinals , Texas Rangers , and Seattle Mariners .-External links:...

     were traded by the Cardinals 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 Willie Davis
    Willie Davis (baseball)
    William Henry Davis was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers...

    .
  • July 22, 1975: Ken Crosby
    Ken Crosby
    Kenneth Stewart Crosby is a former major league baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs....

     was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs
    Chicago Cubs
    The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

     for Eddie Solomon
    Eddie Solomon (baseball)
    Eddie Solomon, Jr. , nicknamed "Buddy J," was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1973-1982. Born in Perry, Georgia, he died in a car accident in Macon, Georgia at age 34.-External links:...

    .

Roster

1975 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters
Manager

Coaches

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
1B 64 188 47 .250 3 20
3B 161 592 159 .269 5 63
LF 136 528 163 .309 3 47

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
110 291 77 .265 2 27
44 80 16 .200 1 6
28 75 18 .240 1 6
22 35 8 .229 0 2
7 8 1 .125 0 0

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
25 136 10 7 3.97 72
22 109 3 10 5.04 60
14 81 5 5 3.78 59

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
39 146.2 8 9 3.44 67

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
14 0 3 0 4.00 15
10 0 1 0 16.62 7
9 0 0 0 4.70 2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg, Johnson City
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