1975 Milwaukee Brewers season

1975 Milwaukee Brewers
	Hank Aaron's Final Season
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969);
	East Division (since 1972);
Location
	Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970);
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
Manager(s)	Del Crandall and Harvey Kuenn
Local television	WTMJ-TV; (Gary Bender, Jim Irwin)
Local radio	620 WTMJ; (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

November 2, 1974: Dave May and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers completed the trade by sending Roger Alexander (minors) to the Braves on December 2.^[1]
January 9, 1975: Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	95	65	--	.594
Baltimore Orioles	90	69	4.5	.566
New York Yankees	83	77	12	.519
Cleveland Indians	79	80	15.5	.497
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	28	.420
Detroit Tigers	57	102	37.5	.358

Notable transactions

April 3, 1975: Jesús Vega was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
May 8, 1975: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.^[4]
June 14, 1975: Johnny Briggs was traded by the Brewers to the Minnesota Twins for Bobby Darwin.^[5]

Roster

1975 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

22 Charlie Moore
15 Darrell Porter

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Del Crandall (4/8-9/27)
32 Harvey Kuenn (9/28-9/28)

Coaches

32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting)
37 Ken McBride (Pitching)
24 Joe Nossek (Third Base)
30 Jim Walton (First Base)

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	Porter, DarrellDarrell Porter	130	409	95	.232	18	60
1B	Scott, GeorgeGeorge Scott	158	617	176	.285	36	109
2B	García, PedroPedro García	98	302	68	.225	6	38
3B	Money, DonDon Money	109	405	112	.277	15	43
SS	Yount, RobinRobin Yount	147	558	149	.267	8	52
LF	Mitchell, BobbyBobby Mitchell	93	229	57	.249	9	41
CF	Sharp, BillBill Sharp	125	373	95	.255	1	34
RF	Lezcano, SixtoSixto Lezcano	134	429	106	.247	11	43
DH	Aaron, HankHank Aaron	137	465	109	.234	12	60

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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
Darwin, BobbyBobby Darwin	55	186	46	.247	8	23
Sheldon, BobBob Sheldon	53	181	52	.287	0	14
Johnson, TimTim Johnson	38	85	12	.141	0	2
Briggs, JohnnyJohnny Briggs	28	74	22	.297	3	5
Coluccio, BobBob Coluccio	22	62	12	.194	1	5
Bianco, TommyTommy Bianco	18	34	6	.176	0	0
Ellis, RobRob Ellis	6	7	2	.286	0	0

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
Broberg, PetePete Broberg	38	220.1	14	16	4.13	100

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
Champion, BillBill Champion	27	110	6	6	5.89	40
Castro, BillBill Castro	18	75	3	2	2.52	25
Sprague, EdEd Sprague	18	67.1	1	7	4.68	21
Anderson, LarryLarry Anderson	8	30.1	1	0	5.04	13
Augustine, JerryJerry Augustine	5	26.2	2	0	3.04	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
Rodríguez, EduardoEduardo Rodríguez	43	7	0	7	3.49	65
Austin, RickRick Austin	32	2	3	2	3.05	30

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark

Notes

References

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[1] Hank Aaron page at Baseball Reference

[2] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml

[3] Jesús Vega page at Baseball Reference

[4] Bob Coluccio page at Baseball Reference

[5] Johnny Briggs page at Baseball Reference

[6] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1975.shtml

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