1975 American League

1975 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 963 games, 12 teams, approx. 160 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1974 / 1976
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1974 / 1976

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1974 / 1976

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

East Division

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

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Oakland Athletics	98	64	.605	--
Kansas City Royals	91	71	.562	7
Texas Rangers	79	83	.488	19
Minnesota Twins	76	83	.478	20.5
Chicago White Sox	75	86	.466	22.5
California Angels	72	89	.447	25.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Boston Red Sox	BOS	26.9	4.98	160	6175	5448	796	1500	284	44	134	756	66	58	565	741	.275	.344	.417	.761	2274	137	34	75	53	57
Oakland Athletics	OAK	28.8	4.68	162	6184	5415	758	1376	220	33	151	703	183	82	609	846	.254	.333	.391	.724	2115	107	51	74	35	45
Minnesota Twins	MIN	27.5	4.55	159	6225	5514	724	1497	215	28	121	669	81	48	563	746	.271	.341	.386	.727	2131	127	40	62	46	67
Texas Rangers	TEX	26.6	4.41	162	6342	5599	714	1431	208	17	134	675	102	62	613	863	.256	.330	.371	.700	2075	125	25	64	41	48
Kansas City Royals	KCR	28.2	4.38	162	6230	5491	710	1431	263	58	118	667	155	75	591	675	.261	.333	.394	.727	2164	109	29	68	51	47
Cleveland Indians	CLE	26.7	4.33	159	6057	5404	688	1409	201	25	153	643	106	89	525	667	.261	.327	.392	.719	2119	145	24	64	40	36
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	30.3	4.29	159	6211	5474	682	1382	224	33	124	635	104	55	580	834	.252	.326	.373	.699	2044	114	38	73	46	55
New York Yankees	NYY	28.5	4.26	160	6038	5415	681	1430	230	39	110	642	102	59	486	710	.264	.325	.382	.707	2068	142	30	54	53	41
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	26.9	4.17	162	6081	5378	675	1343	242	34	146	632	65	64	553	922	.250	.320	.389	.709	2091	131	28	73	49	33
Chicago White Sox	CHW	26.9	4.07	161	6243	5490	655	1400	209	38	94	604	101	54	611	800	.255	.331	.358	.689	1967	150	40	50	52	53
California Angels	CAL	25.6	3.90	161	6141	5377	628	1324	195	41	55	572	220	108	593	811	.246	.322	.328	.650	1766	98	27	97	47	35
Detroit Tigers	DET	27.6	3.58	159	5852	5366	570	1338	171	39	125	546	63	57	383	872	.249	.301	.366	.666	1962	120	28	37	38	26
League Totals		27.5	4.30	1926	73779	65371	8281	16861	2662	429	1465	7744	1348	811	6672	9487	.258	.328	.379	.707	24776	1505	394	791	551	543

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	29.1	3.48	90	69	.566	3.17	159	159	89	70	19	21	1451.0	1285	553	511	110	500	46	717	12	3	42	5943	1.230	8.0	0.7	3.1	4.4	1.43
New York Yankees	NYY	28.7	3.68	83	77	.519	3.29	160	160	90	70	11	20	1424.0	1325	588	520	104	502	41	809	21	3	39	5937	1.283	8.4	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.61
Oakland Athletics	OAK	29.1	3.74	98	64	.605	3.27	162	162	126	36	10	44	1448.0	1267	606	526	102	523	41	784	37	3	47	6039	1.236	7.9	0.6	3.3	4.9	1.50
Kansas City Royals	KCR	28.1	4.01	91	71	.562	3.47	162	162	110	52	11	25	1456.2	1422	649	561	108	498	52	815	30	2	40	6156	1.318	8.8	0.7	3.1	5.0	1.64
Chicago White Sox	CHW	30.8	4.37	75	86	.466	3.93	161	161	127	34	7	39	1452.1	1489	703	634	107	655	38	799	33	6	26	6343	1.476	9.2	0.7	4.1	5.0	1.22
Cleveland Indians	CLE	27.8	4.42	79	80	.497	3.84	159	159	122	37	6	33	1435.1	1395	703	613	136	599	78	800	35	9	51	6156	1.389	8.7	0.9	3.8	5.0	1.34
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.8	4.43	95	65	.594	3.98	160	160	98	62	11	31	1436.2	1463	709	636	145	490	24	720	20	1	34	6129	1.359	9.2	0.9	3.1	4.5	1.47
California Angels	CAL	26.3	4.49	72	89	.447	3.89	161	161	102	59	19	16	1453.1	1386	723	628	123	613	34	975	39	5	62	6242	1.375	8.6	0.8	3.8	6.0	1.59
Texas Rangers	TEX	29.9	4.52	79	83	.488	3.86	162	162	102	60	16	17	1465.2	1456	733	629	123	518	60	792	43	7	49	6252	1.347	8.9	0.8	3.2	4.9	1.53
Minnesota Twins	MIN	25.8	4.63	76	83	.478	4.05	159	159	102	57	7	22	1423.0	1381	736	640	137	617	22	846	36	6	49	6146	1.404	8.7	0.9	3.9	5.4	1.37
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	25.6	4.89	68	94	.420	4.34	162	162	126	36	10	34	1431.2	1496	792	690	133	624	60	643	58	3	65	6318	1.481	9.4	0.8	3.9	4.0	1.03
Detroit Tigers	DET	27.4	4.94	57	102	.358	4.27	159	159	107	52	10	17	1396.0	1496	786	663	137	533	47	787	30	3	48	6127	1.453	9.6	0.9	3.4	5.1	1.48
League Totals		28.1	4.30	963	963	.500	3.78	1926	1926	1301	625	137	319	17273.2	16861	8281	7251	1465	6672	543	9487	394	51	552	73788	1.362	8.8	0.8	3.5	4.9	1.42

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	159	4353	1974	107	175	.983	5	93	62	40%	Earl Weaver
New York Yankees	NYY	160	4272	1698	135	148	.978	9	80	71	47%	Bill Virdon and Billy Martin
Cleveland Indians	CLE	159	4306	1754	134	156	.978	15	121	74	38%	Dave Garcia and Frank Robinson
Chicago White Sox	CHW	161	4357	1859	140	155	.978	12	109	80	42%	Chuck Tanner
Oakland Athletics	OAK	162	4344	1686	143	140	.977	13	110	50	31%	Al Dark
Boston Red Sox	BOS	160	4310	1724	139	142	.977	3	111	60	35%	Darrell Johnson
Kansas City Royals	KCR	162	4370	1831	155	151	.976	13	119	64	35%	Jack McKeon and Whitey Herzog
Minnesota Twins	MIN	159	4269	1842	170	147	.973	9	119	79	40%	Frank Quilici
Detroit Tigers	DET	159	4188	1756	173	141	.972	11	123	68	36%	Ralph Houk
California Angels	CAL	161	4360	1705	184	164	.971	12	150	65	30%	Dick Williams
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	162	4295	1776	180	162	.971	20	118	73	38%	Del Crandall and Harvey Kuenn
Texas Rangers	TEX	162	4397	1980	191	173	.971	11	96	71	43%	Frank Lucchesi and Billy Martin
League Totals		1926	51821	21585	1851	1854	.975	133	1349	817	38%

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