1975 American Association

1975 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 544 games, 8 teams, approx. 136 games in season
Attendance: 1,031,049 (1,895/game)
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

April 16, 1975 to September 1, 1975 · 136 games

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Evansville Triplets	DET	77	59	1	.566	--
Indianapolis Indians	CIN	71	64	0	.526	5.5
Omaha Royals	KCR	67	69	0	.493	10
Iowa Oaks	HOU	56	79	0	.415	20.5

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Denver Bears	CHW	81	55	0	.596	--
Tulsa Oilers	STL	73	63	0	.537	8
Wichita Aeros	CHC	68	68	1	.500	13
Oklahoma City 89ers	CLE	50	86	0	.368	31

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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Tulsa Oilers	STL	25.0	5.42	136	5343	4684	737	1354	279	28	105	694	89	66	545	735	.289	.365	.428	.793	2004	37	34	43	45
Denver Bears	CHW	24.7	5.35	136	5152	4460	728	1293	257	39	107	665	71	53	570	650	.290	.370	.437	.807	1949	24	50	48	47
Wichita Aeros	CHC	25.6	5.17	137	5321	4561	708	1228	226	39	102	657	61	22	637	724	.269	.361	.403	.764	1838	40	38	45	41
Evansville Triplets	DET	24.6	4.50	137	5075	4407	617	1171	194	35	81	561	110	52	528	687	.266	.347	.381	.728	1678	41	58	41	47
Omaha Royals	KCR	23.4	4.08	136	4902	4343	555	1099	176	36	99	515	71	27	473	864	.253	.328	.379	.707	1644	27	33	26	38
Indianapolis Indians	CIN	23.8	3.93	135	4842	4235	530	1017	172	46	77	465	104	59	481	778	.240	.320	.357	.677	1512	29	67	30	50
Iowa Oaks	HOU	25.0	3.82	135	4937	4342	516	1110	190	24	67	455	108	63	473	693	.256	.331	.357	.688	1549	36	48	38	50
Oklahoma City 89ers	CLE	25.0	3.77	136	4934	4316	513	1095	162	31	31	457	135	62	500	644	.254	.331	.327	.659	1412	21	59	38	45
League Totals		24.7	4.51	1088	40506	35348	4904	9367	1656	278	669	4469	749	404	4207	5775	.265	.345	.384	.729	13586	255	387	309	363

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Indianapolis Indians	CIN	23.0	3.64	71	64	.526	3.23	135	135	107	28	20	19	1149.0	1013	491	412	71	515	44	724	33	5	45	1.330	7.9	0.6	4.0	5.7	1.41
Omaha Royals	KCR	24.2	3.94	67	69	.493	3.50	136	136	95	41	8	27	1142.0	1085	536	444	73	461	62	727	35	4	40	1.354	8.6	0.6	3.6	5.7	1.58
Evansville Triplets	DET	24.5	3.98	77	59	.566	3.65	137	137	105	32	8	28	1160.0	1121	545	470	71	483	41	695	23	6	48	1.383	8.7	0.6	3.7	5.4	1.44
Iowa Oaks	HOU	24.0	4.44	56	79	.415	3.98	135	135	105	30	9	26	1150.0	1144	599	509	84	563	40	800	43	9	52	1.484	9.0	0.7	4.4	6.3	1.42
Tulsa Oilers	STL	24.7	4.52	73	63	.537	4.29	136	136	100	36	11	25	1194.0	1238	615	569	83	582	61	794	25	2	50	1.524	9.3	0.6	4.4	6.0	1.36
Denver Bears	CHW	24.1	4.67	81	55	.596	4.23	136	136	86	50	7	14	1153.0	1155	635	542	93	506	27	752	23	5	51	1.441	9.0	0.7	3.9	5.9	1.49
Wichita Aeros	CHC	25.9	5.25	68	68	.500	4.46	137	137	108	29	9	24	1174.0	1339	719	582	101	490	44	665	31	1	51	1.558	10.3	0.8	3.8	5.1	1.36
Oklahoma City 89ers	CLE	24.4	5.62	50	86	.368	5.19	136	136	101	35	4	14	1130.0	1272	764	652	93	607	44	618	42	11	80	1.663	10.1	0.7	4.8	4.9	1.02
League Totals		24.4	4.51	543	543	.500	4.07	1088	1088	807	281	76	177	9252.0	9367	4904	4180	669	4207	363	5775	255	43	417	1.467	9.1	0.7	4.1	5.6	1.37

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Attendance	Managers
Tulsa Oilers	STL	136	3582	1559	114	133	.978	12	143,131	Ken Boyer
Indianapolis Indians	CIN	135	3447	1397	129	137	.974	19	142,953	Vern Rapp
Oklahoma City 89ers	CLE	136	3391	1378	134	127	.973	23	46,752	John Davis
Evansville Triplets	DET	137	3480	1550	149	147	.971	16	114,985	Fred Hatfield
Wichita Aeros	CHC	137	3522	1481	159	151	.969	13	173,504	Mike Roarke
Iowa Oaks	HOU	135	3450	1459	169	106	.967	21	108,165	Joe Sparks
Denver Bears	CHW	136	3460	1422	165	138	.967	8	193,571	Loren Babe
Omaha Royals	KCR	136	3426	1432	177	116	.965	6	107,988	Billy Gardner
League Totals		1088	27758	11678	1196	1055	.971	118	1,031,049

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