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1975 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974/1976)
98-64, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 758 runs, Allowed 606 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-65
Managed by Alvin Dark

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,075,518 (6th of 12)
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  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 91
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Boston Red Sox

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1974/1976) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 11, 1974

Released Dal Maxvill.

December 2, 1974

Tim Hosley drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1974 rule 5 draft.

Sold Bill Parsons to the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 16, 1974

Catfish Hunter granted Free Agency.

January 9, 1975

Drafted Rob Picciolo in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

February 14, 1975

Signed Lew Krausse as a free agent.

March 6, 1975

Released Dick Green.

March 28, 1975

Released Jesus Alou.

Purchased Don Hopkins from the Montreal Expos.

April, 1975

Signed Charlie Sands as a free agent.

April 5, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Roger Nelson as a free agent.

April 6, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Billy Grabarkewitz as a free agent.

Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Todd. The Oakland Athletics sent Champ Summers (April 29, 1975) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

April 14, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Skip Lockwood as a free agent.

April 28, 1975 (Standings)

Traded Howell Copeland (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Matt Alexander.

May 5, 1975 (Standings)

Released Herb Washington.

May 16, 1975 (Standings)

Traded Ted Kubiak to the San Diego Padres. Received Sonny Siebert.

May 18, 1975 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later and Steve Staniland (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ted Martinez. The Oakland Athletics sent Mike Barlow (May 23, 1975) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

May 20, 1975 (Standings)

Traded Blue Moon Odom and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dick Bosman and Jim Perry.

June 3, 1975 (Standings)

Drafted Denny Walling in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Bruce Robinson in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

Drafted Tom Wieghaus in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bob Horner in the 15th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Mike Chris in the 24th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 15, 1975 (Standings)

Traded Dave Hamilton and Chet Lemon to the Chicago White Sox. Received Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock.

June 16, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Jeff Cox as a free agent.

June 18, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Brian Kingman as an amateur free agent.

June 30, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Mike Patterson as an amateur free agent.

July 28, 1975 (Standings)

Sold Skip Lockwood to the New York Mets.

August 5, 1975 (Standings)

Released Roger Nelson.

August 13, 1975 (Standings)

Purchased Tommy Harper from the California Angels.

Released Jim Perry.

August 29, 1975 (Standings)

Signed Dal Maxvill as a free agent.

August 31, 1975 (Standings)

Purchased Cesar Tovar from the Texas Rangers.

September 15, 1975 (Standings)

Traded Rick Ingalls (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mark Williams.

October 10, 1975 (Standings)

Released Dal Maxvill.

October 24, 1975

Purchased Jeff Newman from the Cleveland Indians.

October 28, 1975

Traded Charlie Chant to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Larry Lintz.

November 20, 1975

Released Tommy Harper.

December 9, 1975

Sold Ray Fosse to the Cleveland Indians.

December 17, 1975

Released Sonny Siebert.

December 18, 1975

Released Billy Grabarkewitz.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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