1975 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 94th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 84th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–80 during the season and finished in a tie for third (with the New York Mets) in the National League East, 10​1⁄2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1975 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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Offseason

Regular season

Third baseman Ken Reitz won a Gold Glove this year. 1975 was also the final major league season for pitcher Bob Gibson.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9269 0.571 — 52–28 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8676 0.531 6½ 51–30 35–46
New York Mets 8280 0.506 10½ 42–39 40–41
St. Louis Cardinals 8280 0.506 10½ 45–36 37–44
Chicago Cubs 7587 0.463 17½ 42–39 33–48
Montreal Expos 7587 0.463 17½ 39–42 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1975 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–73–1512–68–108–44–85–74–87–118–93–9
Chicago7–5—1–117–55–79–97–1112–66–125–75–711–7
Cincinnati15–311–1—13–58–108–48–47–56–611–713–58–4
Houston6–125–75–13—6–128–44–86–66–59–95–134–8–1
Los Angeles 10–87–510–812–6—5–76–67–55–711–710–85–7
Montreal4–89–94–84–87–5—10–87–117–117–55–711–7
New York8–411–74–88–46–68–10—7–115–138–48–49–9
Philadelphia7-56–125–76–65–711–711–7—11–77–57–510–8
Pittsburgh8–412–66–65–67–511–713–57–11—8–45–710–8
San Diego11–77–57–119–97–115–74–85–74–8—8–104–8
San Francisco9–87–55–1313–58–107–54–85–77–510–8—5–7
St. Louis9–37–114–88–4–17–57–119–98–108–108–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1975 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
1BKeith Hernandez6418847.250320
3BKen Reitz161592159.269563
LFLou Brock136528163.309347
RFWillie Davis98350102.291650

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
Luis Meléndez11029177.265227
Ken Rudolph448016.20016
Ed Brinkman287518.24016
Danny Cater22358.22902
Don Hahn781.12500

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
John Denny251361073.9772
Bob Gibson221093105.0460
Eric Rasmussen1481553.7859

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
John Curtis39146.2893.4467

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
Elías Sosa140304.0015
Ron Bryant1001016.627
Mike Barlow90004.702

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Ken Boyer
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Roy Majtyka
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Jack Krol
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Tom Burgess
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Fred Koenig

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg, Johnson City[9]

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References
  1. Giants, Cards make trade
  2. Nate Colbert page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
  4. Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
  5. Wayne Nordhagen page at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Lentine page at Baseball Reference
  7. Ed Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
  8. Ken Crosby page at Baseball Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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