| 1975 MLB season | |
| League: | Major League Baseball |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | April 7 – October 22, 1975 |
| No Of Games: | 162 |
| No Of Teams: | 24 |
| Tv: | NBC |
| Draft: | Draft |
| Draft Link: | 1975 Major League Baseball draft |
| Top Pick: | Danny Goodwin |
| Top Pick Link: | List of first overall MLB draft picks |
| Picked By: | California Angels |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL Fred Lynn (BOS) |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Playoffs: | Postseason |
| Playoffs Link: | 1975 Major League Baseball postseason |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Link: | 1975 American League Championship Series |
| Conf1 Champ: | Boston Red Sox |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Oakland Athletics |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Link: | 1975 National League Championship Series |
| Conf2 Champ: | Cincinnati Reds |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1975 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Cincinnati Reds |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Boston Red Sox |
| World Series Mvp: | Pete Rose (CIN) |
| World Series Mvp Link: | World Series Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1974 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1974 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1976 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1976 |
The 1975 Major League Baseball season saw Frank Robinson become the first black manager in the Major Leagues. He managed the Cleveland Indians.
At the All-Star Break, there were discussions of Bowie Kuhn's reappointment. Charlie Finley, New York owner George Steinbrenner and Baltimore owner Jerry Hoffberger were part of a group that wanted him gone.[1] Finley was trying to convince the new owner of the Texas Rangers Brad Corbett that MLB needed a more dynamic commissioner.[2] During the vote, Baltimore and New York decided to vote in favour of the commissioner's reappointment. In addition, there were discussions of expansion for 1977, with Seattle and Washington, D.C. as the proposed cities for expansion.
See main article: article and 1975 MLB Postseason.
| Statistic | American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Carew MIN | .359 | Bill Madlock CHC | .354 | ||
| Reggie Jackson OAK George Scott MIL | 36 | Mike Schmidt PHI | 38 | ||
| George Scott MIL | 109 | Greg Luzinski PHI | 120 | ||
| Jim Palmer BAL Catfish Hunter NYY | 23 | Tom Seaver NYM | 22 | ||
| Jim Palmer BAL | 2.09 | Randy Jones SD | 2.24 | ||
| Frank Tanana CAL | 269 | Tom Seaver NYM | 243 | ||
| Rich Gossage CWS | 26 | Rawly Eastwick CIN Al Hrabosky STL | 22 | ||
| Mickey Rivers CAL | 70 | Davey Lopes LA | 77 | ||
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers[3] | 88 | −13.7% | 2,539,349 | −3.5% | 31,350 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[4] | 108 | 10.2% | 2,315,603 | 7.0% | 28,588 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[5] | 86 | 7.5% | 1,909,233 | 5.6% | 23,571 | |
| Boston Red Sox[6] | 95 | 13.1% | 1,748,587 | 12.3% | 21,587 | |
| New York Mets[7] | 82 | 15.5% | 1,730,566 | 0.5% | 21,365 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[8] | 82 | −4.7% | 1,695,270 | −7.8% | 20,674 | |
| New York Yankees[9] | 83 | −6.7% | 1,288,048 | 1.2% | 16,513 | |
| San Diego Padres[10] | 71 | 18.3% | 1,281,747 | 19.2% | 15,824 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[11] | 92 | 4.5% | 1,270,018 | 14.4% | 15,875 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers[12] | 68 | −10.5% | 1,213,357 | 27.0% | 14,980 | |
| Kansas City Royals[13] | 91 | 18.2% | 1,151,836 | −1.8% | 14,220 | |
| Texas Rangers[14] | 79 | −6.0% | 1,127,924 | −5.5% | 14,099 | |
| Oakland Athletics[15] | 98 | 8.9% | 1,075,518 | 27.2% | 13,278 | |
| Detroit Tigers[16] | 57 | −20.8% | 1,058,836 | −14.8% | 13,235 | |
| California Angels[17] | 72 | 5.9% | 1,058,163 | 15.4% | 13,064 | |
| Chicago Cubs[18] | 75 | 13.6% | 1,034,819 | 1.9% | 12,776 | |
| Baltimore Orioles[19] | 90 | −1.1% | 1,002,157 | 4.1% | 13,015 | |
| Cleveland Indians[20] | 79 | 2.6% | 977,039 | −12.3% | 12,213 | |
| Montreal Expos[21] | 75 | −5.1% | 908,292 | −10.9% | 11,213 | |
| Houston Astros[22] | 64 | −21.0% | 858,002 | −21.3% | 10,593 | |
| Chicago White Sox[23] | 75 | −6.3% | 750,802 | −34.7% | 9,269 | |
| Minnesota Twins[24] | 76 | −7.3% | 737,156 | 11.3% | 8,990 | |
| Atlanta Braves[25] | 67 | −23.9% | 534,672 | −45.5% | 6,683 | |
| San Francisco Giants[26] | 80 | 11.1% | 522,919 | 0.6% | 6,456 |
This was the last season that NBC was the exclusive national TV broadcaster of MLB, airing the weekend Game of the Week, Monday Night Baseball, the All-Star Game, both League Championship Series, and the World Series. Beginning in 1976, MLB would split the TV rights between NBC and ABC.