1975 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1975
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Jerry Donovan, Spec Richardson
Managers:	Wes Westrum
Television:	KTVU (Al Michaels, Gary Park)
Radio:	KSFO (Al Michaels, Art Eckman)

The 1975 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 93rd season in Major League Baseball, their 18th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 16th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 80–81 record, 27½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

October 14, 1974: Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marc Hill.^[1]
October 22, 1974: Bobby Bonds was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Bobby Murcer.^[2]
December 6, 1974: Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger were traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Derrel Thomas.^[3]
January 29, 1975: Von Joshua was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[4]

April 3, 1975: Chuck Hartenstein was released by the Giants.^[6]
May 4, 1975: Garry Maddox was traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Willie Montañez.^[7]

1975 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	98	292	85	.291	5	31
1B	135	518	158	.305	8	85
2B	144	540	149	.276	6	48
SS	141	487	132	.271	10	69
3B	108	325	94	.289	3	31
LF	116	425	119	.280	12	58
CF	129	507	161	.318	7	43
RF	147	526	157	.298	11	91

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
114	326	74	.227	7	32
99	309	74	.239	1	31
72	182	39	.214	5	23
39	121	25	.207	1	8
42	106	25	.236	0	9
61	90	27	.300	4	15
22	74	14	.189	2	9
17	52	7	.135	1	4
41	43	9	.209	0	4
29	41	8	.195	0	0
10	31	6	.194	0	1
29	29	2	.069	0	0
8	17	4	.235	0	2
17	15	2	.133	0	1
3	3	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	244.0	13	14	3.06	77
35	243.2	15	9	2.88	215
34	190.0	12	11	4.17	131
24	159.2	9	13	3.49	153

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	163.1	7	13	4.79	57
13	42.0	2	3	6.21	13
10	28.0	2	4	10.29	22
4	17.0	1	1	6.88	6
3	16.1	1	0	1.10	6

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
55	4	5	11	3.89	39
65	6	3	8	2.95	51
55	5	3	3	3.49	45
42	3	1	1	2.39	35
7	0	1	0	6.10	6