1975 American League Stats

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1975 American League Standings

1975 National League <<1974 American League 1976 American League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Boston Red Sox95-65 (0.594)-79670990-72 (0.553)91-71 (0.562)1,748,58743.922.73.318.0
2Baltimore Orioles90-69 (0.566)4.568255396-66 (0.595)102-60 (0.630)1,002,15754.320.65.727.9
3New York Yankees83-77 (0.519)12.068158892-70 (0.567)97-65 (0.599)1,288,04849.817.75.227.0
4Cleveland Indians79-80 (0.497)15.568870379-83 (0.490)79-83 (0.488)977,03931.417.52.011.9
5Milwaukee Brewers68-94 (0.420)28.067579269-93 (0.427)64-98 (0.395)1,213,35717.015.82.3-1.1
6Detroit Tigers57-102 (0.358)37.557078658-104 (0.357)54-108 (0.333)1,058,8366.2-1.82.65.4

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Oakland Athletics98-64 (0.605)-75860697-65 (0.601)97-65 (0.599)1,075,51849.029.5-0.820.3
2Kansas City Royals91-71 (0.562)7.071064988-74 (0.541)90-72 (0.556)1,151,83642.420.21.320.9
3Texas Rangers79-83 (0.488)19.071473379-83 (0.488)82-80 (0.506)1,127,92434.216.34.513.4
4Minnesota Twins76-83 (0.478)20.572473680-82 (0.492)83-79 (0.512)737,15635.421.63.310.5
5Chicago White Sox75-86 (0.466)22.565570376-86 (0.468)72-90 (0.444)750,80224.811.81.211.8
6California Angels72-89 (0.447)25.562872371-91 (0.436)61-101 (0.377)1,058,16313.69.2-3.78.1

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 John Mayberry KCA 1B 26 9.2 10.2 156 683 161 38 1 34 119 5 3 128.078 0.416 0.547
2 Rod Carew MIN 2B 29 8.1 8.7 143 617 192 24 4 14 64 35 9 106.877 0.421 0.497
3 Ken Singleton BAL RF 28 7.9 7.8 155 714 176 37 4 15 118 3 5 115.683 0.415 0.454
4 Fred Lynn BOS CF 23 7.7 8.1 145 605 175 47 7 21 62 10 5 111.603 0.401 0.566
5 Gene Tenace OAK C 28 6.9 7.6 158 623 127 17 0 29 106 7 4 98.683 0.395 0.464
6 Bobby Bonds NYA RF 29 6.7 7.1 145 626 143 26 3 32 89 30 17 101.700 0.375 0.512
7 Toby Harrah TEX SS 26 6.6 8.1 151 631 153 24 1 20 98 23 9 99.784 0.403 0.458
8 George Scott ML4 1B 31 5.9 5.5 158 675 176 26 4 36 51 6 5 101.328 0.341 0.515
9 Reggie Jackson OAK RF 29 5.9 6.4 157 669 150 39 3 36 67 17 8 95.753 0.329 0.511
10 Don Baylor BAL LF 26 5.7 5.7 145 598 148 21 6 25 53 32 17 89.266 0.360 0.488
11 Boog Powell CLE 1B 33 5.4 4.9 134 502 129 18 0 27 59 1 3 83.237 0.377 0.524
12 Bobby Grich BAL 2B 26 5.1 7.4 150 655 136 26 4 13 107 14 10 89.374 0.389 0.399
13 Mike Hargrove TEX LF 25 4.9 5.3 145 609 157 22 2 11 79 4 3 87.869 0.395 0.416
14 Thurman Munson NYA C 28 4.6 6.5 157 661 190 24 3 12 45 3 2 88.231 0.366 0.429
15 Joe Rudi OAK 1B 28 4.5 4.8 126 515 130 26 6 21 40 2 1 73.017 0.338 0.494
16 Rico Carty CLE 1B 35 4.4 4.3 118 436 118 19 1 18 45 2 2 70.022 0.378 0.504
17 Roy White NYA LF 31 4.3 4.8 148 636 161 32 5 12 72 16 15 87.621 0.372 0.430
18 George Brett KCA 3B 22 4.3 4.5 159 697 195 35 13 11 46 13 10 93.671 0.353 0.456
19 Claudell Washington OAK LF 20 4.3 4.1 148 635 182 24 7 10 32 40 15 78.559 0.345 0.424
20 Jim Rice BOS LF 22 4.2 4.1 144 613 174 29 4 22 36 10 5 88.852 0.350 0.491
21 Jorge Orta CHA 2B 24 4.2 3.7 140 602 165 26 10 11 48 16 9 83.313 0.363 0.450
22 Steve Braun MIN LF 27 4.0 3.8 136 526 137 18 3 11 66 0 2 76.088 0.389 0.428
23 Bernie Carbo BOS RF 27 3.9 4.0 107 407 82 21 3 15 83 2 4 68.276 0.409 0.483
24 Billy Williams OAK 1B 37 3.7 3.8 155 602 127 20 1 23 76 0 0 74.621 0.341 0.419
25 Hal McRae KCA LF 29 3.4 3.3 126 547 147 38 6 5 47 11 8 73.893 0.366 0.442
26 Mickey Rivers CAL CF 26 3.4 3.4 155 672 175 17 13 1 43 70 14 66.221 0.331 0.359
27 Leroy Stanton CAL RF 29 3.3 3.2 137 510 115 20 3 14 52 18 6 62.109 0.345 0.416
28 Darrell Porter ML4 C 23 3.3 4.4 130 511 95 12 5 18 89 2 5 69.286 0.371 0.418
29 Bill North OAK CF 27 3.3 4.2 140 624 143 17 5 1 81 30 12 69.151 0.373 0.330
30 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 1B 35 3.2 4.5 149 634 146 30 1 14 87 8 4 84.011 0.371 0.405
31 Chris Chambliss NYA 1B 26 3.2 3.0 150 602 171 38 4 9 29 0 1 73.496 0.336 0.434
32 Oscar Gamble CLE LF 25 3.2 3.2 121 405 91 16 3 15 53 11 5 57.297 0.361 0.454
33 Carlton Fisk BOS C 27 3.1 3.3 79 294 87 14 4 10 27 4 3 51.271 0.395 0.528
34 Larry Hisle MIN LF 28 3.1 3.1 80 289 80 9 2 11 27 17 3 45.015 0.376 0.494
35 Cecil Cooper BOS 1B 25 2.9 3.3 106 333 95 17 6 14 19 1 4 53.633 0.354 0.544
36 Graig Nettles NYA 3B 30 2.7 4.8 157 647 155 24 4 21 51 1 3 75.206 0.323 0.430
37 Tony Solaita KCA 1B 28 2.6 3.2 93 275 60 11 0 16 39 0 1 44.110 0.369 0.515
38 Dwight Evans BOS RF 23 2.6 4.0 128 470 113 24 6 13 47 3 4 64.103 0.353 0.456
39 Carlos May CHA 1B 27 2.6 0.9 128 534 123 19 2 8 67 12 7 66.746 0.373 0.374
40 Eric Soderholm MIN 3B 26 2.6 4.2 117 475 120 17 2 11 53 3 5 62.538 0.365 0.415
41 Sal Bando OAK 3B 31 2.6 2.2 160 658 129 24 1 15 87 7 1 69.530 0.337 0.356
42 John Briggs 2 teams 1B 31 2.6 3.7 115 421 83 10 2 10 80 6 4 56.080 0.387 0.376
43 Pat Kelly CHA RF 30 2.6 3.1 133 538 129 21 7 9 58 18 10 66.147 0.353 0.406
44 Amos Otis KCA CF 28 2.5 2.4 132 548 116 26 6 9 66 39 11 62.108 0.342 0.385
45 Lee May BAL 1B 32 2.4 1.0 146 626 152 28 3 20 36 1 2 68.891 0.308 0.424
46 Bruce Bochte CAL 1B 24 2.1 0.5 107 428 107 19 3 3 45 3 4 50.733 0.362 0.376
47 Dan Ford MIN CF 23 2.1 1.7 130 478 123 21 1 15 30 6 7 58.996 0.333 0.434
48 Jeff Burroughs TEX RF 24 2.0 1.4 152 672 132 20 0 29 79 4 4 73.971 0.316 0.408
49 Willie Horton DET DH 32 2.0 2.0 159 667 169 13 1 25 44 1 2 75.674 0.319 0.421
50 Don Money ML4 3B 28 1.9 1.3 109 445 112 16 1 15 31 7 9 54.011 0.331 0.432

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Jim Palmer BAL 29 12.7 12.7 39 38 323.00 23 11 25 1 87 80 193 109.13 2.09 1.03 5.38
2 Catfish Hunter NYA 29 10.9 10.9 39 39 328.00 23 14 30 0 107 83 177 92.76 2.58 1.01 4.86
3 Frank Tanana CAL 21 7.9 7.9 34 33 257.33 16 9 16 0 80 73 269 70.16 2.62 1.10 9.41
4 Bert Blyleven MIN 24 7.8 7.8 35 35 275.67 15 10 20 0 104 84 233 62.73 3.00 1.10 7.61
5 Gaylord Perry 2 teams 36 7.3 7.3 37 37 305.67 18 17 25 0 127 70 233 60.68 3.24 1.14 6.86
6 Jim Kaat CHA 36 6.3 6.3 43 41 303.67 20 14 12 0 121 77 142 60.47 3.11 1.31 4.21
7 Steve Busby KCA 25 6.2 6.2 34 34 260.33 18 12 18 0 96 81 160 60.54 3.08 1.21 5.53
8 Vida Blue OAK 25 6.0 6.0 39 38 278.00 22 11 13 1 103 99 189 53.39 3.01 1.23 6.12
9 Dennis Eckersley CLE 20 5.4 5.4 34 24 186.67 13 7 6 2 61 90 152 49.25 2.60 1.27 7.33
10 Ed Figueroa CAL 26 5.3 5.3 33 32 244.67 16 13 16 0 96 84 139 46.68 2.91 1.21 5.11
11 Rich Gossage CHA 23 5.3 5.3 62 0 141.67 9 8 0 26 32 70 130 50.45 1.84 1.19 8.26
12 Mike Torrez BAL 28 5.2 5.2 36 36 270.67 20 9 16 0 103 133 119 44.38 3.06 1.37 3.96
13 Doc Medich NYA 26 4.6 4.6 38 37 272.33 16 16 15 0 115 72 132 39.27 3.50 1.26 4.36
14 Rudy May NYA 30 4.4 4.4 32 31 212.00 14 12 13 0 87 99 145 36.95 3.06 1.31 6.16
15 Ken Holtzman OAK 29 4.1 4.1 39 38 266.33 18 14 13 0 111 108 122 36.65 3.14 1.22 4.12
16 Dave Goltz MIN 26 4.0 4.0 32 32 243.00 14 14 15 0 112 72 128 31.80 3.67 1.26 4.74
17 Luis Tiant BOS 34 3.8 3.8 35 35 260.00 18 14 18 0 126 72 142 33.55 4.02 1.28 4.92
18 Rick Wise BOS 29 3.7 3.7 35 35 255.33 19 12 17 0 126 72 141 32.39 3.95 1.31 4.97
19 Mickey Lolich DET 34 3.7 3.7 32 32 240.67 12 18 19 0 119 64 139 29.55 3.78 1.35 5.20
20 Bill Lee BOS 28 3.6 3.6 41 34 260.00 17 9 17 0 123 69 78 31.82 3.95 1.32 2.70
21 Al Fitzmorris KCA 29 3.6 3.6 35 35 242.00 16 12 11 0 104 76 78 34.78 3.57 1.30 2.90
22 Fergie Jenkins TEX 32 3.5 3.5 37 37 270.00 17 18 22 0 130 56 157 28.16 3.93 1.17 5.23
23 Jim Todd OAK 27 3.1 3.1 58 0 122.00 8 3 0 12 40 33 50 27.31 2.29 1.12 3.69
24 Rollie Fingers OAK 28 3.1 3.0 75 0 126.67 10 6 0 24 43 33 115 26.99 2.98 1.01 8.17
25 Mike Cuellar BAL 38 2.8 2.8 36 36 256.00 14 12 17 0 112 84 105 24.34 3.66 1.22 3.69
26 Jim Hughes MIN 23 2.8 2.8 37 34 249.67 16 14 12 0 119 127 130 22.74 3.82 1.47 4.69
27 John Hiller DET 32 2.7 2.7 36 0 70.67 2 3 0 14 20 36 87 21.98 2.17 1.25 11.08
28 Marty Pattin KCA 32 2.6 2.6 44 15 177.00 10 10 5 5 77 45 89 25.60 3.25 1.23 4.53
29 Dennis Leonard KCA 24 2.6 2.6 32 30 212.33 15 7 8 0 98 90 146 25.21 3.77 1.42 6.19
30 Dave LaRoche CLE 27 2.5 2.5 61 0 82.33 5 3 0 17 26 57 94 22.85 2.19 1.43 10.28
31 Paul Splittorff KCA 28 2.4 2.4 35 23 159.00 9 10 6 1 75 56 76 23.88 3.17 1.33 4.30
32 Doyle Alexander BAL 24 2.4 2.4 32 11 133.33 8 8 3 1 47 47 46 20.56 3.04 1.30 3.10
33 Paul Lindblad OAK 33 2.4 2.3 68 0 122.33 9 1 0 7 44 43 58 20.94 2.72 1.21 4.27
34 Larry Gura NYA 27 2.3 2.3 26 20 151.33 7 8 5 0 65 41 65 19.64 3.51 1.41 3.87
35 Roger Moret BOS 25 2.3 2.3 36 16 145.00 14 3 4 1 60 76 80 19.92 3.60 1.43 4.97
36 Nolan Ryan CAL 28 2.3 2.3 28 28 198.00 14 12 10 0 90 132 186 19.93 3.45 1.43 8.45
37 Wilbur Wood CHA 33 2.1 2.1 43 43 291.33 16 20 14 0 148 92 140 19.76 4.11 1.38 4.32
38 Doug Bird KCA 25 1.9 1.9 51 4 105.33 9 6 0 11 42 40 81 18.77 3.25 1.33 6.92
39 Tom Buskey CLE 28 1.8 1.8 50 0 77.00 5 3 0 7 27 29 29 16.12 2.57 1.27 3.39
40 Sparky Lyle NYA 30 1.8 1.8 49 0 89.33 5 7 0 6 34 36 65 14.88 3.12 1.46 6.55
41 Steve Hargan TEX 32 1.8 1.8 33 26 189.33 9 10 8 0 96 62 93 14.08 3.80 1.40 4.42
42 Dick Bosman 2 teams 31 1.7 1.7 28 24 151.33 11 6 2 0 67 32 53 14.93 3.63 1.17 3.15
43 Tom Burgmeier MIN 31 1.7 1.7 46 0 75.67 5 8 0 11 32 23 41 13.29 3.09 1.31 4.88
44 Dave Hamilton 2 teams 27 1.6 1.6 41 5 105.33 7 7 0 6 42 47 71 15.78 3.25 1.44 6.07
45 Bill Castro ML4 23 1.6 1.6 18 5 75.00 3 2 0 1 28 17 25 13.92 2.52 1.27 3.00
46 Stan Perzanowski TEX 24 1.6 1.6 12 8 66.00 3 3 1 0 25 25 26 12.55 3.00 1.27 3.55
47 Jim Bibby 2 teams 30 1.6 1.6 36 24 181.00 7 15 6 1 89 78 93 14.85 3.88 1.38 4.62
48 Reggie Cleveland BOS 27 1.4 1.4 31 20 170.67 13 9 3 0 90 52 78 12.41 4.43 1.32 4.11
49 Rick Waits CLE 23 1.4 1.4 16 7 70.33 6 2 3 1 25 25 34 12.69 2.94 1.17 4.35
50 Dyar Miller BAL 29 1.4 1.4 30 0 46.33 6 3 0 8 14 16 33 11.67 2.72 1.04 6.41

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Thurman Munson NYA 28 2.0 130.0 1131.7 700.0 95.0 23.0 14.0 20.002
2 Jim Sundberg TEX 24 1.9 155.0 1316.0 791.0 101.0 17.0 11.0 18.906
3 Glenn Borgmann MIN 25 1.6 125.0 980.0 618.0 81.0 8.0 6.0 15.868
4 Brian Downing CHA 24 1.2 137.0 1197.0 730.0 84.0 8.0 5.0 9.446
5 Darrell Porter ML4 23 1.1 124.0 1070.0 532.0 82.0 13.0 10.0 10.126
6 Ed Herrmann NYA 28 1.0 24.0 176.3 121.0 18.0 3.0 5.0 10.133
7 Bob Stinson KCA 29 1.0 59.0 406.7 256.0 31.0 2.0 4.0 8.094
8 Phil Roof MIN 34 0.7 63.0 369.0 245.0 30.0 3.0 4.0 7.159
1B 1 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 35 1.2 140.0 1189.7 1202.0 87.0 5.0 103.0 11.262
2 John Mayberry KCA 26 1.0 131.0 1158.7 1199.0 100.0 16.0 105.0 7.967
3 John Briggs MIN 31 0.9 49.0 399.0 420.0 53.0 8.0 38.0 8.696
4 Tony Solaita KCA 28 0.6 35.0 258.7 282.0 28.0 2.0 24.0 4.563
5 Mike Hargrove TEX 25 0.4 48.0 319.3 326.0 43.0 6.0 24.0 4.390
6 Cecil Cooper BOS 25 0.4 35.0 203.7 197.0 20.0 1.0 20.0 3.929
7 Dan Meyer DET 22 0.4 46.0 405.3 441.0 37.0 5.0 39.0 4.084
8 Jim Holt OAK 31 0.4 52.0 212.0 192.0 18.0 2.0 19.0 3.591
2B 1 Bobby Grich BAL 26 2.3 150.0 1338.3 423.0 484.0 21.0 122.0 22.510
2 Pedro Garcia ML4 25 1.6 94.0 790.3 230.0 293.0 8.0 67.0 13.768
3 Jerry Remy CAL 22 1.1 147.0 1282.7 336.0 427.0 14.0 111.0 9.740
4 Lenny Randle TEX 26 0.9 79.0 655.0 205.0 232.0 12.0 61.0 9.054
5 Rod Carew MIN 29 0.7 123.0 1038.0 285.0 369.0 18.0 79.0 6.457
6 Bob Sheldon ML4 24 0.5 44.0 341.7 87.0 122.0 5.0 33.0 4.594
7 Frank White KCA 24 0.4 68.0 503.7 126.0 182.0 5.0 35.0 3.277
8 Jack Brohamer CLE 25 0.3 66.0 541.3 166.0 162.0 8.0 52.0 2.150
3B 1 Aurelio Rodriguez DET 27 2.3 151.0 1302.0 136.0 375.0 25.0 33.0 22.943
2 Graig Nettles NYA 30 2.0 157.0 1389.0 135.0 379.0 19.0 31.0 19.975
3 Eric Soderholm MIN 26 1.6 113.0 980.7 94.0 277.0 12.0 14.0 15.339
4 Dave Chalk CAL 24 1.3 149.0 1295.3 108.0 333.0 11.0 30.0 11.733
5 Brooks Robinson BAL 38 1.3 143.0 1223.7 96.0 326.0 9.0 30.0 12.421
6 Bill Melton CHA 29 1.2 138.0 1190.7 131.0 313.0 26.0 23.0 9.333
7 Bob Heise BOS 28 0.7 45.0 301.3 36.0 90.0 8.0 7.0 6.484
8 Leo Cardenas TEX 36 0.6 43.0 256.7 32.0 76.0 5.0 9.0 5.615
SS 1 Bucky Dent CHA 23 3.7 157.0 1408.3 279.0 543.0 16.0 105.0 29.797
2 Mark Belanger BAL 31 3.5 152.0 1262.3 259.0 508.0 17.0 105.0 34.173
3 Frank Duffy CLE 28 2.5 145.0 1226.7 225.0 464.0 16.0 85.0 19.756
4 Toby Harrah TEX 26 1.2 118.0 986.7 198.0 375.0 22.0 68.0 12.046
5 Rick Burleson BOS 24 1.1 158.0 1398.0 267.0 498.0 29.0 102.0 10.700
6 Roy Smalley TEX 22 0.3 59.0 459.0 80.0 175.0 16.0 30.0 2.470
7 Freddie Patek KCA 30 0.2 136.0 1173.0 231.0 405.0 27.0 78.0 1.696
8 Rudy Meoli CAL 24 0.2 28.0 158.7 19.0 61.0 2.0 8.0 1.463
LF 1 Roy White NYA 31 0.6 135.0 1184.7 301.0 11.0 5.0 0.0 5.690
2 Bobby Mitchell ML4 31 0.4 72.0 474.0 131.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.845
3 Rick Manning CLE 20 0.4 28.0 191.7 67.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.323
4 Juan Beniquez BOS 25 0.4 31.0 213.7 70.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.318
5 Dave Collins CAL 22 0.3 74.0 618.3 155.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.971
6 Ben Oglivie DET 26 0.3 76.0 659.7 168.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 2.711
7 Morris Nettles CAL 23 0.2 41.0 213.7 62.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.949
8 John Briggs 2 teams 31 0.2 41.0 316.3 84.0 5.0 2.0 0.0 2.053
CF 1 Bill North OAK 27 1.0 133.0 1145.0 414.0 9.0 10.0 1.0 9.756
2 Ken Henderson CHA 29 0.9 137.0 1216.7 393.0 7.0 4.0 0.0 7.328
3 Bill Sharp 2 teams 25 0.8 83.0 644.3 232.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 6.698
4 Rick Manning CLE 20 0.6 69.0 607.7 216.0 7.0 6.0 0.0 5.198
5 Paul Blair BAL 31 0.5 138.0 1033.0 324.0 8.0 3.0 1.0 4.970
6 Fred Lynn BOS 23 0.5 144.0 1249.7 404.0 11.0 7.0 1.0 4.580
7 Elliott Maddox NYA 27 0.4 55.0 482.7 158.0 5.0 0.0 3.0 3.439
8 Rick Miller BOS 27 0.3 15.0 91.0 43.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.647
RF 1 Dwight Evans BOS 23 1.3 115.0 932.0 281.0 15.0 4.0 8.0 12.449
2 Pat Kelly CHA 30 0.6 115.0 917.3 221.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 4.614
3 Bobby Bonds NYA 29 0.5 99.0 768.7 194.0 8.0 3.0 5.0 4.595
4 Leon Roberts DET 24 0.5 127.0 1097.0 265.0 9.0 5.0 2.0 4.450
5 Reggie Jackson OAK 29 0.4 147.0 1260.0 317.0 13.0 12.0 4.0 4.178
6 Rick Miller BOS 27 0.2 25.0 123.0 42.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.097
7 George Hendrick CLE 25 0.2 53.0 464.7 110.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.379
8 Sixto Lezcano ML4 21 0.1 130.0 1063.7 244.0 10.0 6.0 1.0 1.288