1975 Houston Astros season

The 1975 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 64–97, 43​1⁄2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The Astros' .398 winning percentage is, as of 2010, the worst in franchise history.[1] Houston also lost 97 games in 1965 and 1991.

1975 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–97 (.398)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)Spec Richardson, John Mullen, Tal Smith
Manager(s)Preston Gómez, Bill Virdon
Local televisionKPRC-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 0.667 — 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8081 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6794 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 6497 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1975 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMilt May11138693.241452
2BRob Andrews10327766.238019
CFCésar Cedeño131500144.2881363
RFJosé Cruz12031581.257949

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
Wilbur Howard121392111.283021
Cliff Johnson12234094.2762065
Enos Cabell11734892.264243

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
Larry Dierker3423214164.00127
Doug Konieczny321716134.4789

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
Ken Forsch34109483.2254
Paul Siebert718.1022.956
Mike Stanton717.1027.2716

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
Wayne Granger552553.6530
Jim Crawford443543.6337
Mike Cosgrove321253.0332
José Sosa251314.0231

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Joe Sparks
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jim Beauchamp
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Bob Cluck
Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Billy Smith

References
  1. Houston Astros Team History & Encyclopedia at Baseball-Reference
  2. Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  3. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1975&t=HOU
  4. Kim Seaman at Baseball Reference
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