The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record of 75–86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics. This was the final season that the White Sox wore their Go-Go Sox-era uniforms. Towards the end of the 1990 season the team reintroduced the Go-Go Sox uniforms (replacing the red hat and pinstripes with black) and have remained the teams main uniform ever since.

Offseason December 3, 1974: Dick Allen was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jim Essian to the White Sox on May 15, 1975.Jim Essian at Baseball Reference January 2, 1975: Joe Henderson was purchased from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds.Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference

Regular season The proposed sale of the Chicago White Sox presented opportunities for the Oakland Athletics. A group from Seattle was ready to purchase the White Sox and move them to Seattle. As Charlie Finley had business interests in Chicago, he was prepared to move the Athletics to Chicago. Due to his 20-year lease with the city of Oakland (to expire in 1987), Finley was blocked. In the end, White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold to Bill Veeck, who kept the White Sox in Chicago.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.229, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Nyls Nyman, LF Jorge Orta, 2B Buddy Bradford, RF Deron Johnson, DH Ken Henderson, CF Bill Melton, 3B Bucky Dent, SS Carlos May, 1B Brian Downing, C Wilbur Wood, P

Notable transactions May 8, 1975: Bill Sharp was traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Coluccio.Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference June 3, 1975: Marv Foley was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.Marv Foley at Baseball Reference June 15, 1975: Tony Muser was traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.Tony Muser at Baseball Reference

Roster 1975 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season Legend White Sox win White Sox loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldWhite Sox team member

|-style=background:#bbbfff | style=";" |— || || style=";" |7:15p.m. CDT || colspan="9" style=";" |46th All-Star Game in Milwaukee, WI

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Buddy Bradford, RF, LF, DH 25 58 8 9 3 1 2 15 8 22 .155 3 Bob Coluccio, OF 61 161 22 33 4 2 4 13 13 34 .205 4 Bucky Dent, SS 157 602 52 159 29 4 3 58 36 48 .264 2 Brian Downing, C 138 420 58 101 12 1 7 41 76 75 .240 13 Jerry Hairston, LF, DH, RF 69 219 26 62 8 0 0 23 46 23 .283 1 Ken Henderson, CF 140 513 65 129 20 3 9 53 74 65 .251 5 Deron Johnson, DH, 1B 148 555 66 129 25 1 18 72 48 117 .232 0 Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH 8 30 2 6 3 0 1 1 1 5 .200 0 Pat Kelly, RF, DH 133 471 73 129 21 7 9 45 58 69 .274 18 Chet Lemon, 3B, DH, CF 9 35 2 9 2 0 0 1 2 6 .257 1 Carlos May, 1B, LF, DH 128 454 55 123 19 2 8 53 67 46 .271 12 Bill Melton, 3B, DH 149 512 62 123 16 0 15 70 78 106 .251 5 Jerry Moses, 1B 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 Tony Muser, 1B 43 111 11 27 3 0 0 6 7 8 .243 2 Nyls Nyman, OF 106 327 36 74 6 3 2 28 11 34 .226 10 Jorge Orta, 2B 140 542 64 165 26 10 11 83 48 67 .304 16 Lee Richard, SS, 3B, DH, 2B 43 49 11 9 0 1 0 5 4 7 .200 2 Bill Sharp, OF 18 35 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 3 .200 0 Mike Squires, 1B 20 65 5 15 0 0 0 4 8 5 .231 3 Bill Stein, 2B, 3B, DH 76 226 23 61 7 1 3 21 18 32 .270 2 Pete Varney, C 36 107 12 29 5 1 2 8 6 28 .271 2 161 5490 655 1400 209 38 94 604 611 800 .255 101

Pitching

= Indicates league leader Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Lloyd Allen 0 2 11.81 3 2 0 5.1 8 7 7 2 6 2 Stan Bahnsen 4 6 6.01 12 12 0 67.1 78 49 45 9 40 31 Terry Forster 3 3 2.19 17 1 4 37.0 30 12 9 0 28 32 Bill Gogolewski 0 0 5.24 19 0 2 55.0 61 35 32 5 31 37 Goose Gossage 9 8 1.84 62 0 26 141.2 99 32 29 3 85 130 Dave Hamilton 6 5 2.84 30 1 6 69.2 63 23 22 4 31 51 Rich Hinton 1 0 4.82 15 0 0 37.1 41 22 20 2 16 30 Jesse Jefferson 5 9 5.10 22 21 0 107.2 100 69 61 11 95 67 Jim Kaat 20 14 3.11 43 41 0 303.2 321 121 105 20 77 142 Chris Knapp 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 3 Ken Kravec 0 1 6.23 2 1 0 4.1 1 3 3 0 8 1 Jack Kucek 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 9 2 2 0 4 2 Ozzie Osborn 3 0 4.50 24 0 0 58.0 57 29 29 2 38 38 Claude Osteen 7 16 4.36 37 37 0 204.1 237 110 99 16 94 63 Jim Otten 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 5.1 4 5 4 1 7 3 Skip Pitlock 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Stoddard 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Cecil Upshaw 1 1 3.23 29 0 1 47.1 49 19 17 5 24 22 Pete Vuckovich 0 1 13.06 4 2 0 10.1 17 15 15 0 8 5 Wilbur Wood 16 20 4.11 4343 0 291.1 309 148 133 26 97 140 75 86 3.93 161 161 39 1452.1 1489 703 634 107 693 799

Farm system

Notes

References

1975 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference