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1975 Cincinnati Reds season

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1975 Cincinnati Reds
World Series champions
National League champions
National League West champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkRiverfront Stadium
CityCincinnati
Record108–54 (.667)
Divisional place1st place
OwnerLouis Nippert
General managerBob Howsam
ManagerSparky Anderson
TelevisionWLWT
(Ken Coleman, Woody Woodward)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
← 1974
1976 →

The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was the 106th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 6th and 5th full season at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds dominated the league all season, and won the National League West Division with a record of 108 wins and 54 losses, the best record in MLB and finished 20 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds went on to win the NLCS by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games, and the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium. It was the first World Series championship for Cincinnati since 1940. The 1975 Reds are one of the few teams to consistently challenge the 1927 New York Yankees for the title of the best team in major league history. The Reds went 64–17 at home in 1975, which remains the best home record ever by a National League team. It is currently the second-best home record in MLB history, behind the 1961 Yankees, who went 65-16.

Offseason

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Regular season

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The 1975 Reds clinched a playoff appearance on September 7, the earliest clinch date of any MLB team in a 162-game season.[4]

Joe Morgan was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1975.

Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 .667 — 64‍–‍17 44‍–‍37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 .543 20 49‍–‍32 39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 8081 .497 27½ 46‍–‍35 34‍–‍46
San Diego Padres 7191 .438 37 38‍–‍43 33‍–‍48
Atlanta Braves 6794 .416 40½ 37‍–‍43 30‍–‍51
Houston Astros 6497 .398 43½ 37‍–‍44 27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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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 Angeles10–87–510–812–6—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

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Roster

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1975 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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Legend
 Reds win
 Reds loss
 Postponement
 Clinched division
BoldReds team member
1975 regular season game log: 108–54 (Home: 64–17; Away: 44–37)
April: 12–11 (Home: 7–2; Away: 5–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 72:30 p.m. ESTDodgersW 2–1 (14)Darcy (1–0)Hough (0–1)—3:2352,5261–0W1
2April 98:05 p.m. ESTDodgersW 4–3Borbón (1–0)Marshall (0–1)—2:4015,5542–0W2
3April 108:05 p.m. ESTDodgersW 7–6C. Carroll (1–0)Hough (0–2)—2:4320,5503–0W3
7April 148:15 p.m. EST@ DodgersL 2–5Rau (1–0)Billingham (0–1)Marshall (1)2:2245,5024–3L1
8April 1510:30 p.m. EST@ DodgersL 1–3Sutton (2–0)Kirby (0–1)—2:0531,6634–4L2
9April 1610:30 p.m. EST@ DodgersL 6–7Marshall (1–1)C. Carroll (1–1)—3:0636,5784–5L3
10April 174:15 p.m. EST@ DodgersL 4–5 (11)Marshall (2–1)C. Carroll (1–2)—3:0127,8354–6L4
May: 16–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
—May 127:35 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 15
33May 137:35 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesL 0–4Underwood (4–3)Nolan (1–3)—2:1211,63418–15L2
34May 147:35 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesL 0–4Carlton (2–4)Darcy (1–2)—2:3030,90818–15L3
35 (1)May 155:35 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesL 3–6McGraw (2–0)Gullett (4–2)—2:20—18–16L4
36 (2)May 158:20 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesL 3–5Garber (2–2)Carroll (3–4)McGraw (3)2:3724,03818–17L5
42May 238:05 p.m. EDTPhilliesW 5–2Nolan (3–3)Christenson (0–1)Carroll (3)2:0536,19722–20W2
43May 247:05 p.m. EDTPhilliesW 3–2 (11)Carroll (4–4)McGraw (2–2)—3:2036,16523–20W3
44May 252:15 p.m. EDTPhilliesW 4–3Kirby (3–3)Lonborg (3–2)Eastwick (1)2:2925,72636,16524–20W4
June: 21–7 (Home: 12–4; Away: 9–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
—June 27:35 p.m. EDT@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 22
51June 37:35 p.m. EDT@ PiratesW 8–4Nolan (5–3)Moose (0–2)—2:269,43830–21W3
52June 47:35 p.m. EDT@ PiratesL 1–2Reuss (5–4)Norman (2–2)Hernández (1)2:2513,75430–22L1
57June 98:30 p.m. EDTPiratesL 2–9Reuss (6–4)Norman (2–3)—2:0822,55534–23L1
58June 108:05 p.m. EDTPiratesL 5–9McDowell (2–1)Darcy (1–3)Hernández (2)2:4519,10734–24L2
July: 20–9 (Home: 14–3; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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84July 78:25 p.m. EDTPhilliesW 7–3Darcy (4–5)Carlton (7–7)—2:3025,09655–29W4
85July 88:05 p.m. EDTPhilliesW 2–1Nolan (8–5)Underwood (9–6)Eastwick (4)2:1428,47956–29W5
86July 98:05 p.m. EDTPhilliesW 9–7Borbón (5–1)Garber (7–5)—2:2528,78957–29W6
—July 158:30 p.m. EDT46th All-Star Game in Milwaukee, WI
94July 201:35 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesL 4–11Underwood (10–7)Kirby (7–4)Garber (7)2:5144,13462–32L2
95July 217:35 p.m. EDT@ PhilliesW 10–4Darcy (5–5)Schueler (3–2)—2:4843,69863–32W1
99 (1)July 255:35 p.m. EDTDodgersL 3–4Messersmith (13–8)Carroll (5–5)Marshall (7)2:33—64–35L1
100 (2)July 258:33 p.m. EDTDodgersW 6–3Darcy (6–5)Marshall (6–9)Borbón (4)2:0651,08765–35W1
101July 262:15 p.m. EDTDodgersW 5–3Billingham (11–5)Rau (8–8)Eastwick (9)2:3350,23666–35W2
102July 272:15 p.m. EDTDodgersL 3–5Sutton (14–9)T. Carroll (3–1)Marshall (8)2:3850,60966–36L1
August: 21–8 (Home: 11–2; Away: 10–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
107August 110:30 p.m. EDT@ DodgersL 3–5 (10)Hough (1–4)Borbón (6–3)—2:4550,33169–38L1
108August 210:00 p.m. EDT@ DodgersW 1–0T. Carroll (4–1)Messersmith (13–10)C. Carroll (5)2:3452,01570–38W1
109August 34:00 p.m. EDT@ DodgersW 3–1Darcy (8–5)Rau (9–9)Eastwick (10)2:1551,66771–38W2
118August 148:05 p.m. EDTPiratesW 6–1Nolan (11–6)Reuss (12–9)—1:5440,06279–39W5
119August 158:15 p.m. EDTPiratesW 8–3Norman (8–3)Rooker (8–9)—2:2045,00380–39W6
120August 168:05 p.m. EDTPiratesW 5–3Billingham (14–5)Candelaria (6–3)Eastwick (13)2:1551,28681–39W7
121August 172:15 p.m. EDTPiratesW 3–1Darcy (9–5)Kison (9–10)Eastwick (14)1:5650,12182–39W8
125 (1)August 226:05 p.m. EDT@ PiratesL 2–7Demery (6–3)Billingham (14–6)—2:41—83–42L3
126 (2)August 229:11 p.m. EDT@ PiratesL 2–4Candelaria (7–3)McEnaney (4–2)Giusti (14)2:0446,75683–43L4
127August 232:15 p.m. EDT@ PiratesW 12–7Kirby (9–4)Kison (9–11)Eastwick (16)3:2132,06884–43W1
128August 241:35 p.m. EDT@ PiratesL 1–5Reuss (14–9)Nolan (11–8)—1:5335,59884–44L1
September: 18–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
138September 38:05 p.m. EDTDodgersW 13–2Nolan (13–8)Messersmith (15–14)—2:3627,88192–46W2
139September 48:05 p.m. EDTDodgersL 2–3Rau (13–9)Kirby (9–5)—2:1429,51292–47L1
145September 1010:30 p.m. EDT@ DodgersL 2–3Hooton (16–9)Eastwick (5–3)—2:2527,43296–49L2
146September 1110:30 p.m. EDT@ DodgersL 2–5Rhoden (2–2)Billingham (15–8)—2:1627,64096–50L3

Postseason Game log

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Legend
 Reds win
 Reds loss
 Postponement
BoldReds team member
1975 Postseason game log: 7–3 (Home: 4–1; Away: 3–2)
NL Championship Series vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 44:00 p.m. EDTPiratesW 8–3Gullett (1–0)Reuss (0–1)—3:0054,633CIN 1–0W1
2October 54:00 p.m. EDTPiratesW 6–1Norman (1–0)Rooker (8–9)Eastwick (1)2:5154,752CIN 2–0W2
3October 78:32 p.m. EDT@ PiratesW 5–3 (10)Eastwick (1–0)Hernández (0–1)Borbón (1)2:4746,355CIN 3–0W3
World Series vs. Boston Red Sox 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–2)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 111:00 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 0–6Tiant (1–0)Gullett (0–1)—2:2735,205BOS 1–0L1
2October 121:00 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxW 3–2Eastwick (1–0)Drago (0–1)—2:3835,205TIE 1–1W1
3October 148:30 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 6–5 (10)Eastwick (2–0)Willoughby (0–1)—3:0355,392CIN 2–1W2
4October 158:30 p.m. EDTRed SoxL 4–5Tiant (2–0)Norman (0–1)—2:5255,667TIE 2–2L1
5October 168:30 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 6–2Gullett (1–1)Cleveland (0–1)Eastwick (1)2:2356,393CIN 3–2W1
—October 181:00 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 21
—October 191:00 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 21
—October 208:15 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 21
6October 218:15 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 6–7 (12)Wise (1–0)Darcy (0–1)—4:0135,205TIE 3–3L1
7October 228:15 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxW 4–3C. Carroll (1–0)Burton (0–1)McEnaney (1)2:5235,205CIN 4–3W1

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CJohnny Bench142530150.28328110
1BTony Pérez137511144.28220109
2BJoe Morgan146498163.3271794
3BPete Rose162662210.317774
SSDave Concepción140507139.274549
LFGeorge Foster134463139.3002378
CFCésar Gerónimo148501129.257653
RFKen Griffey132463141.305446

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Other batters

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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
Dan Driessen8821059.281738
Merv Rettenmund9318845.239219
Darrel Chaney7116035.219226
Bill Plummer6515929.182119
Doug Flynn8912734.268120
Terry Crowley667119.268111
Ed Armbrister596512.18502
John Vukovich31388.21102
Don Werner781.12500

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Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gary Nolan32210.21593.1674
Jack Billingham33208.015104.1179
Fred Norman34188.01243.73119
Don Gullett22159.21542.4298
Pat Darcy27130.21153.5846
Clay Kirby26110.21064.7248

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Carroll1247.0414.9814

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rawly Eastwick5853222.6061
Will McEnaney7052152.4748
Pedro Borbón679552.9529
Clay Carroll567572.6244
Tom Hall20000.003

Postseason

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National League Championship Series

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Game One

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October 4, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 020 000 001 380
Cincinnati 013 040 00X 8110
W: Don Gullett (1–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  
HRs: CIN – Don Gullett (1)

Game Two

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October 5, Riverfront Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 000 100 000 150
Cincinnati 200 201 10X 6121
W: Fred Norman (1–0)  L: Jim Rooker (0–1)  SV: Rawly Eastwick (1)
HRs: CIN – Tony Pérez (1)

Game Three

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October 7, Three Rivers Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cincinnati 010 000 0202 560
Pittsburgh 000 002 0010 372
W: Rawly Eastwick (1–0)  L: Ramón Hernández (0–1)  SV: Pedro Borbón (1)
HRs: CIN – Dave Concepción (1), Pete Rose (1); PIT – Al Oliver (1)

World Series

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NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Reds – 0, Red Sox – 6Sat. Oct 11 (D)Fenway Park35,2052:27
2Reds – 3, Red Sox – 2Sun. Oct 12 (D)Fenway Park35,2052:38
3Red Sox – 5, Reds – 6 (10 inns)Tue. Oct 14 (N)Riverfront Stadium55,3923:03
4Red Sox – 5, Reds – 4Wed. Oct 15 (N)Riverfront Stadium55,6672:52
5Red Sox – 2, Reds – 6Thu. Oct 16 (N)Riverfront Stadium56,3932:23
6Reds – 6, Red Sox – 7 (12 inns)Tue. Oct 21 (N)Fenway Park35,2054:01
7Reds – 4, Red Sox – 3Wed. Oct 22 (N)Fenway Park35,2052:52

Awards and honors

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All-Stars

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Vern Rapp
AA Trois-Rivières Aigles Eastern League Jim Snyder and Ron Plaza
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Russ Nixon
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jim Hoff

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eugene[10]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Andy Kosco at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Phil Gagliano at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Henderson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Earliest division-clinching dates in a 162-game season
  5. ↑ Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Doug Corbett at Baseball Reference
  7. 1 2 1975 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "MLB Lou Gehrig Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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