1975 Major League Baseball season

1975 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 7 – October 22, 1975
Number of games162
Number of teams24
TV partner(s)NBC
Draft
Top draft pickDanny Goodwin
Picked byCalifornia Angels
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Fred Lynn (BOS)
NL: Joe Morgan (CIN)
Postseason
AL championsBoston Red Sox
  AL runners-upOakland Athletics
NL championsCincinnati Reds
  NL runners-upPittsburgh Pirates
World Series
ChampionsCincinnati Reds
  Runners-upBoston Red Sox
World Series MVPPete Rose (CIN)
MLB seasons

The 1975 Major League Baseball season saw Frank Robinson become the first black manager in the Major Leagues. He managed the Cleveland Indians.

At the All-Star Break, there were discussions of Bowie Kuhn's reappointment. Charlie Finley, New York owner George Steinbrenner and Baltimore owner Jerry Hoffberger were part of a group that wanted him gone.[1] Finley was trying to convince the new owner of the Texas Rangers Brad Corbett that MLB needed a more dynamic commissioner.[2] During the vote, Baltimore and New York decided to vote in favour of the commissioner's reappointment. In addition, there were discussions of expansion for 1977, with Seattle and Washington, D.C. as the proposed cities for expansion.

  1. ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.226, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  2. ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.227, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0