AL Standings and Leaders

Oakland: Will the Dynasty Continue?

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1975 American League Date: 4/22/1975 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1975 NYA 9 2 E.Maddox NYA .452 S.Lezcano MLA 4 D.Money MLA 13 1975 MLA 7 3 B.Powell CLA .421 J.Rudi OAA 4 C.Yastrze BOA 12 1975 BAA 5 3 M.Hargrov TEA .406 B.William OAA 4 OTHERS TIED W 11 1975 BOA 4 6 K.Singlet BAA .400 OTHERS TIED W 3 1975 CLA 1 6 F.Lynn BOA .400 1975 DEA 1 7 WINS SAVES ERA 1975 OAA 10 3 V.Blue OAA 4 D.Tidrow NYA 3 G.Abbott OAA 0.00 1975 MNA 7 6 J.Slaton MLA 3 J.Colborn MLA 2 R.Gossage CHA 0.00 1975 TEA 6 6 G.Medich NYA 3 T.Burgmei MNA 2 M.Norris OAA 0.84 1975 CHA 6 6 R.Gossage CHA 3 B.Campbel MNA 2 G.Medich NYA 1.04 1975 KCA 4 7 OTHERS TIED W 2 R.Fingers OAA 2 V.Blue OAA 1.54 1975 CAA 3 8 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS C.Yastrze BOA 10 M.Rivers CAA 7 B.Blyleve MNA 35 E.Maddox NYA 10 D.Baylor BAA 5 V.Blue OAA 28 L.May BAA 8 R.Leflore DEA 5 N.Ryan CAA 24 G.Sutherl DEA 8 OTHERS TIED W 4 G.Perry CLA 23 F.Lynn BOA 7 P.Dobson NYA 20 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS NYA 7 at BOA 4 BAA-Palmer(2-0, 2.00) at MLA-Broberg(2-1, 3.71) MNA 11 at CAA 4 CLA-Perry(1-2, 2.39) at DEA-Lagrow(0-1, 3.38) TEA 7 at OAA 3 KCA-Dal Can(0-0, 0.00) at CHA-Kaat(1-0, 2.30) MNA-Albury(1-1, 8.71) at CAA-Dobson(0-1, 8.10) NYA-Medich(3-0, 1.04) at BOA-Wise(0-2, 5.82) TEA-Jenkins(1-2, 5.79) at OAA-Holtzma(2-0, 2.88) WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS D.Nelson TEA .381 21 8 9 10 1 R.Gossage CHA 10 3 0 0 13 0 211 S.Lezcano MLA .320 25 8 7 4 4 J.Kaat CHA 9 3 0 2 6 0 100 C.Yastrzemski BOA .414 29 12 10 2 3 V.Blue OAA 26 15 4 11 24 1 300 P.Garcia MLA .370 27 10 7 0 2 K.Holtzman OAA 18 14 4 4 6 0 200 J.Rudi OAA .368 38 14 7 2 3 J.Palmer BAA 9 4 0 3 3 0 100 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS V.Pinson KCA .083 24 2 1 1 0 F.Peterson CLA 13 17 12 4 0 2 020 B.Montgomery BOA .148 27 4 1 0 0 J.Decker MNA 8 5 8 10 0 1 010 B.Coluccio MLA .156 32 5 0 1 0 B.Butler MNA 6 11 9 11 4 1 100 F.Patek KCA .154 26 4 0 1 0 C.Dobson CAA 7 9 6 3 1 2 010 S.Ferrer MNA .219 32 7 1 0 0 S.Bahnsen CHA 9 15 8 4 4 1 010 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1975 American League East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1975 New York NYA 9 2 .818 ---- 151 83 77 .519 1975 Milwaukee MLA 7 3 .700 1.5 68 94 .420 1975 Baltimore BAA 5 3 .625 2.5 90 69 .566 1975 Boston BOA 4 6 .400 4.5 95 65 .594 1975 Cleveland CLA 1 6 .143 6.0 79 80 .497 1975 Detroit DEA 1 7 .125 6.5 57 102 .358 West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1975 Oakland OAA 10 3 .769 ---- 147 98 64 .605 1975 Minnesota MNA 7 6 .538 3.0 76 83 .478 1975 Texas TEA 6 6 .500 3.5 79 83 .488 1975 Chicago CHA 6 6 .500 3.5 75 86 .466 1975 Kansas City KCA 4 7 .364 5.0 91 71 .562 1975 California CAA 3 8 .273 6.0 72 89 .447 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BAA 5 3 .625 3- 2 2- 1 0- 0 5- 3 0- 0 2- 2 5-3 Won 1 BOA 4 6 .400 2- 3 2- 3 1- 2 3- 4 0- 1 2- 2 4-6 Lost 2 CAA 3 8 .273 2- 5 1- 3 2- 5 1- 3 1- 1 2- 2 3-7 Lost 1 CHA 6 6 .500 2- 3 4- 3 3- 1 3- 5 1- 1 3- 2 5-5 Lost 1 CLA 1 6 .143 0- 4 1- 2 0- 0 1- 6 0- 0 0- 1 1-6 Lost 3 DEA 1 7 .125 1- 3 0- 4 1- 1 0- 6 0- 1 0- 4 1-7 Won 1 KCA 4 7 .364 2- 4 2- 3 0- 4 4- 3 2- 0 2- 3 3-7 Won 1 MLA 7 3 .700 2- 1 5- 2 4- 0 3- 3 0- 0 1- 2 7-3 Won 4 MNA 7 6 .538 2- 0 5- 6 2- 2 5- 4 0- 1 1- 2 5-5 Won 2 NYA 9 2 .818 5- 1 4- 1 3- 1 6- 1 2- 0 6- 0 8-2 Won 1 OAA 10 3 .769 5- 3 5- 0 3- 1 7- 2 0- 0 3- 1 8-2 Lost 2 TEA 6 6 .500 3- 5 3- 1 2- 2 4- 4 0- 1 1- 2 6-4 Won 1 TOTAL 63 63 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv BAA 5- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 5- 3 0- 0 BOA 4- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 6 0- 0 CAA 3- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 3- 8 0- 0 CHA 6- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 6- 6 0- 0 CLA 1- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1- 6 0- 0 DEA 1- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1- 7 0- 0 KCA 4- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 7 0- 0 MLA 7- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 3 0- 0 MNA 7- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 6 0- 0 NYA 9- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 9- 2 0- 0 OAA 10- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 10- 3 0- 0 TEA 6- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 6- 6 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA TEA BAA - 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 BOA 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 CAA 0 0 - 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CHA 0 0 4 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 CLA 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DEA 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 KCA 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 1 MLA 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 MNA 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 1 2 NYA 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 - 0 0 OAA 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 - 2 TEA 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN: TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA TEA BAA - 16 0 0 0 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 BOA 13 - 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0 0 CAA 0 0 - 15 0 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 CHA 0 0 24 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 CLA 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 DEA 6 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 33 0 0 KCA 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 0 23 0 6 11 MLA 8 21 0 0 45 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 MNA 0 0 25 0 0 0 17 0 - 0 6 15 NYA 0 14 0 0 1 34 0 0 0 - 0 0 OAA 0 0 0 13 0 0 19 0 19 0 - 17 TEA 0 0 0 27 0 0 15 0 14 0 9 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1975 American League                Date: 4/22/1975

 

NEW YORK AT BOSTON Yankees......... 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 12 2 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 3 Win:Dobson(1-0) Loss:Lee(1-2) Save:Tidrow(3rd) Lou Piniella had 4 hits as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox by a score of 7 to 4 at Fenway Park. New York did all of it's offensive work in the 4th inning showing no mercy on Boston as they plated 7 runs on 6 hits. The key offensive moment was provided by Elliott Maddox who deflated the spirits of the home town crowd when he laced a one-base hit bringing in two baserunners. New York finished with 12 hits in the victory. Pat Dobson(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 and 1/3 innings and allowing 4 runs. Dick Tidrow gained credit for his 3rd save. Bill Lee(1-2) was hit with the loss. He allowed New York 7 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings of work. MINNESOTA AT CALIFORNIA Twins........... 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 - 11 14 0 Angels.......... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 9 4 Win:Butler(1-0) Loss:Hassler(0-2) Save:Campbell(2nd) Steve Brye had 2 base hits and 3 RBI at Anaheim Stadium as the Minnesota Twins beat the California Angels by the count of 11 to 4. Minnesota brought 5 runs across the plate in the 5th inning with the help of 5 hits. It was enough to earn the victory. Minnesota had 14 hits for the night while California had 9. The winning pitcher was Bill Butler(1-0) who allowed 3 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings. Bill Campbell recorded his 2nd save. Andy Hassler(0-2) was the loser. He allowed 4 runs and 6 hits in 4 and 2/3 innings. TEXAS AT OAKLAND Rangers......... 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 7 14 1 A's............. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 Win:Bibby(2-1) Loss:Odom(0-1) Save:Umbarger(1st) Homeruns- J.Rudi(4th) Second baseman Lenny Randle had 4 hits and 2 RBI at Oakland Co Stadium as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland A's by the count of 7 to 3. Texas brought 5 runs across the plate in the top of the 3rd inning when they had 4 base hits. That was all the runs Jim Bibby(2-1) needed. Texas had 14 hits for the game and Oakland had 8. Jim Umbarger earned the save, his 1st. Blue Moon Odom(0-1) took the loss. Texas scored big getting 5 runs off him in 3 innings.

1975 New York Yankees At 1975 Boston Red Sox 4/21/1975 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG R.White 1B 3 1 2 1 .263 B.Carbo LF 3 1 0 0 .105 E.Maddox CF 5 0 2 2 .452 D.Evans RF 5 0 1 0 .216 B.Bonds RF 5 1 0 1 .279 C.Yastrzemski 1B 4 1 2 2 .390 T.Munson C 5 1 1 0 .342 F.Lynn CF 4 0 2 0 .400 A.Johnson DH 5 1 1 1 .263 J.Rice DH 4 1 1 0 .238 L.Piniella LF 5 1 4 1 .282 B.Montgomery C 4 0 1 1 .132 G.Nettles 3B 4 1 1 1 .250 R.Burleson SS 4 0 2 1 .243 S.Alomar 2B 4 0 0 0 .189 D.Griffin 2B 4 0 0 0 .107 J.Mason SS 4 1 1 0 .237 B.Heise 3B 2 1 1 0 .250 C-F.Stanley SS 0 0 0 0 ---- A-C.Cooper PH 1 0 0 0 .429 B-R.Petrocelli 3B 0 0 0 0 .314 D-T.McCarver PH 1 0 1 0 .667 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 7 12 7 Totals 36 4 11 4 A-Pinch Hit For Heise In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Cooper In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mason In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Petrocelli In 9th Inning Yankees......... 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 12 2 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 3 Yankees (9-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA P.Dobson WIN(1-0) 8 1/3 11 4 4 3 4 0 163 4.50 D.Tidrow SAVE(3rd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.80 Totals 9 11 4 4 3 4 0 Red Sox (4-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Lee LOSS(1-2) 3 1/3 7 7 5 1 1 0 70 5.65 D.Drago 5 1/3 5 0 0 2 3 0 83 1.35 R.Moret 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10.80 Totals 9 12 7 5 3 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 29,879 DATE- Monday, April 21st 1975 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Armando Rodriguez, Ron Luciano, Rich Garcia, Bill Haller T- 2:21 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:10 Red Sox: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Red Sox: 1 ERRORS- B.Bonds, J.Mason, D.Griffin-2, B.Lee DOUBLES- L.Piniella-2(3rd), C.Yastrzemski(2nd), F.Lynn(6th), T.McCarver(1st) STOLEN BASES- R.White(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- R.White, B.Carbo WALKS- R.White, G.Nettles, S.Alomar, B.Carbo-2, C.Yastrzemski HIT BY PITCH- R.White STRIKE OUTS- B.Bonds, G.Nettles, J.Mason-2, J.Rice, B.Montgomery, R.Burleson, D.Griffin GIDP- T.Munson WILD PITCHES- P.Dobson PASSED BALLS- B.Montgomery WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Thurman Munson blocked the plate, saving a run!

1975 Minnesota Twins At 1975 California Angels 4/21/1975 Twins AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG D.Ford CF 5 0 2 1 .167 M.Nettles CF 2 0 0 2 .311 S.Ferrer 2B 6 1 1 1 .212 M.Rivers LF 5 0 1 1 .250 S.Brye RF 6 1 2 3 .158 T.Harper DH 5 0 1 0 .255 B.Darwin DH 5 2 2 0 .173 B.Bochte 1B 5 0 1 0 .233 E.Soderholm 3B 5 1 2 1 .327 D.Chalk 3B 4 1 3 0 .225 L.Hisle LF 4 1 2 2 .327 L.Stanton RF 4 0 0 0 .130 C.Kusick 1B 3 2 1 1 .167 E.Rodriguez C 3 1 0 0 .258 G.Borgmann C 4 2 1 2 .167 J.Remy 2B 4 1 1 0 .231 L.Gomez SS 3 1 1 0 .333 O.Ramirez SS 3 1 2 1 .290 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 11 14 11 Totals 35 4 9 4 Twins........... 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 - 11 14 0 Angels.......... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 9 4 Twins (7-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Butler WIN(1-0) 5 2/3 5 3 3 8 4 0 120 12.79 B.Campbell SAVE(2nd) 3 1/3 4 1 1 1 3 0 67 1.42 Totals 9 9 4 4 9 7 0 Angels (3-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Hassler LOSS(0-2) 4 2/3 6 4 2 1 5 0 93 4.76 S.Blateric 3 6 4 2 1 0 0 82 8.44 O.Pena 1 1/3 2 3 2 3 0 0 44 3.37 Totals 9 14 11 6 5 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 8,328 DATE- Monday, April 21st 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Nick Bremigan, Jim McKean, Jerry Neudecker, Art Franz T- 2:38 LEFT ON BASE- Twins:11 Angels:13 DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0 Angels: 0 ERRORS- L.Stanton, J.Remy, O.Ramirez-2 DOUBLES- D.Ford(2nd), D.Chalk-2(4th), J.Remy(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.Darwin-2(2nd), L.Hisle(3rd), C.Kusick(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- M.Nettles SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Ford, L.Hisle WALKS- B.Darwin, C.Kusick, G.Borgmann, L.Gomez-2, M.Nettles-3, D.Chalk, L.Stanton, E.Rodriguez-2, J.Remy, O.Ramirez HIT BY PITCH- C.Kusick STRIKE OUTS- D.Ford, S.Brye, L.Hisle, C.Kusick, G.Borgmann, M.Rivers, T.Harper, L.Stanton-2, E.Rodriguez, J.Remy, O.Ramirez WILD PITCHES- A.Hassler WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Lee Stanton robbed Luis Gomez of an extra base hit.

1975 Texas Rangers At 1975 Oakland A's 4/21/1975 Rangers AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG C.Tovar LF 5 1 1 2 .171 B.North CF 2 0 1 0 .313 W.Davis CF 5 1 1 0 .250 B.Campaneris SS 5 1 2 0 .250 L.Randle 2B 5 3 4 2 .291 S.Bando 3B 3 1 2 0 .245 J.Burroughs RF 5 0 0 0 .170 R.Jackson RF 4 0 0 0 .208 M.Hargrove 1B 4 0 3 1 .406 J.Rudi 1B 5 1 1 2 .309 J.Spencer DH 4 0 2 2 .257 B.Williams DH 4 0 0 0 .313 T.Harrah SS 3 1 1 0 .359 G.Tenace C 4 0 2 0 .262 R.Howell 3B 3 1 2 0 .500 C.Washington LF 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Sundberg C 3 0 0 0 .150 P.Garner 2B 4 0 0 0 .217 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 7 14 7 Totals 35 3 8 2 Rangers......... 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 7 14 1 A's............. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 Rangers (6-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Bibby WIN(2-1) 6 2/3 7 2 2 5 3 1 120 4.91 J.Umbarger SAVE(1st) 2 1/3 1 1 0 1 1 0 50 2.31 Totals 9 8 3 2 6 4 1 A's (10-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Odom LOSS(0-1) 3 5 5 5 2 1 0 53 15.00 J.Todd 3 2/3 8 2 2 0 2 0 72 3.18 P.Lindblad 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 0.00 Totals 9 14 7 7 2 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 11,965 DATE- Monday, April 21st 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Lou Dimuro, Bill Kunkel, Dave Phillips, Jim Evans T- 2:42 LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 6 A's:11 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 1 A's: 1 ERRORS- T.Harrah DOUBLES- W.Davis(2nd), L.Randle(1st), J.Spencer(4th), G.Tenace(2nd) HOME RUNS- J.Rudi(4th) CAUGHT STEALING- C.Tovar, L.Randle SACRIFICE HITS- J.Sundberg WALKS- T.Harrah, R.Howell, B.North-3, S.Bando-2, R.Jackson STRIKE OUTS- C.Tovar, L.Randle, J.Burroughs-2, T.Harrah, R.Jackson-3, J.Rudi GIDP- T.Harrah, B.Campaneris BALKS- J.Umbarger WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Claudell Washington robbed Jeff Burroughs of a Homerun!