April 18th, 1975 - AL Standings

Rod Carew on Top of AL - On Top of the Baseball World at .500

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1975 American League Date: 4/18/1975 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1975 NYA 6 1 R.Carew MNA .500 B.William OAA 4 L.Hisle MNA 9 1975 BAA 4 2 E.Maddox NYA .458 J.Rudi OAA 3 J.Rudi OAA 9 1975 MLA 4 3 K.Singlet BAA .450 OTHERS TIED W 2 B.William OAA 9 1975 BOA 3 4 D.Meyer DEA .438 OTHERS TIED W 8 1975 CLA 1 3 F.Lynn BOA .421 1975 DEA 0 5 WINS SAVES ERA 1975 OAA 7 1 R.Gossage CHA 3 J.Colborn MLA 2 G.Abbott OAA 0.00 1975 MNA 5 3 V.Blue OAA 3 D.Tidrow NYA 2 R.Gossage CHA 0.00 1975 CHA 5 5 OTHERS TIED W 2 T.Burgmei MNA 2 G.Medich NYA 0.00 1975 TEA 3 5 OTHERS TIED W 1 J.Hiller DEA 0.00 1975 KCA 3 5 R.Grimsle BAA 0.00 1975 CAA 2 6 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS C.Yastrze BOA 7 M.Rivers CAA 7 B.Blyleve MNA 27 D.Johnson CHA 7 R.Leflore DEA 5 V.Blue OAA 21 L.May BAA 6 D.Baylor BAA 4 G.Perry CLA 16 E.Maddox NYA 6 B.Bonds NYA 4 P.Dobson NYA 16 B.North OAA 6 C.Washing OAA 4 N.Ryan CAA 14 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS TEA 12 at CHA 8 BAA-Grimsle(1-0, 0.00) at BOA-Clevela(0-1, 2.25) MLA-Broberg(1-1, 6.00) at CLA-Perry(1-1, 2.08) KCA-Busby(2-0, 2.00) at TEA-Brown(1-0, 3.60) MNA-Albury(1-0, 4.05) at OAA-Holtzma(1-0, 4.50) NYA-Medich(2-0, 0.00) at DEA-Coleman(0-1, 9.00) 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 .364 22 8 8 9 1 R.Gossage CHA 11 6 0 2 13 0 310 B.Williams OAA .375 32 12 9 1 4 V.Blue OAA 26 13 5 11 21 2 300 P.Garcia MLA .400 25 10 8 0 2 G.Medich NYA 18 12 0 5 7 0 200 L.Hisle MNA .400 30 12 9 5 1 J.Hiller DEA 7 3 0 2 9 0 010 B.Downing CHA .375 24 9 4 10 0 B.Blyleven MNA 25 21 7 8 27 1 200 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 R.Burleson BOA .154 26 4 2 0 0 F.Peterson CLA 6 9 8 2 0 1 010 T.Kubiak OAA .160 25 4 0 2 0 M.Lolich DEA 6 14 7 2 3 0 010 F.Patek KCA .185 27 5 0 2 0 W.Wood CHA 15 21 14 7 9 3 020 L.Randle TEA .147 34 5 1 4 0 C.Dobson CAA 7 9 6 3 1 2 010 L.Piniella NYA .200 30 6 2 1 0 J.Coleman DEA 6 7 6 3 1 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 6 1 .857 ---- 155 83 77 .519 1975 Baltimore BAA 4 2 .667 1.5 90 69 .566 1975 Milwaukee MLA 4 3 .571 2.0 68 94 .420 1975 Boston BOA 3 4 .429 3.0 95 65 .594 1975 Cleveland CLA 1 3 .250 3.5 79 80 .497 1975 Detroit DEA 0 5 .000 5.0 57 102 .358 West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1975 Oakland OAA 7 1 .875 ---- 153 98 64 .605 1975 Minnesota MNA 5 3 .625 2.0 76 83 .478 1975 Chicago CHA 5 5 .500 3.0 75 86 .466 1975 Texas TEA 3 5 .375 4.0 79 83 .488 1975 Kansas City KCA 3 5 .375 4.0 91 71 .562 1975 California CAA 2 6 .250 5.0 72 89 .447 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BAA 4 2 .667 3- 2 1- 0 0- 0 4- 2 0- 0 1- 2 4-2 Lost 1 BOA 3 4 .429 1- 1 2- 3 0- 2 3- 2 0- 1 2- 1 3-4 Lost 1 CAA 2 6 .250 2- 4 0- 2 1- 3 1- 3 1- 1 2- 2 2-6 Lost 2 CHA 5 5 .500 1- 2 4- 3 3- 1 2- 4 1- 1 3- 2 5-5 Lost 2 CLA 1 3 .250 0- 1 1- 2 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 0- 1 1-3 Won 1 DEA 0 5 .000 0- 1 0- 4 0- 1 0- 4 0- 1 0- 3 0-5 Lost 5 KCA 3 5 .375 2- 4 1- 1 0- 4 3- 1 1- 0 1- 2 3-5 Lost 3 MLA 4 3 .571 2- 1 2- 2 3- 0 1- 3 0- 0 1- 2 4-3 Won 1 MNA 5 3 .625 2- 0 3- 3 1- 0 4- 3 0- 1 1- 1 5-3 Won 2 NYA 6 1 .857 5- 1 1- 0 1- 1 5- 0 2- 0 5- 0 6-1 Won 1 OAA 7 1 .875 2- 1 5- 0 2- 1 5- 0 0- 0 2- 1 7-1 Won 6 TEA 3 5 .375 1- 4 2- 1 1- 2 2- 3 0- 0 0- 1 3-5 Won 2 TOTAL 43 43 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv BAA 4- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 2 0- 0 BOA 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 3- 4 0- 0 CAA 2- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 2- 6 0- 0 CHA 5- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 5- 5 0- 0 CLA 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 DEA 0- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 5 0- 0 KCA 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 3- 5 0- 0 MLA 4- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 3 0- 0 MNA 5- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 5- 3 0- 0 NYA 6- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 6- 1 0- 0 OAA 7- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 1 0- 0 TEA 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 3- 5 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA TEA BAA - 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 BOA 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 CAA 0 0 - 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CHA 0 0 3 - 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 0 0 0 KCA 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 MLA 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 MNA 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 2 NYA 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 - 0 0 OAA 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 2 TEA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN: TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA TEA BAA - 10 0 0 0 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 BOA 5 - 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 9 0 0 CAA 0 0 - 12 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 CHA 0 0 21 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 CLA 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 DEA 6 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 14 0 0 KCA 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 0 23 0 6 0 MLA 8 21 0 0 21 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 MNA 0 0 14 0 0 0 17 0 - 0 0 15 NYA 0 7 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 - 0 0 OAA 0 0 0 13 0 0 19 0 0 0 - 14 TEA 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1975 American League                Date: 4/18/1975

 

TEXAS AT CHICAGO Rangers......... 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 - 12 13 3 White Sox....... 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 8 13 2 Win:Jenkins(1-2) Loss:Bahnsen(0-2) Homeruns- W.Davis-2(2nd), J.Burroughs(2nd) Willie Davis smashed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Comiskey Park as the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 12 to 8. Davis had a good day at the plate. He delivered a single resulting in a run in the 2nd inning, blasted a two-run home run in the 8th inning and blasted a solo shot (his 2nd of the season) in the 9th inning. Both teams totaled 13 hits on the afternoon. Ferguson Jenkins(1-2) allowed 7 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings, and picked up the victory. The losing pitcher was Stan Bahnsen(0-2). He allowed 8 hits and 3 walks in 4 innings.

1975 Texas Rangers At 1975 Chicago White Sox 4/17/1975 Rangers AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG C.Tovar LF 5 2 1 1 .172 P.Kelly RF 5 3 3 0 .261 W.Davis CF 6 2 3 4 .324 N.Nyman LF 5 1 2 0 .255 L.Randle 3B 3 1 1 1 .147 J.Orta 2B 5 1 2 3 .125 J.Burroughs RF 6 2 2 1 .233 B.Melton 3B 5 0 2 1 .189 M.Hargrove 1B 4 1 1 0 .278 K.Henderson CF 3 1 1 0 .184 J.Spencer DH 5 1 1 0 .227 C.May 1B 4 1 0 1 .194 T.Harrah SS 3 2 2 1 .360 D.Johnson DH 4 1 2 2 .310 D.Nelson 2B 2 1 2 4 .364 B.Dent SS 4 0 1 0 .206 J.Sundberg C 5 0 0 0 .185 B.Downing C 4 0 0 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 12 13 12 Totals 39 8 13 7 Rangers......... 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 - 12 13 3 White Sox....... 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 8 13 2 Rangers (3-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Jenkins WIN(1-2) 8 2/3 11 7 3 2 6 0 166 5.79 S.Thomas 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 4.50 Totals 9 13 8 4 2 6 0 White Sox (5-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Bahnsen LOSS(0-2) 4 8 7 6 3 2 1 108 5.63 B.Gogolewski 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 4 0 42 0.00 J.Otten 0 1/3 1 2 2 1 1 1 14 4.50 T.Forster 0 1/3 1 2 2 3 0 0 27 10.12 C.Upshaw 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 2.70 Totals 9 13 12 11 9 8 3 ATTENDANCE- 7,380 DATE- Thursday, April 17th 1975 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Larry McCoy, Joe Brinkman, Terry Cooney, Nestor Chylak T- 3:11 LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:11 White Sox: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 2 White Sox: 0 ERRORS- M.Hargrove, D.Nelson-2, B.Melton, K.Henderson DOUBLES- D.Nelson(4th), D.Johnson-2(3rd) TRIPLES- J.Orta(1st) HOME RUNS- W.Davis-2(2nd), J.Burroughs(2nd) STOLEN BASES- W.Davis(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- T.Harrah SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Nelson WALKS- C.Tovar, L.Randle-3, M.Hargrove-2, T.Harrah, D.Nelson-2, K.Henderson-2 STRIKE OUTS- W.Davis-2, L.Randle, J.Burroughs-2, J.Spencer, J.Sundberg-2, N.Nyman-2, J.Orta, B.Melton, K.Henderson, D.Johnson GIDP- C.May, B.Downing