May 16th, 1975 - AL Standings

Veteran Powell Off to Fast Start in 1975 with .400 batting average - Tribe still near bottom of AL East

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1975 American League Date: 5/16/1975 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1975 NYA 22 8 B.Powell CLA .400 G.Hendric CLA 10 B.Bonds NYA 30 1975 MLA 15 14 R.Carew MNA .378 G.Scott MLA 10 G.Hendric CLA 27 1975 BAA 15 14 E.Maddox NYA .368 B.Bonds NYA 8 J.Mayberr KCA 26 1975 BOA 13 14 K.Singlet BAA .366 OTHERS TIED W 7 G.Scott MLA 25 1975 CLA 11 18 L.Hisle MNA .361 R.Jackson OAA 23 1975 DEA 8 19 WINS SAVES ERA 1975 OAA 21 10 G.Medich NYA 7 R.Fingers OAA 7 R.Gossage CHA 0.77 1975 MNA 15 13 R.Gossage CHA 6 R.Gossage CHA 5 V.Blue OAA 1.82 1975 CHA 16 15 S.Busby KCA 6 OTHERS TIED W 3 G.Medich NYA 2.02 1975 TEA 16 16 V.Blue OAA 6 G.Abbott OAA 2.09 1975 KCA 17 17 OTHERS TIED W 5 S.Hargan TEA 2.12 1975 CAA 11 22 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS J.Rudi OAA 14 M.Rivers CAA 17 B.Blyleve MNA 75 C.Tovar TEA 11 C.Washing OAA 12 G.Perry CLA 65 L.Roberts DEA 10 D.Baylor BAA 10 V.Blue OAA 59 T.Veryzer DEA 10 R.Leflore DEA 9 J.Hunter NYA 47 R.Carew MNA 10 A.Otis KCA 9 S.Busby KCA 47 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CLA 3 at MNA 10 CAA-Tanana(3-2, 2.40) at BAA-Palmer(5-2, 3.05) KCA 2 at BOA 8 CAA-Tanana(3-2, 2.40) at BAA-Palmer(5-2, 3.05) MLA 6 at TEA 1 CLA-Kern(0-2, 6.53) at CHA-Osteen(2-2, 4.97) DEA-Lolich(1-3, 4.28) at TEA-Hands(3-2, 3.21) KCA-Leonard(1-1, 6.48) at BOA-Lee(3-4, 4.37) MLA-Champio(3-2, 4.53) at MNA-Goltz(1-3, 5.60) OAA-Blue(6-2, 1.82) at NYA-Dobson(4-0, 2.82) 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 J.Mayberry KCA .410 39 16 16 7 3 R.Gossage CHA 11 5 0 3 17 0 203 G.Hendrick CLA .375 32 12 9 5 3 J.Hunter NYA 18 11 1 7 12 0 200 B.Grich BAA .310 29 9 9 2 3 S.Busby KCA 26 15 7 8 15 3 210 L.Roberts DEA .353 34 12 7 2 4 L.Tiant BOA 18 14 3 5 5 1 200 R.Jackson OAA .310 29 9 9 0 3 B.Singer CAA 17 9 4 3 10 1 110 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 P.Blair BAA .192 26 5 0 0 0 J.Kern CLA 8 10 6 7 5 1 010 D.Griffin BOA .138 29 4 2 1 0 J.Palmer BAA 9 13 8 2 5 1 010 B.Martinez KCA .207 29 6 1 1 0 J.Coleman DEA 16 24 15 7 7 0 010 J.Sundberg TEA .125 24 3 2 2 0 V.Ruhle DEA 12 19 7 2 5 4 020 H.Killebrew KCA .200 30 6 2 1 0 B.Champion MLA 10 13 7 4 4 0 010 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 22 8 .733 ---- 127 83 77 .519 1975 Milwaukee MLA 15 14 .517 6.5 68 94 .420 1975 Baltimore BAA 15 14 .517 6.5 90 69 .566 1975 Boston BOA 13 14 .481 7.5 95 65 .594 1975 Cleveland CLA 11 18 .379 10.5 79 80 .497 1975 Detroit DEA 8 19 .296 12.5 57 102 .358 West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1975 Oakland OAA 21 10 .677 ---- 129 98 64 .605 1975 Minnesota MNA 15 13 .536 4.5 76 83 .478 1975 Chicago CHA 16 15 .516 5.0 75 86 .466 1975 Texas TEA 16 16 .500 5.5 79 83 .488 1975 Kansas City KCA 17 17 .500 5.5 91 71 .562 1975 California CAA 11 22 .333 11.0 72 89 .447 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BAA 15 14 .517 10- 8 5- 6 2- 4 13-10 2- 2 7- 7 4-6 Lost 3 BOA 13 14 .481 5- 6 8- 8 3- 5 10- 9 2- 3 7- 7 6-4 Won 2 CAA 11 22 .333 8-11 3-11 6-11 5-11 2- 3 5- 4 3-7 Lost 2 CHA 16 15 .516 5- 6 11- 9 7- 2 9-13 2- 1 9- 6 7-3 Won 4 CLA 11 18 .379 4-10 7- 8 5- 6 6-12 3- 1 3- 8 4-6 Lost 2 DEA 8 19 .296 6-12 2- 7 2- 3 6-16 0- 1 2- 8 4-6 Won 2 KCA 17 17 .500 11- 8 6- 9 7- 6 10-11 2- 1 6- 6 5-5 Lost 3 MLA 15 14 .517 5- 5 10- 9 6- 2 9-12 0- 0 3- 4 4-6 Won 1 MNA 15 13 .536 7- 3 8-10 5- 7 10- 6 0- 2 4- 5 5-5 Won 2 NYA 22 8 .733 9- 4 13- 4 7- 3 15- 5 3- 1 10- 2 7-3 Won 4 OAA 21 10 .677 13- 6 8- 4 7- 4 14- 6 1- 2 7- 4 7-3 Lost 1 TEA 16 16 .500 8-10 8- 6 3- 8 13- 8 1- 1 3- 5 5-5 Lost 1 TOTAL 180 180 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv BAA 8- 8 7- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 13-10 2- 4 BOA 7- 9 6- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 10-11 3- 3 CAA 7-13 4- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 9-19 2- 3 CHA 8-12 8- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 12-14 4- 1 CLA 5-10 6- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 9-14 2- 4 DEA 4-12 4- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 5-16 3- 3 KCA 10-10 7- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 13-14 4- 3 MLA 10- 6 5- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 13-10 2- 4 MNA 10- 6 5- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 11-10 4- 3 NYA 15- 4 7- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 18- 7 4- 1 OAA 14- 6 7- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 19- 7 2- 3 TEA 8-10 8- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 13-13 3- 3 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA TEA BAA - 3 0 0 4 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 BOA 2 - 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 CAA 0 2 - 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 CHA 2 0 4 - 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 CLA 3 2 0 1 - 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 DEA 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 2 0 1 0 1 KCA 0 0 3 4 0 1 - 3 4 0 0 2 MLA 3 1 0 0 5 3 0 - 0 1 0 2 MNA 2 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 - 0 1 3 NYA 1 4 2 0 2 6 0 5 0 - 2 0 OAA 0 1 4 4 0 0 5 0 3 1 - 3 TEA 0 0 4 3 0 2 4 1 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 10 43 12 0 13 17 14 0 0 BOA 13 - 8 0 23 18 8 13 0 24 14 0 CAA 0 10 - 15 0 0 8 0 14 2 18 21 CHA 14 0 24 - 14 0 20 0 8 0 16 32 CLA 30 22 0 18 - 15 0 24 16 5 0 0 DEA 10 14 0 0 3 - 21 19 0 33 0 13 KCA 0 2 14 26 0 18 - 21 41 0 10 21 MLA 17 21 0 0 45 20 4 - 0 20 0 15 MNA 14 0 33 6 24 0 34 0 - 0 6 18 NYA 12 27 12 0 5 34 0 34 0 - 9 0 OAA 0 17 31 26 0 0 26 0 19 4 - 19 TEA 0 0 30 42 0 22 28 9 15 0 10 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1975 American League                Date: 5/16/1975

 

CLEVELAND AT MINNESOTA Indians......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0 Twins........... 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 - 10 13 2 Win:Blyleven(4-4) Loss:Hood(0-3) Homeruns- J.Lowenstein(2nd), E.Soderholm(2nd) Bert Blyleven was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete game and Eric Soderholm left the yard and had 5 RBI as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians by the score of 10 to 3 at Metropolitan Stadium. Soderholm helped send the fans home happy. He belted a three-run homer (his 2nd of the season) in the 3rd inning and hit a single resulting in a run in the 6th inning. Minnesota banged out 13 hits on the night. The win was credited to Blyleven(4-4) who went the whole way allowing 3 runs. Don Hood(0-3) was the losing pitcher. His biggest problem was control as he allowed 5 walks in 2 and 1/3 innings. MILWAUKEE AT TEXAS Brewers......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 7 0 Rangers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 4 Win:Broberg(5-3) Loss:Hargan(2-1) The Milwaukee Brewers had an easy time of it at Arlington Stadium defeating the Texas Rangers by a score of 6 to 1. Milwaukee came through with the game-winning runs in the top of the 9th inning when they scored 5 runs on 3 hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by Darrell Porter who quieted the home crowd when he doubled scoring two baserunners. For the game Milwaukee out-hit Texas 7 to 4. Pete Broberg(5-3) was the winner allowing 1 run in 8 and 1/3 innings. Steve Hargan(2-1) was tagged with the loss. He allowed 6 runs and 7 hits in 8 and 2/3 innings. With this win, Milwaukee has a 15-14 record. They have been 4-6 lately. With the loss, Texas has a record of 5-5 lately, 16-16 overall. KANSAS CITY AT BOSTON Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 5 1 Red Sox......... 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 8 8 0 Win:Tiant(5-3) Loss:Busby(6-2) Homeruns- T.Solaita(4th), B.Carbo(6th), R.Burleson(4th), C.Yastrzemski(6th) Bernie Carbo went deep as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 8 to 2 at Fenway Park. Luis Tiant(5-3) delivered a fine performance for Boston. He went 8 innings surrendering 5 hits and 2 walks lowering his ERA to 4.25. Boston finished with 8 hits while Kansas City ended up with 5. Steve Busby(6-2) took the loss. He served up 3 homeruns in his 8 innings.

1975 Cleveland Indians At 1975 Minnesota Twins 5/15/1975 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG J.Lowenstein RF 5 2 2 2 .208 S.Brye RF 4 2 3 2 .256 J.Brohamer 2B 5 0 1 1 .252 R.Carew 2B 5 1 2 0 .378 G.Hendrick CF 4 0 2 0 .317 L.Hisle CF 4 2 3 2 .361 B.Powell 1B 3 0 0 0 .400 B.Darwin DH 4 1 1 1 .238 O.Gamble DH 4 0 0 0 .232 E.Soderholm 3B 5 1 2 5 .262 T.McCraw LF 3 0 0 0 .342 C.Kusick 1B 5 0 0 0 .262 A.Ashby C 3 0 0 0 .222 S.Braun LF 3 1 0 0 .338 A-R.Carty PH 1 0 0 0 .283 D.Thompson SS 3 1 1 0 .291 E.Crosby 3B 3 0 1 0 .217 G.Borgmann C 3 1 1 0 .231 B-B.Bell PH 1 0 0 0 .250 F.Duffy SS 4 1 1 0 .268 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 3 7 3 Totals 36 10 13 10 A-Pinch Hit For Ashby In 9th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Crosby In 9th Inning Indians......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0 Twins........... 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 - 10 13 2 Indians (11-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Hood LOSS(0-3) 2 1/3 5 7 7 5 1 1 75 9.00 D.Eckersley 3 2/3 4 2 2 1 6 0 58 5.48 J.Perry 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 37 7.89 Totals 8 13 10 10 6 8 1 Twins (15-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Blyleven WIN(4-4) 9 7 3 3 2 5 1 146 3.53 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 12,123 DATE- Thursday, May 15th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Hank Morgenweck, Marty Springstead, Don Denkinger, Larry Barnett T- 2:32 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Twins: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Twins: 0 ERRORS- D.Thompson, G.Borgmann DOUBLES- J.Lowenstein(1st), E.Crosby(3rd), L.Hisle(8th), B.Darwin(2nd) TRIPLES- G.Borgmann(2nd) HOME RUNS- J.Lowenstein(2nd), E.Soderholm(2nd) STOLEN BASES- S.Brye(1st), L.Hisle(5th) WALKS- B.Powell, T.McCraw, S.Brye, L.Hisle, B.Darwin, S.Braun, D.Thompson, G.Borgmann STRIKE OUTS- G.Hendrick, O.Gamble-2, A.Ashby, E.Crosby, B.Darwin-2, E.Soderholm, C.Kusick-2, S.Braun, D.Thompson, G.Borgmann BALKS- D.Hood-2

1975 Milwaukee Brewers At 1975 Texas Rangers 5/15/1975 Brewers AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG D.Money 3B 5 0 1 2 .306 L.Randle LF 2 0 0 0 .268 B.Sharp CF 5 0 0 0 .231 R.Smalley SS 4 0 1 0 .333 B.Mitchell LF 2 2 1 0 .217 M.Hargrove DH 4 0 0 0 .359 G.Scott 1B 2 1 1 1 .295 J.Burroughs RF 3 1 1 0 .172 H.Aaron DH 4 0 1 0 .243 J.Spencer 1B 4 0 2 0 .247 D.Porter C 4 1 1 2 .225 J.Lovitto CF 3 0 0 0 .278 S.Lezcano RF 4 0 0 0 .252 R.Howell 3B 3 0 0 0 .212 T.Johnson SS 4 1 0 0 .313 T.Harrah 2B 2 0 0 1 .306 K.Bevacqua 2B 3 1 2 1 .375 J.Sundberg C 2 0 0 0 .152 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 6 7 6 Totals 27 1 4 1 Brewers......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 7 0 Rangers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 4 Brewers (15-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA P.Broberg WIN(5-3) 8 1/3 4 1 1 6 8 0 135 3.70 T.Murphy 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.59 Totals 9 4 1 1 6 8 0 Rangers (16-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Hargan LOSS(2-1) 8 2/3 7 6 3 5 5 0 153 2.12 S.Thomas 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.86 Totals 9 7 6 3 5 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 18,845 DATE- Thursday, May 15th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Terry Cooney, Nestor Chylak, Larry McCoy, Joe Brinkman T- 2:55 LEFT ON BASE- Brewers: 5 Rangers: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Brewers: 2 Rangers: 1 ERRORS- R.Howell, T.Harrah-2, J.Sundberg DOUBLES- D.Porter(4th) STOLEN BASES- B.Mitchell(3rd) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Mitchell, K.Bevacqua-2, L.Randle SACRIFICE HITS- J.Sundberg SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Harrah WALKS- B.Mitchell-2, G.Scott-2, K.Bevacqua, L.Randle-2, J.Burroughs, J.Lovitto, R.Howell, T.Harrah STRIKE OUTS- D.Money, B.Mitchell, H.Aaron-2, S.Lezcano, L.Randle, R.Smalley-2, M.Hargrove, J.Spencer, J.Lovitto-2, R.Howell GIDP- T.Johnson, M.Hargrove WILD PITCHES- S.Hargan PASSED BALLS- D.Porter

1975 Kansas City Royals At 1975 Boston Red Sox 5/15/1975 Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG V.Pinson CF 4 0 0 0 .200 B.Carbo LF 3 2 2 1 .281 G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .336 D-R.Miller LF 0 0 0 0 .250 H.McRae LF 4 0 0 0 .258 R.Burleson SS 4 1 2 1 .269 J.Mayberry 1B 3 0 0 0 .302 C.Yastrzemski 1B 2 2 1 1 .283 H.Killebrew DH 4 0 0 0 .278 F.Lynn CF 3 1 0 0 .292 C.Rojas 2B 4 0 1 0 .281 J.Rice DH 4 1 1 0 .256 A.Cowens RF 3 0 0 0 .433 R.Petrocelli 3B 3 1 0 1 .282 F.Patek SS 2 1 1 0 .180 D.Evans RF 2 0 1 0 .232 B.Martinez C 2 0 1 0 .198 B.Montgomery C 3 0 1 2 .177 A-T.Solaita PH 1 1 1 2 .464 C-T.McCarver PH,C 0 0 0 1 .500 B-F.White C 0 0 0 0 .250 D.Griffin 2B 4 0 0 0 .153 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 28 8 8 7 A-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Solaita In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Montgomery In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Carbo In 9th Inning Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 5 1 Red Sox......... 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 8 8 0 Royals (17-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Busby LOSS(6-2) 8 8 8 7 5 4 3 119 2.65 Totals 8 8 8 7 5 4 3 Red Sox (13-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Tiant WIN(5-3) 8 5 2 2 2 1 1 112 4.25 R.Moret 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 2.84 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 33,597 DATE- Thursday, May 15th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Nick Bremigan, Jim McKean, Jerry Neudecker, Art Franz T- 2:32 LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 4 Red Sox: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 2 Red Sox: 1 ERRORS- C.Rojas HOME RUNS- T.Solaita(4th), B.Carbo(6th), R.Burleson(4th), C.Yastrzemski(6th) STOLEN BASES- F.Patek(7th) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Carbo SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Petrocelli, T.McCarver WALKS- J.Mayberry, F.Patek, B.Carbo, C.Yastrzemski, F.Lynn, D.Evans-2 HIT BY PITCH- C.Yastrzemski STRIKE OUTS- J.Mayberry, H.Killebrew, B.Martinez, C.Yastrzemski, J.Rice, D.Evans, B.Montgomery GIDP- F.Lynn, D.Griffin