1975 Houston Astros season

The 1975 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 64–97, 431⁄2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The Astros' .398 winning percentage is, as of 2021, the fourth worst in franchise history. In three consecutive seasons, in 2011, 2012 and 2013 the Astros finished each season with lower winning percentages.[1] Houston also lost 97 games in 1965 and 1991, but lost more than 100 games each in the 2011-2013 seasons. This was the first season the Astros donned their now famous rainbow uniforms. The uniforms would make slight alterations throughout the years. In 1975, the numbers on the back of the jersey were inside a white circle but by the following season, the white circle was eliminated entirely. In 1987, the rainbows were relegated to the shoulders of both home and away uniforms (prior to that they were only used on the away uniforms shoulders) and by 1994, the rainbow uniforms were retired after 19 years for a more contemporary look.

1975 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–97 (.398)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersRoy Hofheinz
General managersSpec Richardson, John Mullen, Tal Smith
ManagersPreston Gómez, Bill Virdon
Local televisionKPRC-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 0.667 — 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8081 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6794 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 6497 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1975 National League record

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 Angeles 10–87–510–812–6—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

Roster
1975 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CMilt May11138693.241452
1BBob Watson132485157.3241885
2BRob Andrews10327766.238019
SSRoger Metzger127450102.227226
3BDoug Rader129448100.2231248
LFGreg Gross132483142.294041
CFCésar Cedeño131500144.2881363
RFJosé Cruz12031581.257949

Other batters

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
Wilbur Howard121392111.283021
Enos Cabell11734892.264243
Cliff Johnson12234094.2762065
Ken Boswell8617843.242021
Larry Milbourne7315132.21219
Tommy Helms6413528.207014
Jerry DaVanon329727.278110
Skip Jutze519321.22606
Art Gardner13316.19402
Rafael Batista10103.30000
Mike Easler550.00000
Jesús de la Rosa331.33300

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Dierker34232.014164.00127
J.R. Richard33203.012104.39176
Dave Roberts32198.18144.27101
Doug Konieczny32171.06134.4789
Tom Griffin1779.1385.3356

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ken Forsch34109.0483.2254
Jim York1946.2443.8617
Paul Siebert718.1022.956
Mike Stanton717.1027.2716

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Wayne Granger552553.6530
Jim Crawford443543.6337
Joe Niekro406443.0754
Mike Cosgrove321253.0332
José Sosa251314.0231
Fred Scherman160104.9613

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Joe Sparks
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jim Beauchamp
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Bob Cluck
Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Billy Smith

References
  1. Houston Astros Team History & Encyclopedia at Baseball-Reference
  2. Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  3. "1975 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. Kim Seaman at Baseball Reference
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