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24 teams in AL, NL · 1934 regular-season games · 1975-04-07 to 1975-09-28 · attendance 29,789,913

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World Series champion

Cincinnati Reds

MVP

Fred Lynn AL
Joe Morgan NL

Cy Young

Jim Palmer AL
Tom Seaver NL

Rookie of the Year

Fred Lynn AL
John Montefusco NL

All-Star Game

1975-07-15 at County Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1975

Billy Herman, Bucky Harris, Earl Averill, Judy Johnson, Ralph Kiner

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Boston Red Sox 3–0 Oakland Athletics	3
League Championship	Cincinnati Reds 3–0 Pittsburgh Pirates	3
World Series	Cincinnati Reds 4–3 Boston Red Sox	7

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	95	65	.594	—	709	1,748,587	Darrell Johnson	Pennant Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	90	69	.566	4.5	553	1,002,157	Earl Weaver
3	New York Yankees	83	77	.519	12	588	1,288,048	Bill Virdon, Billy Martin
4	Cleveland Indians	79	80	.497	15.5	703	977,039	Frank Robinson
5	Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	28	792	1,213,357	Del Crandall, Harvey Kuenn
6	Detroit Tigers	57	102	.358	37.5	786	1,058,836	Ralph Houk

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	98	64	.605	—	606	1,075,518	Al Dark	Division
2	Kansas City Royals	91	71	.562	7	649	1,151,836	Jack McKeon, Whitey Herzog
3	Texas Rangers	79	83	.488	19	733	1,127,924	Billy Martin, Frank Lucchesi
4	Minnesota Twins	76	83	.478	20.5	736	737,156	Frank Quilici
5	Chicago White Sox	75	86	.466	22.5	703	750,802	Chuck Tanner
6	California Angels	72	89	.447	25.5	723	1,058,163	Dick Williams

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	69	.571	—	565	1,270,018	Danny Murtaugh	Division
2	Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	6.5	694	1,909,233	Danny Ozark
3	New York Mets	82	80	.506	10.5	625	1,730,566	Yogi Berra, Roy McMillan
3	St. Louis Cardinals	82	80	.506	10.5	689	1,695,270	Red Schoendienst
5	Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	17.5	827	1,034,819	Jim Marshall
5	Montreal Expos	75	87	.463	17.5	690	908,292	Gene Mauch

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	108	54	.667	—	586	2,315,603	Sparky Anderson	World Series Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	20	534	2,539,349	Walter Alston
3	San Francisco Giants	80	81	.497	27.5	671	522,919	Wes Westrum
4	San Diego Padres	71	91	.438	37	683	1,281,747	John McNamara
5	Atlanta Braves	67	94	.416	40.5	739	534,672	Clyde King, Connie Ryan
6	Houston Astros	64	97	.398	43.5	711	858,002	Preston Gomez, Bill Virdon

Leaders

AL

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ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

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No-hitters

Nolan Ryan, California Angels vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1975-06-01
Ed Halicki, San Francisco Giants vs. New York Mets, 1975-08-24

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