1975 Cleveland Indians season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Cleveland Indians
season = 1975
misc = Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in baseball

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Cleveland Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1932
city = Cleveland, Ohio
y5 = 1901
owners = Nick Mileti
general managers = Phil Seghi
managers = Frank Robinson
television = WJW (TV)
(Bob Brown, Rocky Colavito)
radio = WWWE
(Herb Score, Joe Tait)|

The highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. In by|1975, the Cleveland Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in the Majors. [http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/robinson_frank.html]

Offseason

* February 25, 1975: Boog Powell was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Don Hood to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Duncan and Al McGrew (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/powelbo01.shtml Boog Powell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1975.shtml 1975 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Award Winners

All-Star Game

tatistical Leaders

*Games Played: Buddy Bell, 153
*At-Bats: George Hendrick, 561
*Runs: George Hendrick, 82
*Hits: Buddy Bell, 150
*Doubles: Frank Duffy, 22
*Triples: Buddy Bell, 4
*Home Runs: Boog Powell, 27
*Runs Batted In: Boog Powell, George Hendrick, 86
*Batting Average: Rico Carty, .308
*Slugging Average: Boog Powell, .524
*Stolen Bases: Duane Kuiper, Rick Manning, 19

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1975.shtml 1975 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1975&t=CLE 1975 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]