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’75—THE RED SOX TEAM THAT SAVED BASEBALL 311 Around the Majors in 1975
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Runs allowed by brothers Rick Reuschel (61⁄3 innings) and Paul Reuschel (22⁄3 innings) of the Chicago Cubs on August 21 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. ey became the rst brothers in major-league history to combine on a shutout. e Cubs won 7-0.
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Black manager: Frank Robinson, on April 8. Also playing as the designated hitter, he hit a rst-inning homer (his eighth Opening Day home run) to help the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees, 5-3, before a home crowd of 56,715. Rachel Robinson, the widow of Jackie Robinson, threw out the rst pitch.
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Career at-bat in which relief pitcher Jose Sosa of the Houston Astros hit a home run, on July 30. He had only eight more at-bats in the majors and did not hit another homer.
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Career win (May 2) and save (May 13) by future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley of the Indians. He had 197 wins and 390 saves in his 24-year career.
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Game as Yankees manager by Billy Martin, on August 2. He would win 556 games, two AL pennants, and a World Series title in ve stints as the team’s skipper (1975-1978, 1979 [starting in mid-June], 1983, 1985, and 1988).
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Cy Young Award for Jim Palmer of the Orioles. He had the lowest ERA (2.09) and most shutouts (10) in the majors and tied with Cat sh Hunter of the Yankees for most wins (23). He nished second in the majors in innings pitched (323) and WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched, 1.031). And he was tied for second in the majors in complete games (25).
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ERA of Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres, lowest in the NL.
2.89 and 2.91
Career ERA of Future Hall of Famers Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson, respectively, both of whom nished playing in 1975. ey also similar numbers of wins (Marichal, 243; Gibson, 251), shutouts (Marichal, 52; Gibson, 56), and 20-win seasons (Marichal, six; Gibson, ve).
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ERA of the Dodgers, lowest in the majors.
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Errors by second baseman Ted Sizemore of the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth inning on April 17 against the New York Mets.
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Doubles hit by pitcher Andy Messersmith of the Dodgers on April 25 against the San Francisco Giants.
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Runners tagged out at home by catcher Marc Hill of the Giants on throws from the out eld on July 7 against the Cardinals.
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No-hitters thrown during 1975: by Nolan Ryan of the Angels on June 1 against the Orioles, Ed Halicki of the Giants on August 24 (second game of a double- header) against the Mets, and four Oakland pitchers on September 28 against the Angels. Ryan tossed his fourth career no-hitter in his 100th career win.
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Career pinch-hit grand slam by Willie McCovey of the Padres, o Bob Apodaca of the Mets on May 30. McCovey played for the Giants when he hit the other two slams, in 1960 and 1965.