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269
Strikeouts thrown by Frank Tanana of the Angels, most in the majors. He also led all pitchers with 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. In the rst game of a June 21 doubleheader against the Rangers, he had 17 strikeouts without walking a batter.
313
RBIs by Johnny Bench (110), Tony Perez (109), and Joe Morgan (94) of the Reds.
322
Total bases by Greg Luzinski, most in the majors. George Scott led the AL, with 318.
328
Innings pitched by Cat sh Hunter, most in the majors. Andy Messersmith led the NL, with 3212⁄3.
.359
Batting average of Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins, highest in the majors. It was his third consecutive season with a batting average of .350 or higher, and he won his fourth consecutive AL batting title. Bill Madlock of the Cubs led the NL with an average of .354.
.421
On-base percentage of Rod Carew, highest in the AL.
.466
On-base percentage of NL MVP Joe Morgan, highest in the majors in 1975 and highest in the NL since 1935. He also led the majors in walks (132), OPS (.974), and stolen-base percentage (87.0). He nished second in the NL in stolen bases (67) and was in the top ve in runs scored (107) and batting average (.327). Morgan also won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award at second base.
.541
Slugging average of Dave Parker of the Pirates, highest in the NL.
573
Career home runs by Harmon Killebrew, who retired after the 1975 season. In his nal year, he hit 14 homers in 106 games with the Royals. His other 559 home runs were with the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise.
699
At-bats by Dave Cash, a major-league record until 1980. George Brett led the AL, with 634.
766
Plate appearances by Dave Cash, most in the majors. Ken Singleton of the Orioles led the AL, with 714.
.813
Winning percentage of Al Hrabosky, highest in the NL. He had 13 wins against three losses.
840
Runs scored by the Reds, most in the majors.
1.009
WHIP of Cat sh Hunter, lowest in the majors. Don Sutton of the Dodgers had the lowest WHIP in the NL, at 1.038.
2,210th
Career RBI by Hank Aaron on May 1, to break Babe Ruth’s published record of 2,209. It was later deter- mined that Ruth had 2,214 career RBIs, so Aaron actually broke the record on April 15. Playing with the Brewers during his rst season in the AL, Aaron hit 12 home runs and had 60 RBIs in 137 games.
2,757
Career hits by Vada Pinson, who retired after the 1975 season. He had four 200-hit seasons and had more hits than games played for 10 consecutive years (1959 through 1968).
1 millionth
Run scored in major-league history, on May 4. Bob Watson of the Astros, who reached the mark seconds