The 1975

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finished 76–83, fourth in the

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Offseason

* October 23, 1974:

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was traded by the Twins to the

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for

Dan Ford Darnell Glenn Ford (born May 19, 1952) is a former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Disco Dan", he played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1975 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, and Baltimore Orioles. ...

and Dennis Myers (minors). * January 16, 1975:

Harmon Killebrew Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. (; June 29, 1936May 17, 2011), nicknamed "The Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. He was a prolific power hitter who spent most of hi ...

was released by the Twins.

Regular season

Having released

during the off-season, owner

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devised "Harmon Killebrew Day" as a promotion for the slugger's return with his new club, the

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. On Sunday, May 4, DH Killebrew greeted the crowd of just 14,805 with a first-inning home run. In the fifth inning, Minnesota pitcher Jim Hughes hit Harmon with a pitch. Only one Twins player made the

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, second baseman

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. Only 737,156 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the

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. On August 22, Dave McKay debuted in the majors as the starting

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for the Twins. In his first

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leading off the third inning, he homered off Detroit's

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. Only one other Twin had homered in his first at bat –

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in 1968. The duo will be joined in history by

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(1981),

Andre David Andre Anter David (born May 18, 1958), is a retired Assyrian Major League Baseball outfielder who played during parts of the 1984 and 1986 seasons with the Minnesota Twins. He played in 38 games and had 13 hits with 1 home run and a .245 batting ...

(1984) and

Eddie Rosario Eddie Manuel Rosario, Jr. (born September 28, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball left fielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Rosario was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB draf ...

(2015), who homers on the first major-league pitch thrown to him. Carew won his fifth AL batting title with a .359 average. Three pitchers had double digit wins: Jim Hughes (16–14),

Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven (born Rik Aalbert Blijleven, April 6, 1951) is a Dutch-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1970 to 1992, primarily with the Minnesota Twins. Blyleven recorded 3,701 ...

(15–10), and

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(14–14).

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* June 14, 1975:

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was traded by the Twins to the

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for Johnny Briggs.Johnny Briggs page at Baseball Reference
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Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Reno Reno affiliation shared with

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Notes

References

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Player stats from www.baseball-reference.comTeam info from www.baseball-almanac.com
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