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The 1975 New York Yankees season was the 73rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 83–77, finishing 12 games behind the Boston Red Sox.The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium, which re-opened in 1976.
Shea Stadium prior to the start of a New York Mets game in 2008. Shea had the best attendance in the National League that year, averaging over 51,000 fans per game. The New York Yankees played their home games in Shea Stadium during the 1974 and 1975 seasons while Yankee Stadium was being renovated. The move to Shea was helped by the city and ...
In 1975, while Yankee Stadium was being renovated, the Yankees held Old Timers' Day at Shea Stadium and prior to the game it was announced that Billy Martin had been hired as Yankees' manager for the first time. In 1978, Martin was re-hired on Old Timers' Day. [14]
The Yankees played home games in Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 2008, except for a stint at Shea Stadium from 1974 to 1975 while Yankee Stadium was undergoing renovations. [4] In 2009, the team moved into a new ballpark, which is also called Yankee Stadium. [5] The Baltimore Orioles began play in the AL in 1901. [6]
The New York Yankees sweep a Shea Stadium doubleheader from the Orioles, 3–2 (ten innings) and 7–3, giving the 95–64 Boston Red Sox the AL East title on the penultimate day of the regular season. In the opener, Catfish Hunter wins his 23rd and throws his 30th complete game of 1975.
Locations of teams for the 1974–1975 American League seasons ... New York Yankees temporarily leave Yankee Stadium for renovations, and play at Shea Stadium
The 1974 New York Yankees season was the 72nd season for the team. The team finished second in the American League East with a record of 89–73, two games behind the Baltimore Orioles in Bill Virdon's first season as manager. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium due to the ongoing renovation of Yankee Stadium. This was the first season in which ...
Maddox proceeded to have another great season in 1975, until an injury cut it short. In the ninth inning of a night game against the Chicago White Sox on June 13, he slipped on the rain-soaked field in Shea Stadium (where the Yankees played home games in 1974 and 1975) running after a fly ball. At the time of the injury, he was batting .307 ...