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The 1975 Boston Red Sox season was the 75th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 65 losses. Following a sweep of the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS , the Red Sox lost the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in seven games.
The Red Sox had experienced players such as Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, and Dwight Evans, and two sensational rookies – Fred Lynn and Jim Rice. Lynn took most of the headlines by playing a flawless center field , hitting .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBIs , and was the first major league player to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year ...
The following is a list of players, past and present, who have appeared in at least one competitive game for the Boston Red Sox American League franchise (founded in 1908), known previously as the Boston Americans (1901–07). Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by ...
The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1975 season.The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds.
This was the first postseason meeting between the Red Sox and Athletics. The Red Sox shockingly swept the three-time defending World Series champion Athletics to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1967. Luis Tiant pitched a complete game for the Red Sox as they blew out the Athletics, 7–1, in Game 1. In Game 2, the Athletics ...
The Red Sox joined the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders as the only North American professional sports teams in history at the time to win a best-of-seven games series after being down 3–0.
Cowboy Up! Netflix's sports docuseries The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox, which premiered on Oct. 24, offers an electric retelling of the team's path to a World Series win.. Diehard Boston fans ...
The 1975 Major League Baseball season saw Frank Robinson become the first black manager in the Major Leagues. He managed the Cleveland Indians . At the All-Star Break, there were discussions of Bowie Kuhn 's reappointment.