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The 1975 season of the National League was the one hundredth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Eastern Division
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	161	92	69	0	.571	-.-	712 (4.42)	565 (3.51)	0.263	0.321	0.402	3.01	0.976
2	Philadelphia Phillies	162	86	76	0	.531	6.5	735 (4.54)	694 (4.28)	0.269	0.341	0.402	3.82	0.976
3	New York Mets	162	82	80	0	.506	10.5	646 (3.99)	625 (3.86)	0.256	0.317	0.361	3.39	0.976
4	St. Louis Cardinals	163	82	80	1	.503	10.5	662 (4.06)	689 (4.23)	0.273	0.326	0.375	3.57	0.973
5	Montreal Expos	162	75	87	0	.463	17.5	601 (3.71)	690 (4.26)	0.244	0.316	0.348	3.72	0.973
6	Chicago Cubs	162	75	87	0	.463	17.5	712 (4.40)	827 (5.10)	0.259	0.338	0.368	4.49	0.972
Western Division
1	Cincinnati Reds	162	108	54	0	.667	-.-	840 (5.19)	586 (3.62)	0.271	0.352	0.401	3.37	0.984
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	88	74	0	.543	20.0	648 (4.00)	534 (3.30)	0.248	0.324	0.365	2.92	0.979
3	San Francisco Giants	161	80	81	0	.497	27.5	659 (4.09)	671 (4.17)	0.259	0.333	0.365	3.74	0.977
4	San Diego Padres	162	71	91	0	.438	37.0	552 (3.41)	683 (4.22)	0.244	0.308	0.335	3.48	0.971
5	Atlanta Braves	161	67	94	0	.416	40.5	583 (3.62)	739 (4.59)	0.244	0.313	0.346	3.91	0.972
6	Houston Astros	162	64	97	1	.395	43.5	664 (4.10)	711 (4.39)	0.254	0.319	0.359	4.04	0.979

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Dave Cash Felix Millan Pete Rose	Philadelphia Phillies New York Mets Cincinnati Reds	162
At Bats	Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	699
Runs Scored	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	112
Hits	Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	213
Doubles	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	47
Triples	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	11
Home Runs	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	38
Total Bases	Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	322
Runs Batted In	Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	120
Stolen Bases	Davey Lopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	77
Caught Stealing	Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros	17
Walks	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	132
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Ralph Garr Greg Luzinski	Atlanta Braves Philadelphia Phillies	17
Hit by Pitch	Felix Millan	New York Mets	12
Strikeouts	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	180
Sacrifice Hits	Enzo Hernandez	San Diego Padres	24
Sacrifice Flies	Bobby Murcer	San Francisco Giants	12
Grounded into Double Plays	Willie Montanez	Philadelphia Phillies/San Francisco Giants	26
Batting Average	Bill Madlock	Chicago Cubs	0.354
On-Base Percentage	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	0.466
Slugging Percentage	Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.541
On-Base plus Slugging	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	0.974
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	169

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	22
Losses	Rick Reuschel	Chicago Cubs	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Al Hrabosky	St. Louis Cardinals	0.812
Appearances	Gene Garber	Philadelphia Phillies	71
Games Started	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	40
Complete Games	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	19
Shutouts	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	7
Games Finished	Gene Garber	Philadelphia Phillies	47
Saves	Rawly Eastwick Al Hrabosky	Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals	22
Innings Pitched	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	321.2
Batters Faced	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	1276
Hits Allowed	Carl Morton	Atlanta Braves	302
Home Runs Allowed	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	29
Base-on-Balls Allowed	J.R. Richard	Houston Astros	138
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Mike Garman	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Hit Batsmen	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	11
Strikeouts	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	243
Wild Pitches	J.R. Richard	Houston Astros	20
Balks	Steve Carlton Jerry Koosman	Philadelphia Phillies New York Mets	7
Runs Allowed	Bill Bonham	Chicago Cubs	133
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Bonham	Chicago Cubs	120
Earned Run Average	Randy Jones	San Diego Padres	2.24
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.038

All-Star Game

The National League won the forty-sixth midsummer classic at County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI on Tuesday, July 15, 1975 by a score of 6 to 3. The league's manager was Walter Alston.

Postseason

The National League Championship Series, featured Pittsburgh Pirates, the Eastern Division winner, and the Cincinnati Reds, the Western Division winner. The Reds defeated the Pirates, 3 games to 0.

In the World Series, the National League champion Cincinnati Reds defeated the American League's Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Joe Morgan (morgajo02), a second baseman with the Cincinnati Reds. In the award's voting, he had 321 out of a possible 336 points and 21 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Tom Seaver of the New York Mets. In the award's voting, he had 98 out of a possible 120 points and 15 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was John Montefusco, a pitcher with the San Francisco Giants. In the award's voting, he had 12 out of a possible 24 points and 12 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers
C	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds
1B	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers
2B	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds
3B	Dave Concepción	Cincinnati Reds
SS	Ken Reitz	St. Louis Cardinals
OF	Garry Maddox	Philadelphia Phillies
	Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros
	Cesar Geronimo	Cincinnati Reds

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds
  • May: Bob Watson, Houston Astros
  • June: Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds
  • July: Dave Kingman, New York Mets
  • August: Tony Perez, Cincinnati Reds
  • September: Andre Thornton, Chicago Cubs

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Don Sutton, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • May: Don Sutton, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • June: Tom Seaver, New York Mets
  • July: Al Hrabosky, St. Louis Cardinals
  • August: Burt Hooton, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • September: Burt Hooton, Los Angeles Dodgers

Hall of Fame Game

The thirty-third annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 18 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the National League's San Francisco Giants lost to the Boston Red Sox of the American League by a score of 11 to 5.

Umpires

• Nick Colosi
• Shag Crawford
• Jerry Dale
• Satch Davidson
• Bob Engel
• Bruce Froemming
• Tom Gorman
• Doug Harvey
• John Kibler
• John McSherry
• Andy Olsen
• Chris Pelekoudas
• Paul Pryor
• Frank Pulli
• Dutch Rennert
• Paul Runge
• Dick Stello
• Ed Sudol
• Terry Tata
• Ed Vargo
• Harry Wendelstedt
• Lee Weyer
• Art Williams
• Bill Williams