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 & 1975) running after a fly ball. At the time of the injury, he was batting .307 (.369 against lefties, and .360 with 2 outs, and runners in scoring position) with a .382 on-base percentage. He'd been hit by a pitch seven times during the regular season, including once by Thomas, and once by Bibby. The Rangers fired Martin 95 games into the season. Shortly afterwards, the Yankees fired Virdon, and replaced him with Martin.