1965 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 12 – October 14, 1965 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 20 |
TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS, ABC |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Rick Monday |
Picked by | Kansas City Athletics |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Zoilo Versalles (MIN) NL: Willie Mays (SF) |
AL champions | Minnesota Twins |
AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
NL champions | Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL runners-up | San Francisco Giants |
World Series | |
Champions | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Runners-up | Minnesota Twins |
World Series MVP | Sandy Koufax (LA) |
The 1965 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 14, 1965. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Dodgers then defeated the Twins in the World Series, four games to three.
The Houston Colt .45s became the Houston Astros, as they moved from Colt Stadium to the new Astrodome, becoming the first team to play their home games indoors, rather than outdoors. It was also the final season for the Milwaukee Braves, before relocating and becoming the Atlanta Braves for the 1966 season. The Los Angeles Angels officially changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with only 28 games left in the season, in advance of their pending 1966 move to a new stadium in Anaheim, California.
In June, the first Major League Baseball draft was held in New York City. Teams chose players in reverse order of the previous season's standings, with picks alternating between American League and National League teams.[1] With the first pick of the 1965 MLB draft, the Kansas City Athletics took Rick Monday, an outfielder from Arizona State University.[2]
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1 National League Triple Crown Pitching Winner
American League[edit]
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National League[edit]
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World Series | |||
AL | Minnesota Twins | 3 | |
NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Baltimore Orioles | Hank Bauer | |
Boston Red Sox | Billy Herman | |
Los Angeles/California Angels | Bill Rigney | |
Chicago White Sox | Al López | |
Cleveland Indians | Birdie Tebbetts | |
Detroit Tigers | Chuck Dressen | Replaced temporarily by Bob Swift while recovering from a heart attack |
Kansas City Athletics | Mel McGaha | Replaced during the season by Haywood Sullivan |
Minnesota Twins | Sam Mele | Won the American League pennant |
New York Yankees | Johnny Keane | |
Washington Senators | Gil Hodges |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Chicago Cubs | College of Coaches | Head Coach was Bob Kennedy |
Cincinnati Reds | Dick Sisler | |
Houston Astros | Lum Harris | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | Walter Alston | Won the World Series |
Milwaukee Braves | Bobby Bragan | |
New York Mets | Casey Stengel | Replaced during the season by Wes Westrum |
Philadelphia Phillies | Gene Mauch | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Harry Walker | |
San Francisco Giants | Herman Franks | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Red Schoendienst |
Team Name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per Game |
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Los Angeles Dodgers[3] | 97 | 21.3% | 2,553,577 | 14.6% | 31,526 |
Houston Astros[4] | 65 | -1.5% | 2,151,470 | 196.4% | 26,561 |
New York Mets[5] | 50 | -5.7% | 1,768,389 | 2.1% | 21,566 |
San Francisco Giants[6] | 95 | 5.6% | 1,546,075 | 2.8% | 19,087 |
Minnesota Twins[7] | 102 | 29.1% | 1,463,258 | 21.2% | 18,065 |
St. Louis Cardinals[8] | 80 | -14.0% | 1,241,201 | 8.6% | 15,323 |
New York Yankees[9] | 77 | -22.2% | 1,213,552 | -7.1% | 14,621 |
Philadelphia Phillies[10] | 85 | -7.6% | 1,166,376 | -18.2% | 14,580 |
Chicago White Sox[11] | 95 | -3.1% | 1,130,519 | -9.6% | 13,957 |
Cincinnati Reds[12] | 89 | -3.3% | 1,047,824 | 21.5% | 12,936 |
Detroit Tigers[13] | 89 | 4.7% | 1,029,645 | 26.2% | 12,712 |
Cleveland Indians[14] | 87 | 10.1% | 934,786 | 43.1% | 11,400 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[15] | 90 | 12.5% | 909,279 | 19.7% | 11,089 |
Baltimore Orioles[16] | 94 | -3.1% | 781,649 | -30.0% | 9,894 |
Boston Red Sox[17] | 62 | -13.9% | 652,201 | -26.2% | 8,052 |
Chicago Cubs[18] | 72 | -5.3% | 641,361 | -14.7% | 7,727 |
Los Angeles/California Angels[19] | 75 | -8.5% | 566,727 | -25.5% | 7,084 |
Washington Senators[20] | 70 | 12.9% | 560,083 | -6.7% | 6,915 |
Milwaukee Braves[21] | 86 | -2.3% | 555,584 | -39.0% | 6,859 |
Kansas City Athletics[22] | 59 | 3.5% | 528,344 | -17.8% | 6,523 |