1965 St. Louis Cardinals
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record80–81 (.497)
League place7th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bob Howsam
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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The 1965 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 84th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 74th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 80–81 during the season and finished seventh in the National League, 16½ games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was also the last full season for the original Busch Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

The mid-1960s saw changes both on the field and off – all while retaining the core of a remarkable successful franchise and its renewed popularity in St. Louis. Schoendienst's replacement of Keane had been preceded a few weeks earlier by general manager Bing Devine's firing, the redemption of the final pennant drive having come too late to assuage owner August Busch's dwindling patience. Devine was replaced by Bob Howsam, who made a number of moves to shore up a talented but aging team which struggled through the 1965 campaign, finishing mired in 7th place at 80–81. A capable GM if not Devine's equal, Howsam made some moves that worked – and some that did not. Howsam traded aging veterans Bill White, Dick Groat, and utility catcher Bob Uecker to Philadelphia in return for Pat Corrales, Art Mahaffey, and Alex Johnson. Popular third baseman Ken Boyer was dispatched to the Mets in exchange for pitcher Al Jackson. Finally, pitcher Ray Sadecki was traded to the Giants for first baseman Orlando Cepeda in 1966. The latter moves worked better than the former, but the Cardinals still finished in 6th place in 1966, resulting in Howsam's replacement by none other than Cardinals legend Stan Musial. Musial's most notable move was to acquire Yankees' star Roger Maris.

Pitcher Bob Gibson, first baseman Bill White, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 97 65 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
San Francisco Giants 95 67 0.586 2 51–30 44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 72 0.556 7 49–32 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 89 73 0.549 8 49–32 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 86 76 0.531 11 44–37 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 85 76 0.528 11½ 45–35 40–41
St. Louis Cardinals 80 81 0.497 16½ 42–39 38–42
Chicago Cubs 72 90 0.444 25 40–41 32–49
Houston Astros 65 97 0.401 32 36–45 29–52
New York Mets 50 112 0.309 47 29–52 21–60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago — 7–11 8–10 8–10 9–9 11–7–1 8–10 5–13 6–12 10–8–1
Cincinnati 11–7 — 12–6 6–12 12–6 11–7 13–5 8–10 6–12 10–8
Houston 10–8 6–12 — 5–13 4–14 14–4 6–12 8–10 3–15 9–9
Los Angeles 10–8 12–6 13–5 — 10–8 12–6 9–9 9–9 10–8 12–6
Milwaukee 9–9 6–12 14–4 8–10 — 13–5 6–12 9–9 10–8 11–7
New York 7–11–1 7–11 4–14 6–12 5–13 — 7–11–1 4–14 5–13 5–13
Philadelphia 10–8 5–13 12–6 9–9 12–6 11–7–1 — 8–10 8–10 10–7
Pittsburgh 13–5 10–8 10–8 9–9 9–9 14–4 10–8 — 11–7–1 4–14
San Francisco 12–6 12–6 15–3 8–10 8–10 13–5 10–8 7–11–1 — 10–8
St. Louis 8–10–1 8–10 9–9 6–12 7–11 13–5 7–10 14–4 8–10 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1965 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Tim McCarver 113 409 113 .276 11 48
1B Bill White 148 543 157 .289 24 73
2B Julián Javier 77 229 52 .227 2 23
SS Dick Groat 153 587 149 .254 0 52
3B Ken Boyer 144 535 139 .260 13 75
LF Lou Brock 155 631 182 .288 16 69
CF Curt Flood 156 617 191 .310 11 83
RF Mike Shannon 124 244 54 .221 3 25

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Phil Gagliano 122 363 87 .240 8 53
Tito Francona 81 174 45 .259 5 19
Jerry Buchek 55 166 41 .247 3 21
Bob Skinner 80 152 47 .309 5 26
Bob Uecker 53 145 33 .228 2 10
Dal Maxvill 68 89 12 .135 0 10
Carl Warwick 50 77 12 .156 0 6
Bobby Tolan 17 69 13 .188 0 6
Ted Savage 30 63 10 .159 1 4
George Kernek 10 31 9 .290 0 3
Dave Ricketts 11 29 7 .241 0 0
Ed Spiezio 10 18 3 .167 0 5

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Gibson 38 299.0 20 12 3.07 270
Curt Simmons 34 203.0 9 15 4.08 96
Ray Sadecki 36 172.2 6 15 5.21 122
Larry Jaster 4 28.0 3 0 1.61 10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tracy Stallard 40 194.1 11 8 3.38 99
Bob Purkey 32 124.1 10 9 5.79 39
Ray Washburn 28 119.1 9 11 3.62 67

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hal Woodeshick 51 3 2 15 1.81 37
Don Dennis 41 2 3 6 2.29 29
Nelson Briles 37 3 3 4 3.50 52
Barney Schultz 34 2 2 2 3.83 38
Ron Taylor 25 2 1 1 4.53 26
Steve Carlton 15 0 0 0 2.52 21
Dennis Aust 6 0 0 1 4.91 7
Earl Francis 2 0 0 0 5.06 3

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Grover Resinger
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Vern Rapp
A Raleigh Cardinals Carolina League Ray Hathaway
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Ron Plaza
A Rock Hill Cardinals Western Carolinas League Sparky Anderson
Rookie FRL Cardinals Florida Rookie League George Kissell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rock Hill[8]

References

  1. ^ Pedro Borbón page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Chris Krug page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mets swap Stallard for two young Cards
  4. ^ Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ 1965 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  6. ^ Rich Hacker page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1965 MLB season by team
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