1965 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkD.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record70–92 (.432)
League place8th
OwnersJames M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managersGeorge Selkirk
ManagersGil Hodges
TelevisionWTOP
RadioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
← 1964 Seasons 1966 →

The 1965 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 102 60 0.630 — 51–30 51–30
Chicago White Sox 95 67 0.586 7 48–33 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 94 68 0.580 8 46–33 48–35
Detroit Tigers 89 73 0.549 13 47–34 42–39
Cleveland Indians 87 75 0.537 15 52–30 35–45
New York Yankees 77 85 0.475 25 40–43 37–42
Los Angeles/California Angels 75 87 0.463 27 46–34 29–53
Washington Senators 70 92 0.432 32 36–45 34–47
Boston Red Sox 62 100 0.383 40 34–47 28–53
Kansas City Athletics 59 103 0.364 43 33–48 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1965 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA/
CAL 		MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore — 11–7 9–9 10–8 11–7 11–7 13–5 8–10 13–5 8–10
Boston 7–11 — 4–14 8–10 6–12 11–7 5–13 1–17 9–9 11–7
Chicago 9–9 14–4 — 10–8 9–9 13–5 12–6 7–11 8–10 13–5
Cleveland 8–10 10–8 8–10 — 9–9 9–9 9–9 11–7 12–6 11–7
Detroit 7–11 12–6 9–9 9–9 — 13–5 10–8 8–10 10–8 11–7
Kansas City 7–11 7–11 5–13 9–9 5–13 — 5–13 8–10 7–11 6–12
Los Angeles/California 5–13 13–5 6–12 9–9 8–10 13–5 — 9–9 6–12 6–12
Minnesota 10–8 17–1 11–7 7–11 10–8 10–8 9–9 — 13–5 15–3
New York 5–13 9–9 10–8 6–12 8–10 11–7 12–6 5–13 — 11–7
Washington 10–8 7–11 5–13 7–11 7–11 12–6 12–6 3–15 7–11 —

NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.


Notable transactions

Roster

1965 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Mike Brumley 79 216 45 .208 3 15
1B Dick Nen 69 246 64 .260 6 31
2B Don Blasingame 129 403 90 .223 1 18
SS Ed Brinkman 154 444 82 .185 5 35
3B Ken McMullen 150 555 146 .263 18 54
LF Frank Howard 149 516 149 .289 21 84
CF Don Lock 143 418 90 .215 16 39
RF Jim King 120 258 55 .213 14 49

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
Ken Hamlin 117 362 99 .273 4 22
Woodie Held 122 332 82 .247 16 54
Willie Kirkland 123 312 72 .231 14 54
Don Zimmer 95 226 45 .199 2 17
Joe Cunningham 95 201 46 .229 3 20
Bob Chance 72 199 51 .256 4 14
Doug Camilli 75 193 37 .192 3 18
Jim French 13 37 11 .297 1 7
Fred Valentine 12 29 7 .241 0 1
Joe McCabe 14 27 5 .185 1 5
Roy Sievers 12 21 4 .190 0 0
Paul Casanova 5 13 4 .308 0 1
Brant Alyea 8 13 3 .231 2 6
Chuck Cottier 7 1 0 .000 0 0

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
Pete Richert 34 194.0 15 12 2.60 161
Phil Ortega 35 179.2 12 15 5.11 88
Joe Coleman 2 18.0 2 0 1.50 7
Pete Craig 3 14.1 0 3 8.16 2

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
Buster Narum 46 173.2 4 12 4.46 86
Mike McCormick 44 158.0 8 8 3.36 88
Bennie Daniels 33 116.1 5 13 4.72 42
Howie Koplitz 33 106.2 4 7 4.05 59
Frank Kreutzer 33 85.1 2 6 4.32 65
Jim Duckworth 17 64.0 2 2 3.94 74
Jim Hannan 4 14.2 1 1 4.91 5
Dallas Green 6 14.1 0 0 3.14 6

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
Ron Kline 74 7 6 29 2.63 52
Steve Ridzik 63 6 4 8 4.02 72
Marshall Bridges 40 1 2 0 2.67 39
Ryne Duren 16 1 1 0 6.65 18
Nick Willhite 5 0 0 0 7.11 3
Barry Moore 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League George Case
AA York White Roses Eastern League Billy Klaus
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Owen Friend
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie Wytheville Senators Appalachian League Lee Anthony

Notes

  1. ^ Tim Cullen page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Frank Howard page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Joe Coleman page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Tom Ragland Stats".

References

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