1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins.

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions
National League champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
José García, Jaime Jarrín
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Offseason

Regular season

Season Recap

The Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, but injuries and poor play saw them fall to 6th place in 1964. Despite their weak offense and the trade of power hitting Frank Howard for Claude Osteen during the off season, they were expected to contend in 1965 with their strong pitching. However, one month into the season, they lost their best hitter Tommy Davis when he fractured his ankle sliding into second base. Most experts thought this ended any hope the Dodgers had of winning the pennant. To replace Davis, the club called up journeyman Lou Johnson; his infectious cheerful attitude and knack for timely hitting helped keep the club in contention.

The National League pennant race was a thriller, with 6 teams (the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, Reds, Braves, and Phillies) in contention throughout a summer that saw the Dodgers, Giants, Braves, and Reds all take their turns in first place. With these 6 teams tightly bunched heading into September, the Giants went on a 14-game winning streak to take a ​4 1⁄2-game lead with two weeks to play. Then the Dodgers went on a 13-game winning streak, and won 15 of their last 16 games to win the pennant by 2 games over the Giants.

The Dodgers were led by shortstop Maury Wills with 94 stolen bases, Sandy Koufax (26–8, 2.04 E.R.A. and a then record 382 strikeouts), and Don Drysdale (23–12, 2.77 E.R.A.) Drysdale also chipped in with 7 home runs and was the club's only .300 hitter.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9765 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
San Francisco Giants 9567 0.586 2 51–30 44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 9072 0.556 7 49–32 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 8 49–32 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 11 44–37 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 8576 0.528 11½ 45–35 40–41
St. Louis Cardinals 8081 0.497 16½ 42–39 38–42
Chicago Cubs 7290 0.444 25 40–41 32–49
Houston Astros 6597 0.401 32 36–45 29–52
New York Mets 50112 0.309 47 29–52 21–60

Record vs. opponents
1965 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —7–118–108–109–911–7–18–105–136–1210–8–1
Cincinnati 11–7—12–66–1212–611–713–58–106–1210–8
Houston 10–86–12—5–134–1414–46–128–103–159–9
Los Angeles 10–812–613–5—10–812–69–99–910–812–6
Milwaukee 9–96–1214–48–10—13–56–129–910–811–7
New York 7–11–17–114–146–125–13—7–11–14–145–135–13
Philadelphia 10–85–1312–69–912–611–7–1—8–108–1010–7
Pittsburgh 13–510–810–89–99–914–410–8—11–7–14–14
San Francisco 12–612–615–38–108–1013–510–87–11–1—10–8
St. Louis 8–10–18–109–96–127–1113–57–1014–48–10—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Maury WillsShortstop
Wes ParkerFirst baseman
Willie DavisCenter fielder
Tommy DavisLeft fielder
Johnny RoseboroCatcher
Jim LefebvreSecond baseman
Ron FairlyRight fielder
John KennedyThird baseman
Don DrysdaleStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1965 Game Log

Player stats

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
CJohn Roseboro136437102.233857
1BWes Parker154542129.238851
2BJim Lefebvre157544136.2501269
SSMaury Wills158650186.286033
3BJim Gilliam111372104.280439
LFLou Johnson131468121.2591258
CFWillie Davis142558133.2381057
RFRon Fairly158555152.274970

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
Dick Tracewski7818640.215120
Jeff Torborg5615036.240313
John Kennedy10410518.17115
Wally Moon538918.202111
Al Ferrara418117.210110
Don LeJohn347820.25607
Tommy Davis176015.25009
Derrell Griffith22417.17112
Willie Crawford52274.14800
Hector Valle9134.30802
Dick Smith1060.00001
Johnny Werhas430.00000
Nate Oliver8111.00000

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
Sandy Koufax43335.22682.04382
Don Drysdale44308.123122.77210
Claude Osteen4028715152.79162
Johnny Podres27134763.4363

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
Howie Reed3878753.1247
Nick Willhite1542225.3628
Mike Kekich510.1019.589

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
Bob Miller616792.9777
Ron Perranoski5966182.2453
Jim Brewer193221.8231
John Purdin112106.7516
Bill Singer20000.001

1965 World Series
Main article: 1965 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles (N) 010 000 001 2101
Minnesota (A) 016 001 00x 8100
W: Mudcat Grant (1–0)   L: Don Drysdale (0–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (1)   MIN – Don Mincher (1), Zoilo Versalles (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles (N) 000 000 100 173
Minnesota (A) 000 002 12x 590
W: Jim Kaat (1–0)   L: Sandy Koufax (0–1)

Game 3

October 9, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota (A) 000 000 000 050
Los Angeles (N) 000 211 00x 4101
W: Claude Osteen (1–0)  L: Camilo Pascual (0–1)

Game 4

October 10, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota (A) 000 101 000 252
Los Angeles (N) 110 103 01x 7100
W: Don Drysdale (1–1)  L: Mudcat Grant (1–1)
HR: MIN – Harmon Killebrew (1), Tony Oliva (1)    LAD – Wes Parker (1), Lou Johnson (1)

Game 5

October 11, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota (A) 000 000 000 041
Los Angeles (N) 202 100 20x 7140
W: Sandy Koufax (1–1)  L: Jim Kaat (1–1)

Game 6

October 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles (N) 000 000 100 161
Minnesota (A) 000 203 00x 561
W: Mudcat Grant (2–1)   L: Claude Osteen (1–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (2)   MIN – Bob Allison (1), Mudcat Grant (1)

Game 7

October 14, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles (N) 000 200 000 270
Minnesota (A) 000 000 000 031
W: Sandy Koufax (2–1)   L: Jim Kaat (1–2)
HR: LAD – Lou Johnson (2)

Awards and honors
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

All-Stars

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Bill Brenzel
Duke Snider
Pete Reiser
AA Albuquerque Dodgers Texas League Roy Hartsfield
A Santa Barbara Dodgers California League Norm Sherry
A St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League George Scherger
A Salem Dodgers Northwest League Stan Wasiak
Rookie Pocatello Chiefs Pioneer League Tommy Lasorda

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albuquerque

1965 Major League Baseball draft

This was the first Major League Baseball draft. The Dodgers drafted 30 players this year in the June draft and an additional 2 in the August Legion draft. The first player the Dodgers ever drafted was a shortstop from Bakersfield High School named John Wyatt. He played in the teams farm system through 1970 but never advanced past Class-A.

The most notable player drafted this year was Tom Seaver, who was picked in the 10th round from the University of Southern California, but he did not sign with the team and re-entered the draft the following year, where he was selected by the New York Mets.

Notes
  1. Nick Willhite at Baseball Reference
  2. Larry Miller at Baseball Reference
  3. Doug Camilli at Baseball Reference
  4. Frank Howard at Baseball Reference
  5. Dick Tracewski at Baseball Reference
  6. Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
  7. 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft

References
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