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.
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Owner(s) | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey |
General manager(s) | Buzzie Bavasi |
Manager(s) | Walter Alston |
Local television | KTTV (11) |
Local radio | KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW José García, Jaime Jarrín |
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Offseason
- October 15, 1964: Nick Willhite was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.[1]
- October 15, 1964: Larry Miller was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick Smith.[2]
- November 30, 1964: Doug Camilli was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.[3]
- December 4, 1964: Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and cash. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.[4]
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 |
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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
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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 lineup
Notable transactions
- May 11, 1965: Nick Willhite was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.[1]
- December 15, 1965: Dick Tracewski was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Phil Regan.[5]
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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 |
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C | John Roseboro | 136 | 437 | 102 | .233 | 8 | 57 |
1B | Wes Parker | 154 | 542 | 129 | .238 | 8 | 51 |
2B | Jim Lefebvre | 157 | 544 | 136 | .250 | 12 | 69 |
SS | Maury Wills | 158 | 650 | 186 | .286 | 0 | 33 |
3B | Jim Gilliam | 111 | 372 | 104 | .280 | 4 | 39 |
LF | Lou Johnson | 131 | 468 | 121 | .259 | 12 | 58 |
CF | Willie Davis | 142 | 558 | 133 | .238 | 10 | 57 |
RF | Ron Fairly | 158 | 555 | 152 | .274 | 9 | 70 |
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 |
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Dick Tracewski | 78 | 186 | 40 | .215 | 1 | 20 |
Jeff Torborg | 56 | 150 | 36 | .240 | 3 | 13 |
John Kennedy | 104 | 105 | 18 | .171 | 1 | 5 |
Wally Moon | 53 | 89 | 18 | .202 | 1 | 11 |
Al Ferrara | 41 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 1 | 10 |
Don LeJohn | 34 | 78 | 20 | .256 | 0 | 7 |
Tommy Davis | 17 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
Derrell Griffith | 22 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 1 | 2 |
Willie Crawford | 52 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 0 |
Hector Valle | 9 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
Dick Smith | 10 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Werhas | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nate Oliver | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Sandy Koufax | 43 | 335.2 | 26 | 8 | 2.04 | 382 |
Don Drysdale | 44 | 308.1 | 23 | 12 | 2.77 | 210 |
Claude Osteen | 40 | 287 | 15 | 15 | 2.79 | 162 |
Johnny Podres | 27 | 134 | 7 | 6 | 3.43 | 63 |
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 |
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Howie Reed | 38 | 78 | 7 | 5 | 3.12 | 47 |
Nick Willhite | 15 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 5.36 | 28 |
Mike Kekich | 5 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.58 | 9 |
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 |
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Bob Miller | 61 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2.97 | 77 |
Ron Perranoski | 59 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 2.24 | 53 |
Jim Brewer | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.82 | 31 |
John Purdin | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 16 |
Bill Singer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
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 |
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Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Minnesota (A) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 8 | 10 | 0 |
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 |
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Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Minnesota (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | x | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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 |
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Minnesota (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 1 |
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 |
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Minnesota (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Los Angeles (N) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | x | 7 | 10 | 0 |
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 |
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Minnesota (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Los Angeles (N) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | x | 7 | 14 | 0 |
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 |
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Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Minnesota (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 5 | 6 | 1 |
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 |
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Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Minnesota (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
W: Sandy Koufax (2–1) L: Jim Kaat (1–2) | ||||||||||||
HR: LAD – Lou Johnson (2) |
Awards and honors
- National League Cy Young Award
- National League Rookie of the Year
- World Series Most Valuable Player
- Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
- TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
All-Stars
Farm system
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.
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June draft
August Legion Draft[8] The August Legion Draft was for College players who had participated in summer amateur leagues.
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Notes
- Nick Willhite at Baseball Reference
- Larry Miller at Baseball Reference
- Doug Camilli at Baseball Reference
- Frank Howard at Baseball Reference
- Dick Tracewski at Baseball Reference
- Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
- 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
- 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft