1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions
National League champions
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1890)
Location
  • Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
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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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.

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[]

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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
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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 lineup[]

Opening Day starters
Name Position
Maury Wills Shortstop
Wes Parker First baseman
Willie Davis Center fielder
Tommy Davis Left fielder
Johnny Roseboro Catcher
Jim Lefebvre Second baseman
Ron Fairly Right fielder
John Kennedy Third baseman
Don Drysdale Starting pitcher

Notable transactions[]

Roster[]

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 24 Walter Alston

Coaches

Game log[]

1965 Game Log

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 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
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

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
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
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
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[]

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) 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
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
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
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
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
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
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[]

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax
  • National League Cy Young Award
    • Sandy Koufax
  • National League Rookie of the Year
    • Jim Lefebvre
  • World Series Most Valuable Player
    • Sandy Koufax
  • Associated Press Athlete of the Year
    • Sandy Koufax[6]
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
    • Sandy Koufax
  • TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
    • 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. ^ a b 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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