1965 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | CBS | |
General managers | Ralph Houk | |
Managers | Johnny Keane | |
Television | WPIX (Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) | |
Radio | WCBS (AM) (Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) | |
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The 1965 New York Yankees season was the 63rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 77–85, finishing 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Johnny Keane.
This season marked the beginning of a downturn for the Yankees before a resurgence in the mid-1970s. This was the first season since 1925 that they failed to finish either above the .500 mark or in the first division.[1] They would finish last in 1966, their first time doing so since 1912.
Offseason
[edit]- October 21, 1964: Ralph Terry was sent by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians to partially complete an earlier deal (the Yankees sent players to be named later and $75,000 to the Indians for Pedro Ramos) made on September 5, 1964. The Yankees sent Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27 to complete the trade.[2]
- November 30, 1964: Ellie Rodríguez was drafted by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1964 first-year draft.[3]
- November 30, 1964: Duke Carmel was drafted by the Yankees from the New York Mets in the 1964 rule 5 draft.[4]
- Prior to 1965 season: Al Closter was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.[5]
First game in the Astrodome
[edit]- April 9, 1965: The Houston Colt .45s became the Houston Astros and inaugurated indoor baseball in the Astrodome with a 2–1 exhibition win over the Yankees. In this game, Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the history of the Astrodome.
Regular season
[edit]Bobby Murcer made his major league debut on September 8.[6] He recorded his first hit on September 14, it was a two-run home run off Senators pitcher Jim Duckworth.[7]
On October 3, Tony Kubek hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[8]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 51–30 | 51–30 |
Chicago White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 7 | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Baltimore Orioles | 94 | 68 | .580 | 8 | 46–33 | 48–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 73 | .549 | 13 | 47–34 | 42–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 75 | .537 | 15 | 52–30 | 35–45 |
New York Yankees | 77 | 85 | .475 | 25 | 40–43 | 37–42 |
Los Angeles/California Angels | 75 | 87 | .463 | 27 | 46–34 | 29–53 |
Washington Senators | 70 | 92 | .432 | 32 | 36–45 | 34–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 40 | 34–47 | 28–53 |
Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 103 | .364 | 43 | 33–48 | 26–55 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- May 3, 1965: Johnny Blanchard and Rollie Sheldon were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Doc Edwards.[9]
- June 8, 1965: 1965 Major League Baseball draft
- Bill Burbach was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (19th pick).[10]
- Tom Shopay was drafted by the Yankees in the 34th round.[11]
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Elston Howard | 110 | 391 | 91 | .233 | 9 | 45 |
1B | Joe Pepitone | 143 | 531 | 131 | .247 | 18 | 62 |
2B | Bobby Richardson | 160 | 664 | 164 | .247 | 6 | 47 |
3B | Clete Boyer | 148 | 514 | 129 | .251 | 18 | 58 |
SS | Tony Kubek | 109 | 339 | 74 | .218 | 5 | 35 |
LF | Mickey Mantle | 122 | 361 | 92 | .255 | 19 | 46 |
CF | Tom Tresh | 156 | 602 | 168 | .279 | 26 | 74 |
RF | Héctor López | 111 | 283 | 74 | .261 | 7 | 39 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Phil Linz | 99 | 285 | 59 | .207 | 2 | 16 |
Roger Repoz | 79 | 218 | 48 | .220 | 12 | 28 |
Ray Barker | 98 | 205 | 52 | .254 | 7 | 31 |
Roger Maris | 46 | 155 | 37 | .239 | 8 | 27 |
Horace Clarke | 51 | 108 | 28 | .259 | 1 | 9 |
Doc Edwards | 45 | 100 | 19 | .190 | 1 | 9 |
Jake Gibbs | 37 | 68 | 15 | .221 | 2 | 7 |
Art López | 38 | 49 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Roy White | 14 | 42 | 14 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Schmidt | 20 | 40 | 10 | .250 | 1 | 3 |
Bobby Murcer | 11 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 1 | 4 |
Johnny Blanchard | 12 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 1 | 3 |
Ross Moschitto | 96 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 3 |
Archie Moore | 9 | 17 | 7 | .412 | 1 | 4 |
Duke Carmel | 6 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pedro González | 7 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Mel Stottlemyre | 37 | 291.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.63 | 155 |
Whitey Ford | 37 | 244.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.24 | 162 |
Al Downing | 35 | 212.0 | 12 | 14 | 3.40 | 179 |
Jim Bouton | 30 | 151.1 | 4 | 15 | 4.82 | 97 |
Jack Cullen | 12 | 59.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.05 | 25 |
Rich Beck | 3 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.14 | 10 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Bill Stafford | 22 | 111.1 | 3 | 8 | 3.56 | 71 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Pedro Ramos | 65 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 2.92 | 68 |
Hal Reniff | 51 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.80 | 74 |
Steve Hamilton | 46 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1.39 | 51 |
Pete Mikkelsen | 41 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3.28 | 69 |
Gil Blanco | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.98 | 14 |
Bobby Tiefenauer | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.54 | 15 |
Rollie Sheldon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 7 |
Jim Brenneman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 |
Mike Jurewicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Mickey Mantle, Hutch Award[13]
- 1965 MLB All-Star Game
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Binghamton[15]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
- ^ Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ellie Rodriguez at Baseball Reference
- ^ Duke Carmel at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Closter at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Murcer, Bobby; Waggoner, Glen (2008). Yankee for Life. New York: Harper Collins. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5.
- ^ "Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com.
- ^ Doc Edwards at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bill Burbach at Baseball Reference
- ^ Tom Shopay at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1965 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Hutch Award". www.baseball-almanac.com.
- ^ "1965 All-Star Game". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
[edit]- 1965 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
- 1965 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac