1965 Los Angeles / California Angels season

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1965  Los Angeles / California Angels
League American League
Ballpark Chávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Fred Haney
Managers Bill Rigney
Television KTLA
Radio KMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
  1964
1966  

The 1965 Los Angeles / California Angels season was the fifth year of play for the American Major League Baseball franchise. The 1965 Angels finished seventh in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses, putting them 27 games behind the AL Champion Minnesota Twins. It was also the final season for the franchise in the city of Los Angeles before moving to their new stadium in nearby Anaheim for the following season. In their fourth and last year as tenants at Chávez Ravine, the Angels drew only 566,727 fans, [1] eighth in the ten-team Junior Circuit and almost two million fans fewer than their landlords, the Dodgers, who were en route to the 1965 world championship.

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Midseason name change

Angels' logo after September 2 California Angels logo (1966-1970).svg
Angels' logo after September 2

The 1965 Angels are the only team in 20th century Major League Baseball history [2] [3] to undergo an in-season name change. [4] The club began the season under its original identity, the Los Angeles Angels, but with the imminent move to Anaheim, owner Gene Autry changed the name of the team to the California Angels — effective immediately — on September 2, 1965, with only 28 games left in the season. [2]

The name change was reflected in the Angels' new caps, on which an interlocking "CA" in fancy block letters replaced the former interlocking "LA". The new caps retained the distinctive white halo around the navy-blue crown. Because the team's home and road uniforms of the time simply read "ANGELS" across the shirtfront, they did not change.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10260.63051305130
Chicago White Sox 9567.586748334734
Baltimore Orioles 9468.580846334835
Detroit Tigers 8973.5491347344239
Cleveland Indians 8775.5371552303545
New York Yankees 7785.4752540433742
Los Angeles / California Angels 7587.4632746342953
Washington Senators 7092.4323236453447
Boston Red Sox 62100.3834034472853
Kansas City Athletics 59103.3644333482655

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCALAA/
CAL
MINNYYWSH
Baltimore 11–79–910–811–711–713–58–1013–58–10
Boston 7–114–148–106–1211–75–131–179–911–7
Chicago 9–914–410–89–913–512–67–118–1013–5
Cleveland 8–1010–88–109–99–99–911–712–611–7
Detroit 7–1112–69–99–913–510–88–1010–811–7
Kansas City 7–117–115–139–95–135–138–107–116–12
Los Angeles / California 5–1313–56–129–98–1013–59–96–126–12
Minnesota 10–817–111–77–1110–810–89–913–515–3
New York 5–139–910–86–128–1011–712–65–1311–7
Washington 10–87–115–137–117–1112–612–63–157–11

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1965 Los Angeles / California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Buck Rodgers 13241186.209132
1B Joe Adcock 12234984.2411447
2B Bobby Knoop 142465125.269743
SS Jim Fregosi 161602167.2771564
3B Paul Schaal 155483108.224945
LF Willie Smith 136459120.2611457
CF José Cardenal 134512128.2501157
RF Albie Pearson 122360100.278421

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Lou Clinton 8922254.24318
Vic Power 12419751.259120
Jim Piersall 5311230.268212
Costen Shockley 4010720.187217
Al Spangler 519625.26001
Merritt Ranew 419119.209110
Tom Satriano 477913.16514
Julio Gotay 407719.24713
Rick Reichardt 207520.26716
Ed Kirkpatrick 197319.26038
Bob Smith 235713.22805
Tom Egan 183810.26301
Joe Koppe 23337.21212
Charlie Dees 12325.15601
Dick Simpson 8276.22203
Phil Roof 9223.13600
Jackie Hernández 662.33301
Gino Cimoli 450.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Fred Newman 36260.214162.93109
Dean Chance 36225.215103.15164
Marcelino López 35215.114132.93122
Jim McGlothlin 318.0033.509

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
George Brunet 41197.09112.56141
Rudy May 30124.0493.9276
Jack Sanford 929.1124.6013
Ken McBride 822.0036.1411

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bob Lee 6997231.9289
Aubrey Gatewood 464503.4237
Ed Sukla 252334.5015
Barry Latman 181102.8418
Jim Coates 172033.5415
Ron Piché 140306.8614
Don Lee 100106.4312
Dick Wantz 100018.002

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Bob Lemon
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Chuck Tanner
A San Jose Bees California League Rocky Bridges
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Harry Dunlop and Ken Blackman
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Fred Koenig

Notes

  1. Baseball Reference: 1965 Miscellaneous Team Information
  2. 1 2 Babicz, Martin C.; Zeiler, Thomas W. (2017). National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball. Lanham, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado; New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 144. ISBN   978-1-4422-3584-7.
  3. United Press International (September 3, 1965). "Los Angeles Angels Now California Angels". The New York Times . Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. Baseball Almanac
  5. 1 2 Phil Roof at Baseball-Reference
  6. Bo Belinsky at Baseball-Reference
  7. Bobby Gene Smith at Baseball-Reference
  8. Merritt Ranew at Baseball-Reference
  9. Joe Henderson at Baseball-Reference

References