1965 Washington Senators season

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1965  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Cap Logo (1963 to 1967).svg
League American League
Ballpark D.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record70–92 (.432)
League place8th
Owners James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managers George Selkirk
Managers Gil Hodges
Television WTOP
Radio WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
  1964 Seasons 1966  

The 1965 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Contents

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:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCALAAMINNYYWSH
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 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Mike Brumley 7921645.208315
1B Dick Nen 6924664.260631
2B Don Blasingame 12940390.223118
SS Ed Brinkman 15444482.185535
3B Ken McMullen 150555146.2631854
LF Frank Howard 149516149.2892184
CF Don Lock 14341890.2151639
RF Jim King 12025855.2131449

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ken Hamlin 11736299.273422
Woodie Held 12233282.2471654
Willie Kirkland 12331272.2311454
Don Zimmer 9522645.199217
Joe Cunningham 9520146.229320
Bob Chance 7219951.256414
Doug Camilli 7519337.192318
Jim French 133711.29717
Fred Valentine 12297.24101
Joe McCabe 14275.18515
Roy Sievers 12214.19000
Paul Casanova 5134.30801
Brant Alyea 8133.23126
Chuck Cottier 710.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Richert 34194.015122.60161
Phil Ortega 35179.212155.1188
Joe Coleman 218.0201.507
Pete Craig 314.1038.162

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Buster Narum 46173.24124.4686
Mike McCormick 44158.0883.3688
Bennie Daniels 33116.15134.7242
Howie Koplitz 33106.2474.0559
Frank Kreutzer 3385.1264.3265
Jim Duckworth 1764.0223.9474
Jim Hannan 414.2114.915
Dallas Green 614.1003.146

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ron Kline 7476292.6352
Steve Ridzik 636484.0272
Marshall Bridges 401202.6739
Ryne Duren 161106.6518
Nick Willhite 50007.113
Barry Moore 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League George Case
AA York White Roses Eastern League Billy Klaus
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Owen Friend
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie Wytheville Senators Appalachian League Lee Anthony

Notes

  1. Tim Cullen page at Baseball Reference
  2. Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference
  3. Frank Howard page at Baseball Reference
  4. Joe Coleman page at Baseball Reference
  5. "Tom Ragland Stats".

References