1965 New York Yankees season

1965 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersCBS
General managersRalph Houk
ManagersJohnny Keane
TelevisionWPIX
(Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
RadioWCBS (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

First game in the Astrodome

  • 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

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

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1965 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

Roster

1965 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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

[12]

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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Stafford 22 111.1 3 8 3.56 71

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Frank Verdi
AA Columbus Confederate Yankees Southern League Loren Babe
A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Lamar North
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Jack Reed
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Penn League Gary Blaylock
Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Bob Bauer
Rookie FRL Yankees Florida Rookie League Chuck Boone

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Binghamton[15]

Notes

  1. ^ Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
  2. ^ Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ellie Rodriguez at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Duke Carmel at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Al Closter at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ Murcer, Bobby; Waggoner, Glen (2008). Yankee for Life. New York: Harper Collins. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5.
  8. ^ "Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  9. ^ Doc Edwards at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Bill Burbach at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Tom Shopay at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "1965 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. ^ "Hutch Award". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  14. ^ "1965 All-Star Game". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  15. ^ 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