1965 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Major League Baseball team season

1965 New York Yankees

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)
| <- 1964 | Seasons | 1966 ->

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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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

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American League 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

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1965 American League record

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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

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* 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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1965 New York Yankees

Roster
Pitchers

* 23 Rich Beck
* 28 Gil Blanco
* 56 Jim Bouton
* 23 Jim Brenneman
* 45 Jack Cullen
* 24 Al Downing
* 16 Whitey Ford
* 39 Steve Hamilton
* 29 Mike Jurewicz
* 51 Pete Mikkelsen
* 14 Pedro Ramos
* 18 Hal Reniff
* 45 Rollie Sheldon
* 22 Bill Stafford
* 30 Mel Stottlemyre
* 29 Bobby Tiefenauer

|  | Catchers

* 38 Johnny Blanchard
* 38 Doc Edwards
* 41 Jake Gibbs
* 32 Elston Howard
* 47 Bob Schmidt

Infielders

* 42 Ray Barker
* 6 Clete Boyer
* 27 Duke Carmel
* 20 Horace Clarke
* 10 Tony Kubek
* 12 Phil Linz
* 17 Bobby Murcer
* 25 Joe Pepitone
* 1 Bobby Richardson

|  | Outfielders

* 57 Art López
* 11 Héctor López
* 7 Mickey Mantle
* 9 Roger Maris
* 26 Archie Moore
* 53 Ross Moschitto
* 43 Roger Repoz
* 15 Tom Tresh
* 48 Roy White

Other batters

* 42 Pedro González

|  | Manager

* 21 Johnny Keane

Coaches

* 35 Vern Benson
* 2 Frankie Crosetti
* 31 Cot Deal (Pitching)
* 44 Jim Hegan
* 55 Spud Murray

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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#### Other batters

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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

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#### Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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* Mickey Mantle, Hutch Award[13]
* 1965 MLB All-Star Game
* Elston Howard
* Mickey Mantle
* Joe Pepitone
* Bobby Richardson
* Mel Stottlemyre[14]

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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

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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

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* 1965 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
* 1965 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

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