1965 California Angels season

The 1965 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.

1965 California Angels
Known as Los Angeles Angels
until September 2, 1965
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Fred Haney
Manager(s)Bill Rigney
Local televisionKTLA
Local radioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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Midseason name change

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10260 0.630 — 51–30 51–30
Chicago White Sox 9567 0.586 7 48–33 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 9468 0.580 8 46–33 48–35
Detroit Tigers 8973 0.549 13 47–34 42–39
Cleveland Indians 8775 0.537 15 52–30 35–45
New York Yankees 7785 0.475 25 40–43 37–42
Los Angeles/California Angels 7587 0.463 27 46–34 29–53
Washington Senators 7092 0.432 32 36–45 34–47
Boston Red Sox 62100 0.383 40 34–47 28–53
Kansas City Athletics 59103 0.364 43 33–48 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1965 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA/
CAL		 MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–79–910–811–711–713–58–1013–58–10
Boston 7–11—4–148–106–1211–75–131–179–911–7
Chicago 9–914–4—10–89–913–512–67–118–1013–5
Cleveland 8–1010–88–10—9–99–99–911–712–611–7
Detroit 7–1112–69–99–9—13–510–88–1010–811–7
Kansas City 7–117–115–139–95–13—5–138–107–116–12
Los Angeles/California 5–1313–56–129–98–1013–5—9–96–126–12
Minnesota 10–817–111–77–1110–810–89–9—13–515–3
New York 5–139–910–86–128–1011–712–65–13—11–7
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 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
1BJoe Adcock12234984.2411447
2BBobby Knoop142465125.269743
SSJim Fregosi161602167.2771564
LFWillie Smith136459120.2611457
CFJosé Cardenal134512128.2501157
RFAlbie Pearson122360100.278421

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
Vic Power12419751.259120
Costen Shockley4010720.187217
Ed Kirkpatrick197319.26038
Bob Smith235713.22805
Phil Roof9223.13600
Jackie Hernández662.33301

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
Fred Newman36260.214162.93109
Dean Chance36225.215103.15164
Marcelino López35215.114132.93122

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
George Brunet411979112.56141
Rudy May30124493.9276
Ken McBride822036.1411

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
Bob Lee6997231.9289
Aubrey Gatewood464503.4237
Ed Sukla252334.5015
Barry Latman181102.8418
Jim Coates172033.5415
Ron Piché140306.8614
Don Lee100106.4312

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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. 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. 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
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