1965 New York Yankees season

The 1965 New York Yankees season was the 63rd season for the Yankees in New York and their 65th overall. The team finished with a record of 77–85, finishing 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Johnny Keane.

1965 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)CBS
General manager(s)Ralph Houk
Manager(s)Johnny Keane
Local televisionWPIX (Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
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This season marked the beginning of a transition 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
  • 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
  • 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, 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 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 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CElston Howard11039191.233945
1BJoe Pepitone143531131.2471862
2BBobby Richardson160664164.247647
3BClete Boyer148514129.2511858
SSTony Kubek10933974.218535
LFMickey Mantle12236192.2551946
CFTom Tresh156602168.2792674
RFHéctor López11128374.261739

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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 Linz9928559.207216
Roger Repoz7921848.2201228
Ray Barker9820552.254731
Roger Maris4615537.239827
Horace Clarke5110828.25919
Doc Edwards4510019.19019
Jake Gibbs376815.22127
Art López38497.14300
Roy White144214.33303
Bob Schmidt204010.25013
Bobby Murcer11379.24314
Johnny Blanchard12345.14713
Ross Moschitto96275.18513
Archie Moore9177.41214
Duke Carmel680.00000
Pedro González752.40000

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 Stottlemyre372912092.63155
Whitey Ford37244.116133.24162
Al Downing3521212143.40179
Jim Bouton30151.14154.8297
Jack Cullen1259343.0525
Rich Beck321212.1410

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 Stafford22111.1383.5671

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 Ramos6555192.9268
Hal Reniff513433.8074
Steve Hamilton463151.3951
Pete Mikkelsen414903.2869
Gil Blanco171103.9814
Bobby Tiefenauer101123.5415
Rollie Sheldon30001.427
Jim Brenneman300018.002
Mike Jurewicz20007.712

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). Numbelivable!. Chicago, Illinois: 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. http://www.geisleryoung.com/, Geisler Young, LLC -. "1965 All-Star Game". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  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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