1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
	World Series Champions; National League champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Dodger Stadium (since 1962); Los Angeles (since 1958);
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KFI; Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett; KWKW ; José García, Jaime Jarrín
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The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

October 15, 1964: Nick Willhite was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[1]
October 15, 1964: Larry Miller was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick Smith.^[2]
November 30, 1964: Doug Camilli was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[3]
December 4, 1964: Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and cash. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.^[4]

Regular season

Season Recap

The Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, but injuries and poor play saw them fall to 6th place in 1964. Despite their weak offense and the trade of power hitting Frank Howard for Claude Osteen during the off season, they were expected to contend in 1965 with their strong pitching. However, one month into the season, they lost their best hitter Tommy Davis when he fractured his ankle sliding into second base. Most experts thought this ended any hope the Dodgers had of winning the pennant. To replace Davis, the club called up journeyman Lou Johnson; his infectious cheerful attitude and knack for timely hitting helped keep the club in contention.

The National League pennant race was a thriller, with 6 teams (the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, Reds, Braves, and Phillies) in contention throughout a summer that saw the Dodgers, Giants, Braves, and Reds all take their turns in first place. With these 6 teams tightly bunched heading into September, the Giants went on a 14-game winning streak to take a 4 1/2 game lead with two weeks to play. Then the Dodgers went on a 13-game winning streak, and won 14 of their last 15 games to win the pennant by 2 games over the Giants.

The Dodgers were led by shortstop Maury Wills with 94 stolen bases, Sandy Koufax (26–8, 2.04 E.R.A. and a then record 382 strikeouts), and Don Drysdale (23–12, 2.77 E.R.A.) Drysdale also chipped in with 7 home runs and was the club's only .300 hitter.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
San Francisco Giants	95	67	0.586	2	51–30	44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	72	0.556	7	49–32	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	8	49–32	40–41
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	0.531	11	44–37	42–39
Philadelphia Phillies	85	76	0.528	11½	45–35	40–41
St. Louis Cardinals	80	81	0.497	16½	42–39	38–42
Chicago Cubs	72	90	0.444	25	40–41	32–49
Houston Astros	65	97	0.401	32	36–45	29–52
New York Mets	50	112	0.309	47	29–52	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	7–11	8–10	8–10	9–9	11–7–1	8–10	5–13	6–12	10–8–1
Cincinnati	11–7	—	12–6	6–12	12–6	11–7	13–5	8–10	6–12	10–8
Houston	10–8	6–12	—	5–13	4–14	14–4	6–12	8–10	3–15	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	13–5	—	10–8	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	12–6
Milwaukee	9–9	6–12	14–4	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	9–9	10–8	11–7
New York	7–11–1	7–11	4–14	6–12	5–13	—	7–11–1	4–14	5–13	5–13
Philadelphia	10–8	5–13	12–6	9–9	12–6	11–7–1	—	8–10	8–10	10–7
Pittsburgh	13–5	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9	14–4	10–8	—	11–7–1	4–14
San Francisco	12–6	12–6	15–3	8–10	8–10	13–5	10–8	7–11–1	—	10–8
St. Louis	8–10–1	8–10	9–9	6–12	7–11	13–5	7–10	14–4	8–10	—

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Wes Parker	First baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Jim Lefebvre	Second baseman
Ron Fairly	Right fielder
John Kennedy	Third baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

May 11, 1965: Nick Willhite was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.^[1]
December 15, 1965: Dick Tracewski was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Phil Regan.^[5]

Roster

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

21 Jim Brewer

53 Don Drysdale

37 Mike Kekich

32 Sandy Koufax

15 Bob Miller

23 Claude Osteen

16 Ron Perranoski

22 Johnny Podres

35 John Purdin

39 Howie Reed

40 Bill Singer

45 Nick Willhite

Catchers

8 Johnny Roseboro

10 Jeff Torborg

17 Héctor Valle

Infielders

19 Jim Gilliam

11 John Kennedy

5 Jim Lefebvre

31 Don LeJohn

29 Nate Oliver

28 Wes Parker

44 Dick Tracewski

14 Johnny Werhas

30 Maury Wills

Outfielders

43 Willie Crawford

12 Tommy Davis

3 Willie Davis

6 Ron Fairly

20 Al Ferrara

26 Derrell Griffith

41 Lou Johnson

9 Wally Moon

25 Dick Smith

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

19 Jim Gilliam

18 Preston Gómez

33 Danny Ozark

36 Lefty Phillips

Game log

1965 Game Log

April
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 12	@ Mets	6–1	Drysdale (1–0)	Jackson (0–1)		37,999	1–0
2	April 14	@ Pirates	3–1	Osteen (1–0)	Gibbon (0–1)		7,770	2–0
3	April 17	@ Phillies	3–2	Short (2–0)	Drysdale (1–1)	Baldschun (1)	17,021	2–1
4	April 18	@ Phillies	6–2	Koufax (1–0)	Belinsky (0–1)		11,107	3–1
5	April 20	Mets	3–2	Spahn (1–0)	Osteen (1–1)		36,161	3–2
6	April 21	Mets	5–1	Drysdale (2–1)	Willey (0–1)	Miller (1)	18,134	4–2
7	April 22	Mets	2–1	Koufax (2–0)	Fisher (0–1)		20,888	5–2
8	April 23	Phillies	4–0	Podres (1–0)	Bunning (1–2)		29,120	6–2
9	April 24	Phillies	9–3	Osteen (2–1)	Belinsky (0–2)		36,500	7–2
10	April 25	Phillies	6–4	Herbert (1–0)	Drysdale (2–2)	Baldschun (2)	25,766	7–3
11	April 26	Phillies	4–3	Short (3–1)	Koufax (2–1)	Baldschun (3)	24,703	7–4
12	April 27	Pirates	5–4	Reed (1–0)	Gibbon (0–3)	Miller (2)	17,630	8–4
13	April 28	Pirates	2–0	Veale (2–0)	Osteen (2–2)		17,464	8–5
14	April 29	Giants	2–1	Drysdale (3–2)	Marichal (3–2)		30,219	9–5
15	April 30	Giants	6–3	Miller (1–0)	Bolin (0–3)		48,586	10–5

May
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	Giants	4–2	Purdin (1–0)	Perry (1–2)	Brewer (1)	49,758	11–5
17	May 2	Giants	4 – 2 (10)	Sanford (2–1)	Miller (1–1)	Linzy (1)	40,439	11–6
18	May 4	@ Reds	8–6	Brewer (1–0)	Jay (1–1)		9,767	12–6
19	May 5	@ Reds	4–2	Koufax (3–1)	O'Toole (0–4)		9,753	13–6
20	May 6	@ Reds	4–3	Podres (2–0)	Tsitouris (2–2)	Miller (3)	7,821	14–6
21	May 7	@ Giants	4–3	Osteen (3–2)	Henry (2–1)		33,977	15–6
22	May 8	@ Giants	9–0	Drysdale (4–2)	Herbel (1–2)		37,548	16–6
23	May 9	@ Giants	6–3	Marichal (5–2)	Koufax (3–2)		40,596	16–7
24	May 10	Astros	3 – 2 (10)	Miller (2–1)	Woodeshick (1–2)		22,535	17–7
25	May 11	Astros	2–1	Giusti (6–0)	Osteen (3–3)		21,086	17–8
26	May 12	Astros	4–2	Drysdale (5–2)	Nottebart (0–2)		19,302	18–8
27	May 13	Astros	3–0	Koufax (4–2)	Bruce (1–4)		20,963	19–8
28	May 14	Cubs	2–1	Buhl (4–2)	Purdin (1–1)	Abernathy (8)	26,356	19–9
29	May 15	Cubs	3–1	Miller (3–1)	Ellsworth (3–3)	Brewer (2)	22,047	20–9
30	May 16	Cubs	5 – 3 (10)	Jackson (3–3)	Perranoski (0–1)			20–10
31	May 16	Cubs	3–2	Drysdale (6–2)	McDaniel (0–1)		45,739	21–10
32	May 17	@ Astros	5 – 3 (11)	Koufax (5–2)	Bruce (1–5)	Miller (4)	40,858	22–10
33	May 18	@ Astros	4–1	Johnson (3–1)	Brewer (1–1)	Woodeshick (2)	22,220	22–11
34	May 19	@ Astros	4 – 2 (14)	Purdin (2–1)	MacKenzie (0–2)	Drysdale (1)	30,885	23–11
35	May 21	@ Cubs	4–3	Ellsworth (4–3)	Drysdale (6–3)		4,716	23–12
36	May 22	@ Cubs	3–1	Koufax (6–2)	Koonce (3–2)		17,922	24–12
37	May 23	@ Cubs	3 – 2 (16)	Ellsworth (5–3)	Reed (1–1)		17,139	24–13
38	May 24	Cardinals	6–4	Stallard (3–1)	Osteen (3–4)	Schultz (1)	22,987	24–14
39	May 25	Cardinals	2–0	Drysdale (7–3)	Gibson (8–1)		28,515	25–14
40	May 26	Cardinals	2–1	Simmons (3–5)	Koufax (6–3)		30,794	25–15
41	May 27	Braves	3–2	Podres (3–0)	Lemaster (2–5)		19,001	26–15
42	May 28	Braves	5–4	O'Dell (3–2)	Osteen (3–5)		30,107	26–16
43	May 29	Braves	5–3	Drysdale (8–3)	Carroll (0–1)		23,707	27–16
44	May 30	Reds	12–5	Koufax (7–3)	Ellis (7–2)		36,309	28–16
45	May 31	Reds	4–3	Perranoski (1–1)	Maloney (5–1)			29–16
46	May 31	Reds	6–1	Jay (3–1)	Osteen (3–6)		50,997	29–17

June
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
47	June 2	@ Cardinals	4–1	Drysdale (9–3)	Washburn (3–3)	Perranoski (1)	17,560	30–17
48	June 3	@ Cardinals	11–10	Brewer (2–1)	Schultz (1–1)	Miller (5)	19,946	31–17
49	June 4	@ Braves	5–2	Blasingame (6–4)	Miller (3–2)		5,760	31–18
50	June 5	@ Braves	9–1	Cloninger (7–4)	Podres (3–1)		4,116	31–19
51	June 6	@ Braves	4–0	Drysdale (10–3)	Kelley (0–1)			32–19
52	June 6	@ Braves	6–4	Lemaster (3–5)	Reed (1–2)	O'Dell (6)	17,175	32–20
53	June 7	@ Phillies	14–3	Koufax (8–3)	Burdette (0–3)		23,345	33–20
54	June 8	@ Phillies	2–1	Osteen (4–6)	Bunning (5–5)	Perranoski (2)	14,975	34–20
55	June 9	@ Phillies	7–3	Short (5–6)	Kekich (0–1)		16,241	34–21
56	June 10	@ Phillies	4–0	Herbert (3–3)	Podres (3–2)		19,467	34–22
57	June 11	@ Mets	2–1	Drysdale (11–3)	Spahn (4–7)		55,023	35–22
58	June 12	@ Mets	5–0	Koufax (9–3)	Jackson (2–8)		38,915	36–22
59	June 13	@ Mets	5–2	Osteen (5–6)	Fisher (5–6)	Miller (6)		37–22
60	June 13	@ Mets	4–3	Perranoski (2–1)	Kroll (3–5)	Podres (1)	57,175	38–22
61	June 15	Giants	2–1	Marichal (10–5)	Drysdale (11–4)		52,357	38–23
62	June 16	Giants	2–1	Koufax (10–3)	Shaw (6–4)		44,499	39–23
63	June 17	Giants	3–0	Osteen (6–6)	Perry (6–6)		40,707	40–23
64	June 18	Phillies	4–2	Short (7–6)	Podres (3–3)		30,401	40–24
65	June 19	Phillies	4–0	Willhite (1–0)	Herbert (3–4)	Perranoski (3)	20,518	41–24
66	June 20	Mets	2–1	Koufax (11–3)	Spahn (4–9)			42–24
67	June 20	Mets	3–2	Miller (1–0)	Drysdale (11–5)		52,248	42–25
68	June 21	Mets	1–0	Jackson (3–9)	Osteen (6–7)		18,867	42–26
69	June 22	Mets	4–2	Reed (2–2)	Parsons (0–4)	Perranoski (4)	20,633	43–26
70	June 24	Pirates	13–3	Cardwell (5–2)	Drysdale (11–6)		28,867	43–27
71	June 25	Pirates	4–1	Koufax (12–3)	Friend (3–6)		32,060	44–27
72	June 26	Pirates	6–1	Law (8–5)	Osteen (6–8)		21,769	44–28
73	June 27	Pirates	10–2	Veale (8–5)	Podres (3–4)		33,161	44–29
74	June 28	@ Giants	5–0	Marichal (12–6)	Drysdale (11–7)		36,702	44–30
75	June 29	@ Giants	9–3	Koufax (13–3)	Shaw (7–5)		29,380	45–30
76	June 30	@ Cubs	4–1	Ellsworth (9–3)	Osteen (6–9)			45–31
77	June 30	@ Cubs	4–3	Miller (4–2)	Hoeft (0–1)		17,950	46–31

July
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Cubs	6–3	McDaniel (3–3)	Podres (3–5)	Abernathy (16)	7,420	46–32
79	July 2	@ Astros	4–3	Cuellar (1–1)	Drysdale (11–8)		33,044	46–33
80	July 3	@ Astros	3–1	Koufax (14–3)	Dierker (2–4)		50,136	47–33
81	July 4	@ Astros	3–1	Raymond (5–3)	Osteen (6–10)		47,642	47–34
82	July 5	@ Reds	7–4	Maloney (9–4)	Miller (4–3)	McCool (8)	29,047	47–35
83	July 6	@ Reds	11–7	Drysdale (12–8)	O'Toole (1–8)	Perranoski (5)	18,833	48–35
84	July 7	@ Reds	7–6	Nuxhall (4–2)	Miller (4–4)		25,785	48–36
85	July 8	@ Pirates	9–4	Reed (3–2)	Law (8–8)		22,247	49–36
86	July 9	@ Pirates	4–1	Veale (9–6)	Willhite (1–1)		16,284	49–37
87	July 10	@ Pirates	8–4	Drysdale (13–8)	Cardwell (8–3)	Perranoski (6)	14,880	50–37
88	July 11	@ Pirates	4–2	Koufax (15–3)	Gibbon (2–8)			51–37
89	July 11	@ Pirates	4 – 3 (10)	Carpin (3–0)	Miller (4–5)		37,631	51–38
90	July 15	Cubs	5–0	Drysdale (14–8)	Ellsworth (10–5)		25,538	52–38
91	July 16	Cubs	3–0	Koufax (16–3)	Jackson (8–11)		47,947	53–38
92	July 17	Cubs	7–2	Osteen (7–10)	Koonce (7–8)		31,228	54–38
93	July 18	Cubs	4 – 3 (11)	Reed (4–2)	Hendley (0–2)		27,508	55–38
94	July 19	Astros	8–3	Drysdale (15–8)	Nottebart (1–7)		22,756	56–38
95	July 20	Astros	3–2	Koufax (17–3)	Taylor (2–4)		30,937	57–38
96	July 21	Braves	6–4	Blasingame (11–7)	Osteen (7–11)	O'Dell (10)	28,721	57–39
97	July 22	Braves	5–2	Cloninger (12–8)	Miller (4–6)	O'Dell (11)	27,179	57–40
98	July 23	Cardinals	4 – 3 (12)	Washburn (6–7)	Willhite (1–2)		40,286	57–41
99	July 24	Cardinals	3 – 2 (10)	Dennis (2–1)	Perranoski (2–2)	Woodeshick (12)	48,998	57–42
100	July 25	Cardinals	5–1	Osteen (8–11)	Simmons (6–10)		31,710	58–42
101	July 26	Reds	5–4	Podres (4–5)	Maloney (11–5)	Perranoski (7)	39,978	59–42
102	July 27	Reds	9–7	Perranoski (3–2)	Jay (8–3)		46,537	60–42
103	July 28	Reds	4–1	Ellis (14–6)	Koufax (17–4)		53,604	60–43
104	July 30	@ Cardinals	4–2	Miller (5–6)	Dennis (2–2)	Perranoski (8)	29,497	61–43
105	July 31	@ Cardinals	4–3	Gibson (13–8)	Perranoski (3–3)		30,109	61–44

August
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	@ Cardinals	3–2	Koufax (18–4)	Sadecki (2–9)		30,605	62–44
107	August 2	@ Cardinals	6–5	Stallard (8–4)	Perranoski (3–4)	Dennis (6)	20,518	62–45
108	August 4	@ Braves	4–3	Fischer (5–5)	Drysdale (15–9)	O'Dell (15)		62–46
109	August 4	@ Braves	3–2	Osteen (9–11)	Lemaster (4–9)	Miller (7)	19,950	63–46
110	August 5	@ Braves	6–3	Koufax (19–4)	Blasingame (13–8)		18,368	64–46
111	August 6	@ Reds	5 – 4 (11)	McCool (7–6)	Perranoski (3–5)		25,668	64–47
112	August 7	@ Reds	5–3	Reed (5–2)	Ellis (14–7)	Perranoski (9)	27,844	65–47
113	August 8	@ Reds	18–0	Maloney (13–5)	Drysdale (15–10)		28,335	65–48
114	August 10	Mets	4–3	Koufax (20–4)	Jackson (5–16)		36,815	66–48
115	August 11	Mets	1–0	Drysdale (16–10)	Richardson (0–1)		23,376	67–48
116	August 13	Pirates	3–1	Osteen (10–11)	Veale (12–9)		32,551	68–48
117	August 14	Pirates	1 – 0 (10)	Koufax (21–4)	Cardwell (10–7)		29,237	69–48
118	August 15	Pirates	4–2	Sisk (4–2)	Drysdale (16–11)	McBean (13)	25,175	69–49
119	August 16	Phillies	6–1	Short (14–8)	Podres (4–6)		22,611	69–50
120	August 17	Phillies	4–2	Osteen (11–11)	Herbert (5–6)	Perranoski (10)	23,144	70–50
121	August 18	Phillies	6 – 3 (12)	Wagner (5–3)	Brewer (2–2)		38,267	70–51
122	August 19	@ Giants	8 – 5 (15)	Perranoski (4–5)	Perry (8–11)		35,901	71–51
123	August 20	@ Giants	5–1	Shaw (14–6)	Reed (5–3)		41,858	71–52
124	August 21	@ Giants	6 – 4 (11)	Podres (5–6)	Henry (3–2)		42,283	72–52
125	August 22	@ Giants	4–3	Herbel (8–6)	Koufax (21–5)	Murakami (5)	42,807	72–53
126	August 23	@ Mets	8–4	Drysdale (17–11)	Miller (1–3)	Miller (8)	33,393	73–53
127	August 24	@ Mets	4–3	Eilers (1–0)	Miller (5–7)		37,023	73–54
128	August 25	@ Mets	7–5	Richardson (2–1)	Osteen (11–12)		32,432	73–55
129	August 26	@ Mets	5–2	McGraw (2–2)	Koufax (21–6)	Fisher (1)	45,950	73–56
130	August 27	@ Phillies	9–8	Drysdale (18–11)	Herbert (5–7)	Reed (1)	26,740	74–56
131	August 28	@ Phillies	8–4	Brewer (3–2)	Short (14–9)	Koufax (1)	27,439	75–56
132	August 29	@ Phillies	13–3	Culp (9–9)	Osteen (11–13)		21,744	75–57

September
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	@ Pirates	3 – 2 (11)	Gibbon (4–9)	Koufax (21–7)			75–58
134	September 1	@ Pirates	2–1	Law (16–9)	Drysdale (18–12)		26,394	75–59
135	September 2	@ Pirates	7–1	Osteen (12–13)	Veale (14–10)	Perranoski (11)	29,200	76–59
136	September 3	@ Astros	3–0	Willhite (2–2)	Nottebart (4–13)	Perranoski (12)	31,154	77–59
137	September 4	@ Astros	5–0	Podres (6–6)	Bruce (9–17)	Perranoski (13)	41,951	78–59
138	September 5	@ Astros	4–2	Reed (4–2)	Roberts (4–1)		49,442	79–59
139	September 6	Giants	7 – 6 (12)	Linzy (7–2)	Reed (6–4)		53,581	79–60
140	September 7	Giants	3–1	Shaw (15–8)	Osteen (12–14)	Murakami (7)	48,586	79–61
141	September 9	Cubs	1–0	Koufax (22–7)	Hendley (2–3)		29,139	80–61
142	September 10	Astros	5–2	Drysdale (19–12)	Roberts (4–2)	Perranoski (14)	30,200	81–61
143	September 11	Astros	8–3	Osteen (13–14)	Farrell (10–10)	Perranoski (15)	30,278	82–61
144	September 12	Astros	3–2	Owens (6–4)	Perranoski (4–6)	Raymond (4)	21,918	82–62
145	September 14	@ Cubs	2–1	Hendley (3–3)	Koufax (22–8)		6,220	82–63
146	September 15	@ Cubs	8–6	Ellsworth (14–14)	Reed (6–5)	Hoeft (1)	1,886	82–64
147	September 16	@ Cubs	2–0	Osteen (14–14)	Faul (5–5)	Koufax (2)	550	83–64
148	September 17	@ Cardinals	3–2	Drysdale (20–12)	Simmons (9–15)	Perranoski (16)	19,042	84–64
149	September 18	@ Cardinals	1–0	Koufax (23–8)	Washburn (9–11)		29,063	85–64
150	September 19	@ Cardinals	5–0	Osteen (15–14)	Gibson (18–11)	Perranoski (17)	23,941	86–64
151	September 21	@ Braves	3–1	Drysdale (21–12)	Lemaster (6–13)		5,169	87–64
152	September 22	@ Braves	7 – 6 (11)	Perranoski (5–6)	Olivo (0–1)	Miller (9)	12,577	88–64
153	September 24	Cardinals	4–3	Perranoski (6–6)	Gibson (18–12)		37,450	89–64
154	September 25	Cardinals	2–0	Koufax (24–8)	Briles (2–3)		31,532	90–64
155	September 26	Cardinals	1–0	Drysdale (22–12)	Sadecki (6–14)		40,317	91–64
156	September 27	Reds	6–1	Podres (7–6)	Ellis (21–10)	Perranoski (18)	32,593	92–64
157	September 28	Reds	2 – 1 (12)	Reed (7–5)	Jay (9–8)		38,424	93–64
158	September 29	Reds	5–0	Koufax (25–8)	Maloney (20–9)		52,312	94–64
159	September 30	Braves	4–0	Drysdale (23–12)	Fischer (8–9)		36,006	95–64

October
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Braves	2–0	Lemaster (7–13)	Osteen (15–15)		50,813	95–65
161	October 2	Braves	3–1	Koufax (26–8)	Cloninger (24–11)		41,574	96–65
162	October 3	Braves	3–0	Miller (6–7)	Sadowski (5–9)	Willhite (1)	39,922	97–65

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	John Roseboro	136	437	102	.233	8	57
1B	Wes Parker	154	542	129	.238	8	51
2B	Jim Lefebvre	157	544	136	.250	12	69
SS	Maury Wills	158	650	186	.286	0	33
3B	Jim Gilliam	111	372	104	.280	4	39
LF	Lou Johnson	131	468	121	.259	12	58
CF	Willie Davis	142	558	133	.238	10	57
RF	Ron Fairly	158	555	152	.274	9	70

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
Dick Tracewski	78	186	40	.215	1	20
Jeff Torborg	56	150	36	.240	3	13
John Kennedy	104	105	18	.171	1	5
Wally Moon	53	89	18	.202	1	11
Al Ferrara	41	81	17	.210	1	10
Don LeJohn	34	78	20	.256	0	7
Tommy Davis	17	60	15	.250	0	9
Derrell Griffith	22	41	7	.171	1	2
Willie Crawford	52	27	4	.148	0	0
Hector Valle	9	13	4	.308	0	2
Dick Smith	10	6	0	.000	0	1
Johnny Werhas	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Nate Oliver	8	1	1	1.000	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
Sandy Koufax	43	335.2	26	8	2.04	382
Don Drysdale	44	308.1	23	12	2.77	210
Claude Osteen	40	287	15	15	2.79	162
Johnny Podres	27	134	7	6	3.43	63

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
Howie Reed	38	78	7	5	3.12	47
Nick Willhite	15	42	2	2	5.36	28
Mike Kekich	5	10.1	0	1	9.58	9

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 Miller	61	6	7	9	2.97	77
Ron Perranoski	59	6	6	18	2.24	53
Jim Brewer	19	3	2	2	1.82	31
John Purdin	11	2	1	0	6.75	16
Bill Singer	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

1965 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	1
Minnesota (A)	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	x	8	10	0
W: Mudcat Grant (1–0) L: Don Drysdale (0–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (1) MIN – Don Mincher (1), Zoilo Versalles (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	3
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	x	5	9	0
W: Jim Kaat (1–0) L: Sandy Koufax (0–1)

Game 3

October 9, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	x	4	10	1
W: Claude Osteen (1–0) L: Camilo Pascual (0–1)

Game 4

October 10, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	2
Los Angeles (N)	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	x	7	10	0
W: Don Drysdale (1–1) L: Mudcat Grant (1–1)
HR: MIN – Harmon Killebrew (1), Tony Oliva (1) LAD – Wes Parker (1), Lou Johnson (1)

Game 5

October 11, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Los Angeles (N)	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	x	7	14	0
W: Sandy Koufax (1–1) L: Jim Kaat (1–1)

Game 6

October 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	x	5	6	1
W: Mudcat Grant (2–1) L: Claude Osteen (1–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (2) MIN – Bob Allison (1), Mudcat Grant (1)

Game 7

October 14, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Sandy Koufax (2–1) L: Jim Kaat (1–2)
HR: LAD – Lou Johnson (2)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Bill Brenzel Duke Snider Pete Reiser
AA	Albuquerque Dodgers	Texas League	Roy Hartsfield
A	Santa Barbara Dodgers	California League	Norm Sherry
A	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	George Scherger
A	Salem Dodgers	Northwest League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Pocatello Chiefs	Pioneer League	Tommy Lasorda

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albuquerque

1965 Major League Baseball draft

This was the first Major League Baseball draft. The Dodgers drafted 30 players this year in the June draft and an additional 2 in the August Legion draft. The first player the Dodgers ever drafted was a shortstop from Bakersfield High School named John Wyatt. He played in the teams farm system through 1970 but never advanced past Class-A.

The most notable player drafted this year was Tom Seaver, who was picked in the 10th round from the University of Southern California, but he did not sign with the team and re-entered the draft the following year, where he was selected by the New York Mets.

1965 Draft Picks

June draft

^[7]

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	John Wyatt	SS	Bakersfield High School	Yes	1965–1970	A
2	Alan Foster	RHP	Los Altos High School	Yes	1965–1976	MLB
3	Michael Criscione	C	Syracuse University	Yes	1965–1967	A
4	George Mercado	OF	Bishop Dubois High School	Yes	1965–1967	A-
5	John Radosevich	LHP	West Virginia University	Yes	1965–1968	A
6	Peter Barnes	OF	Southern University and A&M College	No
7	Larry Griffith	RHP	Anadarko High School	Yes	1965–1967	AA
8	James Johnson	OF	Las Vegas High School	Yes	1965–1970	A
9	Paul Dennenbaum	1B	Syracuse University	No
10	Tom Seaver	RHP	University of Southern California	No Mets −1966	1966–1986	MLB
11	Joseph Austin	1B	University of Southern California	Yes	1965–1966	A
12	Richard Binder	LHP	Waterloo High School	No
13	Terrance Derringer	RHP	Southwest Miami High School	No
14	Stephen McGreevy	1B	University of Kansas	Yes	1965–1967	A
15	Leon Everitt	RHP	Pemberton High School	Yes	1965–1969	MLB
16	Michael McCall	SS	Greenville High School	No Red Sox −1965	1967–1970	A
17	Johnny Alexander	INF	Whitmire High School	No
18	Rod Austin	OF	Santa Clara University	No
19	George Lewark	SS	University of Colorado	No
20	William Maxwell	RHP	Central High School	No
21	Daro Quiring	RHP	Stanford University	No
22	Eric Krumlauf	3B	Shaker Heights High School	No
23	Rich Hinton	LHP	Marana High School	No White Sox −1969	1969–1979	MLB
24	Frederick Moulder	SS	Oklahoma State University	Yes	1967–1972	AAA
25	Jon Keirns	OF	Edmond High School	No
26	Robert Harvey	3B	John Marshall High School	Yes	1966–1968	A
27	Rhett Thompson	3B	Del Mar High School	Yes	1965–1967	A-
28	Gary Moore	OF	University of Texas at Austin	Yes	1967–1971	MLB
29	Kyle Carlin	RHP	Sulphur High School	Yes	1965–1969	AA
30	Dennis Jensen	SS	Jacksonville University	Yes	1965	A

August Legion Draft

^[8] The August Legion Draft was for College players who had participated in summer amateur leagues.

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Barry Snyder	C		No
2	Frank Stanek	1B		No

Notes

1 2 Nick Willhite at Baseball Reference
↑ Larry Miller at Baseball Reference
↑ Doug Camilli at Baseball Reference
↑ Frank Howard at Baseball Reference
↑ Dick Tracewski at Baseball Reference
↑ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
↑ 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
↑ 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft

References

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[willhite-1] 1 2 Nick Willhite at Baseball Reference

[2] Larry Miller at Baseball Reference

[3] Doug Camilli at Baseball Reference

[4] Frank Howard at Baseball Reference

[5] Dick Tracewski at Baseball Reference

[6] Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)

[7] 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

[8] 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft

Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 World Series champions
3 Willie Davis 5 Jim Lefebvre (NL ROY) 6 Ron Fairly 8 Johnny Roseboro 9 Wally Moon 10 Jeff Torborg 11 John Kennedy 15 Bob Miller 16 Ron Perranoski 19 Jim Gilliam 21 Jim Brewer 22 Johnny Podres 23 Claude Osteen 28 Wes Parker 30 Maury Wills 31 Don LeJohn 32 Sandy Koufax (CYA and World Series MVP) 39 Howie Reed 41 Lou Johnson 43 Willie Crawford 44 Dick Tracewski 53 Don Drysdale
Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 18 Preston Gómez 19 Jim Gilliam 33 Danny Ozark 36 Lefty Phillips
Regular season

1965 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1965 MLB draft 1965 All-Star Game 1965 World Series