1965 Detroit Tigers season

The 1965 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 89–73, 13 games behind the Minnesota Twins.

1965 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John Fetzer
General manager(s)Jim Campbell
Manager(s)Chuck Dressen, Bob Swift
Local televisionWJBK
(George Kell, Ray Lane)
Local radioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Gene Osborn)
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1965 season: George Korince was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[1]

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
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.

Roster
1965 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CBill Freehan130431101.2341043
1BNorm Cash142467124.2663082
2BJerry Lumpe145502129.257439
3BDon Wert162609159.2611254
SSDick McAuliffe113404105.2601554
LFWillie Horton143512140.27329104
CFAl Kaline125399112.2811872
RFJim Northrup8021945.205216

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
John Sullivan348623.267211

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
Hank Aguirre32208.114103.59141

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
Jack Hamilton44.11114.543

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
Terry Fox4264102.7834
Johnnie Seale400012.003

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Carswell
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Wayne Blackburn
A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Al Lakeman
A Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Al Federoff
A Jamestown Tigers New York–Penn League Gail Henley
A-Short Season Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Doc Daugherty

Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs

Notes
  1. George Korince at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1965 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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