1965 New York Mets season

The 1965 New York Mets season was the fourth regular season for the Mets. They went 50–112 and finished 10th in the NL. They were managed by Casey Stengel and Wes Westrum. They played home games at Shea Stadium. As WOR-TV, the team' television broadcaster, began to be broadcast on cable starting that year via microwave relay throughout much of the Northeastern United States, it made the Mets the first major league team to broadcast its games via satellite to viewers outside its home city. Home and away games were aired on cable to regional viewers in this part of the country.

1965 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Joan Whitney Payson
General manager(s)George Weiss
Manager(s)Casey Stengel, Wes Westrum
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWHN
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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Offseason

Regular season

Former Yankee great Yogi Berra came out of retirement and signed with the Mets as player–coach. He played only four games, and on May 9, 1965, he appeared in his final game as a player. It was three days shy of his 40th birthday. He served as coach the rest of the way and proved to be a valuable asset to the team, especially with young talent like Jerry Grote coming up.

Following the 1964 season, the Milwaukee Braves sold pitcher Warren Spahn to the Mets. Braves manager Bobby Bragan predicted, "Spahnie won't win six games with the Mets." Spahn took on the dual role of pitcher and pitching coach in New York but won only four and lost twelve.[6] Spahn was put on waivers on July 15, 1965, and released on July 22, 1965. He immediately signed with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he finished the season.

Wes Westrum had joined the Mets as a coach in 1964 and became pitching coach in July 1965 after Spahn's release. When manager Casey Stengel fell and broke his hip on July 30th while celebrating his 75th birthday at Toots Shor's in Manhattan, pitching coach Wes Westrum was named interim manager, a position in which he served until Stengel formally retired on August 30th--Westrum then became the team's official manager.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9765 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
San Francisco Giants 9567 0.586 2 51–30 44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 9072 0.556 7 49–32 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 8 49–32 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 11 44–37 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 8576 0.528 11½ 45–35 40–41
St. Louis Cardinals 8081 0.497 16½ 42–39 38–42
Chicago Cubs 7290 0.444 25 40–41 32–49
Houston Astros 6597 0.401 32 36–45 29–52
New York Mets 50112 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 —7–118–108–109–911–7–18–105–136–1210–8–1
Cincinnati 11–7—12–66–1212–611–713–58–106–1210–8
Houston 10–86–12—5–134–1414–46–128–103–159–9
Los Angeles 10–812–613–5—10–812–69–99–910–812–6
Milwaukee 9–96–1214–48–10—13–56–129–910–811–7
New York 7–11–17–114–146–125–13—7–11–14–145–135–13
Philadelphia 10–85–1312–69–912–611–7–1—8–108–1010–7
Pittsburgh 13–510–810–89–99–914–410–8—11–7–14–14
San Francisco 12–612–615–38–108–1013–510–87–11–1—10–8
St. Louis 8–10–18–109–96–127–1113–57–1014–48–10—

Notable transactions
  • April 27, 1965: Yogi Berra was signed as a free agent by the Mets.[7]
  • May 17, 1965: Yogi Berra was released as a player by the Mets.[7]
  • June 8, 1965: 1965 Major League Baseball Draft
  • July 17, 1965: Warren Spahn was released by the Mets.[1]
  • July 21, 1965: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for Gary Kolb.[10]
  • August 5, 1965: Billy Cowan was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for players to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman to the Mets on September 25.[11]

Roster
1965 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CChris Cannizzaro1142511746.183070
1BEd Kranepool15352544133.25310531
2BChuck Hiller1002862468.2385211
3BCharley Smith13549949122.24416622
SSRoy McMillan15752844128.2421421
LFRon Swoboda1353995291.22819502
CFJim Hickman1413693287.23615403
RFJohnny Lewis14847764117.24515454

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Joe Christopher14843738109.2495404
Billy Cowan821561628.179393
Jesse Gonder53105625.238490
Gary Kolb4090815.167173
Yogi Berra4912.222000

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 BB SO
Jack Fisher43253.28243.9468116
Al Jackson37205.18204.3461120
Warren Spahn201264124.363556
Rob Gardner528023.21719

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
Galen Cisco35112.1484.4958
Gary Kroll3287664.4562
Tom Parsons3590.21104.6758
Carl Willey1328124.1813

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
Larry Bearnarth403514.6016
Gordie Richardson352223.7843
Jim Bethke252004.2819
Dennis Ribant191333.8213
Dave Eilers111124.009

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Sheriff Robinson and Kerby Farrell
AA Williamsport Mets Eastern League Kerby Farrell and Bunky Warren
A Auburn Mets New York–Penn League Clyde McCullough
A Greenville Mets Western Carolinas League Ken Deal
Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Pete Pavlick

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Notes
  1. Warren Spahn page at Baseball Reference
  2. Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
  3. Gordie Richardson page at Baseball Reference
  4. George Altman page at Baseball Reference
  5. Yogi Berra page at Baseball Reference
  6. Daley, Arthur (July 16, 1965). "Strong Minded Spahn Ignoring Sign Posts of Retirement?". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  7. Yogi Berra page at Baseball Reference
  8. Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference
  9. Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference
  10. Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
  11. Billy Cowan page at Baseball Reference
  12. 1965 New York Mets page at Baseball Reference
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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