1965 San Francisco Giants season

The 1965 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 83rd year in Major League Baseball, their eighth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 95–67 record, 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1965 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Herman Franks
Local televisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1965 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves.[1]

Regular season
The Giants play at Candlestick Park, 1965.

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—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Game log and schedule
Legend
 Giants win
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 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
1965 Game Log (95–67) (Home: 51–30; Road: 44–37)

Roster
1965 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Juan Marichal bat incident

On August 22, 1965, Giants pitcher Juan Marichal was involved in a notorious incident that occurred in a game played against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Batting against Sandy Koufax, Marichal felt that Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro's return throws had flown too close to his head.[6] Words were exchanged, and Roseboro, throwing off his catcher's helmet and mask, rose to continue the argument. Marichal responded by hitting Roseboro's unprotected head with his bat. The benches cleared into a 14-minute brawl, while Giant captain Willie Mays escorted the bleeding Roseboro (who would require 14 stitches) back to the clubhouse. Marichal was ejected, suspended for nine days and fined US$1,750. Roseboro filed a lawsuit, but eventually settled out of court, supposedly for $7,000. Marichal and Roseboro would eventually go on to become close friends, reconciling any personal animosity and even autographing photographs of the brawl.

The image of Marichal raising his bat over his head to deliver a blow to Roseboro was carried in practically every newspaper in the nation and re-printed in Life magazine.[6] Many people protested the apparently light punishment meted out, but as it was it hurt the Giants considerably. They were in a neck-and-neck pennant race with the Dodgers and the race was decided with only two games to play. Marichal's nine-day suspension cost him two pitching turns, and the Giants lost the pennant by two games.

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
CTom Haller134422106.2511649
1BWillie McCovey160540149.2763992
2BHal Lanier159522118.226039
SSDick Schofield10137977.203219
3BJim Ray Hart160591177.2992396
LFLen Gabrielson8826981.301426
CFWillie Mays157558177.31752112
RFJesús Alou143543162.298952

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
Matty Alou11732475.231218
Jim Davenport10627168.251431
Cap Peterson6310526.248315
José Pagán268317.20505
Ken Henderson637314.19207
Jack Hiatt406719.28417
Tito Fuentes267215.20801
Harvey Kuenn235914.23706
Dick Bertell22489.18803
Orlando Cepeda33346.17615
Ed Bailey24283.10703
Bob Burda31273.11105
Randy Hundley6151.06700
Bob Schroder3192.22201
Ollie Brown6102.20000
Bob Barton474.57101
Chuck Hiller771.14311

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
Juan Marichal39295.122132.13240
Bob Shaw422351692.64148
Gaylord Perry47195.28124.19170
Jack Sanford2391453.9643
Warren Spahn1671.2343.3934

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
Ron Herbel47170.21293.85106
Bobby Bolin451631462.76135
Bob Hendley8150012.608
Dick Estelle611.1003.976
Bill Hands460216.505

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
Frank Linzy5793201.4335
Masanori Murakami454183.7585
Bill Henry352243.6435
Bob Priddy81001.747
Jim Duffalo201027.000

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Bill Werle
AA Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
A Fresno Giants California League Ed Fitz Gerald
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus
A Lexington Giants Western Carolinas League Max Lanier
Rookie Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Dick Wilson

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Notes
  1. Merritt Ranew page at Baseball Reference
  2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1965&t=SFN
  3. Len Gabrielson page at Baseball Reference
  4. Rich Robertson page at Baseball Reference
  5. Warren Spahn page at Baseball Reference
  6. Juan Marichal | The Baseball Page
  7. 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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