1965 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1965 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 84th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 74th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 80–81 during the season and finished seventh in the National League, 16½ games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was also the last full season for the original Busch Stadium.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1965 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1965 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record80–81 (.497)
League place7th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bob Howsam
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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Offseason

Regular season

The mid-1960s saw changes both on the field and off – all while retaining the core of a remarkable successful franchise and its renewed popularity in St. Louis. Schoendienst's replacement of Keane had been preceded a few weeks earlier by general manager Bing Devine's firing, the redemption of the final pennant drive having come too late to assuage owner August Busch's dwindling patience. Devine was replaced by Bob Howsam, who made a number of moves to shore up a talented but aging team which struggled through the 1965 campaign, finishing mired in 7th place at 80–81. A capable GM if not Devine's equal, Howsam made some moves that worked – and some that did not. Howsam traded aging veterans Bill White, Dick Groat, and utility catcher Bob Uecker to Philadelphia in return for Pat Corrales, Art Mahaffey, and Alex Johnson. Popular third baseman Ken Boyer was dispatched to the Mets in exchange for pitcher Al Jackson. Finally, pitcher Ray Sadecki was traded to the Giants for first baseman Orlando Cepeda in 1966. The latter moves worked better than the former, but the Cardinals still finished in 6th place in 1966, resulting in Howsam's replacement by none other than Cardinals legend Stan Musial. Musial's most notable move was to acquire Yankees' star Roger Maris.

Pitcher Bob Gibson, first baseman Bill White, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

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 starters

Notable transactions
  • June 8, 1965: Rich Hacker was drafted by the Cardinals in the 39th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[6]

Roster
1965 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  •  3 Joe Schultz

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
1BBill White148543157.2892473
CFCurt Flood156617191.3101183

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

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
Bob Gibson3829920123.07270

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

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
Nelson Briles373343.5052
Steve Carlton150002.5221
Dennis Aust60014.917

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Grover Resinger
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Vern Rapp
A Raleigh Cardinals Carolina League Ray Hathaway
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Ron Plaza
A Rock Hill Cardinals Western Carolinas League Sparky Anderson
Rookie FRL Cardinals Florida Rookie League George Kissell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rock Hill[8]

References
  1. Pedro Borbón page at Baseball Reference
  2. Chris Krug page at Baseball Reference
  3. Mets swap Stallard for two young Cards
  4. Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference
  5. 1965 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  6. Rich Hacker page at Baseball Reference
  7. Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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