1965 Cleveland Indians season

The 1965 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 87–75, 15 games behind the Minnesota Twins. The Indians played .500 ball for the first 40 games, then eventually heated up going on a 10-game winning streak at one point improving their record to 37-24. They would peak at 46-28, but would cool off significantly after the All-Star break (going 41-47 the rest of the way) and would only spend six days in first place. Still, the Indians 87-75 record would be the best win–loss record they would post between 1959 and 1994. This season also marked the return of Rocky Colavito. This led to an increase in attendance (a season after the Indians almost left Cleveland, due to low attendance). The trade itself ended up being a disaster in the long run, even though it was successful short term (for one season). The Indians were the only team to win the regular season series vs the AL pennant winning Twins (who would lose to the Dodgers in 7 games in the 1965 World Series).

1965 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersGabe Paul
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersBirdie Tebbetts
Local televisionWJW-TV
(Harry Jones, Herb Score)
Local radioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)
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Offseason

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
Los Angeles/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 record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA 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.

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
18Dick HowserSS
23Chuck Hinton1B
27Leon WagnerLF
21Rocky ColavitoRF
10Max Alvis3B
25Vic DavalilloCF
16Larry Brown2B
6Joe AzcueC
32Ralph TerryP

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Roster
1965 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJoe Azcue11133577.230235
1BFred Whitfield132468137.2932690
2BPedro González116400101.253539
SSLarry Brown124438111.253840
3BMax Alvis159604149.2472161
LFLeon Wagner144517152.2942879
CFVic Davalillo142505152.301540
RFRocky Colavito162592170.28726108

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
Chuck Hinton133431110.2551854
Dick Howser10730772.23516
Chico Salmon7912029.242312
Duke Sims4811821.178615
Cam Carreon195212.23117
Phil Roof43529.17303
Al Luplow53456.13314
Lou Clinton12346.17612
Billy Moran22243.12500
Bill Davis10103.30000
Ray Barker1160.00000
George Banks451.20000
Tony Martínez430.00000
Richie Scheinblum410.00000
Ralph Gagliano100----00

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
Sam McDowell42273.017112.18325
Luis Tiant41196.111113.53152
Sonny Siebert39188.21682.43191
Ralph Terry30165.21163.6984
Tom Kelley430.0212.4031

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
Lee Stange41132.0843.3480
Jack Kralick3086.05114.9234
Steve Hargan1760.1433.4337
Dick Donovan1222.2135.9612

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
Gary Bell6065173.0486
Don McMahon5833113.2860
Floyd Weaver322215.4337
Bobby Tiefenauer150544.8413
Jack Spring141203.749
Mike Hedlund60005.064
Stan Williams30006.231

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Reading Indians Eastern League Whitey Kurowski
A Salinas Indians California League Phil Cavarretta
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Elmer Valo

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References
  1. Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
  2. Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference
  3. Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference
  4. Oscar Zamora page at Baseball Reference
  5. Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
  6. Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
  7. Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference
  8. 1965 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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