1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins.

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Owners	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
President	Walter O'Malley
General managers	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers	Walter Alston
Television	KTTV (11)
Radio	KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW José García, Jaime Jarrín
Seasons

Offseason

• October 15, 1964: Nick Willhite was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.
• October 15, 1964: Larry Miller was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick Smith.
• November 30, 1964: Doug Camilli was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.
• December 4, 1964: Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and cash. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.

Regular season

Season Recap

The Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, but injuries and poor play saw them fall to 6th place in 1964. Despite their weak offense and the trade of power hitting Frank Howard for Claude Osteen during the off season, they were expected to contend in 1965 with their strong pitching. However, one month into the season, they lost their best hitter Tommy Davis when he fractured his ankle sliding into second base. Most experts thought this ended any hope the Dodgers had of winning the pennant. To replace Davis, the club called up journeyman Lou Johnson; his infectious cheerful attitude and knack for timely hitting helped keep the club in contention.

The National League pennant race was a thriller, with 6 teams (the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, Reds, Braves, and Phillies) in contention throughout a summer that saw the Dodgers, Giants, Braves, and Reds all take their turns in first place. With these 6 teams tightly bunched heading into September, the Giants went on a 14-game winning streak to take a 4+1⁄2-game lead with two weeks to play. Then the Dodgers went on a 13-game winning streak, and won 15 of their last 16 games to win the pennant by 2 games over the Giants.

The Dodgers were led by shortstop Maury Wills with 94 stolen bases, Sandy Koufax (26–8, 2.04 E.R.A. and a then record 382 strikeouts), and Don Drysdale (23–12, 2.77 E.R.A.) Drysdale also chipped in with 7 home runs and was the club's only .300 hitter.

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	.599	—	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
San Francisco Giants	95	67	.586	2	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	72	.556	7	49‍–‍32	41‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	.549	8	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	.531	11	44‍–‍37	42‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies	85	76	.528	11½	45‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals	80	81	.497	16½	42‍–‍39	38‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	72	90	.444	25	40‍–‍41	32‍–‍49
Houston Astros	65	97	.401	32	36‍–‍45	29‍–‍52
New York Mets	50	112	.309	47	29‍–‍52	21‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	7–11	8–10	8–10	9–9	11–7–1	8–10	5–13	6–12	10–8–1
Cincinnati	11–7	—	12–6	6–12	12–6	11–7	13–5	8–10	6–12	10–8
Houston	10–8	6–12	—	5–13	4–14	14–4	6–12	8–10	3–15	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	13–5	—	10–8	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	12–6
Milwaukee	9–9	6–12	14–4	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	9–9	10–8	11–7
New York	7–11–1	7–11	4–14	6–12	5–13	—	7–11–1	4–14	5–13	5–13
Philadelphia	10–8	5–13	12–6	9–9	12–6	11–7–1	—	8–10	8–10	10–7
Pittsburgh	13–5	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9	14–4	10–8	—	11–7–1	4–14
San Francisco	12–6	12–6	15–3	8–10	8–10	13–5	10–8	7–11–1	—	10–8
St. Louis	8–10–1	8–10	9–9	6–12	7–11	13–5	7–10	14–4	8–10	—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Wes Parker	First baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
John Roseboro	Catcher
Jim Lefebvre	Second baseman
Ron Fairly	Right fielder
John Kennedy	Third baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• May 11, 1965: Nick Willhite was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.
• December 15, 1965: Dick Tracewski was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Phil Regan.

Roster

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 21 Jim Brewer 53 Don Drysdale 37 Mike Kekich 32 Sandy Koufax 15 Bob Miller 23 Claude Osteen 16 Ron Perranoski 22 Johnny Podres 35 John Purdin 39 Howie Reed 40 Bill Singer 45 Nick Willhite		Catchers  8 John Roseboro 10 Jeff Torborg 17 Héctor Valle Infielders 19 Jim Gilliam 11 John Kennedy  5 Jim Lefebvre 31 Don LeJohn 29 Nate Oliver 28 Wes Parker 44 Dick Tracewski 14 Johnny Werhas 30 Maury Wills		Outfielders 43 Willie Crawford 12 Tommy Davis  3 Willie Davis  6 Ron Fairly 20 Al Ferrara 26 Derrell Griffith 41 Lou Johnson  9 Wally Moon 25 Dick Smith		Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 19 Jim Gilliam 18 Preston Gómez 33 Danny Ozark 36 Lefty Phillips

Game log

Regular season

1965 regular season game log: 97–65 (Home: 50–31; Away: 47–34)
April: 10–5 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–1) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 12 11:00 a.m. PST @ Mets 6–1 Drysdale (1–0) Jackson (0–1) – 2:23 37,999 1–0 W1 2 April 14 5:15 p.m. PST @ Pirates 3–1 Osteen (1–0) Gibbon (0–1) – 1:58 7,770 2–0 W2 – April 15 @ Pirates Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 11) 3 April 17 5:05 p.m. PST @ Phillies 2–3 Short (2–0) Drysdale (1–1) Baldschun (1) 2:23 17,021 2–1 L1 4 April 18 10:35 a.m. PST @ Phillies 6–2 Koufax (1–0) Belinsky (0–1) – 2:43 11,107 3–1 W1 5 April 20 8:00 p.m. PST Mets 2–3 Spahn (1–0) Osteen (1–1) – 2:37 36,161 3–2 L1 6 April 21 8:00 p.m. PST Mets 5–1 Drysdale (2–1) Willey (0–1) Miller (1) 3:09 18,134 4–2 W1 7 April 22 8:00 p.m. PST Mets 2–1 Koufax (2–0) Fisher (0–1) – 2:12 20,888 5–2 W2 8 April 23 8:00 p.m. PST Phillies 4–0 Podres (1–0) Bunning (1–2) – 1:58 29,120 6–2 W3 9 April 24 8:00 p.m. PST Phillies 9–3 Osteen (2–1) Belinsky (0–2) – 2:47 36,500 7–2 W4 10 April 25 1:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 4–6 Herbert (1–0) Drysdale (2–2) Baldschun (2) 2:42 25,766 7–3 L1 11 April 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 3–4 Short (3–1) Koufax (2–1) Baldschun (3) 3:00 24,703 7–4 L2 12 April 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 5–4 Reed (1–0) Gibbon (0–3) Miller (2) 2:54 17,630 8–4 W1 13 April 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 0–2 Veale (2–0) Osteen (2–2) – 2:05 17,464 8–5 L1 14 April 29 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants 2–1 Drysdale (3–2) Marichal (3–2) – 2:13 30,219 9–5 W1 15 April 30 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants 6–3 Miller (1–0) Bolin (0–3) – 3:02 48,586 10–5 W2
May: 19–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 8–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 16 May 1 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants 4–2 Purdin (1–0) Perry (1–2) Brewer (1) 2:27 49,758 11–5 W3 17 May 2 1:00 p.m. PDT Giants 2–4 (10) Sanford (2–1) Miller (1–1) Linzy (1) 2:43 40,439 11–6 L1 18 May 4 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 8–6 Brewer (1–0) Jay (1–1) – 2:30 9,767 12–6 W1 19 May 5 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 4–2 Koufax (3–1) O'Toole (0–4) – 2:38 9,753 13–6 W2 20 May 6 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 4–3 Podres (2–0) Tsitouris (2–2) Miller (3) 2:20 7,821 14–6 W3 21 May 7 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants 4–3 Osteen (3–2) Henry (2–1) – 2:26 33,977 15–6 W4 22 May 8 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants 9–0 Drysdale (4–2) Herbel (1–2) – 2:22 37,548 16–6 W5 23 May 9 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants 3–6 Marichal (5–2) Koufax (3–2) – 2:48 40,596 16–7 L1 24 May 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 3–2 (10) Miller (2–1) Woodeshick (1–2) – 2:44 22,535 17–7 W1 25 May 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 1–2 Giusti (6–0) Osteen (3–3) – 1:57 21,086 17–8 L1 26 May 12 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 4–2 Drysdale (5–2) Nottebart (0–2) – 2:06 19,302 18–8 W1 27 May 13 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 3–0 Koufax (4–2) Bruce (1–4) – 2:05 20,963 19–8 W2 28 May 14 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 1–2 Buhl (4–2) Purdin (1–1) Abernathy (8) 2:23 26,356 19–9 L1 29 May 15 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 3–1 Miller (3–1) Ellsworth (3–3) Brewer (2) 2:02 22,047 20–9 W1 30 May 16 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 3–5 (10) Jackson (3–3) Perranoski (0–1) – 2:38 20–10 L1 31 May 16 (2) 4:13 p.m. PDT Cubs 3–2 Drysdale (6–2) McDaniel (0–1) – 2:22 45,739 21–10 W1 32 May 17 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 5–3 (11) Koufax (5–2) Bruce (1–5) Miller (4) 2:59 40,858 22–10 W2 33 May 18 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 1–4 Johnson (3–1) Brewer (1–1) Woodeshick (2) 2:07 22,220 22–11 L1 34 May 19 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 4–2 (14) Purdin (2–1) MacKenzie (0–2) Drysdale (1) 4:04 30,885 23–11 W1 35 May 21 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 3–4 Ellsworth (4–3) Drysdale (6–3) – 2:22 4,716 23–12 L1 36 May 22 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 3–1 Koufax (6–2) Koonce (3–2) – 2:30 17,922 24–12 W1 37 May 23 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 2–3 (16) Ellsworth (5–3) Reed (1–1) – 4:09 17,139 24–13 L1 38 May 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 4–6 Stallard (3–1) Osteen (3–4) Schultz (1) 3:11 22,987 24–14 L2 39 May 25 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 2–0 Drysdale (7–3) Gibson (8–1) – 1:41 28,515 25–14 W1 40 May 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 1–2 Simmons (3–5) Koufax (6–3) – 2:26 30,794 25–15 L1 41 May 27 Braves 3–2 Podres (3–0) Lemaster (2–5) 19,001 26–15 42 May 28 Braves 5–4 O'Dell (3–2) Osteen (3–5) 30,107 26–16 43 May 29 Braves 5–3 Drysdale (8–3) Carroll (0–1) 23,707 27–16 44 May 30 1:00 p.m. PDT Reds 12–5 Koufax (7–3) Ellis (7–2) – 2:43 36,309 28–16 W2 45 May 31 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Reds 4–3 Perranoski (1–1) Maloney (5–1) – 2:44 29–16 W3 46 May 31 (2) 4:19 p.m. PDT Reds 1–6 Jay (3–1) Osteen (3–6) – 2:14 50,997 29–17 L1
June: 17–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 47 June 2 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 4–1 Drysdale (9–3) Washburn (3–3) Perranoski (1) 2:46 17,560 30–17 W1 48 June 3 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 11–10 Brewer (2–1) Schultz (1–1) Miller (5) 3:19 19,946 31–17 W2 49 June 4 @ Braves 5–2 Blasingame (6–4) Miller (3–2) 5,760 31–18 50 June 5 @ Braves 9–1 Cloninger (7–4) Podres (3–1) 4,116 31–19 51 June 6 @ Braves 4–0 Drysdale (10–3) Kelley (0–1) 32–19 52 June 6 @ Braves 6–4 Lemaster (3–5) Reed (1–2) O'Dell (6) 17,175 32–20 53 June 7 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies 14–3 Koufax (8–3) Burdette (0–3) – 3:02 23,345 33–20 W1 54 June 8 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies 2–1 Osteen (4–6) Bunning (5–5) Perranoski (2) 2:49 14,975 34–20 W2 55 June 9 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies 3–7 Short (5–6) Kekich (0–1) – 3:01 16,241 34–21 L1 56 June 10 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies 0–4 Herbert (3–3) Podres (3–2) – 1:58 19,467 34–22 L2 57 June 11 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets 2–1 Drysdale (11–3) Spahn (4–7) – 2:16 55,023 35–22 W1 58 June 12 11:15 a.m. PDT @ Mets 5–0 Koufax (9–3) Jackson (2–8) – 2:50 38,915 36–22 W2 59 June 13 (1) 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Mets 5–2 Osteen (5–6) Fisher (5–6) Miller (6) 2:41 37–22 W3 60 June 13 (2) 1:16 p.m. PDT @ Mets 4–3 Perranoski (2–1) Kroll (3–5) Podres (1) 3:25 57,175 38–22 W4 61 June 15 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants 1–2 Marichal (10–5) Drysdale (11–4) – 2:16 52,357 38–23 L1 62 June 16 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants 2–1 Koufax (10–3) Shaw (6–4) – 2:36 44,499 39–23 W1 63 June 17 8:00 p.m. PDT Giants 3–0 Osteen (6–6) Perry (6–6) – 2:24 40,707 40–23 W2 64 June 18 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 2–4 Short (7–6) Podres (3–3) – 2:23 30,401 40–24 L1 65 June 19 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 4–0 Willhite (1–0) Herbert (3–4) Perranoski (3) 2:19 20,518 41–24 W1 66 June 20 (1) 1:00 p.m. PDT Mets 2–1 Koufax (11–3) Spahn (4–9) – 1:52 42–24 W2 67 June 20 (2) 3:27 p.m. PDT Mets 2–3 Miller (1–0) Drysdale (11–5) – 2:30 52,248 42–25 L1 68 June 21 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets 0–1 Jackson (3–9) Osteen (6–7) – 1:54 18,867 42–26 L2 69 June 22 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets 4–2 Reed (2–2) Parsons (0–4) Perranoski (4) 2:18 20,633 43–26 W1 70 June 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 3–13 Cardwell (5–2) Drysdale (11–6) – 2:33 28,867 43–27 L1 71 June 25 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 4–1 Koufax (12–3) Friend (3–6) – 2:04 32,060 44–27 W1 72 June 26 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 1–6 Law (8–5) Osteen (6–8) – 2:28 21,769 44–28 L1 73 June 27 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 2–10 Veale (8–5) Podres (3–4) – 2:39 33,161 44–29 L2 74 June 28 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants 0–5 Marichal (12–6) Drysdale (11–7) – 2:38 36,702 44–30 L3 75 June 29 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants 9–3 Koufax (13–3) Shaw (7–5) – 2:45 29,380 45–30 W1 76 June 30 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 1–4 Ellsworth (9–3) Osteen (6–9) – 2:03 45–31 L1 77 June 30 1:38 p.m. PDT @ Cubs 4–3 Miller (4–2) Hoeft (0–1) – 2:38 17,950 46–31 W1
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 78 July 1 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 3–6 McDaniel (3–3) Podres (3–5) Abernathy (16) 2:34 7,420 46–32 L1 79 July 2 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 3–4 Cuellar (1–1) Drysdale (11–8) – 2:35 33,044 46–33 L2 80 July 3 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 3–1 Koufax (14–3) Dierker (2–4) – 2:10 50,136 47–33 W1 81 July 4 12:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 1–3 Raymond (5–3) Osteen (6–10) – 2:04 47,642 47–34 L1 82 July 5 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 4–7 Maloney (9–4) Miller (4–3) McCool (8) 2:29 29,047 47–35 L1 83 July 6 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 11–7 Drysdale (12–8) O'Toole (1–8) Perranoski (5) 2:54 18,833 48–35 W1 84 July 7 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 6–7 Nuxhall (4–2) Miller (4–4) – 2:58 25,785 48–36 L1 85 July 8 4:30 p.m. PDT @ Pirates 9–4 Reed (3–2) Law (8–8) – 2:59 22,247 49–36 W1 86 July 9 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates 1–4 Veale (9–6) Willhite (1–1) – 2:29 16,284 49–37 L1 87 July 10 11:15 a.m. PDT @ Pirates 8–4 Drysdale (13–8) Cardwell (8–3) Perranoski (6) 2:57 14,880 50–37 W1 88 July 11 (1) 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Pirates 4–2 Koufax (15–3) Gibbon (2–8) – 2:29 51–37 W2 89 July 11 (2) 1:04 p.m. PDT @ Pirates 3–4 (10) Carpin (3–0) Miller (4–5) – 2:42 37,631 51–38 L1 – July 13 36th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota) 90 July 15 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 5–0 Drysdale (14–8) Ellsworth (10–5) – 2:19 25,538 52–38 W1 91 July 16 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 3–0 Koufax (16–3) Jackson (8–11) – 2:20 47,947 53–38 W2 92 July 17 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 7–2 Osteen (7–10) Koonce (7–8) – 2:21 31,228 54–38 W3 93 July 18 1:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 4–3 (11) Reed (4–2) Hendley (0–2) – 3:05 27,508 55–38 W4 94 July 19 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 8–3 Drysdale (15–8) Nottebart (1–7) – 2:34 22,756 56–38 W5 95 July 20 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 3–2 Koufax (17–3) Taylor (2–4) – 2:15 30,937 57–38 W6 96 July 21 Braves 6–4 Blasingame (11–7) Osteen (7–11) O'Dell (10) 28,721 57–39 97 July 22 Braves 5–2 Cloninger (12–8) Miller (4–6) O'Dell (11) 27,179 57–40 98 July 23 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 3–4 (12) Washburn (6–7) Willhite (1–2) – 3:48 40,286 57–41 L3 99 July 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 2–3 (10) Dennis (2–1) Perranoski (2–2) Woodeshick (12) 3:04 48,998 57–42 L4 100 July 25 1:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 5–1 Osteen (8–11) Simmons (6–10) – 2:44 31,710 58–42 W1 101 July 26 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds 5–4 Podres (4–5) Maloney (11–5) Perranoski (7) 2:20 39,978 59–42 W2 102 July 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds 9–7 Perranoski (3–2) Jay (8–3) – 3:25 46,537 60–42 W3 103 July 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds 1–4 Ellis (14–6) Koufax (17–4) – 2:00 53,604 60–43 L1 104 July 30 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 4–2 Miller (5–6) Dennis (2–2) Perranoski (8) 2:39 29,497 61–43 W1 105 July 31 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 3–4 Gibson (13–8) Perranoski (3–3) – 2:31 30,109 61–44 L1
August: 14–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 9–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 106 August 1 11:15 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals 3–2 Koufax (18–4) Sadecki (2–9) – 2:29 30,605 62–44 W1 107 August 2 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 5–6 Stallard (8–4) Perranoski (3–4) Dennis (6) 2:34 20,518 62–45 L1 – August 3 @ Braves Postponed (Inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 4) 108 August 4 @ Braves 4–3 Fischer (5–5) Drysdale (15–9) O'Dell (15) 62–46 109 August 4 @ Braves 3–2 Osteen (9–11) Lemaster (4–9) Miller (7) 19,950 63–46 110 August 5 @ Braves 6–3 Koufax (19–4) Blasingame (13–8) 18,368 64–46 111 August 6 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 4–5 (11) McCool (7–6) Perranoski (3–5) – 3:26 25,668 64–47 L1 112 August 7 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 5–3 Reed (5–2) Ellis (14–7) Perranoski (9) 2:37 27,844 65–47 W1 113 August 8 10:30 a.m. PDT @ Reds 0–18 Maloney (13–5) Drysdale (15–10) – 2:20 28,335 65–48 L1 114 August 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets 4–3 Koufax (20–4) Jackson (5–16) – 2:07 36,815 66–48 W2 115 August 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Mets 1–0 Drysdale (16–10) Richardson (0–1) – 2:34 23,376 67–48 W3 116 August 13 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 3–1 Osteen (10–11) Veale (12–9) – 2:21 32,551 68–48 W4 117 August 14 8:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 1–0 (10) Koufax (21–4) Cardwell (10–7) – 2:43 29,237 69–48 W5 118 August 15 1:00 p.m. PDT Pirates 2–4 Sisk (4–2) Drysdale (16–11) McBean (13) 3:02 25,175 69–49 L1 119 August 16 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 1–6 Short (14–8) Podres (4–6) – 2:47 22,611 69–50 L2 120 August 17 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 4–2 Osteen (11–11) Herbert (5–6) Perranoski (10) 2:31 23,144 70–50 W1 121 August 18 8:00 p.m. PDT Phillies 3–6 (12) Wagner (5–3) Brewer (2–2) – 4:05 38,267 70–51 L1 122 August 19 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants 8–5 (15) Perranoski (4–5) Perry (8–11) – 4:11 35,901 71–51 W1 123 August 20 8:15 p.m. PDT @ Giants 5–1 Shaw (14–6) Reed (5–3) – 2:38 41,858 71–52 L1 124 August 21 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants 6–4 (11) Podres (5–6) Henry (3–2) – 3:27 42,283 72–52 W1 125 August 22 1:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants 3–4 Herbel (8–6) Koufax (21–5) Murakami (5) 2:18 42,807 72–53 L1 126 August 23 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets 8–4 Drysdale (17–11) Miller (1–3) Miller (8) 2:59 33,393 73–53 W1 127 August 24 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets 3–4 Eilers (1–0) Miller (5–7) – 2:34 37,023 73–54 L1 128 August 25 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets 5–7 Richardson (2–1) Osteen (11–12) – 2:38 32,432 73–55 L2 129 August 26 5:00 p.m. PDT @ Mets 2–5 McGraw (2–2) Koufax (21–6) Fisher (1) 2:24 45,950 73–56 L3 130 August 27 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies 9–8 Drysdale (18–11) Herbert (5–7) Reed (1) 3:16 26,740 74–56 W1 131 August 28 5:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies 8–4 Brewer (3–2) Short (14–9) Koufax (1) 3:16 27,439 75–56 W2 132 August 29 10:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies 3–13 Culp (9–9) Osteen (11–13) – 2:39 21,744 75–57 L1 – August 31 @ Pirates Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 1)
September: 20–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 10–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 133 September 1 (1) 2:30 p.m. PDT @ Pirates 2–3 (11) Gibbon (4–9) Koufax (21–7) – 3:00 75–58 L2 134 September 1 (2) 6:05 p.m. PDT @ Pirates 1–2 Law (16–9) Drysdale (18–12) – 2:18 26,394 75–59 L3 135 September 2 5:15 p.m. PDT @ Pirates 7–1 Osteen (12–13) Veale (14–10) Perranoski (11) 2:38 29,200 76–59 W1 136 September 3 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 3–0 Willhite (2–2) Nottebart (4–13) Perranoski (12) 2:14 31,154 77–59 W2 137 September 4 11:15 a.m. PDT @ Astros 5–0 Podres (6–6) Bruce (9–17) Perranoski (13) 2:13 41,951 78–59 W3 138 September 5 12:30 p.m. PDT @ Astros 4–2 Reed (4–2) Roberts (4–1) – 2:05 49,442 79–59 W4 139 September 6 1:00 p.m. PDT Giants 6–7 (12) Linzy (7–2) Reed (6–4) – 3:43 53,581 79–60 L1 140 September 7 6:00 p.m. PDT Giants 1–3 Shaw (15–8) Osteen (12–14) Murakami (7) 2:48 48,586 79–61 L2 141 September 9 8:00 p.m. PDT Cubs 1–0 Koufax (22–7) Hendley (2–3) – 1:43 29,139 80–61 W1 142 September 10 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 5–2 Drysdale (19–12) Roberts (4–2) Perranoski (14) 2:00 30,200 81–61 W2 143 September 11 8:00 p.m. PDT Astros 8–3 Osteen (13–14) Farrell (10–10) Perranoski (15) 2:32 30,278 82–61 W3 144 September 12 1:00 p.m. PDT Astros 2–3 Owens (6–4) Perranoski (4–6) Raymond (4) 2:40 21,918 82–62 L1 145 September 14 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 1–2 Hendley (3–3) Koufax (22–8) – 1:57 6,220 82–63 L2 146 September 15 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 6–8 Ellsworth (14–14) Reed (6–5) Hoeft (1) 2:45 1,886 82–64 L3 147 September 16 11:30 a.m. PDT @ Cubs 2–0 Osteen (14–14) Faul (5–5) Koufax (2) 2:15 550 83–64 W1 148 September 17 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 3–2 Drysdale (20–12) Simmons (9–15) Perranoski (16) 2:36 19,042 84–64 W2 149 September 18 6:00 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals 1–0 Koufax (23–8) Washburn (9–11) – 2:11 29,063 85–64 W3 150 September 19 11:15 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals 5–0 Osteen (15–14) Gibson (18–11) Perranoski (17) 2:33 23,941 86–64 W4 151 September 21 @ Braves 3–1 Drysdale (21–12) Lemaster (6–13) 5,169 87–64 152 September 22 @ Braves 7 – 6 (11) Perranoski (5–6) Olivo (0–1) Miller (9) 12,577 88–64 153 September 24 8:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 4–3 Perranoski (6–6) Gibson (18–12) – 2:38 37,450 89–64 W7 154 September 25 1:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 2–0 Koufax (24–8) Briles (2–3) – 2:10 31,532 90–64 W8 155 September 26 1:00 p.m. PDT Cardinals 1–0 Drysdale (22–12) Sadecki (6–14) – 2:18 40,317 91–64 W9 156 September 27 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds 6–1 Podres (7–6) Ellis (21–10) Perranoski (18) 2:31 32,593 92–64 W10 157 September 28 8:00 p.m. PDT Reds 2–1 (12) Reed (7–5) Jay (9–8) – 3:52 38,424 93–64 W11 158 September 29 6:00 p.m. PDT Reds 5–0 Koufax (25–8) Maloney (20–9) – 2:20 52,312 94–64 W12 159 September 30 Braves 4–0 Drysdale (23–12) Fischer (8–9) 36,006 95–64
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 160 October 1 Braves 2–0 Lemaster (7–13) Osteen (15–15) 50,813 95–65 161 October 2 Braves 3–1 Koufax (26–8) Cloninger (24–11) 41,574 96–65 162 October 3 Braves 3–0 Miller (6–7) Sadowski (5–9) Willhite (1) 39,922 97–65
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member

Postseason Game log

1965 Postseason game log: 4–3 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–3)
World Series vs. Minnesota Twins 4–3 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–3) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 6 12 Noon PDT @ Twins L 2–8 Grant (1–0) Drysdale (0–1) – 2:29 47,797 0–1 L1 2 October 7 12 Noon PDT @ Twins L 1–5 Kaat (1–0) Koufax (0–1) – 2:13 48,700 0–2 L2 3 October 9 1:00 p.m. PDT Twins W 4–0 Osteen (1–0) Pascual (0–1) – 2:06 55,934 1–2 W1 4 October 10 1:00 p.m. PDT Twins W 7–2 Drysdale (1–1) Grant (1–1) – 2:15 55,920 2–2 W2 5 October 11 1:00 p.m. PDT Twins W 7–0 Koufax (1–1) Kaat (1–1) – 2:34 55,801 3–2 W3 6 October 13 12 Noon PDT @ Twins L 1–5 Grant (2–1) Osteen (1–1) – 2:16 49,578 3–3 L1 7 October 14 12 Noon PDT @ Twins W 2–0 Koufax (2–1) Kaat (1–2) – 2:27 50,976 4–3 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Pos	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
C	John Roseboro	136	480	437	42	102	10	0	8	57	1	6	34	51	.233	.289	.311	.601	136	5	2	3	4	7
1B	Wes Parker	154	644	542	80	129	24	7	8	51	13	7	75	95	.238	.334	.352	.687	191	6	5	19	3	1
2B	Jim Lefebvre	157	631	544	57	136	21	4	12	69	3	5	71	92	.250	.337	.369	.706	201	8	2	10	4	7
SS	Maury Wills	158	711	650	92	186	14	7	0	33	94	31	40	64	.286	.330	.329	.660	214	6	4	14	2	2
3B	Jim Gilliam	111	432	372	54	104	19	4	4	39	9	5	53	31	.280	.374	.384	.758	143	1	4	1	2	5
LF	Lou Johnson	131	518	468	57	121	24	1	12	58	15	6	24	81	.259	.315	.391	.706	183	7	16	7	3	8
CF	Willie Davis	142	595	558	52	133	24	3	10	57	25	9	14	81	.238	.263	.346	.609	193	7	7	9	7	3
RF	Ron Fairly	158	654	555	73	152	28	1	9	70	2	0	76	72	.274	.361	.377	.738	209	7	3	14	6	11

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
Dick Tracewski	78	186	40	.215	1	20
Jeff Torborg	56	150	36	.240	3	13
John Kennedy	104	105	18	.171	1	5
Wally Moon	53	89	18	.202	1	11
Al Ferrara	41	81	17	.210	1	10
Don LeJohn	34	78	20	.256	0	7
Tommy Davis	17	60	15	.250	0	9
Derrell Griffith	22	41	7	.171	1	2
Willie Crawford	52	27	4	.148	0	0
Hector Valle	9	13	4	.308	0	2
Dick Smith	10	6	0	.000	0	1
Johnny Werhas	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Nate Oliver	8	1	1	1.000	0	0

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
Sandy Koufax	43	335.2	26	8	2.04	382
Don Drysdale	44	308.1	23	12	2.77	210
Claude Osteen	40	287.0	15	15	2.79	162
Johnny Podres	27	134.0	7	6	3.43	63

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
Howie Reed	38	78.0	7	5	3.12	47
Nick Willhite	15	42.0	2	2	5.36	28
Mike Kekich	5	10.1	0	1	9.58	9

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
Ron Perranoski	59	6	6	18	2.24	53
Bob Miller	61	6	7	9	2.97	77
Jim Brewer	19	3	2	2	1.82	31
John Purdin	11	2	1	0	6.75	16
Bill Singer	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

1965 World Series

Main article: 1965 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	1
Minnesota (A)	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	x	8	10	0
W: Mudcat Grant (1–0)   L: Don Drysdale (0–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (1)   MIN – Don Mincher (1), Zoilo Versalles (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	3
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	x	5	9	0
W: Jim Kaat (1–0)   L: Sandy Koufax (0–1)

Game 3

October 9, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	x	4	10	1
W: Claude Osteen (1–0)  L: Camilo Pascual (0–1)

Game 4

October 10, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	2
Los Angeles (N)	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	x	7	10	0
W: Don Drysdale (1–1)  L: Mudcat Grant (1–1)
HR: MIN – Harmon Killebrew (1), Tony Oliva (1)    LAD – Wes Parker (1), Lou Johnson (1)

Game 5

October 11, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Los Angeles (N)	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	x	7	14	0
W: Sandy Koufax (1–1)  L: Jim Kaat (1–1)

Game 6

October 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	x	5	6	1
W: Mudcat Grant (2–1)   L: Claude Osteen (1–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (2)   MIN – Bob Allison (1), Mudcat Grant (1)

Game 7

October 14, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Sandy Koufax (2–1)   L: Jim Kaat (1–2)
HR: LAD – Lou Johnson (2)

Awards and honors

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

• National League Cy Young Award
  • Sandy Koufax
• National League Rookie of the Year
  • Jim Lefebvre
• World Series Most Valuable Player
  • Sandy Koufax
• Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  • Sandy Koufax
• TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
  • Sandy Koufax
• TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
  • Sandy Koufax

All-Stars

• 1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Maury Wills starter
  • Don Drysdale reserve
  • Sandy Koufax reserve
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Sandy Koufax
  • Maury Wills

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Bill Brenzel Duke Snider Pete Reiser
AA	Albuquerque Dodgers	Texas League	Roy Hartsfield
A	Santa Barbara Dodgers	California League	Norm Sherry
A	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	George Scherger
A	Salem Dodgers	Northwest League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Pocatello Chiefs	Pioneer League	Tommy Lasorda

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albuquerque

1965 Major League Baseball draft

This was the first Major League Baseball draft. The Dodgers drafted 30 players this year in the June draft and an additional 2 in the August Legion draft. The first player the Dodgers ever drafted was a shortstop from Bakersfield High School named John Wyatt. He played in the teams farm system through 1970 but never advanced past Class-A.

The most notable player drafted this year was Tom Seaver, who was picked in the 10th round from the University of Southern California, but he did not sign with the team and re-entered the draft the following year, where he was selected by the New York Mets.

1965 Draft Picks

June draft Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 John Wyatt SS Bakersfield High School Yes 1965–1970 A 2 Alan Foster RHP Los Altos High School Yes 1965–1976 MLB 3 Michael Criscione C Syracuse University Yes 1965–1967 A 4 George Mercado OF Bishop Dubois High School Yes 1965–1967 A- 5 John Radosevich LHP West Virginia University Yes 1965–1968 A 6 Peter Barnes OF Southern University and A&M College No 7 Larry Griffith RHP Anadarko High School Yes 1965–1967 AA 8 James Johnson OF Las Vegas High School Yes 1965–1970 A 9 Paul Dennenbaum 1B Syracuse University No 10 Tom Seaver RHP University of Southern California No Mets −1966 1966–1986 MLB 11 Joseph Austin 1B University of Southern California Yes 1965–1966 A 12 Richard Binder LHP Waterloo High School No 13 Terrance Derringer RHP Southwest Miami High School No 14 Stephen McGreevy 1B University of Kansas Yes 1965–1967 A 15 Leon Everitt RHP Pemberton High School Yes 1965–1969 MLB 16 Michael McCall SS Greenville High School No Red Sox −1965 1967–1970 A 17 Johnny Alexander INF Whitmire High School No 18 Rod Austin OF Santa Clara University No 19 George Lewark SS University of Colorado No 20 William Maxwell RHP Central High School No 21 Daro Quiring RHP Stanford University No 22 Eric Krumlauf 3B Shaker Heights High School No 23 Rich Hinton LHP Marana High School No White Sox −1969 1969–1979 MLB 24 Frederick Moulder SS Oklahoma State University Yes 1967–1972 AAA 25 Jon Keirns OF Edmond High School No 26 Robert Harvey 3B John Marshall High School Yes 1966–1968 A 27 Rhett Thompson 3B Del Mar High School Yes 1965–1967 A- 28 Gary Moore OF University of Texas at Austin Yes 1967–1971 MLB 29 Kyle Carlin RHP Sulphur High School Yes 1965–1969 AA 30 Dennis Jensen SS Jacksonville University Yes 1965 A August Legion Draft The August Legion Draft was for College players who had participated in summer amateur leagues. Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Barry Snyder C No 2 Frank Stanek 1B No

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site