1965 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB Minnesta MIN 102 60 .630 -- ChicagoW CHW 95 67 .586 7.0 Bltmore BAL 94 68 .580 8.0 Detroit DET 89 73 .549 13.0 Clvlnd CLE 87 75 .537 15.0 NewYorkY NYY 77 85 .475 25.0 Califrna CAL 75 87 .463 27.0 Washngtn WSA 70 92 .432 32.0 BostonRS BOS 62 100 .383 40.0 KansasCy KCA 59 103 .364 43.0

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1965 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 MIN  4.78   774  162  5488  1396  257  42  150  554   969  .254  .323  .399   92   33 106  4.68  4.88
 DET  4.20   680  162  5368  1278  190  27  162  554   952  .238  .309  .374   57   41 103  4.47  3.93
 BOS  4.13   669  162  5487  1378  244  40  165  607   964  .251  .326  .400   47   24 107  4.63  3.63
 CLE  4.09   663  162  5469  1367  198  21  156  506   857  .250  .313  .379  109   46 105  4.17  4.01
 CHW  3.99   647  162  5509  1354  200  38  125  533   916  .246  .312  .364   50   33 106  3.56  4.43
 BAL  3.96   641  162  5450  1299  227  38  125  529   907  .238  .306  .363   67   31  96  3.82  4.08
 NYY  3.77   611  162  5470  1286  196  31  149  489   951  .235  .298  .364   35   20  96  3.86  3.68
 WSA  3.65   591  162  5374  1227  179  33  136  570  1125  .228  .302  .350   30   19  94  3.73  3.57
 KCA  3.61   585  162  5393  1294  186  59  110  521  1020  .240  .307  .358  110   51  96  3.72  3.51
 CAL  3.25   527  162  5354  1279  200  36   92  443   973  .239  .297  .341  107   59  90  3.31  3.20
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.94  6388 1620 54362 13158 2077 365 1370 5306  9634  .242  .311  .369  704  357

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  3.57   578  162  2.98  1477  1268   7.8   510  3.1  120   939   32     9    15  41 117  3.57  3.57
 CHW  3.43   555  162  2.99  1481  1261   7.8   460  2.8  122   946   21     8    14  53 106  2.98  3.88
 MIN  3.70   600  162  3.14  1457  1278   7.9   503  3.1  166   934   32    11    12  45 114  3.80  3.60
 CAL  3.51   569  162  3.17  1441  1259   7.8   563  3.5   91   847   39    11    14  33 107  3.18  3.84
 NYY  3.73   604  162  3.28  1459  1337   8.3   511  3.2  126  1001   41    10    11  31 103  3.69  3.77
 CLE  3.78   613  162  3.30  1458  1254   7.7   500  3.1  129  1156   41    10    13  41 106  3.50  4.08
 DET  3.72   602  162  3.35  1455  1283   7.9   509  3.1  137  1069   45    12    14  31 104  3.83  3.60
 WSA  4.45   721  162  3.93  1435  1376   8.5   633  3.9  160   867   21     5     8  40  88  4.52  4.38
 BOS  4.88   791  162  4.24  1439  1443   8.9   543  3.4  158   993   33     6     9  25  88  5.35  4.42
 KCA  4.66   755  162  4.24  1433  1399   8.6   574  3.5  161   882   18     6     7  32  82  4.51  4.81
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.94  6388 1620  3.46 14535 13158   8.1  5306  3.3 1370  9634  323         117 372

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 MIN  172  158  .973   .722  1,463,258  18,065  100-62  51-30 51-30 105 103 27.4 28.5   1   6  29 Mele
 CHW  126  156  .981   .728  1,130,519  13,957   92-70  48-33 47-34  93  92 27.9 27.8   1   2  23 Lopez
 BAL  126  152  .980   .726    781,649   9,894   89-73  46-33 48-35 102 101 27.4 27.4   4   2  25 Bauer
 DET  114  126  .981   .718  1,029,645  12,712   90-72  47-34 42-39 102 101 26.8 26.9   1   4  20 Swift and Dressen
 CLE  114  127  .981   .716    934,786  11,400   87-75  52-30 35-45 101 101 27.8 27.1   0   4  30 Tebbetts
 NYY  137  166  .978   .706  1,213,552  14,621   82-80  40-43 37-42  99  98 28.4 27.1   2   5  34 Keane
 CAL  123  149  .981   .721    566,727   7,084   75-87  46-34 29-53  97  98 26.4 25.0   0   1  23 Rigney
 WSA  143  148  .976   .709    560,083   6,915   66-96  36-45 34-47  98 100 28.4 28.0   0   1  15 Hodges
 BOS  159  129  .974   .691    652,201   8,052   69-93  34-47 28-53 106 108 26.7 26.5   1   2  25 Herman
 KCA  139  142  .977   .706    528,344   6,523   62-100 33-48 26-55  99 101 25.9 26.5   2   1  25 McGaha and Sullivan
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Zoilo Versalles
MIN .273/.319/.462

Cy Young Award Sandy Koufax (ML)
LAD 26-8 2.04 382 SO

Rookie of the Year Curt Blefary
BAL .260/.381/.470

(ML) - Award for both leagues

Gold Glove Winners

Pitcher Jim Kaat
Catcher Bill Freehan

First Base Joe Pepitone

Second Base Bobby Richardson

Third Base Brooks Robinson

Shortstop Zoilo Versalles

Outfield Al Kaline, Tom Tresh, and Carl Yastrzemski

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Oliva-MIN .321

Yastrzemski-BOS .312

Davalillo-CLE .301

Robinson-BAL .297

Wagner-CLE .294

On-base %

Yastrzemski-BOS .395

Colavito-CLE .383

Blefary-BAL .381

Oliva-MIN .378

Mantilla-BOS .374

Slugging %

Yastrzemski-BOS .536

Conigliaro-BOS .512

Cash-DET .512

Wagner-CLE .495

Oliva-MIN .491

OPS

Yastrzemski-BOS .932

Cash-DET .883

Oliva-MIN .870

Wagner-CLE .864

Colavito-CLE .851

Games

Colavito-CLE 162

Hansen-CHW 162

Wert-DET 162

Fregosi-CAL 161

Richardson-NYY 160

Versalles-MIN 160

At Bats

Versalles-MIN 666

Richardson-NYY 664

Wert-DET 609

Alvis-CLE 604

Fregosi-CAL 602

Tresh-NYY 602

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Versalles-MIN 728

Richardson-NYY 713

Wert-DET 697

Colavito-CLE 695

Fregosi-CAL 683

Runs

Versalles-MIN 126

Oliva-MIN 107

Tresh-NYY 94

Buford-CHW 93

Colavito-CLE 92

Hits

Oliva-MIN 185

Versalles-MIN 182

Colavito-CLE 170

Tresh-NYY 168

Fregosi-CAL 167

Total Bases

Versalles-MIN 308

Tresh-NYY 287

Oliva-MIN 283

Colavito-CLE 277

Conigliaro-BOS 267

Doubles

Versalles-MIN 45

Yastrzemski-BOS 45

Oliva-MIN 40

Tresh-NYY 29

Richardson-NYY 28

Triples

Campaneris-KCA 12

Versalles-MIN 12

Aparicio-BAL 10

Smith-CAL 9

Blasingame-WSA 8

Causey-KCA 8

Home Runs

Conigliaro-BOS 32

Cash-DET 30

Horton-DET 29

Wagner-CLE 28

Colavito-CLE 26

Tresh-NYY 26

Whitfield-CLE 26

RBI

Colavito-CLE 108

Horton-DET 104

Oliva-MIN 98

Mantilla-BOS 92

Whitfield-CLE 90

Bases on Balls

Colavito-CLE 93

Blefary-BAL 88

Mantilla-BOS 79

Cash-DET 77

Robinson-CHW 76

Strikeouts

Versalles-MIN 122

Alvis-CLE 121

Conigliaro-BOS 116

Lock-WSA 115

Allison-MIN 114

Stolen Bases

Campaneris-KCA 51

Cardenal-CAL 37

Versalles-MIN 27

Aparicio-BAL 26

Davalillo-CLE 26

Singles

Buford-CHW 129

Richardson-NYY 128

Davalillo-CLE 127

Fregosi-CAL 126

Oliva-MIN 124

Adjusted OPS+

Yastrzemski-BOS 156

Cash-DET 147

Wagner-CLE 143

Oliva-MIN 141

Colavito-CLE 140

Runs Created

Colavito-CLE 110

Oliva-MIN 109

Versalles-MIN 102

Yastrzemski-BOS 102

Tresh-NYY 101

Adjusted Batting Runs

Yastrzemski-BOS 40

Colavito-CLE 35

Oliva-MIN 33

Cash-DET 31

Wagner-CLE 29

Batting Wins

Yastrzemski-BOS 4.2

Colavito-CLE 3.6

Oliva-MIN 3.5

Cash-DET 3.2

Wagner-CLE 3.0

Extra-Base Hits

Versalles-MIN 76

Yastrzemski-BOS 68

Oliva-MIN 61

Tresh-NYY 61

Conigliaro-BOS 58

Times on Base

Colavito-CLE 266

Oliva-MIN 244

Buford-CHW 237

Wert-DET 235

Mantilla-BOS 234

Robinson-CHW 234

Offensive Win%

Yastrzemski-BOS .755

Wagner-CLE .738

Oliva-MIN .733

Cash-DET .720

Colavito-CLE .715

Hit By Pitch

Alvis-CLE 9

Campaneris-KCA 9

Mantilla-BOS 8

Freehan-DET 7

Versalles-MIN 7

Sac. Hits

Fregosi-CAL 15

Aparicio-BAL 14

Berry-CHW 10

Brown-CLE 10

Howser-CLE 10

Lumpe-DET 10

Monbouquette-BOS 10

Rollins-MIN 10

Terry-CLE 10

Sac. Flies

Oliva-MIN 10

Fregosi-CAL 8

Hansen-CHW 8

Rodgers-CAL 8

Versalles-MIN 8

Intentional Walks

Mincher-MIN 15

Powell-BAL 13

Killebrew-MIN 12

Oliva-MIN 12

Colavito-CLE 11

Kaline-DET 11

Pepitone-NYY 11

Ward-CHW 11

Grounded into Double Plays

Adair-BAL 26

Mantilla-BOS 24

Skowron-CHW 22

Hansen-CHW 21

Hershberger-KCA 19

Caught Stealing

Campaneris-KCA 19

Cardenal-CAL 17

Horton-DET 9

McAuliffe-DET 9

Oliva-MIN 9

Power/Speed Number

Versalles-MIN 22.3

Hinton-CLE 17.5

Oliva-MIN 17.4

Cardenal-CAL 17.0

Wagner-CLE 16.8

At Bats per Strikeout

Richardson-NYY 17.0

Lumpe-DET 14.8

Thomas-BOS 12.4

Robinson-BAL 11.9

Hershberger-KCA 11.8

At Bats per Home Run

Cash-DET 15.6

Conigliaro-BOS 16.3

Horton-DET 17.7

Wagner-CLE 18.5

Allison-MIN 19.0

Outs

Richardson-NYY 527

Versalles-MIN 510

Hansen-CHW 484

Wert-DET 483

Alvis-CLE 482

ERA

McDowell-CLE 2.18

Fisher-CHW 2.40

Siebert-CLE 2.43

Brunet-CAL 2.56

Pappas-BAL 2.60

Richert-WSA 2.60

Wins

Grant-MIN 21

Stottlemyre-NYY 20

Kaat-MIN 18

McDowell-CLE 17

Ford-NYY 16

McLain-DET 16

Siebert-CLE 16

Won-Loss %

Grant-MIN .750

McLain-DET .727

Stottlemyre-NYY .690

Fisher-CHW .682

John-CHW .667

Miller-BAL .667

Siebert-CLE .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Fisher-CHW 0.974

Siebert-CLE 0.981

Terry-CLE 1.068

McLain-DET 1.071

Pappas-BAL 1.102

Hits Allowed/9IP

McDowell-CLE 5.87

Fisher-CHW 6.42

Siebert-CLE 6.63

Richert-WSA 6.77

Brunet-CAL 6.81

Bases on Balls/9IP

Terry-CLE 1.25

Monbouquette-BOS 1.57

Horlen-CHW 1.60

Ford-NYY 1.84

Grant-MIN 2.03

Strikeouts/9IP

McDowell-CLE 10.71

Siebert-CLE 9.11

Lolich-DET 8.35

McLain-DET 7.84

Morehead-BOS 7.61

Games

Fisher-CHW 82

Kline-WSA 74

Lee-CAL 69

Dickson-KCA 68

Miller-BAL 67

Saves

Kline-WSA 29

Fisher-CHW 24

Miller-BAL 24

Lee-CAL 23

Radatz-BOS 22

Innings

Stottlemyre-NYY 291.0

McDowell-CLE 273.0

Grant-MIN 270.3

Kaat-MIN 264.3

Newman-CAL 260.7

Strikeouts

McDowell-CLE 325

Lolich-DET 226

McLain-DET 192

Siebert-CLE 191

Downing-NYY 179

Games Started

Kaat-MIN 42

Grant-MIN 39

Lolich-DET 37

Stottlemyre-NYY 37

Ford-NYY 36

Newman-CAL 36

Wilson-BOS 36

Comp. Games

Stottlemyre-NYY 18

Grant-MIN 14

McDowell-CLE 14

McLain-DET 13

Aguirre-DET 10

Chance-CAL 10

Monbouquette-BOS 10

Newman-CAL 10

Tiant-CLE 10

Shutouts

Grant-MIN 6

Chance-CAL 4

Horlen-CHW 4

McLain-DET 4

Stottlemyre-NYY 4

Home Runs Allow.

Grant-MIN 34

Ortega-WSA 33

Monbouquette-BOS 32

Wilson-BOS 27

Kaat-MIN 25

McLain-DET 25

Talbot-KCA 25

Bases On Balls Allow.

McDowell-CLE 132

Morehead-BOS 113

Downing-NYY 105

Chance-CAL 101

Ortega-WSA 97

Hits Allowed

Kaat-MIN 267

Grant-MIN 252

Stottlemyre-NYY 250

Ford-NYY 241

Monbouquette-BOS 239

SO to Walk

Siebert-CLE 4.15

Terry-CLE 3.65

Ford-NYY 3.24

Horlen-CHW 3.21

Lolich-DET 3.14

Losses

Monbouquette-BOS 18

Morehead-BOS 18

O'Donoghue-KCA 18

Lonborg-BOS 17

Newman-CAL 16

Earned Runs Allow.

Ortega-WSA 102

Wilson-BOS 102

Grant-MIN 99

Monbouquette-BOS 94

Lolich-DET 93

Wild Pitches

McDowell-CLE 17

Wyatt-KCA 13

Morehead-BOS 11

Fisher-CHW 10

Lopez-CAL 10

Wilhelm-CHW 10

Hit Batsmen

Lolich-DET 12

Wickersham-DET 11

Aguirre-DET 10

Chance-CAL 9

Buzhardt-CHW 7

Narum-WSA 7

Ridzik-WSA 7

Sheldon-TOT 7

Stottlemyre-NYY 7

Batters Faced

Stottlemyre-NYY 1188

McDowell-CLE 1116

Kaat-MIN 1115

Grant-MIN 1095

Newman-CAL 1044

Games Finished

Fisher-CHW 60

Kline-WSA 58

Radatz-BOS 56

Miller-BAL 55

Lee-CAL 50

Adjusted ERA+

McDowell-CLE 161

Siebert-CLE 144

Perry-MIN 135

Pappas-BAL 134

McLain-DET 134

Oldest Player

Paige-KCA 1906-07-07 (58)

Wilhelm-CHW 1922-07-26 (42)

Haddix-BAL 1925-09-18 (39)

Roberts-BAL 1926-09-30 (38)

Sievers-WSA 1926-11-18 (38)

Youngest Player

Coleman-WSA 1947-02-03 (18)

Gagliano- 1946-10-08 (18)

Lockwood-KCA 1946-08-17 (18)

Hedlund-CLE 1946-08-11 (18)

Moses- 1946-08-09 (18)

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All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Milt Pappas (BAL)
C. Earl Battey (MIN)
1B. Harmon Killebrew (MIN)
2B. Felix Mantilla (BOS)
3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL)
SS. Dick McAuliffe (DET)
LF. Willie Horton (DET)
CF. Vic Davalillo (CLE)
RF. Rocky Colavito (CLE)


Max Alvis* (CLE)
Eddie Fisher* (CHW)
Bill Freehan* (DET)
Mudcat Grant* (MIN)
Jimmie Hall* (MIN)
Elston Howard (NYY)
Al Kaline* (DET)
Bob Lee (CAL)
Mickey Mantle (NYY)

Sam McDowell* (CLE)
John O'Donoghue (KCA)
Tony Oliva* (MIN)
Joe Pepitone* (NYY)
Bobby Richardson* (NYY)
Pete Richert* (WSA)
Bill Skowron (CHW)
Mel Stottlemyre (NYY)
Zoilo Versalles* (MIN)

Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Milt Pappas (BAL) C. Earl Battey (MIN) 1B. Harmon Killebrew (MIN) 2B. Felix Mantilla (BOS) 3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL) SS. Dick McAuliffe (DET) LF. Willie Horton (DET) CF. Vic Davalillo (CLE) RF. Rocky Colavito (CLE)		Max Alvis* (CLE) Eddie Fisher* (CHW) Bill Freehan* (DET) Mudcat Grant* (MIN) Jimmie Hall* (MIN) Elston Howard (NYY) Al Kaline* (DET) Bob Lee (CAL) Mickey Mantle (NYY)		Sam McDowell* (CLE) John O'Donoghue (KCA) Tony Oliva* (MIN) Joe Pepitone* (NYY) Bobby Richardson* (NYY) Pete Richert* (WSA) Bill Skowron (CHW) Mel Stottlemyre (NYY) Zoilo Versalles* (MIN)		Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)