1965 Boston Red Sox season

1965 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record62–100 (.383)
League place9th
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersPinky Higgins, Dick O'Connell
ManagersBilly Herman
TelevisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1965 Boston Red Sox season was the 65th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished ninth in the American League (AL) with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses (this is, to date, the most recent season the team has lost 100+ games in a season), 40 games behind the AL champion Minnesota Twins, against whom the 1965 Red Sox lost 17 of 18 games. The team drew only 652,201 fans to Fenway Park, seventh in the ten-team league but the Red Sox' lowest turnstile count since 1945, the last year of World War II. One of the team's few bright spots was that 20-year old Tony Conigliaro led the AL with 32 home runs, becoming the youngest home run champion in AL history.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 102 60 .630 — 51‍–‍30 51‍–‍30
Chicago White Sox 95 67 .586 7 48‍–‍33 47‍–‍34
Baltimore Orioles 94 68 .580 8 46‍–‍33 48‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 89 73 .549 13 47‍–‍34 42‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians 87 75 .537 15 52‍–‍30 35‍–‍45
New York Yankees 77 85 .475 25 40‍–‍43 37‍–‍42
Los Angeles/California Angels 75 87 .463 27 46‍–‍34 29‍–‍53
Washington Senators 70 92 .432 32 36‍–‍45 34‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox 62 100 .383 40 34‍–‍47 28‍–‍53
Kansas City Athletics 59 103 .364 43 33‍–‍48 26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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1965 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA/
CAL 		MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore — 11–7 9–9 10–8 11–7 11–7 13–5 8–10 13–5 8–10
Boston 7–11 — 4–14 8–10 6–12 11–7 5–13 1–17 9–9 11–7
Chicago 9–9 14–4 — 10–8 9–9 13–5 12–6 7–11 8–10 13–5
Cleveland 8–10 10–8 8–10 — 9–9 9–9 9–9 11–7 12–6 11–7
Detroit 7–11 12–6 9–9 9–9 — 13–5 10–8 8–10 10–8 11–7
Kansas City 7–11 7–11 5–13 9–9 5–13 — 5–13 8–10 7–11 6–12
Los Angeles/California 5–13 13–5 6–12 9–9 8–10 13–5 — 9–9 6–12 6–12
Minnesota 10–8 17–1 11–7 7–11 10–8 10–8 9–9 — 13–5 15–3
New York 5–13 9–9 10–8 6–12 8–10 11–7 12–6 5–13 — 11–7
Washington 10–8 7–11 5–13 7–11 7–11 12–6 12–6 3–15 7–11 —

NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.


Notable transactions

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Opening Day lineup

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38 Rico Petrocelli SS
  7 Lenny Green CF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski LF
25 Tony Conigliaro RF
  6 Lee Thomas 1B
12 Félix Mantilla     2B
11 Frank Malzone 3B
10 Bob Tillman C
27 Bill Monbouquette     P

Roster

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1965 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Bob Tillman 111 368 79 .215 6 35
1B Lee Thomas 151 521 141 .271 22 75
2B Félix Mantilla 150 534 147 .275 18 92
3B Frank Malzone 106 364 87 .239 3 34
SS Rico Petrocelli 103 323 75 .232 13 33
LF Carl Yastrzemski 133 494 154 .312 20 72
CF Lenny Green 119 373 103 .276 7 24
RF Tony Conigliaro 138 521 140 .269 32 82

Other batters

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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
Dalton Jones 112 367 99 .270 5 37
Jim Gosger 81 324 83 .256 9 35
Ed Bressoud 107 296 67 .226 8 25
Chuck Schilling 71 171 41 .240 3 9
Tony Horton 60 163 48 .294 7 23
Russ Nixon 59 137 37 .270 0 11
Mike Ryan 33 107 17 .159 3 9
Gary Geiger 24 45 9 .200 1 2
Jerry Moses 4 4 1 .250 1 1
Bill Schlesinger 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Earl Wilson 36 230.0 13 14 3.98 164
Bill Monbouquette 35 228.2 10 18 3.70 110
Dave Morehead 34 192.2 10 18 4.06 163
Jim Lonborg 32 185.1 9 17 4.47 113

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Bennett 34 141.2 5 7 4.38 85
Jerry Stephenson 15 52.0 1 5 6.23 49

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dick Radatz 63 9 11 22 3.91 121
Arnold Earley 57 0 1 0 3.63 47
Jay Ritchie 44 1 2 2 3.17 55
Bob Duliba 39 4 2 1 3.78 27
Bob Heffner 27 0 2 0 7.16 42
Jack Lamabe 14 0 3 0 8.17 17

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Dick Williams
AA Pittsfield Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Larry Lee Thomas
A Wellsville Red Sox New York–Penn League Matt Sczesny
Rookie Harlan Red Sox Appalachian League Rac Slider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto, Pittsfield
Source:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Tim Cullen page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  4. ^ Boston Red Sox Yearbook. 1965. p. 7. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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