1965 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1965
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Memorial Stadium
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	94–68 (.580)
League Place:	3rd
Owners:	Jerold Hoffberger
General Managers:	Lee MacPhail
Managers:	Hank Bauer
Television:	WJZ-TV
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer)

The 1965 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses. This was the final season to feature the full body bird logo on the cap until 1989.

Offseason

• November 28, 1964: Merv Rettenmund was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 24, 1965: Bob Saverine and cash were traded by the Orioles to the Houston Astros for Don Larsen.^[2]
• June 8, 1965: 1965 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Frank Tepedino was drafted by the Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]
  • Lowell Palmer was drafted by the Orioles in the 23rd round, but did not sign.^[4]
• July 24, 1965: Carl Warwick was purchased by the Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[5]

Roster

1965 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
C		96	255	59	.231	5	30
1B		144	472	117	.248	17	72
2B		157	582	151	.259	7	66
3B		144	559	166	.297	18	80
SS		144	564	127	.225	8	40
LF		132	345	93	.270	1	29
CF		119	364	85	.234	5	25
RF		144	462	120	.260	22	70

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
	106	297	76	.256	8	32
	87	273	66	.242	5	27
	96	243	59	.243	8	24
	77	232	54	.233	9	28
	84	203	33	.163	7	20
	68	132	39	.295	2	18
	20	47	8	.170	1	11
	9	14	0	.000	0	0
	5	6	1	.167	1	4
	11	3	1	.333	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
	34	221.1	13	9	2.60	127
	37	220.2	15	10	2.69	130
	35	198.2	11	6	2.85	116
	34	189.0	10	8	3.38	84
	20	114.2	5	7	3.37	63
	16	93.1	6	4	3.72	71

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
	27	92.0	5	4	3.72	75
	5	14.2	0	1	9.20	12
	2	6.0	0	0	6.00	5

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
	67	14	7	24	1.89	104
	48	11	8	12	3.07	79
	27	1	2	1	2.67	40
	24	3	2	1	3.48	21
	6	0	0	0	3.38	3
	4	0	0	0	2.08	6
	4	0	0	0	1.00	3

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton, Tri-City

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1965 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 1965 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/retteme01.shtml Merv Rettenmund page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saverbo01.shtml Bob Saverine page at Baseball-Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmelo01.shtml?redir Lowell Palmer transactions at Baseball-Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/warwica01.shtml#trans Carl Warwick transactions at Baseball-Reference