1965 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1965
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Chávez Ravine
City:	Los Angeles
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Fred Haney
Managers:	Bill Rigney
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
Prev Season:	1964 Los Angeles Angels season

The 1965 California Angels season was the fifth year of play for the American Major League Baseball franchise. The 1965 Angels finished seventh in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses, putting them 27 games behind the AL Champion Minnesota Twins. It was also the final season for the franchise in the city of Los Angeles before moving to their new stadium in nearby Anaheim for the following season. In their fourth and last year as tenants at Chávez Ravine, the Angels drew only 566,727 fans,^[1] eighth in the ten-team Junior Circuit and almost two million fans fewer than their landlords, the Dodgers, who were en route to the 1965 world championship.

Midseason name change

The 1965 Angels are the only team in 20th century Major League Baseball history^{[2] [3]} to undergo an in-season name change.^[4] The club began the season under its original identity, the Los Angeles Angels, but with the imminent move to Anaheim, owner Gene Autry changed the name of the team to the California Angels — effective immediately — on September 2, 1965, with only 28 games left in the season.^[2]

The name change was reflected in the Angels' new caps, on which an interlocking "CA" in fancy block letters replaced the former interlocking "LA". The new caps retained the distinctive white halo around the navy-blue crown. Because the team's home and road uniforms of the time simply read "ANGELS" across the shirtfront, they did not change.

Offseason

• October 14, 1964: The Angels traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Braves for Phil Roof and Ron Piché. The Angels completed the deal by sending Dan Osinski to the Braves on November 29.^[5]
• December 3, 1964: Bo Belinsky was traded by the Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rudy May and Costen Shockley.^[6]
• Prior to 1965 season: Bob Smith was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[7]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 13, 1965: Merritt Ranew was purchased by the Angels from the San Francisco Giants.^[8]
• June 8, 1965: Joe Henderson was drafted by the Angels in the 5th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft.^[9]
• June 15, 1965: Phil Roof was traded by the Angels to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and cash. The Indians completed the deal by sending Bubba Morton to the Angels on September 15, 1965.^[5]

Roster

1965 California Angels
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		132	411	86	.209	1	32
1B		122	349	84	.241	14	47
2B		142	465	125	.269	7	43
SS		161	602	167	.277	15	64
3B		155	483	108	.224	9	45
LF		136	459	120	.261	14	57
CF		134	512	128	.250	11	57
RF		122	360	100	.278	4	21

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
	89	222	54	.243	1	8
	124	197	51	.259	1	20
	53	112	30	.268	2	12
	40	107	20	.187	2	17
	51	96	25	.260	0	1
	41	91	19	.209	1	10
	47	79	13	.165	1	4
	40	77	19	.247	1	3
	20	75	20	.267	1	6
	19	73	19	.260	3	8
	23	57	13	.228	0	5
	18	38	10	.263	0	1
	23	33	7	.212	1	2
	12	32	5	.156	0	1
	8	27	6	.222	0	3
	9	22	3	.136	0	0
	6	6	2	.333	0	1
	4	5	0	.000	0	1

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
	36	260.2	14	16	2.93	109
	36	225.2	15	10	3.15	164
	35	215.1	14	13	2.93	122
	3	18.0	0	3	3.50	9

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
	41	197.0	9	11	2.56	141
	30	124.0	4	9	3.92	76
	9	29.1	1	2	4.60	13
	8	22.0	0	3	6.14	11

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
	69	9	7	23	1.92	89
	46	4	5	0	3.42	37
	25	2	3	3	4.50	15
	18	1	1	0	2.84	18
	17	2	0	3	3.54	15
	14	0	3	0	6.86	14
	10	0	1	0	6.43	12
	1	0	0	0	18.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

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

Notes and References

1. [Baseball Reference]
2. Book: Babicz. Martin C.. Zeiler. Thomas W.. National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball. 2017. Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado; New York; London. 978-1-4422-3584-7. 144.
3. Web site: United Press International. Los Angeles Angels Now California Angels. September 3, 1965. The New York Times. 2017-10-15.
4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/anah.shtml Baseball Almanac
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roofph01.shtml Phil Roof
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml Bo Belinsky
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bobby Gene Smith
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ranewme01.shtml Merritt Ranew
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendejo01.shtml Joe Henderson