1965 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1965
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	John Holland
Managers:	Bob Kennedy, Lou Klein
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Radio:	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)

The 1965 Chicago Cubs season was the 94th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 90th in the National League and the 50th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–90.

The 1965 Cubs tied a major league record by turning three triple plays. Bill Faul was on the mound on each occasion.^[1]

Offseason

November 30, 1964: 1964 minor league draft
- Bobby Cox was drafted by the Cubs from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[2]
- Chris Krug was drafted by the Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]
January 15, 1965: Billy Cowan was traded by the Cubs to the New York Mets for George Altman.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 9, 1965: Don Elston was released by the Cubs.^[5]
May 29, 1965: Len Gabrielson and Dick Bertell were traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Ed Bailey, Bob Hendley and Harvey Kuenn.^[6]
June 8, 1965: 1965 Major League Baseball draft
- Ken Rudolph was drafted by the Cubs in the 2nd round.^[7]
- Ken Holtzman was drafted by the Cubs in the 4th round.^[8]
September 11, 1965: Ellis Burton was released by the Cubs.^[9]

Roster

1965 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	Head coachCoachesCollege of Coaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	71	172	38	.221	3	15
1B	163	612	162	.265	28	106
2B	154	614	147	.239	3	30
SS	106	309	62	.201	0	14
3B	164	608	173	.285	33	101
LF	90	196	46	.235	4	23
CF	131	425	96	.226	6	34
RF	164	645	203	.315	34	108

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
128	340	75	.221	4	26
116	282	63	.223	0	19
51	170	37	.218	2	12
60	169	34	.201	5	24
66	150	38	.253	5	23
54	120	26	.217	0	6
67	96	26	.271	0	8
34	84	18	.214	0	7
28	48	12	.250	3	5
17	40	7	.175	0	4
11	35	2	.057	1	2
27	25	7	.280	0	4
6	12	4	.333	2	4
12	10	2	.200	0	0
4	6	0	.000	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	257.1	14	21	3.85	131
36	222.1	14	15	3.81	130
32	184.1	13	11	4.39	92
17	96.2	6	6	3.54	59

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	173.0	7	9	3.69	88
18	62.0	4	4	4.35	38
26	50.2	1	6	6.93	22
7	20.1	0	2	5.31	5

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
84	4	6	31	2.57	104
71	5	6	2	2.59	92
41	2	0	0	3.15	38
29	2	2	1	2.81	44
11	0	1	0	8.62	7
4	0	1	0	7.36	2
3	0	0	0	2.25	3

Farm system

External links

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1965 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1774&dat=19651004&id=GvQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qWUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2861,972756&hl=en Cubs get third triple play
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxbo01.shtml Bobby Cox
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/krugch01.shtml Chris Krug
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/altmage01.shtml George Altman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elstodo01.shtml Don Elston
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gabrile02.shtml Len Gabrielson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudolke01.shtml Ken Rudolph
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/holtzke01.shtml Ken Holtzman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burtoel01.shtml Ellis Burton