1965 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1965
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Gabe Paul
General Managers:	Gabe Paul
Managers:	Birdie Tebbetts
Television:	WJW-TV (Harry Jones, Herb Score)
Radio:	WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)

The 1965 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 87–75, 15 games behind the Minnesota Twins. The Indians played .500 ball for the first 40 games, then eventually heated up going on a 10-game winning streak at one point improving their record to 37–24. They would peak at 46–28, but would cool off significantly after the All-Star break (going 41–47 the rest of the way) and would only spend six days in first place. Still, the Indians 87–75 record would be the best win–loss record they would post between 1959 and 1994. This season also marked the return of Rocky Colavito. This led to an increase in attendance (a season after the Indians almost left Cleveland, due to low attendance). The trade itself ended up being a disaster in the long run, even though it was successful short term (for one season). The Indians were the only team to win the regular season series vs the AL pennant winning Twins (who would lose to the Dodgers in 7 games in the 1965 World Series).

Offseason

• October 21, 1964: Ralph Terry was sent to the Indians by the New York Yankees to partially complete an earlier deal made on September 5 (the Yankees sent players to be named later and $75,000 to the Indians for Pedro Ramos). The deal was completed on November 27, when the Indians received Bud Daley from the Yankees.^[1]
• December 1, 1964: Woodie Held and Bob Chance were traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Chuck Hinton.^[2]
• January 20, 1965: Tommie Agee, Tommy John and Johnny Romano were traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox as part of a 3-team trade. The White Sox sent Cam Carreon to the Indians, and Jim Landis, Mike Hershberger and a player to be named later to the Kansas City Athletics. The Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Indians. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Fred Talbot to the Athletics on February 10, 1965.^[3]
• January 30, 1965: Oscar Zamora was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 3, 1965: Joe Rudi was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Kansas City Athletics as a first-year waiver pick.^[5]
• June 8, 1965: Ray Fosse was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.^[6]
• June 15, 1965: The Indians traded a player to be named later and cash to the California Angels for Phil Roof. The Indians completed the deal by sending Bubba Morton to the Angels on September 15.^[7]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
18		SS
23		1B
27		LF
21		RF
10		3B
25		CF
16		2B
6		C
32		P

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Roster

1965 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (First Base) (Third Base) (Pitching)

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		111	335	77	.230	2	35
1B		132	468	137	.293	26	90
2B		116	400	101	.253	5	39
SS		124	438	111	.253	8	40
3B		159	604	149	.247	21	61
LF		144	517	152	.294	28	79
CF		142	505	152	.301	5	40
RF		162	592	170	.287	26	108

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
	133	431	110	.255	18	54
	107	307	72	.235	1	6
	79	120	29	.242	3	12
	48	118	21	.178	6	15
	19	52	12	.231	1	7
	43	52	9	.173	0	3
	53	45	6	.133	1	4
	12	34	6	.176	1	2
	22	24	3	.125	0	0
	10	10	3	.300	0	0
	11	6	0	.000	0	0
	4	5	1	.200	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	0
	4	1	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	42	273.0	17	11	2.18	325
	41	196.1	11	11	3.53	152
	39	188.2	16	8	2.43	191
	30	165.2	11	6	3.69	84
	4	30.0	2	1	2.40	31

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	132.0	8	4	3.34	80
	30	86.0	5	11	4.92	34
	17	60.1	4	3	3.43	37
	12	22.2	1	3	5.96	12

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
	60	6	5	17	3.04	86
	58	3	3	11	3.28	60
	32	2	2	1	5.43	37
	15	0	5	4	4.84	13
	14	1	2	0	3.74	9
	6	0	0	0	5.06	4
	3	0	0	0	6.23	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1965 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/heldwo01.shtml Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ageeto01.shtml Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zamoros01.shtml Oscar Zamora page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fossera01.shtml Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roofph01.shtml Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL196504130.shtml 1965 Opening Day Lineup
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007