1965 Kansas City Athletics season explained

Kansas City Athletics
Season:1965
League:American League
Ballpark:Municipal Stadium
City:Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:Charles O. Finley
General Managers:Pat Friday, Hank Peters
Managers:Mel McGaha, Haywood Sullivan
Television:KCMO
Radio:KCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Red Rush)

The 1965 Kansas City Athletics season was the 11th for the franchise in Kansas City and the 65th in its overall history. It involved the A's finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 103 losses, 43 games behind the American League Champion Minnesota Twins. The paid attendance for the season was 528,344, the lowest in the major leagues (and the lowest ever by the A's in Kansas City).[1] The club won 59 games, their worst showing since the A's moved to Kansas City.

Offseason

Regular season

Promotions

Notable transactions

Round 1: Rick Monday (1st pick). Player signed June 15, 1965.[13]

Round 2: Joe Keough[14]

Round 3: Bob Stinson (did not sign)

Round 4: Pete Koegel

Round 6: Sal Bando[15]

Round 7: Scott Reid (did not sign)

Round 10: George Lauzerique

Round 15: Bobby Brooks

Round 20: Gene Tenace

Round 28: Greg Garrett (did not sign)

Roster

1965 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersOther battersManagerCoaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 108 325 82 .252 14 51
1B 150 483 115 .238 23 66
2B 133 474 110 .232 15 55
SS 144 578 156 .270 6 42
3B 134 480 129 .269 8 56
LF 90 270 64 .237 1 22
CF 118 364 87 .239 3 36
RF 150 494 114 .231 5 48

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
144 513 134 .261 3 34
68 218 68 .312 1 19
92 216 49 .227 9 29
67 184 39 .212 2 15
52 120 24 .200 2 11
38 118 29 .246 10 22
81 85 20 .235 2 8
28 81 16 .198 4 14
42 33 4 .121 0 0
6 20 3 .150 0 0
6 7 2 .286 0 1
1 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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
39 198.0 10 12 4.14 117
32 186.2 10 8 3.95 105
34 177.2 9 18 3.95 82
1 3.0 0 0 0.00 1

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
40 163.0 5 15 4.64 119
32 133.0 8 8 4.26 83
14 38.2 1 5 4.42 25
12 35.1 0 6 6.88 24
12 31.0 0 1 4.35 9
7 25.0 2 4 5.04 22
5 13.0 0 1 2.77 7
5 10.1 0 0 3.48 4

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
65 2 6 18 3.25 70
68 3 2 0 3.47 54
62 0 4 4 5.24 52
51 5 8 7 3.74 41
34 4 3 3 3.16 26
12 0 1 0 5.87 16
4 0 1 0 11.05 12
4 0 0 0 3.86 5
4 0 0 0 9.00 8
1 0 0 0 9.00 0
1 0 0 0 9.00 0
1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Burlington

External links

Notes and References

  1. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.92, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnto01.shtml Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
  3. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.78, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  4. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.92, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  5. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.86, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  6. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.93, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  7. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.93, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  8. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.94, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi page at Baseball-Reference
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edwardo01.shtml Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mossido01.shtml Don Mossi page at Baseball-Reference
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=OAK&year_ID=1965&draft_type=& 1965 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mondari01.shtml Rick Monday page at Baseball-Reference
  14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougjo01.shtml Joe Keough page at Baseball-Reference
  15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bandosa01.shtml Sal Bando page at Baseball-Reference
  16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paigesa01.shtml Satchel Paige page at Baseball Reference