1965 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1965
League:	American League
Ballpark:	D.C. Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Record:	70–92 (.432)
League Place:	8th
Owners:	James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General Managers:	George Selkirk
Managers:	Gil Hodges
Television:	WTOP
Radio:	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
Season List:	List of Texas Rangers seasons

The 1965 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

November 30, 1964: Tim Cullen was drafted by the Senators from the Boston Red Sox in the 1964 first-year draft.^[1]
December 1, 1964: Chuck Hinton was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Woodie Held and Bob Chance.^[2]
December 4, 1964: Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and $100,000 were traded by the Senators to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Frank Howard, Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.^[3]

June 8, 1965: Joe Coleman was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]
June 8, 1965: Tom Ragland was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft.^[5]

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	79	216	45	.208	3	15
1B	69	246	64	.260	6	31
2B	129	403	90	.223	1	18
SS	154	444	82	.185	5	35
3B	150	555	146	.263	18	54
LF	149	516	149	.289	21	84
CF	143	418	90	.215	16	39
RF	120	258	55	.213	14	49

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
117	362	99	.273	4	22
122	332	82	.247	16	54
123	312	72	.231	14	54
95	226	45	.199	2	17
95	201	46	.229	3	20
72	199	51	.256	4	14
75	193	37	.192	3	18
13	37	11	.297	1	7
12	29	7	.241	0	1
14	27	5	.185	1	5
12	21	4	.190	0	0
5	13	4	.308	0	1
8	13	3	.231	2	6
7	1	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	194.0	15	12	2.60	161
35	179.2	12	15	5.11	88
2	18.0	2	0	1.50	7
3	14.1	0	3	8.16	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
46	173.2	4	12	4.46	86
44	158.0	8	8	3.36	88
33	116.1	5	13	4.72	42
33	106.2	4	7	4.05	59
33	85.1	2	6	4.32	65
17	64.0	2	2	3.94	74
4	14.2	1	1	4.91	5
6	14.1	0	0	3.14	6

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
74	7	6	29	2.63	52
63	6	4	8	4.02	72
40	1	2	0	2.67	39
16	1	1	0	6.65	18
5	0	0	0	7.11	3
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

1965 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
1965 Washington Senators 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.