1965 Kansas City Athletics | |
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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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 102 | 60 | 0.630 | — | 51–30 | 51–30 |
Chicago White Sox | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | 7 | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Baltimore Orioles | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | 8 | 46–33 | 48–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 13 | 47–34 | 42–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 15 | 52–30 | 35–45 |
New York Yankees | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 25 | 40–43 | 37–42 |
Los Angeles/California Angels | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 27 | 46–34 | 29–53 |
Washington Senators | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 32 | 36–45 | 34–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 40 | 34–47 | 28–53 |
Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 103 | 0.364 | 43 | 33–48 | 26–55 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA/ CAL |
MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 8–10 | |||
Boston | 7–11 | — | 4–14 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 1–17 | 9–9 | 11–7 | |||
Chicago | 9–9 | 14–4 | — | 10–8 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 13–5 | |||
Cleveland | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 11–7 | |||
Detroit | 7–11 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 13–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | |||
Kansas City | 7–11 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 6–12 | |||
Los Angeles/California | 5–13 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 13–5 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | |||
Minnesota | 10–8 | 17–1 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 13–5 | 15–3 | |||
New York | 5–13 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 5–13 | — | 11–7 | |||
Washington | 10–8 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 3–15 | 7–11 | — |
NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.
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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 |
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C | Billy Bryan | 108 | 325 | 82 | .252 | 14 | 51 |
1B | Ken Harrelson | 150 | 483 | 115 | .238 | 23 | 66 |
2B | Dick Green | 133 | 474 | 110 | .232 | 15 | 55 |
SS | Bert Campaneris | 144 | 578 | 156 | .270 | 6 | 42 |
3B | Ed Charles | 134 | 480 | 129 | .269 | 8 | 56 |
LF | Tommie Reynolds | 90 | 270 | 64 | .237 | 1 | 22 |
CF | Jim Landis | 118 | 364 | 87 | .239 | 3 | 36 |
RF | Mike Hershberger | 150 | 494 | 114 | .231 | 5 | 48 |
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 |
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Wayne Causey | 144 | 513 | 134 | .261 | 3 | 34 |
José Tartabull | 68 | 218 | 68 | .312 | 1 | 19 |
Rene Lachemann | 92 | 216 | 49 | .227 | 9 | 29 |
Nelson Mathews | 67 | 184 | 39 | .212 | 2 | 15 |
Johnny Blanchard | 52 | 120 | 24 | .200 | 2 | 11 |
Jim Gentile | 38 | 118 | 29 | .246 | 10 | 22 |
Santiago Rosario | 81 | 85 | 20 | .235 | 2 | 8 |
Larry Stahl | 28 | 81 | 16 | .198 | 4 | 14 |
Skip Lockwood | 42 | 33 | 4 | .121 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Edwards | 6 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Schwartz | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Lou Clinton | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Fred Talbot | 39 | 198.0 | 10 | 12 | 4.14 | 117 |
Rollie Sheldon | 32 | 186.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.95 | 105 |
John O'Donoghue | 34 | 177.2 | 9 | 18 | 3.95 | 82 |
Satchel Paige | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Diego Seguí | 40 | 163.0 | 5 | 15 | 4.64 | 119 |
Catfish Hunter | 32 | 133.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.26 | 82 |
Moe Drabowsky | 14 | 38.2 | 1 | 5 | 4.42 | 25 |
Orlando Peña | 12 | 35.1 | 0 | 6 | 6.88 | 24 |
Don Buschhorn | 12 | 31.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.35 | 9 |
Lew Krausse Jr. | 7 | 25.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.04 | 22 |
Dick Joyce | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.77 | 7 |
Ron Tompkins | 5 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Wyatt | 65 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 3.25 | 70 |
Jim Dickson | 68 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.47 | 54 |
Wes Stock | 62 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5.24 | 52 |
Don Mossi | 51 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3.74 | 41 |
Jack Aker | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.16 | 26 |
Jesse Hickman | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 16 |
Paul Lindblad | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.05 | 12 |
Aurelio Monteagudo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 |
José Santiago | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 |
Blue Moon Odom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Tom Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Bert Campaneris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Burlington