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Contents

   



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1 Midseason name change  




2 Offseason  




3 Regular season  


3.1  Season standings  




3.2  Record vs. opponents  




3.3  Notable transactions  




3.4  Roster  






4 Player stats  


4.1  Batting  


4.1.1  Starters by position  




4.1.2  Other batters  






4.2  Pitching  


4.2.1  Starting pitchers  




4.2.2  Other pitchers  




4.2.3  Relief pitchers  








5 Farm system  




6 Notes  




7 References  













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1965 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkChávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
← 1964 Seasons 1966 →

The 1965 California Angels season was the fifth year of play for the American Major League Baseball franchise. The 1965 Angels finished seventh in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses, putting them 27 games behind the AL Champion Minnesota Twins. It was also the final season for the franchise in the city of Los Angeles before moving to their new stadium in nearby Anaheim for the following season. In their fourth and last year as tenants at Chávez Ravine, the Angels drew only 566,727 fans,[1] eighth in the ten-team Junior Circuit and almost two million fans fewer than their landlords, the Dodgers, who were en route to the 1965 world championship.

Midseason name change[edit]

The 1965 Angels are the only team in 20th century Major League Baseball history[2][3] to undergo an in-season name change.[4] The club began the season under its original identity, the Los Angeles Angels, but with the imminent move to Anaheim, owner Gene Autry changed the name of the team to the California Angels — effective immediately — on September 2, 1965, with only 28 games left in the season.[2]

The name change was reflected in the Angels' new caps, on which an interlocking "CA" in fancy block letters replaced the former interlocking "LA". The new caps retained the distinctive white halo around the navy-blue crown. Because the team's home and road uniforms of the time simply read "ANGELS" across the shirtfront, they did not change.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • American League     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    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

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1965 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
    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.


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1965 California Angels
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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 Buck Rodgers 132 411 86 .209 1 32
    1B Joe Adcock 122 349 84 .241 14 47
    2B Bobby Knoop 142 465 125 .269 7 43
    SS Jim Fregosi 161 602 167 .277 15 64
    3B Paul Schaal 155 483 108 .224 9 45
    LF Willie Smith 136 459 120 .261 14 57
    CF José Cardenal 134 512 128 .250 11 57
    RF Albie Pearson 122 360 100 .278 4 21

    Other batters[edit]

    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
    Lou Clinton 89 222 54 .243 1 8
    Vic Power 124 197 51 .259 1 20
    Jim Piersall 53 112 30 .268 2 12
    Costen Shockley 40 107 20 .187 2 17
    Al Spangler 51 96 25 .260 0 1
    Merritt Ranew 41 91 19 .209 1 10
    Tom Satriano 47 79 13 .165 1 4
    Julio Gotay 40 77 19 .247 1 3
    Rick Reichardt 20 75 20 .267 1 6
    Ed Kirkpatrick 19 73 19 .260 3 8
    Bob Smith 23 57 13 .228 0 5
    Tom Egan 18 38 10 .263 0 1
    Joe Koppe 23 33 7 .212 1 2
    Charlie Dees 12 32 5 .156 0 1
    Dick Simpson 8 27 6 .222 0 3
    Phil Roof 9 22 3 .136 0 0
    Jackie Hernández 6 6 2 .333 0 1
    Gino Cimoli 4 5 0 .000 0 1

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Fred Newman 36 260.2 14 16 2.93 109
    Dean Chance 36 225.2 15 10 3.15 164
    Marcelino López 35 215.1 14 13 2.93 122
    Jim McGlothlin 3 18.0 0 3 3.50 9

    Other pitchers[edit]

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    George Brunet 41 197.0 9 11 2.56 141
    Rudy May 30 124.0 4 9 3.92 76
    Jack Sanford 9 29.1 1 2 4.60 13
    Ken McBride 8 22.0 0 3 6.14 11

    Relief pitchers[edit]

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

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Bob Lee 69 9 7 23 1.92 89
    Aubrey Gatewood 46 4 5 0 3.42 37
    Ed Sukla 25 2 3 3 4.50 15
    Barry Latman 18 1 1 0 2.84 18
    Jim Coates 17 2 0 3 3.54 15
    Ron Piché 14 0 3 0 6.86 14
    Don Lee 10 0 1 0 6.43 12
    Dick Wantz 1 0 0 0 18.00 2

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Bob Lemon
    AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Chuck Tanner
    A San Jose Bees California League Rocky Bridges
    A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Harry Dunlop and Ken Blackman
    Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Fred Koenig

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Baseball Reference: 1965 Miscellaneous Team Information
  • ^ a b Babicz, Martin C.; Zeiler, Thomas W. (2017). National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball. Lanham, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado; New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-4422-3584-7.
  • ^ United Press International (September 3, 1965). "Los Angeles Angels Now California Angels". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  • ^ Baseball Almanac
  • ^ a b Phil RoofatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Bo BelinskyatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Bobby Gene SmithatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Merritt RanewatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Joe HendersonatBaseball-Reference

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