1965 Los Angeles / California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles / California Angels 1965 American League Chávez Ravine Los Angeles 75 87 y 7th Gene Autry Fred Haney Bill Rigney KTLA KMPC(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) 1964 Los Angeles Angels season 1966 California Angels season The 1965 Los Angeles / California Angels season was the 5th season of the Angels franchise in the American League. 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,Baseball Reference: 1965 Miscellaneous Team Information 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 thumb|upright|Angels' logo after September 2 The 1965 Angels are the only team in 20th century Major League Baseball historyBabicz Martin C. Zeiler Thomas W. National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball 2017 Rowman & Littlefield Lanham, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado; New York; London 978-1-4422-3584-7 144United Press International Los Angeles Angels Now California Angels September 3, 1965 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/09/03/101566797.html?pageNumber=20 2017-10-15 to undergo an in-season name change.Baseball Almanac 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. 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 October 14, 1964: The Angels traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Braves for Phil Roof and Ron Piché. The Angels completed the deal by sending Dan Osinski to the Braves on November 29.Phil Roof at Baseball-Reference December 3, 1964: Bo Belinsky was traded by the Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rudy May and Costen Shockley.Bo Belinsky at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1965 season: Bob Smith was signed as a free agent by the Angels.Bobby Gene Smith at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Los Angeles / California Angels Record vs. opponents LAA Notable transactions May 13, 1965: Merritt Ranew was purchased by the Angels from the San Francisco Giants.Merritt Ranew at Baseball-Reference June 8, 1965: Joe Henderson was drafted by the Angels in the 5th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft.Joe Henderson at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1965: Phil Roof was traded by the Angels to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and cash. The Indians completed the deal by sending Bubba Morton to the Angels on September 15, 1965. Roster 1965 Los Angeles / California Angels Roster Pitchers 43 George Brunet 31 Dean Chance 46 Jim Coates 38 Aubrey Gatewood 34 Barry Latman 39 Bob Lee 48 Don Lee 33 Marcelino López 40 Rudy May 37 Ken McBride 41 Jim McGlothlin 17 Fred Newman 23 Ron Piché 49 Jack Sanford 23 Ed Sukla 25 Dick Wantz Catchers 30 Tom Egan 19 Merritt Ranew  7 Buck Rodgers 16 Phil Roof Infielders  6 Joe Adcock 23 Charlie Dees 11 Jim Fregosi 44 Julio Gotay 12 Jackie Hernández 29 Bobby Knoop  1 Joe Koppe 14 Vic Power  2 Tom Satriano 42 Paul Schaal 12 Costen Shockley Outfielders 27 José Cardenal 24 Gino Cimoli 15 Lou Clinton  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 28 Albie Pearson  4 Jimmy Piersall 20 Rick Reichardt 10 Dick Simpson 24 Bobby Gene Smith 35 Willie Smith 26 Al Spangler Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  5 Marv Grissom  3 Jack Paepke 21 Salty Parker  9 Del Rice 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 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 Willie Smith (outfielder) 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 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 Victor Pellot 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 Bobby Smith (baseball) 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 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 Fred Newman Fred Newman (baseball) 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 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 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 Bob Lee (baseball) 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 Don Lee (baseball) 10 0 1 0 6.43 12 Dick Wantz 1 0 0 0 18.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 References 1965 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference 1965 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons California Angels season Los