1965 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1965 American League Yankee Stadium New York City 77 86 y 6th CBS Ralph Houk Johnny Keane WPIX(Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) WCBS (AM)(Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) The 1965 New York Yankees season was the 63rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 77–85, finishing 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Johnny Keane. This season marked the beginning of a downturn for the Yankees before a resurgence in the mid-1970s. This was the first season since 1925 that they failed to finish either above the .500 mark or in the first division.Numbelievable! 140 Michael X. Ferraro John Veneziano Triumph Books Chicago 2007 978-1-57243-990-0 They would finish last in 1966, their first time doing so since 1912. Offseason October 21, 1964: Ralph Terry was sent by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians to partially complete an earlier deal (the Yankees sent players to be named later and $75,000 to the Indians for Pedro Ramos) made on September 5, 1964. The Yankees sent Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27 to complete the trade.Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference November 30, 1964: Ellie Rodríguez was drafted by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1964 first-year draft.Ellie Rodriguez at Baseball Reference November 30, 1964: Duke Carmel was drafted by the Yankees from the New York Mets in the 1964 rule 5 draft.Duke Carmel at Baseball Reference Prior to 1965 season: Al Closter was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.Al Closter at Baseball Reference First game in the Astrodome April 9, 1965: The Houston Colt .45s became the Houston Astros and inaugurated indoor baseball in the Astrodome with a 2–1 exhibition win over the Yankees. In this game, Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the history of the Astrodome. Regular season Bobby Murcer made his major league debut on September 8.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murcebo01.shtml?redir Bobby Murcer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com He recorded his first hit on September 14, it was a two-run home run off Senators pitcher Jim Duckworth.Yankee for Life https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061473418 registration Bobby Murcer Glen Waggoner 39 Harper Collins 2008 New York 978-0-06-147342-5 Bobby Murcer On October 3, Tony Kubek hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac www.baseball-almanac.com Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions May 3, 1965: Johnny Blanchard and Rollie Sheldon were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Doc Edwards.Doc Edwards at Baseball-Reference June 8, 1965: 1965 Major League Baseball draft Bill Burbach was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (19th pick).Bill Burbach at Baseball Reference Tom Shopay was drafted by the Yankees in the 34th round.Tom Shopay at Baseball Reference Roster 1965 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 23 Rich Beck 28 Gil Blanco 56 Jim Bouton 23 Jim Brenneman 45 Jack Cullen 24 Al Downing 16 Whitey Ford 39 Steve Hamilton 29 Mike Jurewicz 51 Pete Mikkelsen 14 Pedro Ramos 18 Hal Reniff 45 Rollie Sheldon 22 Bill Stafford 30 Mel Stottlemyre 29 Bobby Tiefenauer Catchers 38 Johnny Blanchard 38 Doc Edwards 41 Jake Gibbs 32 Elston Howard 47 Bob Schmidt Infielders 42 Ray Barker  6 Clete Boyer 27 Duke Carmel 20 Horace Clarke 10 Tony Kubek 12 Phil Linz 17 Bobby Murcer 25 Joe Pepitone  1 Bobby Richardson Outfielders 57 Art López 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 26 Archie Moore 53 Ross Moschitto 43 Roger Repoz 15 Tom Tresh 48 Roy White Other batters 42 Pedro González Manager 21 Johnny Keane Coaches 35 Vern Benson  2 Frankie Crosetti 31 Cot Deal (Pitching) 44 Jim Hegan 55 Spud Murray Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Elston Howard 110 391 91 .233 9 45 1B Joe Pepitone 143 531 131 .247 18 62 2B Bobby Richardson 160 664 164 .247 6 47 3B Clete Boyer 148 514 129 .251 18 58 SS Tony Kubek 109 339 74 .218 5 35 LF Mickey Mantle 122 361 92 .255 19 46 CF Tom Tresh 156 602 168 .279 26 74 RF Héctor López 111 283 74 .261 7 39https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1965.shtml 1965 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com 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 Phil Linz 99 285 59 .207 2 16 Roger Repoz 79 218 48 .220 12 28 Ray Barker 98 205 52 .254 7 31 Roger Maris 46 155 37 .239 8 27 Horace Clarke 51 108 28 .259 1 9 Doc Edwards 45 100 19 .190 1 9 Jake Gibbs 37 68 15 .221 2 7 Art López 38 49 7 .143 0 0 Roy White 14 42 14 .333 0 3 Bob Schmidt 20 40 10 .250 1 3 Bobby Murcer 11 37 9 .243 1 4 Johnny Blanchard 12 34 5 .147 1 3 Ross Moschitto 96 27 5 .185 1 3 Archie Moore 9 17 7 .412 1 4 Duke Carmel 6 8 0 .000 0 0 Pedro González Pedro González (baseball) 7 5 2 .400 0 0 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 Mel Stottlemyre 37 291.0 20 9 2.63 155 Whitey Ford 37 244.1 16 13 3.24 162 Al Downing Al Downing (baseball) 35 212.0 12 14 3.40 179 Jim Bouton 30 151.1 4 15 4.82 97 Jack Cullen 12 59.0 3 4 3.05 25 Rich Beck 3 21.0 2 1 2.14 10 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 Bill Stafford 22 111.1 3 8 3.56 71 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 Pedro Ramos 65 5 5 19 2.92 68 Hal Reniff 51 3 4 3 3.80 74 Steve Hamilton 46 3 1 5 1.39 51 Pete Mikkelsen 41 4 9 0 3.28 69 Gil Blanco 17 1 1 0 3.98 14 Bobby Tiefenauer 10 1 1 2 3.54 15 Rollie Sheldon 3 0 0 0 1.42 7 Jim Brenneman 3 0 0 0 18.00 2 Mike Jurewicz 2 0 0 0 7.71 2 Awards and honors Mickey Mantle, Hutch Awardhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml Hutch Award www.baseball-almanac.com 1965 MLB All-Star Game Elston Howard Mickey Mantle Joe Pepitone Bobby Richardson Mel Stottlemyre1965 All-Star Game https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1965as.shtml 2022-03-16 www.baseball-almanac.com Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Frank Verdi AA Columbus Confederate Yankees Southern League Loren Babe A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Lamar North A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Jack Reed A Binghamton Triplets New York–Penn League Gary Blaylock Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Bob Bauer Rookie FRL Yankees Florida Rookie League Chuck Boone LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, BinghamtonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1965 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1965 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1960s in the Bronx