1965 New York Mets season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Mets 1965 New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg National League Shea Stadium New York 50 112 y 10th Joan Whitney Payson George Weiss Casey Stengel, Wes Westrum WOR-TV WHN (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) The 1965 New York Mets season was the fourth regular season for the Mets. They went 50–112 and finished tenth and last in the National League. They were managed by Casey Stengel and Wes Westrum. They played home games at Shea Stadium, where they drew 1.77 million paying fans, third in the National League (and over 500,000 more fans than the New York Yankees). As WOR-TV, the team' television broadcaster, began to be broadcast on cable starting that year via microwave relay thru the WWOR EMI Service throughout much of the Northeastern United States, it made the Mets the first major league team to broadcast its games via satellite to viewers outside its home city. Home and away games were aired on cable to regional viewers in this part of the country. This is the first season to feature numbers on the front of both home and away jerseys. Offseason November 23, 1964: Warren Spahn was purchased by the Mets from the Milwaukee Braves.Warren Spahn https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spahnwa01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en November 30, 1964: Duke Carmel was drafted from the Mets by the New York Yankees in the 1964 rule 5 draft.Duke Carmel https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carmedu01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en December 7, 1964: Tracy Stallard and Elio Chacón were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gordie Richardson and Johnny Lewis.Gordie Richardson https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richago01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en January 15, 1965: George Altman was traded by the Mets to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Cowan.George Altman https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altmage01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en April 27, 1965: Yogi Berra signed as a free agent by the Mets. Regular season Former Yankee great Yogi Berra, fired as manager of the Bombers even after he had led them to the American League pennant and into the seventh game of the 1964 World Series, signed with the Mets as player–coach during the off-season. Before managing the 1964 Yankees, his last appearance in a game had been as a pinch hitter in Game 3 of the 1963 World Series on October 5; batting for Jim Bouton, Berra lined out to right field off Don Drysdale.1963-10-05 Retrosheet Boxscore: Los Angeles Dodgers 1, New York Yankees 0 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B10050LAN1963.htm 2024-09-27 Retrosheet With the 1965 Mets, Berra appeared in only four games, with two starts at catcher, and made two hits in nine at bats. On May 9, 1965, he appeared in his final game as a player, three days shy of his 40th birthday. He then served as the Mets' first-base coach through the 1971 season and proved to be a valuable asset to the team, especially with young talent like Jerry Grote coming up. Following the 1964 season, the Milwaukee Braves sold pitcher Warren Spahn to the Mets. Braves manager Bobby Bragan predicted, "Spahnie won't win six games with the Mets." Spahn took on the dual role of pitcher and pitching coach in New York but won only four and lost twelve.Daley Arthur July 16, 1965 Strong Minded Spahn Ignoring Sign Posts of Retirement? https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-strong-minded-spahn-igno/156089150/ 2024-09-27 St. Petersburg Times 39 Newspapers.com Spahn was put on waivers on July 15, 1965, and released on July 22, 1965. He immediately signed with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he finished the season. Wes Westrum had joined the Mets as a coach in 1964 and became pitching coach on July 14, 1965, after Spahn's release. When manager Casey Stengel fell and broke his hip on July 25 while celebrating his upcoming 75th birthday at Toots Shor's in Manhattan, Westrum was named interim manager, a position in which he served until Stengel formally retired on August 30, when Westrum became the Mets' official manager, the second in their four-year history. Season standings New York Mets Record vs. opponents NYM Notable transactions April 27, 1965: Yogi Berra was signed as a free agent by the Mets.Yogi Berra https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berrayo01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en May 17, 1965: Yogi Berra was released as a player by the Mets. June 8, 1965: 1965 Major League Baseball draft Nolan Ryan was drafted by the Mets in the 12th round.Nolan Ryan https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanno01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en Don Shaw was drafted by the Mets in the 35th round.Don Shaw https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawdo01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en July 17, 1965: Warren Spahn was released by the Mets. July 21, 1965: Jesse Gonder was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for Gary Kolb.Jesse Gonder https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gondeje01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en August 5, 1965: Billy Cowan was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for players to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman to the Mets on September 25.Billy Cowan https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowanbi01.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1965 New York Mets Roster Pitchers 31 Larry Bearnarth 41,42 Jim Bethke 26 Galen Cisco 38 Dave Eilers 22 Jack Fisher 29 Rob Gardner 15 Al Jackson 25 Gary Kroll 17 Frank Lary 45 Tug McGraw 16,35 Larry Miller 21 Bob Moorhead 34,36 Dennis Musgraves 27 Tom Parsons 18 Dennis Ribant 41 Gordie Richardson 45 Dick Selma 21 Warren Spahn 43 Darrell Sutherland 28 Carl Willey Catchers  8 Yogi Berra  5 Chris Cannizzaro 12 Jesse Gonder 10 Greg Goossen 17 Jimmie Schaffer 49 John Stephenson 19 Hawk Taylor Infielders 10 Kevin Collins  3 Bud Harrelson  2 Chuck Hiller 33 Ron Hunt  6 Bobby Klaus  7 Ed Kranepool 11 Roy McMillan  1 Charley Smith Outfielders 23 Joe Christopher  3 Billy Cowan  9 Jim Hickman 21,34 Cleon Jones 18 Gary Kolb 24 Johnny Lewis 16,48 Danny Napoleon 14 Ron Swoboda Manager 37 Casey Stengel 51 Wes Westrum Coaches  8 Yogi Berra 52 Don Heffner 53 Sheriff Robinson 21 Warren Spahn 51 Wes Westrum Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Chris Cannizzaro 114 251 17 46 .183 0 7 0 1B Ed Kranepool 153 525 44 133 .253 10 53 1 2B Chuck Hiller 100 286 24 68 .238 5 21 1 3B Charley Smith 135 499 49 122 .244 16 62 2 SS Roy McMillan 157 528 44 128 .242 1 42 1 LF Ron Swoboda 135 399 52 91 .228 19 50 2 CF Jim Hickman Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder) 141 369 32 87 .236 15 40 3 RF Johnny Lewis Johnny Lewis (baseball) 148 477 64 117 .245 15 45 41965 New York Mets Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1965.shtml 2024-09-27 Baseball-Reference.com en Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB Joe Christopher 148 437 38 109 .249 5 40 4 Bobby Klaus 119 288 30 55 .191 2 12 1 Ron Hunt 57 196 21 47 .240 1 10 2 Billy Cowan 82 156 16 28 .179 3 9 3 John Stephenson 62 121 9 26 .215 4 15 0 Jesse Gonder 53 105 6 25 .238 4 9 0 Danny Napoleon 68 97 5 14 .144 0 7 0 Gary Kolb 40 90 8 15 .167 1 7 3 Cleon Jones 30 74 2 11 .149 1 9 1 Hawk Taylor 25 46 5 7 .152 4 10 0 Bud Harrelson 19 37 3 4 .108 0 0 0 Jimmie Schaffer 24 37 0 5 .135 0 0 0 Greg Goossen 11 31 2 9 .290 1 2 0 Kevin Collins 11 23 3 4 .174 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 9 1 2 .222 0 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 BB SO Jack Fisher 43 253.2 8 24 3.94 68 116 Al Jackson 37 205.1 8 20 4.34 61 120 Warren Spahn 20 126.0 4 12 4.36 35 56 Rob Gardner Rob Gardner (baseball) 5 28.0 0 2 3.21 7 19 Dick Selma 4 26.2 2 1 3.71 9 26 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 Galen Cisco 35 112.1 4 8 4.49 58 Tug McGraw 37 97.2 2 7 3.32 57 Gary Kroll 32 87.0 6 6 4.45 62 Tom Parsons Tom Parsons (baseball) 35 90.2 1 10 4.67 58 Frank Lary 14 57.1 1 3 2.98 23 Carl Willey 13 28.0 1 2 4.18 13 Dennis Musgraves 5 16.0 0 0 0.56 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 Larry Bearnarth 40 3 5 1 4.60 16 Gordie Richardson 35 2 2 2 3.78 43 Larry Miller 28 1 4 0 5.02 36 Jim Bethke 25 2 0 0 4.28 19 Dennis Ribant 19 1 3 3 3.82 13 Darrell Sutherland 18 3 1 0 2.81 16 Dave Eilers 11 1 1 2 4.00 9 Bob Moorhead 9 0 1 0 4.40 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Sheriff Robinson and Kerby Farrell AA Williamsport Mets Eastern League Kerby Farrell and Bunky Warren A Auburn Mets New York–Penn League Clyde McCullough A Greenville Mets Western Carolinas League Ken Deal Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Pete PavlickJohnson Lloyd The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Wolff Miles Baseball America 2007 978-1-93-239117-6 3rd Durham, North Carolina References 2 External links 1965 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1965 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Mets seasons New York Mets season New York Mets Category:1960s in Queens