1965 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1965 American League Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 89 73 y 4th John Fetzer Jim Campbell Chuck Dressen, Bob Swift WJBK(George Kell, Ray Lane) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Gene Osborn) The 1965 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 65th season and the 54th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 89–73, 13 games behind the Minnesota Twins. Offseason Prior to 1965 season: George Korince was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.George Korince at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1965 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 37 Hank Aguirre 18 Terry Fox 20 Fred Gladding 31 Jack Hamilton 39 John Hiller 19 Vern Holtgrave 29 Mickey Lolich 46 Leo Marentette 17 Denny McLain 42 Julio Navarro 27,32 Ron Nischwitz 24,28 Orlando Peña 19 Ed Rakow 16 Phil Regan 39 Johnnie Seale 15 Larry Sherry 21 Joe Sparma 14 Dave Wickersham Catchers 11 Bill Freehan 35 Jackie Moore 36 John Sullivan Infielders 25 Norm Cash  9 Jerry Lumpe  3 Dick McAuliffe  1 Ray Oyler 37 Bill Roman 40 George Smith  8 Don Wert  2 Jake Wood Outfielders 26 Gates Brown  4 Don Demeter 23 Willie Horton  6 Al Kaline 30 Jim Northrup 32 Wayne Redmond 49 Mickey Stanley 24 George Thomas Manager  7 Chuck Dressen 51 Bob Swift Coaches 52 Pat Mullin 53 Stubby Overmire 12 Mike Roarke 55 Frank Skaff 51 Bob Swift 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 Bill Freehan 130 431 101 .234 10 43 1B Norm Cash 142 467 124 .266 30 82 2B Jerry Lumpe 145 502 129 .257 4 39 3B Don Wert 162 609 159 .261 12 54 SS Dick McAuliffe 113 404 105 .260 15 54 LF Willie Horton Willie Horton (baseball) 143 512 140 .273 29 104 CF Al Kaline 125 399 112 .281 18 72 RF Jim Northrup Jim Northrup (baseball) 80 219 45 .205 2 16 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 Don Demeter 122 389 108 .278 16 58 Gates Brown 96 227 58 .256 10 43 Ray Oyler 82 194 36 .186 5 13 George Thomas George Thomas (baseball) 79 169 36 .213 3 10 Mickey Stanley 30 117 28 .239 3 13 Jake Wood Jake Wood (baseball) 58 104 30 .288 2 7 John Sullivan John Sullivan (1960s catcher) 34 86 23 .267 2 11 Jackie Moore Jackie Moore (baseball) 21 53 5 .094 0 2 George Smith George Smith (second baseman) 32 53 5 .094 1 1 Bill Roman 21 27 2 .074 0 0 Wayne Redmond 4 4 0 .000 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 Mickey Lolich 43 243.2 15 9 3.44 226 Denny McLain 33 220.1 16 6 2.61 192 Hank Aguirre 32 208.1 14 10 3.59 141 Dave Wickersham 34 195.1 9 14 3.78 109 Joe Sparma 30 167.0 13 8 3.18 127 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 Phil Regan Phil Regan (baseball) 16 51.2 1 5 5.05 37 Jack Hamilton Jack Hamilton (baseball) 4 4.1 1 1 14.54 3 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 Terry Fox Terry Fox (baseball) 42 6 4 10 2.78 34 Fred Gladding 46 6 2 5 2.83 43 Larry Sherry 39 3 6 5 3.10 46 Orlando Peña 30 4 6 4 2.51 55 Ron Nischwitz 20 1 0 1 2.78 12 Julio Navarro Julio Navarro (baseball) 15 0 2 1 4.20 22 Ed Rakow 6 0 0 0 6.08 10 John Hiller 5 0 0 1 0.00 4 Johnnie Seale 4 0 0 0 12.00 3 Leo Marentette 2 0 0 0 0.00 3 Vern Holtgrave 1 0 0 0 6.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Carswell AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Wayne Blackburn A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Al Lakeman A Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Al Federoff A Jamestown Tigers New York–Penn League Gail Henley A-Short Season Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Doc Daugherty Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1965 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1965 in Detroit