1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
1965 Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions; National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	97–65 (.599)
League place	1st
Owners	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
President	Walter O'Malley
General managers	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers	Walter Alston
Television	KTTV–TV 11; (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett)
Radio	KFI–AM 640; (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett); KWKW–AM 1330; (Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín)

The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

October 15, 1964: Nick Willhite was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[1]
October 15, 1964: Larry Miller was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick Smith.^[2]
November 30, 1964: Doug Camilli was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[3]
December 4, 1964: Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and cash. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.^[4]

Regular season

Season Recap

The Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, but injuries and poor play saw them fall to 6th place in 1964. Despite their weak offense and the trade of power hitting Frank Howard for Claude Osteen during the off season, they were expected to contend in 1965 with their strong pitching. However, one month into the season, they lost their best hitter Tommy Davis when he fractured his ankle sliding into second base. Most experts thought this ended any hope the Dodgers had of winning the pennant. To replace Davis, the club called up journeyman Lou Johnson; his infectious cheerful attitude and knack for timely hitting helped keep the club in contention.

The National League pennant race was a thriller, with 6 teams (the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, Reds, Braves, and Phillies) in contention throughout a summer that saw the Dodgers, Giants, Braves, and Reds all take their turns in first place. With these 6 teams tightly bunched heading into September, the Giants went on a 14-game winning streak to take a 4+1⁄2-game lead with two weeks to play. Then the Dodgers went on a 13-game winning streak, and won 15 of their last 16 games to win the pennant by 2 games over the Giants.

The Dodgers were led by shortstop Maury Wills with 94 stolen bases, Sandy Koufax (26–8, 2.04 E.R.A. and a then record 382 strikeouts), and Don Drysdale (23–12, 2.77 E.R.A.) Drysdale also chipped in with 7 home runs and was the club's only .300 hitter.

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	.599	—	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
San Francisco Giants	95	67	.586	2	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	72	.556	7	49‍–‍32	41‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	.549	8	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	.531	11	44‍–‍37	42‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies	85	76	.528	11½	45‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals	80	81	.497	16½	42‍–‍39	38‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	72	90	.444	25	40‍–‍41	32‍–‍49
Houston Astros	65	97	.401	32	36‍–‍45	29‍–‍52
New York Mets	50	112	.309	47	29‍–‍52	21‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	7–11	8–10	8–10	9–9	11–7–1	8–10	5–13	6–12	10–8–1
Cincinnati	11–7	—	12–6	6–12	12–6	11–7	13–5	8–10	6–12	10–8
Houston	10–8	6–12	—	5–13	4–14	14–4	6–12	8–10	3–15	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	13–5	—	10–8	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	12–6
Milwaukee	9–9	6–12	14–4	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	9–9	10–8	11–7
New York	7–11–1	7–11	4–14	6–12	5–13	—	7–11–1	4–14	5–13	5–13
Philadelphia	10–8	5–13	12–6	9–9	12–6	11–7–1	—	8–10	8–10	10–7
Pittsburgh	13–5	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9	14–4	10–8	—	11–7–1	4–14
San Francisco	12–6	12–6	15–3	8–10	8–10	13–5	10–8	7–11–1	—	10–8
St. Louis	8–10–1	8–10	9–9	6–12	7–11	13–5	7–10	14–4	8–10	—

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Wes Parker	First baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
John Roseboro	Catcher
Jim Lefebvre	Second baseman
Ron Fairly	Right fielder
John Kennedy	Third baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

May 11, 1965: Nick Willhite was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.^[1]
December 15, 1965: Dick Tracewski was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Phil Regan.^[5]

Roster

1965 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
	Postponement
	Clinched pennant
Bold	Dodgers team member

1965 regular season game log: 97–65 (Home: 50–31; Away: 47–34)

April: 10–5 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–1)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 12	11:00 a.m. PST	@ Mets	6–1	Drysdale (1–0)	Jackson (0–1)	–	2:23	37,999	1–0	W1
2	April 14	5:15 p.m. PST	@ Pirates	3–1	Osteen (1–0)	Gibbon (0–1)	–	1:58	7,770	2–0	W2
–	April 15		@ Pirates	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 11)
3	April 17	5:05 p.m. PST	@ Phillies	2–3	Short (2–0)	Drysdale (1–1)	Baldschun (1)	2:23	17,021	2–1	L1
4	April 18	10:35 a.m. PST	@ Phillies	6–2	Koufax (1–0)	Belinsky (0–1)	–	2:43	11,107	3–1	W1
5	April 20	8:00 p.m. PST	Mets	2–3	Spahn (1–0)	Osteen (1–1)	–	2:37	36,161	3–2	L1
6	April 21	8:00 p.m. PST	Mets	5–1	Drysdale (2–1)	Willey (0–1)	Miller (1)	3:09	18,134	4–2	W1
7	April 22	8:00 p.m. PST	Mets	2–1	Koufax (2–0)	Fisher (0–1)	–	2:12	20,888	5–2	W2
8	April 23	8:00 p.m. PST	Phillies	4–0	Podres (1–0)	Bunning (1–2)	–	1:58	29,120	6–2	W3
9	April 24	8:00 p.m. PST	Phillies	9–3	Osteen (2–1)	Belinsky (0–2)	–	2:47	36,500	7–2	W4
10	April 25	1:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	4–6	Herbert (1–0)	Drysdale (2–2)	Baldschun (2)	2:42	25,766	7–3	L1
11	April 26	8:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	3–4	Short (3–1)	Koufax (2–1)	Baldschun (3)	3:00	24,703	7–4	L2
12	April 27	8:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	5–4	Reed (1–0)	Gibbon (0–3)	Miller (2)	2:54	17,630	8–4	W1
13	April 28	8:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	0–2	Veale (2–0)	Osteen (2–2)	–	2:05	17,464	8–5	L1
14	April 29	8:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	2–1	Drysdale (3–2)	Marichal (3–2)	–	2:13	30,219	9–5	W1
15	April 30	8:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	6–3	Miller (1–0)	Bolin (0–3)	–	3:02	48,586	10–5	W2

May: 19–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 8–4)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
16	May 1	8:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	4–2	Purdin (1–0)	Perry (1–2)	Brewer (1)	2:27	49,758	11–5	W3
17	May 2	1:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	2–4 (10)	Sanford (2–1)	Miller (1–1)	Linzy (1)	2:43	40,439	11–6	L1
18	May 4	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	8–6	Brewer (1–0)	Jay (1–1)	–	2:30	9,767	12–6	W1
19	May 5	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	4–2	Koufax (3–1)	O'Toole (0–4)	–	2:38	9,753	13–6	W2
20	May 6	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	4–3	Podres (2–0)	Tsitouris (2–2)	Miller (3)	2:20	7,821	14–6	W3
21	May 7	8:15 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	4–3	Osteen (3–2)	Henry (2–1)	–	2:26	33,977	15–6	W4
22	May 8	1:00 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	9–0	Drysdale (4–2)	Herbel (1–2)	–	2:22	37,548	16–6	W5
23	May 9	1:00 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	3–6	Marichal (5–2)	Koufax (3–2)	–	2:48	40,596	16–7	L1
24	May 10	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	3–2 (10)	Miller (2–1)	Woodeshick (1–2)	–	2:44	22,535	17–7	W1
25	May 11	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	1–2	Giusti (6–0)	Osteen (3–3)	–	1:57	21,086	17–8	L1
26	May 12	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	4–2	Drysdale (5–2)	Nottebart (0–2)	–	2:06	19,302	18–8	W1
27	May 13	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	3–0	Koufax (4–2)	Bruce (1–4)	–	2:05	20,963	19–8	W2
28	May 14	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	1–2	Buhl (4–2)	Purdin (1–1)	Abernathy (8)	2:23	26,356	19–9	L1
29	May 15	1:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	3–1	Miller (3–1)	Ellsworth (3–3)	Brewer (2)	2:02	22,047	20–9	W1
30	May 16 (1)	1:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	3–5 (10)	Jackson (3–3)	Perranoski (0–1)	–	2:38		20–10	L1
31	May 16 (2)	4:13 p.m. PDT	Cubs	3–2	Drysdale (6–2)	McDaniel (0–1)	–	2:22	45,739	21–10	W1
32	May 17	5:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	5–3 (11)	Koufax (5–2)	Bruce (1–5)	Miller (4)	2:59	40,858	22–10	W2
33	May 18	5:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	1–4	Johnson (3–1)	Brewer (1–1)	Woodeshick (2)	2:07	22,220	22–11	L1
34	May 19	5:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	4–2 (14)	Purdin (2–1)	MacKenzie (0–2)	Drysdale (1)	4:04	30,885	23–11	W1
35	May 21	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	3–4	Ellsworth (4–3)	Drysdale (6–3)	–	2:22	4,716	23–12	L1
36	May 22	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	3–1	Koufax (6–2)	Koonce (3–2)	–	2:30	17,922	24–12	W1
37	May 23	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	2–3 (16)	Ellsworth (5–3)	Reed (1–1)	–	4:09	17,139	24–13	L1
38	May 24	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	4–6	Stallard (3–1)	Osteen (3–4)	Schultz (1)	3:11	22,987	24–14	L2
39	May 25	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	2–0	Drysdale (7–3)	Gibson (8–1)	–	1:41	28,515	25–14	W1
40	May 26	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	1–2	Simmons (3–5)	Koufax (6–3)	–	2:26	30,794	25–15	L1
41	May 27		Braves	3–2	Podres (3–0)	Lemaster (2–5)			19,001	26–15
42	May 28		Braves	5–4	O'Dell (3–2)	Osteen (3–5)			30,107	26–16
43	May 29		Braves	5–3	Drysdale (8–3)	Carroll (0–1)			23,707	27–16
44	May 30	1:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	12–5	Koufax (7–3)	Ellis (7–2)	–	2:43	36,309	28–16	W2
45	May 31 (1)	1:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	4–3	Perranoski (1–1)	Maloney (5–1)	–	2:44		29–16	W3
46	May 31 (2)	4:19 p.m. PDT	Reds	1–6	Jay (3–1)	Osteen (3–6)	–	2:14	50,997	29–17	L1

June: 17–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–7)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
47	June 2	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	4–1	Drysdale (9–3)	Washburn (3–3)	Perranoski (1)	2:46	17,560	30–17	W1
48	June 3	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	11–10	Brewer (2–1)	Schultz (1–1)	Miller (5)	3:19	19,946	31–17	W2
49	June 4		@ Braves	5–2	Blasingame (6–4)	Miller (3–2)			5,760	31–18
50	June 5		@ Braves	9–1	Cloninger (7–4)	Podres (3–1)			4,116	31–19
51	June 6		@ Braves	4–0	Drysdale (10–3)	Kelley (0–1)				32–19
52	June 6		@ Braves	6–4	Lemaster (3–5)	Reed (1–2)	O'Dell (6)		17,175	32–20
53	June 7	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies	14–3	Koufax (8–3)	Burdette (0–3)	–	3:02	23,345	33–20	W1
54	June 8	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies	2–1	Osteen (4–6)	Bunning (5–5)	Perranoski (2)	2:49	14,975	34–20	W2
55	June 9	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies	3–7	Short (5–6)	Kekich (0–1)	–	3:01	16,241	34–21	L1
56	June 10	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies	0–4	Herbert (3–3)	Podres (3–2)	–	1:58	19,467	34–22	L2
57	June 11	5:00 p.m. PDT	@ Mets	2–1	Drysdale (11–3)	Spahn (4–7)	–	2:16	55,023	35–22	W1
58	June 12	11:15 a.m. PDT	@ Mets	5–0	Koufax (9–3)	Jackson (2–8)	–	2:50	38,915	36–22	W2
59	June 13 (1)	10:00 a.m. PDT	@ Mets	5–2	Osteen (5–6)	Fisher (5–6)	Miller (6)	2:41		37–22	W3
60	June 13 (2)	1:16 p.m. PDT	@ Mets	4–3	Perranoski (2–1)	Kroll (3–5)	Podres (1)	3:25	57,175	38–22	W4
61	June 15	8:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	1–2	Marichal (10–5)	Drysdale (11–4)	–	2:16	52,357	38–23	L1
62	June 16	8:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	2–1	Koufax (10–3)	Shaw (6–4)	–	2:36	44,499	39–23	W1
63	June 17	8:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	3–0	Osteen (6–6)	Perry (6–6)	–	2:24	40,707	40–23	W2
64	June 18	8:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	2–4	Short (7–6)	Podres (3–3)	–	2:23	30,401	40–24	L1
65	June 19	8:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	4–0	Willhite (1–0)	Herbert (3–4)	Perranoski (3)	2:19	20,518	41–24	W1
66	June 20 (1)	1:00 p.m. PDT	Mets	2–1	Koufax (11–3)	Spahn (4–9)	–	1:52		42–24	W2
67	June 20 (2)	3:27 p.m. PDT	Mets	2–3	Miller (1–0)	Drysdale (11–5)	–	2:30	52,248	42–25	L1
68	June 21	8:00 p.m. PDT	Mets	0–1	Jackson (3–9)	Osteen (6–7)	–	1:54	18,867	42–26	L2
69	June 22	8:00 p.m. PDT	Mets	4–2	Reed (2–2)	Parsons (0–4)	Perranoski (4)	2:18	20,633	43–26	W1
70	June 24	8:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	3–13	Cardwell (5–2)	Drysdale (11–6)	–	2:33	28,867	43–27	L1
71	June 25	8:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	4–1	Koufax (12–3)	Friend (3–6)	–	2:04	32,060	44–27	W1
72	June 26	1:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	1–6	Law (8–5)	Osteen (6–8)	–	2:28	21,769	44–28	L1
73	June 27	1:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	2–10	Veale (8–5)	Podres (3–4)	–	2:39	33,161	44–29	L2
74	June 28	8:15 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	0–5	Marichal (12–6)	Drysdale (11–7)	–	2:38	36,702	44–30	L3
75	June 29	1:00 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	9–3	Koufax (13–3)	Shaw (7–5)	–	2:45	29,380	45–30	W1
76	June 30	11:00 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	1–4	Ellsworth (9–3)	Osteen (6–9)	–	2:03		45–31	L1
77	June 30	1:38 p.m. PDT	@ Cubs	4–3	Miller (4–2)	Hoeft (0–1)	–	2:38	17,950	46–31	W1

July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
78	July 1	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	3–6	McDaniel (3–3)	Podres (3–5)	Abernathy (16)	2:34	7,420	46–32	L1
79	July 2	5:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	3–4	Cuellar (1–1)	Drysdale (11–8)	–	2:35	33,044	46–33	L2
80	July 3	5:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	3–1	Koufax (14–3)	Dierker (2–4)	–	2:10	50,136	47–33	W1
81	July 4	12:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	1–3	Raymond (5–3)	Osteen (6–10)	–	2:04	47,642	47–34	L1
82	July 5	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	4–7	Maloney (9–4)	Miller (4–3)	McCool (8)	2:29	29,047	47–35	L1
83	July 6	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	11–7	Drysdale (12–8)	O'Toole (1–8)	Perranoski (5)	2:54	18,833	48–35	W1
84	July 7	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	6–7	Nuxhall (4–2)	Miller (4–4)	–	2:58	25,785	48–36	L1
85	July 8	4:30 p.m. PDT	@ Pirates	9–4	Reed (3–2)	Law (8–8)	–	2:59	22,247	49–36	W1
86	July 9	5:15 p.m. PDT	@ Pirates	1–4	Veale (9–6)	Willhite (1–1)	–	2:29	16,284	49–37	L1
87	July 10	11:15 a.m. PDT	@ Pirates	8–4	Drysdale (13–8)	Cardwell (8–3)	Perranoski (6)	2:57	14,880	50–37	W1
88	July 11 (1)	10:00 a.m. PDT	@ Pirates	4–2	Koufax (15–3)	Gibbon (2–8)	–	2:29		51–37	W2
89	July 11 (2)	1:04 p.m. PDT	@ Pirates	3–4 (10)	Carpin (3–0)	Miller (4–5)	–	2:42	37,631	51–38	L1
—	July 13	10:00 a.m. PDT	36th All-Star Game in Bloomington, MN
90	July 15	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	5–0	Drysdale (14–8)	Ellsworth (10–5)	–	2:19	25,538	52–38	W1
91	July 16	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	3–0	Koufax (16–3)	Jackson (8–11)	–	2:20	47,947	53–38	W2
92	July 17	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	7–2	Osteen (7–10)	Koonce (7–8)	–	2:21	31,228	54–38	W3
93	July 18	1:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	4–3 (11)	Reed (4–2)	Hendley (0–2)	–	3:05	27,508	55–38	W4
94	July 19	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	8–3	Drysdale (15–8)	Nottebart (1–7)	–	2:34	22,756	56–38	W5
95	July 20	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	3–2	Koufax (17–3)	Taylor (2–4)	–	2:15	30,937	57–38	W6
96	July 21		Braves	6–4	Blasingame (11–7)	Osteen (7–11)	O'Dell (10)		28,721	57–39
97	July 22		Braves	5–2	Cloninger (12–8)	Miller (4–6)	O'Dell (11)		27,179	57–40
98	July 23	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	3–4 (12)	Washburn (6–7)	Willhite (1–2)	–	3:48	40,286	57–41	L3
99	July 24	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	2–3 (10)	Dennis (2–1)	Perranoski (2–2)	Woodeshick (12)	3:04	48,998	57–42	L4
100	July 25	1:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	5–1	Osteen (8–11)	Simmons (6–10)	–	2:44	31,710	58–42	W1
101	July 26	8:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	5–4	Podres (4–5)	Maloney (11–5)	Perranoski (7)	2:20	39,978	59–42	W2
102	July 27	8:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	9–7	Perranoski (3–2)	Jay (8–3)	–	3:25	46,537	60–42	W3
103	July 28	8:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	1–4	Ellis (14–6)	Koufax (17–4)	–	2:00	53,604	60–43	L1
104	July 30	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	4–2	Miller (5–6)	Dennis (2–2)	Perranoski (8)	2:39	29,497	61–43	W1
105	July 31	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	3–4	Gibson (13–8)	Perranoski (3–3)	–	2:31	30,109	61–44	L1

August: 14–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
106	August 1	11:15 a.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	3–2	Koufax (18–4)	Sadecki (2–9)	–	2:29	30,605	62–44	W1
107	August 2	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	5–6	Stallard (8–4)	Perranoski (3–4)	Dennis (6)	2:34	20,518	62–45	L1
–	August 3		@ Braves	Postponed (Inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 4)
108	August 4		@ Braves	4–3	Fischer (5–5)	Drysdale (15–9)	O'Dell (15)			62–46
109	August 4		@ Braves	3–2	Osteen (9–11)	Lemaster (4–9)	Miller (7)		19,950	63–46
110	August 5		@ Braves	6–3	Koufax (19–4)	Blasingame (13–8)			18,368	64–46
111	August 6	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	4–5 (11)	McCool (7–6)	Perranoski (3–5)	–	3:26	25,668	64–47	L1
112	August 7	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Reds	5–3	Reed (5–2)	Ellis (14–7)	Perranoski (9)	2:37	27,844	65–47	W1
113	August 8	10:30 a.m. PDT	@ Reds	0–18	Maloney (13–5)	Drysdale (15–10)	–	2:20	28,335	65–48	L1
114	August 10	8:00 p.m. PDT	Mets	4–3	Koufax (20–4)	Jackson (5–16)	–	2:07	36,815	66–48	W2
115	August 11	8:00 p.m. PDT	Mets	1–0	Drysdale (16–10)	Richardson (0–1)	–	2:34	23,376	67–48	W3
116	August 13	8:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	3–1	Osteen (10–11)	Veale (12–9)	–	2:21	32,551	68–48	W4
117	August 14	8:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	1–0 (10)	Koufax (21–4)	Cardwell (10–7)	–	2:43	29,237	69–48	W5
118	August 15	1:00 p.m. PDT	Pirates	2–4	Sisk (4–2)	Drysdale (16–11)	McBean (13)	3:02	25,175	69–49	L1
119	August 16	8:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	1–6	Short (14–8)	Podres (4–6)	–	2:47	22,611	69–50	L2
120	August 17	8:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	4–2	Osteen (11–11)	Herbert (5–6)	Perranoski (10)	2:31	23,144	70–50	W1
121	August 18	8:00 p.m. PDT	Phillies	3–6 (12)	Wagner (5–3)	Brewer (2–2)	–	4:05	38,267	70–51	L1
122	August 19	8:15 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	8–5 (15)	Perranoski (4–5)	Perry (8–11)	–	4:11	35,901	71–51	W1
123	August 20	8:15 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	5–1	Shaw (14–6)	Reed (5–3)	–	2:38	41,858	71–52	L1
124	August 21	1:00 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	6–4 (11)	Podres (5–6)	Henry (3–2)	–	3:27	42,283	72–52	W1
125	August 22	1:00 p.m. PDT	@ Giants	3–4	Herbel (8–6)	Koufax (21–5)	Murakami (5)	2:18	42,807	72–53	L1
126	August 23	5:00 p.m. PDT	@ Mets	8–4	Drysdale (17–11)	Miller (1–3)	Miller (8)	2:59	33,393	73–53	W1
127	August 24	5:00 p.m. PDT	@ Mets	3–4	Eilers (1–0)	Miller (5–7)	–	2:34	37,023	73–54	L1
128	August 25	5:00 p.m. PDT	@ Mets	5–7	Richardson (2–1)	Osteen (11–12)	–	2:38	32,432	73–55	L2
129	August 26	5:00 p.m. PDT	@ Mets	2–5	McGraw (2–2)	Koufax (21–6)	Fisher (1)	2:24	45,950	73–56	L3
130	August 27	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies	9–8	Drysdale (18–11)	Herbert (5–7)	Reed (1)	3:16	26,740	74–56	W1
131	August 28	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies	8–4	Brewer (3–2)	Short (14–9)	Koufax (1)	3:16	27,439	75–56	W2
132	August 29	10:35 a.m. PDT	@ Phillies	3–13	Culp (9–9)	Osteen (11–13)	–	2:39	21,744	75–57	L1
–	August 31		@ Pirates	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 1)

September: 20–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 10–4)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
133	September 1 (1)	2:30 p.m. PDT	@ Pirates	2–3 (11)	Gibbon (4–9)	Koufax (21–7)	–	3:00		75–58	L2
134	September 1 (2)	6:05 p.m. PDT	@ Pirates	1–2	Law (16–9)	Drysdale (18–12)	–	2:18	26,394	75–59	L3
135	September 2	5:15 p.m. PDT	@ Pirates	7–1	Osteen (12–13)	Veale (14–10)	Perranoski (11)	2:38	29,200	76–59	W1
136	September 3	5:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	3–0	Willhite (2–2)	Nottebart (4–13)	Perranoski (12)	2:14	31,154	77–59	W2
137	September 4	11:15 a.m. PDT	@ Astros	5–0	Podres (6–6)	Bruce (9–17)	Perranoski (13)	2:13	41,951	78–59	W3
138	September 5	12:30 p.m. PDT	@ Astros	4–2	Reed (4–2)	Roberts (4–1)	–	2:05	49,442	79–59	W4
139	September 6	1:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	6–7 (12)	Linzy (7–2)	Reed (6–4)	–	3:43	53,581	79–60	L1
140	September 7	6:00 p.m. PDT	Giants	1–3	Shaw (15–8)	Osteen (12–14)	Murakami (7)	2:48	48,586	79–61	L2
141	September 9	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cubs	1–0	Koufax (22–7)	Hendley (2–3)	–	1:43	29,139	80–61	W1
142	September 10	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	5–2	Drysdale (19–12)	Roberts (4–2)	Perranoski (14)	2:00	30,200	81–61	W2
143	September 11	8:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	8–3	Osteen (13–14)	Farrell (10–10)	Perranoski (15)	2:32	30,278	82–61	W3
144	September 12	1:00 p.m. PDT	Astros	2–3	Owens (6–4)	Perranoski (4–6)	Raymond (4)	2:40	21,918	82–62	L1
145	September 14	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	1–2	Hendley (3–3)	Koufax (22–8)	–	1:57	6,220	82–63	L2
146	September 15	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	6–8	Ellsworth (14–14)	Reed (6–5)	Hoeft (1)	2:45	1,886	82–64	L3
147	September 16	11:30 a.m. PDT	@ Cubs	2–0	Osteen (14–14)	Faul (5–5)	Koufax (2)	2:15	550	83–64	W1
148	September 17	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	3–2	Drysdale (20–12)	Simmons (9–15)	Perranoski (16)	2:36	19,042	84–64	W2
149	September 18	6:00 p.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	1–0	Koufax (23–8)	Washburn (9–11)	–	2:11	29,063	85–64	W3
150	September 19	11:15 a.m. PDT	@ Cardinals	5–0	Osteen (15–14)	Gibson (18–11)	Perranoski (17)	2:33	23,941	86–64	W4
151	September 21		@ Braves	3–1	Drysdale (21–12)	Lemaster (6–13)			5,169	87–64
152	September 22		@ Braves	7 – 6 (11)	Perranoski (5–6)	Olivo (0–1)	Miller (9)		12,577	88–64
153	September 24	8:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	4–3	Perranoski (6–6)	Gibson (18–12)	–	2:38	37,450	89–64	W7
154	September 25	1:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	2–0	Koufax (24–8)	Briles (2–3)	–	2:10	31,532	90–64	W8
155	September 26	1:00 p.m. PDT	Cardinals	1–0	Drysdale (22–12)	Sadecki (6–14)	–	2:18	40,317	91–64	W9
156	September 27	8:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	6–1	Podres (7–6)	Ellis (21–10)	Perranoski (18)	2:31	32,593	92–64	W10
157	September 28	8:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	2–1 (12)	Reed (7–5)	Jay (9–8)	–	3:52	38,424	93–64	W11
158	September 29	6:00 p.m. PDT	Reds	5–0	Koufax (25–8)	Maloney (20–9)	–	2:20	52,312	94–64	W12
159	September 30		Braves	4–0	Drysdale (23–12)	Fischer (8–9)			36,006	95–64

October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Braves	2–0	Lemaster (7–13)	Osteen (15–15)		50,813	95–65
161	October 2	Braves	3–1	Koufax (26–8)	Cloninger (24–11)	—	41,574	96–65
162	October 3	Braves	3–0	Miller (6–7)	Sadowski (5–9)	Willhite (1)	39,922	97–65

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
Bold	Dodgers team member

1965 Postseason game log: 4–3 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–3)

World Series vs. Minnesota Twins 4–3 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–3)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 6	12 Noon PDT	@ Twins	L 2–8	Grant (1–0)	Drysdale (0–1)	—	2:29	47,797	MIN 1–0	L1
2	October 7	12 Noon PDT	@ Twins	L 1–5	Kaat (1–0)	Koufax (0–1)	—	2:13	48,700	MIN 2–0	L2
3	October 9	1:00 p.m. PDT	Twins	W 4–0	Osteen (1–0)	Pascual (0–1)	—	2:06	55,934	MIN 2–1	W1
4	October 10	1:00 p.m. PDT	Twins	W 7–2	Drysdale (1–1)	Grant (1–1)	—	2:15	55,920	Tie 2–2	W2
5	October 11	1:00 p.m. PDT	Twins	W 7–0	Koufax (1–1)	Kaat (1–1)	—	2:34	55,801	LAN 3–2	W3
6	October 13	12 Noon PDT	@ Twins	L 1–5	Grant (2–1)	Osteen (1–1)	—	2:16	49,578	Tie 3–3	L1
7	October 14	12 Noon PDT	@ Twins	W 2–0	Koufax (2–1)	Kaat (1–2)	—	2:27	50,976	LAN 4–3	W1

Game umpires

Regular season

#	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B
Regular season

World Series

#	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
World Series
1	October 6	@ MIN	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)	Tony Venzon (NL)	Red Flaherty (AL)	Ed Sudol (NL)	Bob Stewart (AL)	Ed Vargo (NL)
2	October 7	@ MIN	Tony Venzon (NL)	Red Flaherty (AL)	Ed Sudol (NL)	Bob Stewart (AL)	Ed Vargo (NL)	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)
3	October 9	MIN	Red Flaherty (AL)	Ed Sudol (NL)	Bob Stewart (AL)	Ed Vargo (NL)	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)	Tony Venzon (NL)
4	October 10	MIN	Ed Sudol (NL)	Bob Stewart (AL)	Ed Vargo (NL)	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)	Tony Venzon (NL)	Red Flaherty (AL)
5	October 11	MIN	Bob Stewart (AL)	Ed Vargo (NL)	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)	Tony Venzon (NL)	Red Flaherty (AL)	Ed Sudol (NL)
6	October 13	@ MIN	Ed Vargo (NL)	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)	Tony Venzon (NL)	Red Flaherty (AL)	Ed Sudol (NL)	Bob Stewart (AL)
7	October 14	@ MIN	Eddie Hurley (AL) (crew chief)	Tony Venzon (NL)	Red Flaherty (AL)	Ed Sudol (NL)	Bob Stewart (AL)	Ed Vargo>/span> (NL)

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles hit; 3B = Triples hit; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught stealing; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging; TB = Total bases; GDP = Grounded into double play; HBP = Hit by pitch; SH = Sacrifice hits; SF = Sacrifice flies; IBB = Intentional base on balls

Pos	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
C	John Roseboro	136	480	437	42	102	10	0	8	57	1	6	34	51	.233	.289	.311	.601	136	5	2	3	4	7
1B	Wes Parker	154	644	542	80	129	24	7	8	51	13	7	75	95	.238	.334	.352	.687	191	6	5	19	3	1
2B	Jim Lefebvre	157	631	544	57	136	21	4	12	69	3	5	71	92	.250	.337	.369	.706	201	8	2	10	4	7
SS	Maury Wills	158	711	650	92	186	14	7	0	33	94	31	40	64	.286	.330	.329	.660	214	6	4	14	2	2
3B	Jim Gilliam	111	432	372	54	104	19	4	4	39	9	5	53	31	.280	.374	.384	.758	143	1	4	1	2	5
LF	Lou Johnson	131	518	468	57	121	24	1	12	58	15	6	24	81	.259	.315	.391	.706	183	7	16	7	3	8
CF	Willie Davis	142	595	558	52	133	24	3	10	57	25	9	14	81	.238	.263	.346	.609	193	7	7	9	7	3
RF	Ron Fairly	158	654	555	73	152	28	1	9	70	2	0	76	72	.274	.361	.377	.738	209	7	3	14	6	11

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
Dick Tracewski	78	186	40	.215	1	20
Jeff Torborg	56	150	36	.240	3	13
John Kennedy	104	105	18	.171	1	5
Wally Moon	53	89	18	.202	1	11
Al Ferrara	41	81	17	.210	1	10
Don LeJohn	34	78	20	.256	0	7
Tommy Davis	17	60	15	.250	0	9
Derrell Griffith	22	41	7	.171	1	2
Willie Crawford	52	27	4	.148	0	0
Hector Valle	9	13	4	.308	0	2
Dick Smith	10	6	0	.000	0	1
Johnny Werhas	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Nate Oliver	8	1	1	1.000	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
Sandy Koufax	43	335.2	26	8	2.04	382
Don Drysdale	44	308.1	23	12	2.77	210
Claude Osteen	40	287.0	15	15	2.79	162
Johnny Podres	27	134.0	7	6	3.43	63

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
Howie Reed	38	78.0	7	5	3.12	47
Nick Willhite	15	42.0	2	2	5.36	28
Mike Kekich	5	10.1	0	1	9.58	9

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
Ron Perranoski	59	6	6	18	2.24	53
Bob Miller	61	6	7	9	2.97	77
Jim Brewer	19	3	2	2	1.82	31
John Purdin	11	2	1	0	6.75	16
Bill Singer	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

1965 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	1
Minnesota (A)	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	x	8	10	0
W: Mudcat Grant (1–0) L: Don Drysdale (0–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (1) MIN – Don Mincher (1), Zoilo Versalles (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	3
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	x	5	9	0
W: Jim Kaat (1–0) L: Sandy Koufax (0–1)

Game 3

October 9, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	x	4	10	1
W: Claude Osteen (1–0) L: Camilo Pascual (0–1)

Game 4

October 10, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	2
Los Angeles (N)	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	x	7	10	0
W: Don Drysdale (1–1) L: Mudcat Grant (1–1)
HR: MIN – Harmon Killebrew (1), Tony Oliva (1) LAD – Wes Parker (1), Lou Johnson (1)

Game 5

October 11, 1965, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Los Angeles (N)	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	x	7	14	0
W: Sandy Koufax (1–1) L: Jim Kaat (1–1)

Game 6

October 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	x	5	6	1
W: Mudcat Grant (2–1) L: Claude Osteen (1–1)
HR: LAD – Ron Fairly (2) MIN – Bob Allison (1), Mudcat Grant (1)

Game 7

October 14, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Minnesota (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Sandy Koufax (2–1) L: Jim Kaat (1–2)
HR: LAD – Lou Johnson (2)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Maury Wills starter
- Don Drysdale reserve
- Sandy Koufax reserve
TSN National League All-Star
- Sandy Koufax
- Maury Wills

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Bill Brenzel Duke Snider Pete Reiser
AA	Albuquerque Dodgers	Texas League	Roy Hartsfield
A	Santa Barbara Dodgers	California League	Norm Sherry
A	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	George Scherger
A	Salem Dodgers	Northwest League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Pocatello Chiefs	Pioneer League	Tommy Lasorda

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albuquerque

1965 Major League Baseball draft

This was the first Major League Baseball draft. The Dodgers drafted 30 players this year in the June draft and an additional 2 in the August Legion draft. The first player the Dodgers ever drafted was a shortstop from Bakersfield High School named John Wyatt. He played in the teams farm system through 1970 but never advanced past Class-A.

The most notable player drafted this year was Tom Seaver, who was picked in the 10th round from the University of Southern California, but he did not sign with the team and re-entered the draft the following year, where he was selected by the New York Mets.

1965 Draft Picks

June draft

^[7]

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	John Wyatt	SS	Bakersfield High School	Yes	1965–1970	A
2	Alan Foster	RHP	Los Altos High School	Yes	1965–1976	MLB
3	Michael Criscione	C	Syracuse University	Yes	1965–1967	A
4	George Mercado	OF	Bishop Dubois High School	Yes	1965–1967	A-
5	John Radosevich	LHP	West Virginia University	Yes	1965–1968	A
6	Peter Barnes	OF	Southern University and A&M College	No
7	Larry Griffith	RHP	Anadarko High School	Yes	1965–1967	AA
8	James Johnson	OF	Las Vegas High School	Yes	1965–1970	A
9	Paul Dennenbaum	1B	Syracuse University	No
10	Tom Seaver	RHP	University of Southern California	No Mets −1966	1966–1986	MLB
11	Joseph Austin	1B	University of Southern California	Yes	1965–1966	A
12	Richard Binder	LHP	Waterloo High School	No
13	Terrance Derringer	RHP	Southwest Miami High School	No
14	Stephen McGreevy	1B	University of Kansas	Yes	1965–1967	A
15	Leon Everitt	RHP	Pemberton High School	Yes	1965–1969	MLB
16	Michael McCall	SS	Greenville High School	No Red Sox −1965	1967–1970	A
17	Johnny Alexander	INF	Whitmire High School	No
18	Rod Austin	OF	Santa Clara University	No
19	George Lewark	SS	University of Colorado	No
20	William Maxwell	RHP	Central High School	No
21	Daro Quiring	RHP	Stanford University	No
22	Eric Krumlauf	3B	Shaker Heights High School	No
23	Rich Hinton	LHP	Marana High School	No White Sox −1969	1969–1979	MLB
24	Frederick Moulder	SS	Oklahoma State University	Yes	1967–1972	AAA
25	Jon Keirns	OF	Edmond High School	No
26	Robert Harvey	3B	John Marshall High School	Yes	1966–1968	A
27	Rhett Thompson	3B	Del Mar High School	Yes	1965–1967	A-
28	Gary Moore	OF	University of Texas at Austin	Yes	1967–1971	MLB
29	Kyle Carlin	RHP	Sulphur High School	Yes	1965–1969	AA
30	Dennis Jensen	SS	Jacksonville University	Yes	1965	A

August Legion Draft

^[8] The August Legion Draft was for College players who had participated in summer amateur leagues.

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Barry Snyder	C		No
2	Frank Stanek	1B		No

Notes

^ ^a ^b Nick Willhite at Baseball Reference
^ Larry Miller at Baseball Reference
^ Doug Camilli at Baseball Reference
^ Frank Howard at Baseball Reference
^ Dick Tracewski at Baseball Reference
^ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
^ 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
^ 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft

References

External links

[willhite-1] Nick Willhite at Baseball Reference

[2] Larry Miller at Baseball Reference

[3] Doug Camilli at Baseball Reference

[4] Frank Howard at Baseball Reference

[5] Dick Tracewski at Baseball Reference

[6] Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)

[7] 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

[8] 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft

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v t e World Series champions
1900s	1903: Boston Americans 1904: No series 1905: New York Giants 1906: Chicago White Sox 1907: Chicago Cubs 1908: Chicago Cubs 1909: Pittsburgh Pirates
1910s	1910: Philadelphia Athletics 1911: Philadelphia Athletics 1912: Boston Red Sox 1913: Philadelphia Athletics 1914: Boston Braves 1915: Boston Red Sox 1916: Boston Red Sox 1917: Chicago White Sox 1918: Boston Red Sox 1919: Cincinnati Reds
1920s	1920: Cleveland Indians 1921: New York Giants 1922: New York Giants 1923: New York Yankees 1924: Washington Senators 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates 1926: St. Louis Cardinals 1927: New York Yankees 1928: New York Yankees 1929: Philadelphia Athletics
1930s	1930: Philadelphia Athletics 1931: St. Louis Cardinals 1932: New York Yankees 1933: New York Giants 1934: St. Louis Cardinals 1935: Detroit Tigers 1936: New York Yankees 1937: New York Yankees 1938: New York Yankees 1939: New York Yankees
1940s	1940: Cincinnati Reds 1941: New York Yankees 1942: St. Louis Cardinals 1943: New York Yankees 1944: St. Louis Cardinals 1945: Detroit Tigers 1946: St. Louis Cardinals 1947: New York Yankees 1948: Cleveland Indians 1949: New York Yankees
1950s	1950: New York Yankees 1951: New York Yankees 1952: New York Yankees 1953: New York Yankees 1954: New York Giants 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers 1956: New York Yankees 1957: Milwaukee Braves 1958: New York Yankees 1959: Los Angeles Dodgers
1960s	1960: Pittsburgh Pirates 1961: New York Yankees 1962: New York Yankees 1963: Los Angeles Dodgers 1964: St. Louis Cardinals 1965: Los Angeles Dodgers 1966: Baltimore Orioles 1967: St. Louis Cardinals 1968: Detroit Tigers 1969: New York Mets
1970s	1970: Baltimore Orioles 1971: Pittsburgh Pirates 1972: Oakland Athletics 1973: Oakland Athletics 1974: Oakland Athletics 1975: Cincinnati Reds 1976: Cincinnati Reds 1977: New York Yankees 1978: New York Yankees 1979: Pittsburgh Pirates
1980s	1980: Philadelphia Phillies 1981: Los Angeles Dodgers 1982: St. Louis Cardinals 1983: Baltimore Orioles 1984: Detroit Tigers 1985: Kansas City Royals 1986: New York Mets 1987: Minnesota Twins 1988: Los Angeles Dodgers 1989: Oakland Athletics
1990s	1990: Cincinnati Reds 1991: Minnesota Twins 1992: Toronto Blue Jays 1993: Toronto Blue Jays 1994: No series 1995: Atlanta Braves 1996: New York Yankees 1997: Florida Marlins 1998: New York Yankees 1999: New York Yankees
2000s	2000: New York Yankees 2001: Arizona Diamondbacks 2002: Anaheim Angels 2003: Florida Marlins 2004: Boston Red Sox 2005: Chicago White Sox 2006: St. Louis Cardinals 2007: Boston Red Sox 2008: Philadelphia Phillies 2009: New York Yankees
2010s	2010: San Francisco Giants 2011: St. Louis Cardinals 2012: San Francisco Giants 2013: Boston Red Sox 2014: San Francisco Giants 2015: Kansas City Royals 2016: Chicago Cubs 2017: Houston Astros 2018: Boston Red Sox 2019: Washington Nationals
2020s	2020: Los Angeles Dodgers 2021: Atlanta Braves 2022: Houston Astros 2023: Texas Rangers 2024: Los Angeles Dodgers

v t e National League champions
1870s	1876: Chicago White Stockings 1877: Boston Red Caps 1878: Boston Red Caps 1879: Providence Grays
1880s	1880: Chicago White Stockings 1881: Chicago White Stockings 1882: Chicago White Stockings 1883: Boston Beaneaters 1884: Providence Grays 1885: Chicago White Stockings 1886: Chicago White Stockings 1887: Detroit Wolverines 1888: New York Giants 1889: New York Giants
1890s	1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1891: Boston Beaneaters 1892: Boston Beaneaters 1893: Boston Beaneaters 1894: Baltimore Orioles 1895: Baltimore Orioles 1896: Baltimore Orioles 1897: Boston Beaneaters 1898: Boston Beaneaters 1899: Brooklyn Superbas
1900s	1900: Brooklyn Superbas 1901: Pittsburgh Pirates 1902: Pittsburgh Pirates 1903: Pittsburgh Pirates 1904: New York Giants 1905: New York Giants 1906: Chicago Cubs 1907: Chicago Cubs 1908: Chicago Cubs 1909: Pittsburgh Pirates
1910s	1910: Chicago Cubs 1911: New York Giants 1912: New York Giants 1913: New York Giants 1914: Boston Braves 1915: Philadelphia Phillies 1916: Brooklyn Robins 1917: New York Giants 1918: Chicago Cubs 1919: Cincinnati Reds
1920s	1920: Brooklyn Robins 1921: New York Giants 1922: New York Giants 1923: New York Giants 1924: New York Giants 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates 1926: St. Louis Cardinals 1927: Pittsburgh Pirates 1928: St. Louis Cardinals 1929: Chicago Cubs
1930s	1930: St. Louis Cardinals 1931: St. Louis Cardinals 1932: Chicago Cubs 1933: New York Giants 1934: St. Louis Cardinals 1935: Chicago Cubs 1936: New York Giants 1937: New York Giants 1938: Chicago Cubs 1939: Cincinnati Reds
1940s	1940: Cincinnati Reds 1941: Brooklyn Dodgers 1942: St. Louis Cardinals 1943: St. Louis Cardinals 1944: St. Louis Cardinals 1945: Chicago Cubs 1946: St. Louis Cardinals 1947: Brooklyn Dodgers 1948: Boston Braves 1949: Brooklyn Dodgers
1950s	1950: Philadelphia Phillies 1951: New York Giants 1952: Brooklyn Dodgers 1953: Brooklyn Dodgers 1954: New York Giants 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers 1956: Brooklyn Dodgers 1957: Milwaukee Braves 1958: Milwaukee Braves 1959: Los Angeles Dodgers
1960s	1960: Pittsburgh Pirates 1961: Cincinnati Reds 1962: San Francisco Giants 1963: Los Angeles Dodgers 1964: St. Louis Cardinals 1965: Los Angeles Dodgers 1966: Los Angeles Dodgers 1967: St. Louis Cardinals 1968: St. Louis Cardinals 1969: New York Mets
1970s	1970: Cincinnati Reds 1971: Pittsburgh Pirates 1972: Cincinnati Reds 1973: New York Mets 1974: Los Angeles Dodgers 1975: Cincinnati Reds 1976: Cincinnati Reds 1977: Los Angeles Dodgers 1978: Los Angeles Dodgers 1979: Pittsburgh Pirates
1980s	1980: Philadelphia Phillies 1981: Los Angeles Dodgers 1982: St. Louis Cardinals 1983: Philadelphia Phillies 1984: San Diego Padres 1985: St. Louis Cardinals 1986: New York Mets 1987: St. Louis Cardinals 1988: Los Angeles Dodgers 1989: San Francisco Giants
1990s	1990: Cincinnati Reds 1991: Atlanta Braves 1992: Atlanta Braves 1993: Philadelphia Phillies 1994: No champion 1995: Atlanta Braves 1996: Atlanta Braves 1997: Florida Marlins 1998: San Diego Padres 1999: Atlanta Braves
2000s	2000: New York Mets 2001: Arizona Diamondbacks 2002: San Francisco Giants 2003: Florida Marlins 2004: St. Louis Cardinals 2005: Houston Astros 2006: St. Louis Cardinals 2007: Colorado Rockies 2008: Philadelphia Phillies 2009: Philadelphia Phillies
2010s	2010: San Francisco Giants 2011: St. Louis Cardinals 2012: San Francisco Giants 2013: St. Louis Cardinals 2014: San Francisco Giants 2015: New York Mets 2016: Chicago Cubs 2017: Los Angeles Dodgers 2018: Los Angeles Dodgers 2019: Washington Nationals
2020s	2020: Los Angeles Dodgers 2021: Atlanta Braves 2022: Philadelphia Phillies 2023: Arizona Diamondbacks 2024: Los Angeles Dodgers

v t e Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 World Series champions
3 Willie Davis 5 Jim Lefebvre (NL ROY) 6 Ron Fairly 8 John Roseboro 9 Wally Moon 10 Jeff Torborg 11 John Kennedy 15 Bob Miller 16 Ron Perranoski 19 Jim Gilliam 21 Jim Brewer 22 Johnny Podres 23 Claude Osteen 28 Wes Parker 30 Maury Wills 31 Don LeJohn 32 Sandy Koufax (CYA & World Series MVP) 35 John Purdin 37 Mike Kekich 39 Howie Reed 41 Lou Johnson 43 Willie Crawford 44 Dick Tracewski 45 Nick Willhite 53 Don Drysdale
Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 18 Preston Gómez 19 Jim Gilliam 33 Danny Ozark 36 Lefty Phillips
Regular season

v t e 1965 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Los Angeles/California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1965 MLB draft 1965 All-Star Game 1965 World Series