1965_San_Francisco_Giants_season Knowpia

1965 San Francisco Giants
1965 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Chub Feeney
Managers	Herman Franks
Television	KTVU; (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Radio	KSFO; (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

The 1965 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 83rd year in Major League Baseball, their eighth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 95–67 record, 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason edit

Prior to 1965 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves.^[1]

Regular season edit

The Giants play at Candlestick Park, 1965.

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
San Francisco Giants	95	67	0.586	2	51–30	44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	72	0.556	7	49–32	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	8	49–32	40–41
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	0.531	11	44–37	42–39
Philadelphia Phillies	85	76	0.528	11½	45–35	40–41
St. Louis Cardinals	80	81	0.497	16½	42–39	38–42
Chicago Cubs	72	90	0.444	25	40–41	32–49
Houston Astros	65	97	0.401	32	36–45	29–52
New York Mets	50	112	0.309	47	29–52	21–60

Record vs. opponents edit

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 edit

Notable transactions edit

May 13, 1965: Merritt Ranew was purchased from the Giants by the California Angels.^[1]
May 29, 1965: Ed Bailey, Bob Hendley and Harvey Kuenn were traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Len Gabrielson and Dick Bertell.^[3]
June 8, 1965: Rich Robertson was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]
July 19, 1965: Warren Spahn was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[5]

Game log and schedule edit

Legend
	Giants win
	Giants loss
	Postponement
Bold	Giants team member

1965 Game Log (95–67) (Home: 51–30; Road: 44–37)

April (7–9) (Home: 4–4; Road: 3–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

May (19–11) (Home: 12–6; Road: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

June (14–13) (Home: 8–6; Road: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

July (15–10) (Home: 8–4; Road: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

August (17–14) (Home: 8–5; Road: 9–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

September (21–9) (Home: 9–4; Road: 12–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

October (2–1) (Home: 2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

Roster edit

1965 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Herman Franks

Coaches

Juan Marichal bat incident edit

On August 22, 1965, Giants pitcher Juan Marichal was involved in a notorious incident that occurred in a game played against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Batting against Sandy Koufax, Marichal felt that Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro's return throws had flown too close to his head.^[6] Words were exchanged, and Roseboro, throwing off his catcher's helmet and mask, rose to continue the argument. Marichal responded by hitting Roseboro's unprotected head with his bat. The benches cleared into a 14-minute brawl, while Giant captain Willie Mays escorted the bleeding Roseboro (who would require 14 stitches) back to the clubhouse. Marichal was ejected, suspended for nine days and fined US$1,750. Roseboro filed a lawsuit, but eventually settled out of court, supposedly for $7,000. Marichal and Roseboro would eventually go on to become close friends, reconciling any personal animosity and even autographing photographs of the brawl.

The image of Marichal raising his bat over his head to deliver a blow to Roseboro was carried in practically every newspaper in the nation and re-printed in Life magazine.^[6] Many people protested the apparently light punishment meted out, but as it was it hurt the Giants considerably. They were in a neck-and-neck pennant race with the Dodgers and the race was decided with only two games to play. Marichal's nine-day suspension cost him two pitching turns, and the Giants lost the pennant by two games.

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	Tom Haller	134	422	106	.251	16	49
1B	Willie McCovey	160	540	149	.276	39	92
2B	Hal Lanier	159	522	118	.226	0	39
SS	Dick Schofield	101	379	77	.203	2	19
3B	Jim Ray Hart	160	591	177	.299	23	96
LF	Len Gabrielson	88	269	81	.301	4	26
CF	Willie Mays	157	558	177	.317	52	112
RF	Jesús Alou	143	543	162	.298	9	52

Other batters edit

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
Matty Alou	117	324	75	.231	2	18
Jim Davenport	106	271	68	.251	4	31
Cap Peterson	63	105	26	.248	3	15
José Pagán	26	83	17	.205	0	5
Ken Henderson	63	73	14	.192	0	7
Tito Fuentes	26	72	15	.208	0	1
Jack Hiatt	40	67	19	.284	1	7
Harvey Kuenn	23	59	14	.237	0	6
Dick Bertell	22	48	9	.188	0	3
Orlando Cepeda	33	34	6	.176	1	5
Ed Bailey	24	28	3	.107	0	3
Bob Burda	31	27	3	.111	0	5
Randy Hundley	6	15	1	.067	0	0
Ollie Brown	6	10	2	.200	0	0
Bob Schroder	31	9	2	.222	0	1
Bob Barton	4	7	4	.571	0	1
Chuck Hiller	7	7	1	.143	1	1

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Juan Marichal	39	295.1	22	13	2.13	240
Bob Shaw	42	235.0	16	9	2.64	148
Gaylord Perry	47	195.2	8	12	4.19	170
Jack Sanford	23	91.0	4	5	3.96	43
Warren Spahn	16	71.2	3	4	3.39	34

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ron Herbel	47	170.2	12	9	3.85	106
Bobby Bolin	45	163.0	14	6	2.76	135
Bob Hendley	8	15.0	0	0	12.60	8
Dick Estelle	6	11.1	0	0	3.97	6
Bill Hands	4	6.0	0	2	16.50	5

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Linzy	57	9	3	20	1.43	35
Masanori Murakami	45	4	1	8	3.75	85
Bill Henry	35	2	2	4	3.64	35
Bob Priddy	8	1	0	0	1.74	7
Jim Duffalo	2	0	1	0	27.00	0

Awards and honors edit

Willie Mays, National League Most Valuable Player

All-Stars edit

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Giants	Pacific Coast League	Bill Werle
AA	Springfield Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Ed Fitz Gerald
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Richie Klaus
A	Lexington Giants	Western Carolinas League	Max Lanier
Rookie	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Dick Wilson

^[7]

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Merritt Ranew page at Baseball Reference
^ "1965 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
^ Len Gabrielson page at Baseball Reference
^ Rich Robertson page at Baseball Reference
^ Warren Spahn page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Juan Marichal | The Baseball Page
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007