1965 Kansas City Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMunicipal Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersCharles O. Finley
General managersPat Friday, Hank Peters
ManagersMel McGaha, Haywood Sullivan
TelevisionKCMO
RadioKCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Red Rush)

The 1965 Kansas City Athletics season was the 11th for the franchise in Kansas City and the 65th in its overall history. It involved the A's finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 103 losses, 43 games behind the American League Champion Minnesota Twins. The paid attendance for the season was 528,344, the lowest in the major leagues (and the lowest ever by the A's in Kansas City).[1] The club won 59 games, their worst showing since the A's moved to Kansas City.

Offseason

Regular season

  • April 6, 1965: Hank Peters was named general manager.[3]
  • The A's lost 21 of their first 26 games. On May 15, manager Mel McGaha was replaced by AAA manager Haywood Sullivan. At the age of 34, Sullivan was the youngest manager in the major leagues.[4]
  • Owner Charlie Finley steadily built up the team's farm system. He was assisted by the creation of the baseball draft in 1965, which forced young prospects to sign with the team that drafted them—at the price offered by the team—if they wanted to play professional baseball. Thus, Finley was spared from having to compete with wealthier teams for top talent. The Athletics, owners of the worst record in the American League in 1964, had the first pick in the first draft, selecting Rick Monday on June 8, 1965.

Promotions

  • Club owner Charlie Finley had a pitchometer on the scoreboard. In an attempt to speed up the game, it was a way to measure the time a pitcher spent in between pitches thrown.[5] Finley installed a small zoo in the club picnic area to generate interest in the ball club with small children.
  • September 8, 1965: The Campy Camp Night promotion was held as Bert Campaneris played every position in the field.[6]
  • In a promotional move, Finley signed Satchel Paige on September 10,[7] 58 years old at the time, for one game. On September 25, against the Boston Red Sox, Finley invited several Negro league veterans, including Cool Papa Bell, to be introduced before the game. Paige was in the bullpen, sitting on a rocking chair, being served coffee by a "nurse" between innings.[8] He started the game by getting Jim Gosger out on a pop foul. The next man, Dalton Jones, reached first and went to second on an infield error, but was thrown out trying to reach third on a pitch in the dirt. Carl Yastrzemski doubled and Tony Conigliaro hit a fly ball to end the inning. The next six batters went down in order, including a strikeout of Bill Monbouquette. In the fourth inning, Paige took the mound, to be removed according to plan by Haywood Sullivan. He walked off to a boisterous ovation despite the small crowd of 9,000. The lights dimmed and, led by the PA announcer, the fans lit matches and cigarette lighters while singing "The Old Gray Mare."

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10260 0.630 — 51–30 51–30
Chicago White Sox 9567 0.586 7 48–33 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 9468 0.580 8 46–33 48–35
Detroit Tigers 8973 0.549 13 47–34 42–39
Cleveland Indians 8775 0.537 15 52–30 35–45
New York Yankees 7785 0.475 25 40–43 37–42
Los Angeles/California Angels 7587 0.463 27 46–34 29–53
Washington Senators 7092 0.432 32 36–45 34–47
Boston Red Sox 62100 0.383 40 34–47 28–53
Kansas City Athletics 59103 0.364 43 33–48 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1965 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA/
CAL		 MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–79–910–811–711–713–58–1013–58–10
Boston 7–11—4–148–106–1211–75–131–179–911–7
Chicago 9–914–4—10–89–913–512–67–118–1013–5
Cleveland 8–1010–88–10—9–99–99–911–712–611–7
Detroit 7–1112–69–99–9—13–510–88–1010–811–7
Kansas City 7–117–115–139–95–13—5–138–107–116–12
Los Angeles/California 5–1313–56–129–98–1013–5—9–96–126–12
Minnesota 10–817–111–77–1110–810–89–9—13–515–3
New York 5–139–910–86–128–1011–712–65–13—11–7
Washington 10–87–115–137–117–1112–612–63–157–11—

NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.

Notable transactions

Round 1: Rick Monday (1st pick). Player signed June 15, 1965.[13]
Round 2: Joe Keough[14]
Round 3: Bob Stinson (did not sign)
Round 4: Pete Koegel
Round 6: Sal Bando[15]
Round 7: Scott Reid (did not sign)
Round 10: George Lauzerique
Round 15: Bobby Brooks
Round 20: Gene Tenace
Round 28: Greg Garrett (did not sign)

Roster

1965 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CBilly Bryan10832582.2521451
1BKen Harrelson150483115.2382366
2BDick Green133474110.2321555
SSBert Campaneris144578156.270642
3BEd Charles134480129.269856
LFTommie Reynolds9027064.237122
CFJim Landis11836487.239336
RFMike Hershberger150494114.231548

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
Wayne Causey144513134.261334
José Tartabull6821868.312119
Rene Lachemann9221649.227929
Nelson Mathews6718439.212215
Johnny Blanchard5212024.200211
Jim Gentile3811829.2461022
Santiago Rosario818520.23528
Larry Stahl288116.198414
Skip Lockwood42334.12100
Doc Edwards6203.15000
Randy Schwartz672.28601
Lou Clinton110.00000
John Sanders100----00

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
Fred Talbot39198.010124.14117
Rollie Sheldon32186.21083.95105
John O'Donoghue34177.29183.9582
Satchel Paige13.0000.001

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
Diego Seguí40163.05154.64119
Catfish Hunter32133.0884.2682
Moe Drabowsky1438.2154.4225
Orlando Peña1235.1066.8824
Don Buschhorn1231.0014.359
Lew Krausse Jr.725.0245.0422
Dick Joyce513.0012.777
Ron Tompkins510.1003.484

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
John Wyatt6526183.2570
Jim Dickson683203.4754
Wes Stock620445.2452
Don Mossi515873.7441
Jack Aker344333.1626
Jesse Hickman120105.8716
Paul Lindblad401011.0512
Aurelio Monteagudo40003.865
José Santiago40009.008
Blue Moon Odom10009.000
Tom Harrison10009.000
Bert Campaneris10009.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Haywood Sullivan and Bobby Hofman
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League John McNamara
A Leesburg Athletics Florida State League Tony Frulio
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Gus Niarhos
A Shelby Rebels Western Carolinas League Wes Ferrell and Jimmy Williams
Short-Season A Lewiston Broncos Northwest League Bobby Hofman, Bill Posedel and Al Ronning

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Burlington

References

  1. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.92, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  2. ↑ Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.78, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  4. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.92, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  5. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.86, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  6. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.93, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  7. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.93, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  8. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.94, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  9. ↑ Joe Rudi page at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ Don Mossi page at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ 1965 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  13. ↑ Rick Monday page at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ Joe Keough page at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ Sal Bando page at Baseball-Reference
  16. ↑ Satchel Paige page at Baseball Reference
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