1965 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1965 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersHarry Walker
TelevisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
Seasons

The 1965 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 84th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 79th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 90–72.

Regular season

Season standings

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
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

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
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 —


Game log

1965 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 49–32; Away: 41–40)
April: 6–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 12 Giants 1–0 (10) Veale (1–0) Marichal — 28,189 1–0
2 April 13 Giants 5–2 Friend (1–0) Sanford McBean (1) 4,444 2–0
3 April 14 Dodgers 1–3 Osteen Gibbon (0–1) — 7,770 2–1
4 April 17 Astros 3–2 (10) Face (1–0) Owens — 6,129 3–1
5 April 18 Astros 1–3 Bruce Law (0–1) — 3–2
6 April 18 Astros 5–4 McBean (1–0) MacKenzie — 7,176 4–2
7 April 20 @ Giants 3–1 Friend (2–0) Bolin McBean (2) 37,784 5–2
8 April 21 @ Giants 2–3 Marichal Gibbon (0–2) — 12,022 5–3
9 April 23 @ Astros 3–4 (12) Giusti McBean (1–1) — 25,399 5–4
10 April 24 @ Astros 0–5 Farrell Law (0–2) — 30,736 5–5
11 April 25 @ Astros 4–5 (11) Raymond Face (1–1) — 19,116 5–6
12 April 26 @ Astros 0–2 Giusti Friend (2–1) — 15,053 5–7
13 April 27 @ Dodgers 4–5 Reed Gibbon (0–3) Miller 17,630 5–8
14 April 28 @ Dodgers 2–0 Veale (2–0) Osteen — 17,464 6–8
15 April 30 @ Cardinals 2–3 Washburn Law (0–3) — 20,401 6–9
May: 14–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 9–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
16 May 1 @ Cardinals 2–3 Stallard Cardwell (0–1) — 9,689 6–10
17 May 2 @ Cardinals 5–9 Gibson Friend (2–2) Taylor 6–11
18 May 2 @ Cardinals 4–5 Washburn McBean (1–2) — 23,630 6–12
19 May 4 @ Cubs 6–3 McBean (2–2) Broglio — 1,527 7–12
20 May 5 @ Cubs 1–3 Buhl Law (0–4) — 2,093 7–13
21 May 6 @ Cubs 3–5 Jackson Schwall (0–1) Abernathy 1,471 7–14
22 May 7 Reds 5–4 Sisk (1–0) Craig — 9,052 8–14
23 May 8 Reds 1–10 Maloney Veale (2–1) — 5,790 8–15
24 May 9 Reds 3–5 Arrigo McBean (2–3) McCool 6,858 8–16
25 May 11 Braves 4–3 Cardwell (1–1) Blasingame McBean (3) 4,694 9–16
26 May 12 Braves 4–5 Lemaster Butters (0–1) O'Dell 4,464 9–17
27 May 13 Braves 4–5 Niekro Schwall (0–2) — 4,165 9–18
28 May 14 Cardinals 7–8 Schultz McBean (2–4) Purkey 9,986 9–19
29 May 15 Cardinals 1–5 Stallard Law (0–5) — 5,148 9–20
30 May 16 Cardinals 3–6 Gibson Cardwell (1–2) — 9–21
31 May 16 Cardinals 1–5 Washburn Veale (2–2) Purkey 11,081 9–22
32 May 19 @ Reds 1–3 McCool Gibbon (0–4) — 6,743 9–23
33 May 20 @ Reds 3–11 Ellis Friend (2–3) — 5,209 9–24
34 May 21 @ Braves 6–1 Law (1–5) Lemaster McBean (4) 2,679 10–24
35 May 22 @ Braves 9–4 Sisk (2–0) Cloninger McBean (5) 2,662 11–24
36 May 23 @ Braves 10–1 Veale (3–2) Sadowski — 2,053 12–24
37 May 24 Cubs 6–4 Schwall (1–2) Broglio McBean (6) 5,360 13–24
38 May 25 Cubs 7–6 (12) Carpin (1–0) Warner — 6,403 14–24
39 May 26 @ Phillies 5–3 Sisk (3–0) Mahaffey — 10,212 15–24
40 May 28 @ Mets 6–1 Veale (4–2) Spahn — 32,011 16–24
41 May 29 @ Mets 7–4 Schwall (2–2) Lary McBean (7) 11,297 17–24
42 May 30 @ Mets 9–1 Friend (3–3) Jackson — 18–24
43 May 30 @ Mets 12–0 Law (2–5) Parsons — 41,552 19–24
44 May 31 Phillies 5–2 Cardwell (2–2) Short McBean (8) 16,366 20–24
June: 19–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 8–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
45 June 1 Phillies 4–0 Veale (5–2) Mahaffey — 10,478 21–24
46 June 3 Mets 6–8 Cisco Gibbon (0–5) Parsons 9,169 21–25
47 June 4 Mets 1–2 Fisher Friend (3–4) — 11,026 21–26
48 June 5 Mets 9–0 Law (3–5) Kroll — 6,581 22–26
49 June 6 Mets 5–3 Cardwell (3–2) Jackson — 23–26
50 June 6 Mets 3–0 Veale (6–2) Spahn — 16,387 24–26
51 June 8 Astros 7–6 (11) Gibbon (1–5) Woodeshick — 8,084 25–26
52 June 9 Astros 11–3 Law (4–5) Nottebart — 9,412 26–26
53 June 10 Astros 4–2 Veale (7–2) Bruce — 9,839 27–26
54 June 11 Giants 5–3 Cardwell (4–2) Hands Carpin (1) 24,708 28–26
55 June 12 Giants 0–4 Shaw Friend (3–5) Linzy 12,213 28–27
56 June 13 Giants 2–1 Law (5–5) Perry — 20,091 29–27
57 June 14 @ Cardinals 2–5 Taylor Veale (7–3) — 5,265 29–28
58 June 15 @ Cardinals 10–6 Carpin (2–0) Stallard McBean (9) 10,428 30–28
59 June 16 @ Cardinals 10–9 Schwall (3–2) Schultz — 10,480 31–28
60 June 17 @ Cardinals 4–1 Law (6–5) Gibson — 11,905 32–28
61 June 18 @ Astros 1–5 Bruce Veale (7–4) — 24,286 32–29
62 June 19 @ Astros 5–3 (11) Gibbon (2–5) Nottebart Carpin (2) 27,785 33–29
63 June 20 @ Giants 3–4 (15) Herbel McBean (2–5) — 33–30
64 June 20 @ Giants 3–7 Bolin Schwall (3–3) Linzy 39,757 33–31
65 June 22 @ Giants 6–0 Law (7–5) Perry — 10,537 34–31
66 June 23 @ Giants 1–6 Herbel Veale (7–5) Linzy 8,209 34–32
67 June 24 @ Dodgers 13–3 Cardwell (5–2) Drysdale — 28,867 35–32
68 June 25 @ Dodgers 1–4 Koufax Friend (3–6) — 32,060 35–33
69 June 26 @ Dodgers 6–1 Law (8–5) Osteen — 21,769 36–33
70 June 27 @ Dodgers 10–2 Veale (8–5) Podres — 33,161 37–33
71 June 28 Reds 5–4 Cardwell (6–2) O'Toole McBean (10) 15,302 38–33
72 June 29 Reds 2–1 (16) Schwall (4–3) McCool — 39–33
73 June 29 Reds 5–7 Nuxhall Gibbon (2–6) Craig 28,589 39–34
74 June 30 Cardinals 1–7 Washburn Law (8–6) Woodeshick 15,369 39–35
July: 13–18 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
75 July 1 Cardinals 6–7 Woodeshick Gibbon (2–7) Sadecki 11,920 39–36
76 July 2 Braves 8–3 Cardwell (7–2) Cloninger Schwall (1) 12,352 40–36
77 July 3 Braves 9–5 Friend (4–6) Sadowski Carpin (3) 9,460 41–36
78 July 4 Braves 2–5 Fischer Law (8–7) — 16,145 41–37
79 July 5 @ Phillies 1–3 Bunning Veale (8–6) — 41–38
80 July 5 @ Phillies 2–6 Roebuck Wood (0–1) Wagner 25,330 41–39
81 July 6 @ Phillies 8–4 Cardwell (8–2) Culp — 17,357 42–39
82 July 7 @ Phillies 0–1 Short Friend (4–7) — 16,632 42–40
83 July 8 Dodgers 4–9 Reed Law (8–8) — 22,247 42–41
84 July 9 Dodgers 4–1 Veale (9–6) Willhite — 16,284 43–41
85 July 10 Dodgers 4–8 Drysdale Cardwell (8–3) Perranoski 14,880 43–42
86 July 11 Dodgers 2–4 Koufax Gibbon (2–8) — 43–43
87 July 11 Dodgers 4–3 (10) Carpin (3–0) Miller — 37,631 44–43
88 July 15 @ Braves 6–9 Johnson Law (8–9) Osinski 5,180 44–44
89 July 16 @ Braves 2–12 Blasingame Veale (9–7) — 6,090 44–45
90 July 17 @ Braves 5–6 O'Dell Carpin (3–1) — 4,518 44–46
91 July 18 @ Reds 6–5 Schwall (5–3) Craig — 45–46
92 July 18 @ Reds 4–8 Jay Gibbon (2–9) McCool 25,637 45–47
93 July 19 @ Reds 3–1 Law (9–9) Nuxhall — 11,096 46–47
94 July 20 @ Reds 8–6 Veale (10–7) Ellis McBean (11) 9,669 47–47
95 July 21 Mets 0–1 Jackson Cardwell (8–4) — 22,670 47–48
96 July 23 @ Cubs 6–0 Friend (5–7) Ellsworth — 5,288 48–48
97 July 24 @ Cubs 8–5 Law (10–9) Jackson McBean (12) 9,578 49–48
98 July 25 @ Cubs 3–2 (13) Law (11–9) McDaniel — 50–48
99 July 25 @ Cubs 0–5 Faul Cardwell (8–5) — 20,777 50–49
100 July 27 Phillies 1–3 Wagner Friend (5–8) Baldschun 50–50
101 July 27 Phillies 3–2 (10) Schwall (6–3) Wagner — 21,832 51–50
102 July 28 Phillies 0–1 (14) Baldschun Schwall (6–4) — 13,207 51–51
103 July 29 Phillies 0–5 Culp Veale (10–8) — 10,160 51–52
104 July 30 Cubs 3–1 Cardwell (9–5) Broglio — 11,382 52–52
105 July 31 Cubs 6–7 Buhl Sisk (3–1) Abernathy 7,431 52–53
August: 19–9 (Home: 10–2; Away: 9–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 Cubs 8–2 McBean (3–5) Ellsworth Schwall (2) 53–53
107 August 1 Cubs 3–1 Gibbon (3–9) Jackson Schwall (3) 14,741 54–53
108 August 3 @ Mets 7–0 Law (12–9) Cisco — 24,597 55–53
109 August 4 @ Mets 3–0 Veale (11–8) Fisher Schwall (4) 20,703 56–53
110 August 5 @ Mets 11–3 Cardwell (10–5) Jackson — 19,374 57–53
111 August 6 @ Phillies 0–4 Bunning Friend (5–9) — 22,155 57–54
112 August 7 @ Phillies 4–3 McBean (4–5) Culp — 8,204 58–54
113 August 8 @ Phillies 7–1 Veale (12–8) Short — 59–54
114 August 8 @ Phillies 2–5 Herbert Sisk (3–2) — 29,260 59–55
115 August 10 @ Giants 3–4 Marichal Cardwell (10–6) — 14,457 59–56
116 August 12 @ Giants 3–4 Linzy Schwall (6–5) — 59–57
117 August 12 @ Giants 5–2 Law (13–9) Perry — 20,435 60–57
118 August 13 @ Dodgers 1–3 Osteen Veale (12–9) — 32,551 60–58
119 August 14 @ Dodgers 0–1 (10) Koufax Cardwell (10–7) — 29,237 60–59
120 August 15 @ Dodgers 4–2 Sisk (4–2) Drysdale McBean (13) 25,175 61–59
121 August 16 @ Astros 0–3 Roberts Friend (5–10) — 26,549 61–60
122 August 17 @ Astros 8–6 Law (14–9) Farrell McBean (14) 24,863 62–60
123 August 18 @ Astros 8–7 Veale (13–9) Nottebart McBean (15) 30,470 63–60
124 August 20 Braves 3–4 Blasingame Cardwell (10–8) — 18,653 63–61
125 August 21 Braves 3–0 Friend (6–10) Lemaster — 10,259 64–61
126 August 22 Braves 5–4 (11) Schwall (7–5) Osinski — 14,112 65–61
127 August 23 Giants 6–2 Law (15–9) Spahn — 15,016 66–61
128 August 24 Giants 5–2 Cardwell (11–8) Shaw — 15,497 67–61
129 August 25 Giants 3–3 — 13,348 67–61
130 August 26 Giants 8–0 Veale (14–9) Herbel — 68–61
131 August 26 Giants 6–5 Sisk (5–2) Perry McBean (16) 18,893 69–61
132 August 27 Astros 10–9 (11) McBean (5–5) Cuellar — 12,917 70–61
133 August 28 Astros 6–9 Dierker Schwall (7–6) Giusti 7,051 70–62
134 August 29 Astros 4–2 Wood (1–1) Nottebart Gibbon (1) 30,002 71–62
September: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Away: 6–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 Dodgers 3–2 (11) Gibbon (4–9) Koufax — 72–62
136 September 1 Dodgers 2–1 Law (16–9) Drysdale — 26,394 73–62
137 September 2 Dodgers 1–7 Osteen Veale (14–10) Perranoski 29,200 73–63
138 September 3 @ Braves 3–4 Johnson Cardwell (11–9) Osinski 5,349 73–64
139 September 4 @ Braves 3–8 (8) Cloninger Friend (6–11) O'Dell 2,471 73–65
140 September 5 @ Braves 2–1 Sisk (6–2) Sadowski McBean (17) 20,409 74–65
141 September 6 @ Reds 3–1 Veale (15–10) Jay — 75–65
142 September 6 @ Reds 4–2 McBean (6–5) Maloney — 16,323 76–65
143 September 7 @ Reds 0–5 Ellis Cardwell (11–10) — 7,153 76–66
144 September 8 @ Cardinals 2–1 Friend (7–11) Sadecki — 9,714 77–66
145 September 10 Reds 7–0 Veale (16–10) Jay — 20,694 78–66
146 September 11 Reds 2–3 Maloney Sisk (6–3) — 9,570 78–67
147 September 13 Reds 8–4 Law (17–9) Ellis — 1,299 79–67
148 September 14 Cardinals 2–3 Gibson Friend (7–12) Woodeshick 8,224 79–68
149 September 15 Cardinals 3–7 Sadecki Veale (16–11) Briles 6,725 79–69
150 September 16 Cardinals 1–2 Stallard McBean (6–6) Woodeshick 4,788 79–70
151 September 17 Phillies 4–0 Cardwell (12–10) Culp — 8,987 80–70
152 September 18 Phillies 4–3 Face (2–1) Steevens — 5,313 81–70
153 September 19 Phillies 1–0 (10) Veale (17–11) Baldschun — 10,026 82–70
154 September 20 Mets 10–0 Sisk (7–3) Fisher — 3,892 83–70
155 September 21 Mets 6–5 Face (3–1) Eilers — 4,660 84–70
156 September 22 Mets 6–2 Friend (8–12) McGraw — 4,964 85–70
157 September 25 @ Cubs 3–6 Hendley Veale (17–12) Abernathy 2,903 85–71
158 September 26 @ Cubs 5–3 (10) Schwall (8–6) Abernathy — 2,097 86–71
159 September 28 @ Mets 0–1 (12) Sutherland Face (3–2) — 6,995 86–72
160 September 29 @ Mets 4–2 Schwall (9–6) Selma McBean (18) 2,807 87–72
October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
161 October 1 Cubs 2–1 Face (4–2) Ellsworth — 3,441 88–72
162 October 2 Cubs 3–0 Cardwell (13–10) Jackson — 3,626 89–72
163 October 3 Cubs 6–3 Face (5–2) Abernathy McBean (19) 26,527 90–72
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1965 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Larry Shepard
AA Asheville Tourists Southern League Harding "Pete" Peterson
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Bob Clear
A Batavia Pirates New York–Penn League Tom Saffell
A Gastonia Pirates Western Carolinas League Clyde Sukeforth and Don Osborn
Rookie Salem Pirates Appalachian League George Detore

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem

Notes

  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ Tom Dettore at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Don Money at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Woodie Fryman at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

References

  • 1965 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
  • 1965 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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