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class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">April 12 – October 14, 1965</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of games</th><td class="infobox-data">162</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC" title="Major League Baseball on NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_CBS" title="Major League Baseball on CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_ABC" title="Major League Baseball on ABC">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1965 Major League Baseball draft">Draft</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_MLB_draft_picks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of first overall MLB draft picks">Top draft pick</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Monday" title="Rick Monday">Rick Monday</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picked by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD">Regular season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">AL</a>: <a href="/wiki/Zoilo_Versalles" title="Zoilo Versalles">Zoilo Versalles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">MIN</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">NL</a>: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">SF</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">AL champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1965 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  AL runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1965 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">NL champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  NL runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1965 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">World Series</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1965 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">World Series <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">LAD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MLB_seasons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of MLB seasons"> MLB seasons</a></th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">← 1964</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1966 Major League Baseball season">1966 →</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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title="Cardinals"><img alt="Cardinals" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a></b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Usa edcp relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1965 <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> season<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> were the regular season champions of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, respectively. The Dodgers then defeated the Twins in the <a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">World Series</a>, four games to three. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Houston_Colt_.45s" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Colt .45s">Houston Colt .45s</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>, as they moved from <a href="/wiki/Colt_Stadium" title="Colt Stadium">Colt Stadium</a> to the new <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>, becoming the first team to play their home games indoors, rather than outdoors. It was also the final season for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a>, before relocating and becoming the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> for the 1966 season. The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> officially changed their name to <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> on September 2, 1965, with only 28 games left in the season, in advance of their pending 1966 move to a new stadium in <a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim, California</a>. </p><p>In June, the first <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="Major League Baseball draft">Major League Baseball draft</a> was held in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. Teams chose players in reverse order of the previous season's standings, with picks alternating between American League and National League teams.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the first pick of the <a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1965 Major League Baseball draft">1965 MLB draft</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> took <a href="/wiki/Rick_Monday" title="Rick Monday">Rick Monday</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> from <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_baseball" title="Arizona State Sun Devils baseball">Arizona State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading 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href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th width="6%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">Home</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Road_(sports)" title="Road (sports)">Road</a> </th></tr> <tr class="MLBStandingsHighlightedRow"> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> </td> <td>97</td> <td>65 </td> <td>.599 </td> <td>— </td> <td>50‍–‍31 </td> <td>47‍–‍34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1965 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td>95</td> <td>67 </td> <td>.586 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>51‍–‍30 </td> <td>44‍–‍37 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1965 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> </td> <td>90</td> <td>72 </td> <td>.556 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>49‍–‍32 </td> <td>41‍–‍40 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1965 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> </td> <td>89</td> <td>73 </td> <td>.549 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>49‍–‍32 </td> <td>40‍–‍41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Milwaukee_Braves_season" title="1965 Milwaukee Braves season">Milwaukee Braves</a> </td> <td>86</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.531 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>44‍–‍37 </td> <td>42‍–‍39 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1965 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td>85</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.528 </td> <td>11½ </td> <td>45‍–‍35 </td> <td>40‍–‍41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1965 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>81 </td> <td>.497 </td> <td>16½ </td> <td>42‍–‍39 </td> <td>38‍–‍42 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1965 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> </td> <td>72</td> <td>90 </td> <td>.444 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>40‍–‍41 </td> <td>32‍–‍49 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Houston_Astros_season" title="1965 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a> </td> <td>65</td> <td>97 </td> <td>.401 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>36‍–‍45 </td> <td>29‍–‍52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_New_York_Mets_season" title="1965 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a> </td> <td>50</td> <td>112 </td> <td>.309 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>29‍–‍52 </td> <td>21‍–‍60 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232882159"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postseason">Postseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1965_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1965 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1965_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managers">Managers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Managers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_League_2">American League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: American League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Team </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Manager </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Comments </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a> </td> <td>Finished 3rd </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Herman" title="Billy Herman">Billy Herman</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles/California Angels</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_L%C3%B3pez" title="Al López">Al López</a> </td> <td>Finished 2nd </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birdie_Tebbetts" title="Birdie Tebbetts">Birdie Tebbetts</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dressen" title="Chuck Dressen">Chuck Dressen</a> </td> <td>Replaced temporarily by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Swift" title="Bob Swift">Bob Swift</a> while recovering from a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_McGaha" title="Mel McGaha">Mel McGaha</a> </td> <td>Replaced during the season by <a href="/wiki/Haywood_Sullivan" title="Haywood Sullivan">Haywood Sullivan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mele" title="Sam Mele">Sam Mele</a> </td> <td>Won the American League pennant </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Keane" title="Johnny Keane">Johnny Keane</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1961–71)">Washington Senators</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_League_2">National League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: National League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Team </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Manager </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Comments </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_of_Coaches" title="College of Coaches">College of Coaches</a> </td> <td>Head Coach was Bob Kennedy </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Sisler" title="Dick Sisler">Dick Sisler</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lum_Harris" title="Lum Harris">Lum Harris</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Walter Alston</a> </td> <td>Won the World Series </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves_(1953%E2%80%9365)" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)">Milwaukee Braves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bragan" title="Bobby Bragan">Bobby Bragan</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a> </td> <td>Replaced during the season by <a href="/wiki/Wes_Westrum" title="Wes Westrum">Wes Westrum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Mauch" title="Gene Mauch">Gene Mauch</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Walker" title="Harry Walker">Harry Walker</a> </td> <td>Finished 3rd </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herman_Franks" title="Herman Franks">Herman Franks</a> </td> <td>Finished 2nd </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Red Schoendienst</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_statistical_leaders">MLB statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: MLB statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sandy_Koufax.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sandy_Koufax.jpg/180px-Sandy_Koufax.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sandy_Koufax.jpg/270px-Sandy_Koufax.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sandy_Koufax.jpg/360px-Sandy_Koufax.jpg 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="1213" /></a><figcaption>Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></figcaption></figure> <table cellpadding="10"> <tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align: top"> <td> </td> <td> <table cellpadding="1" width="350px" style="font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <td> </td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <td>Type</td> <td>Name</td> <td>Stat</td> <td>Name</td> <td>Stat </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Tony Oliva</a> MIN</td> <td>.321</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Roberto Clemente</a> PIT</td> <td>.329 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Conigliaro" title="Tony Conigliaro">Tony Conigliaro</a> BOS</td> <td>32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> SF</td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Colavito" title="Rocky Colavito">Rocky Colavito</a> CLE</td> <td>108</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deron_Johnson" title="Deron Johnson">Deron Johnson</a> CIN</td> <td>130 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">Wins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mudcat_Grant" title="Mudcat Grant">Mudcat Grant</a> MIN</td> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a><sup>1</sup> LAD</td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_McDowell" title="Sam McDowell">Sam McDowell</a> CLE</td> <td>2.18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a><sup>1</sup> LAD</td> <td>2.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">SO</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_McDowell" title="Sam McDowell">Sam McDowell</a> CLE</td> <td>325</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a><sup>1</sup> LAD</td> <td>382 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">SV</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kline" title="Ron Kline">Ron Kline</a> WSH</td> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Abernathy" title="Ted Abernathy">Ted Abernathy</a> CHC</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">SB</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bert_Campaneris" title="Bert Campaneris">Bert Campaneris</a> KC</td> <td>51</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> LAD</td> <td>94 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>1</sup> <a href="/wiki/National_League_Triple_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Triple Crown">National League Triple Crown</a> Pitching Winner </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pud_Galvin" title="Pud Galvin">Pud Galvin</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zoilo_Versalles" title="Zoilo Versalles">Zoilo Versalles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>, SS (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>, OF (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Curt Blefary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, OF (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lefebvre" title="Jim Lefebvre">Jim Lefebvre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, 2B (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pepitone" title="Joe Pepitone">Joe Pepitone</a> (1B) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Richardson" title="Bobby Richardson">Bobby Richardson</a> (2B) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a> (3B) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoilo_Versalles" title="Zoilo Versalles">Zoilo Versalles</a> (SS) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tresh" title="Tom Tresh">Tom Tresh</a> (OF) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a> (OF) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> (OF) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Freehan" title="Bill Freehan">Bill Freehan</a> (C) (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> (P) (AL)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_field_attendance">Home field attendance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Home field attendance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team name </th> <th>Wins </th> <th><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr> </th> <th>Home attendance </th> <th><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Average home attendance per game">Per game</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>97 </td> <td>21.3% </td> <td>2,553,577 </td> <td>14.6% </td> <td>31,526 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>−1.5% </td> <td>2,151,470 </td> <td>196.4% </td> <td>26,561 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a><sup id="cite_ref-br_nym_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-br_nym-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>−5.7% </td> <td>1,768,389 </td> <td>2.1% </td> <td>21,566 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>95 </td> <td>5.6% </td> <td>1,546,075 </td> <td>2.8% </td> <td>19,087 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>102 </td> <td>29.1% </td> <td>1,463,258 </td> <td>21.2% </td> <td>18,065 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>80 </td> <td>−14.0% </td> <td>1,241,201 </td> <td>8.6% </td> <td>15,323 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a><sup id="cite_ref-br_nyy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-br_nyy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>−22.2% </td> <td>1,213,552 </td> <td>−7.1% </td> <td>14,621 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>85 </td> <td>−7.6% </td> <td>1,166,376 </td> <td>−18.2% </td> <td>14,580 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>95 </td> <td>−3.1% </td> <td>1,130,519 </td> <td>−9.6% </td> <td>13,957 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>89 </td> <td>−3.3% </td> <td>1,047,824 </td> <td>21.5% </td> <td>12,936 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>89 </td> <td>4.7% </td> <td>1,029,645 </td> <td>26.2% </td> <td>12,712 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>87 </td> <td>10.1% </td> <td>934,786 </td> <td>43.1% </td> <td>11,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>90 </td> <td>12.5% </td> <td>909,279 </td> <td>19.7% </td> <td>11,089 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>94 </td> <td>−3.1% </td> <td>781,649 </td> <td>−30.0% </td> <td>9,894 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>62 </td> <td>−13.9% </td> <td>652,201 </td> <td>−26.2% </td> <td>8,052 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>72 </td> <td>−5.3% </td> <td>641,361 </td> <td>−14.7% </td> <td>7,727 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles/California Angels</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>75 </td> <td>−8.5% </td> <td>566,727 </td> <td>−25.5% </td> <td>7,084 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Washington Senators</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>12.9% </td> <td>560,083 </td> <td>−6.7% </td> <td>6,915 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>86 </td> <td>−2.3% </td> <td>555,584 </td> <td>−39.0% </td> <td>6,859 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>3.5% </td> <td>528,344 </td> <td>−17.8% </td> <td>6,523 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–April"><span id="January.E2.80.93April"></span>January–April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: January–April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 31 – Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pud_Galvin" title="Pud Galvin">Pud Galvin</a> is chosen for <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> induction by the Special Veterans Committee.</li> <li>April 9 – U. S. President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Johnson">Lyndon Johnson</a> is on hand for an exhibition game between the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> and recently renamed <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>. It is the first game to be played indoors at the new Harris County Domed Stadium, which will soon be called the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>. Mickey Mantle hits the first home run in the new domed stadium.</li> <li>April 12 – The first official game at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a> is played in front of over 43,000 fans, as they watch the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> defeat the host <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Astros</a>, 2–0.</li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a>, broadcaster for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, calls today's Mets-<a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Astros</a> game from a gondola suspended above second base in the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May–August"><span id="May.E2.80.93August"></span>May–August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: May–August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 8 – The first Major League draft is held for high school and collegiate players. The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> use the first overall pick to draft <a href="/wiki/Rick_Monday" title="Rick Monday">Rick Monday</a>. In the tenth round, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> select Alvin, Texas high school pitcher <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a>.</li> <li>July 13 – At <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> hits a home run with two walks and two runs to pace the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> to a 6–5 <a href="/wiki/MLB_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> victory over the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>. <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> pitches three scoreless innings to earn Game MVP.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Maloney" title="Jim Maloney">Jim Maloney</a> walks ten <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Cubs</a>, none of whom score. <a href="/wiki/Leo_C%C3%A1rdenas" title="Leo Cárdenas">Leo Cárdenas</a> hits a <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> off of the <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>'s left field foul pole in the tenth inning for the game's only run; winning the <a href="/wiki/No_hitter" class="mw-redirect" title="No hitter">no hitter</a> for Maloney. It was Maloney's second 10 inning no-hitter of the season; he lost the first one 1–0 when the Mets scored a run on two hits in the bottom of the 11th inning.</li> <li>August 22 – A game between the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> at <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a> turns ugly when San Francisco's starting pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a>, batting against <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> in the third inning, attacks Dodgers catcher <a href="/wiki/John_Roseboro" title="John Roseboro">John Roseboro</a> with his bat. Both benches clear and a 14-minute brawl ensues, before peacemakers such as Koufax and the Giants' <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> restore order. A shaken-up Koufax then gives up a 3-run homer to Mays and the Giants win 4–3 to retake 1st place. National League president <a href="/wiki/Warren_Giles" title="Warren Giles">Warren Giles</a> suspends Marichal for eight games and fines him $1,750, and also forbids him to travel with his team to <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a> for the final series of the season against the Dodgers. Although the Giants take both games during a 14-game winning streak, the Dodgers would go on to win the pennant, using a 13-game winning streak of their own to clinch the pennant over the rival Giants on the season's next to last day.</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a> announces his retirement as manager of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, ending a fifty-five-year career as player and manager. He is the only man to have played for or managed all four of New York's Major League clubs.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September–December"><span id="September.E2.80.93December"></span>September–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: September–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> hits his 400th career home run helping the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> 5–3.</li> <li>September 9 – At <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, a duel between the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hendley" title="Bob Hendley">Bob Hendley</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> is <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect</a> until Dodger left fielder <a href="/wiki/Lou_Johnson" title="Lou Johnson">Lou Johnson</a> walks in the fifth inning. Following a sacrifice bunt, Johnson steals third base and scores on a throwing error by Cubs catcher <a href="/wiki/Chris_Krug" title="Chris Krug">Chris Krug</a>. Johnson later has the game's only hit, a 7th-inning double. Koufax's fourth no-hitter in four years is a perfect game, the first in Dodgers history. One hit by two clubs in a completed nine-inning game is also a major league record, as is the one runner left on base. The two base runners in a game is an ML record. For Chicago pitchers, it is the second one-hitter they've thrown against the Dodgers this year and lost. A week later in the rematch in Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, Hendley beats Koufax and the Dodgers, 2–1.</li> <li>September 13 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>' <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>' hits his 500th home run off the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>' <a href="/wiki/Don_Nottebart" title="Don Nottebart">Don Nottebart</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> earned his 22nd victory as the Giants beat Houston 5–1 at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>. The win is the Giants' 11th straight and gives them a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-game lead.</li> <li>September 16 – On the same day <a href="/wiki/Pinky_Higgins" title="Pinky Higgins">Pinky Higgins</a> is fired as <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> general manager, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Morehead" title="Dave Morehead">Dave Morehead</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> 2–0 before only 1,247 fans at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>. Not until <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a> in 2001 will another Red Sox pitcher hurl a no-hitter, and the next Fenway Park no-hitter won't come until 2002 (<a href="/wiki/Derek_Lowe" title="Derek Lowe">Derek Lowe</a>).</li> <li>September 18 – "Mickey Mantle Day" is celebrated at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> on the occasion of <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle's</a> 2,000th career game (all with the Yankees).</li> <li>September 25 – Though he had not pitched in the Major Leagues since 1953, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> send <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> to the mound. At (approximately) 59 years old, he is the oldest pitcher in Major League history. In three innings, he strikes out one, and gives up one hit, a single to <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a>. Paige does not earn a decision in the loss to <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston</a>, 5–2.</li> <li>September 26 – The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> gain their first American League pennant since moving from Washington in 1961, ironically by defeating the expansion <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1961–71)">Washington Senators</a> 2–1 at Washington's D.C. Stadium (which was renamed "<a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy Stadium">Robert F. Kennedy Stadium</a>" in <a href="/wiki/1969_Washington_Senators_season" title="1969 Washington Senators season">1969</a>). Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> (17–11) wins the clincher.</li> <li>October 2 – Sandy Koufax wins his 26th game as the Dodgers beat the Braves 3–1, for their 14th win in their last 15 games as they clinch the N.L. pennant.</li> <li>October 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> gives Minnesota a 2–0 <a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">World Series</a> lead by driving in two runs, defeating Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a>. The game is remembered for Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/Bob_Allison" title="Bob Allison">Bob Allison</a> remarkable sliding catch of a Jim Lefebvre line drive in the wet grass of Metropolitan Stadium.</li> <li>October 14 – Working on two days rest, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> strikes out 10 and throws a three-hit, 2–0 shutout against the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> in Game Seven of the <a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">World Series</a>, giving the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> a second World Championship in three years. Lou Johnson's 4th inning leadoff home run off the left field foul pole gives Koufax the only run he'll need. A Ron Fairly double and Wes Parker single in the same inning add an insurance run to account for the 2–0 final. Koufax, who threw complete game shutouts in games 5 and 7, is named Series MVP.</li> <li>November 22 – Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Curt Blefary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> edges <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Marcelino_L%C3%B3pez" title="Marcelino López">Marcelino López</a> for American League Rookie of the Year honors.</li> <li>November 26 – <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> second baseman <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lefebvre" title="Jim Lefebvre">Jim Lefebvre</a>, who hit .250 with 12 home runs and 69 RBI, is voted National League Rookie of the Year over <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> second baseman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> (.271, 14, 40) and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Frank_Linzy" title="Frank Linzy">Frank Linzy</a> (9–3, 43 strikeouts, 1.43 ERA).</li> <li>December 9 – Cincinnati Reds Outfielder Frank Robinson is traded to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Milt Pappas, pitcher Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson. Robinson would go on to win the Triple Crown and the Most Valuable Player in the American League for 1966.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television_coverage">Television coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Major_League_Baseball_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Television coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_ABC" title="Major League Baseball on ABC">ABC</a> provided the first-ever nationwide baseball coverage with weekly Saturday broadcasts on a regional basis. ABC paid $5.7 million for the rights to the 28 Saturday/holiday <i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week" title="Major League Baseball Game of the Week">Games of the Week</a></i>. ABC's deal<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> covered all of the teams except the <a href="/wiki/1965_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1965 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> and <a href="/wiki/1965_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1965 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (who had their own television deals) and called for two regionalized games on Saturdays, <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Labor_Day" title="Labor Day">Labor Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each Saturday, ABC broadcast two 2 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">ET</a> games and one game for the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific Time Zone</a> at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m local time. </p><p>Although MLB ended the <i>Game of the Week</i> <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">blackouts</a> in cities with MLB clubs, ABC blacked out the games in the home cities of the clubs playing those games.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, CBS continued to air its own slate of <i>Games of the Week</i> with the rights to individual teams, with its New York Yankees games in particular beating ABC in the ratings. At the end of the season, ABC declined to exercise its $6.5 million option for 1966, citing poor <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially in New York. </p><p>Although it did not air <i>Games of the Week</i> this season, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC" title="Major League Baseball on NBC">NBC</a> continued to air the <a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> and <a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">World Series</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="1965 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1965 Major League Baseball draft">1965 MLB draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1965 All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">1965 World Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Major_League_Baseball_seasons103" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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style="width:1%">Pre-modern era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beginnings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1876_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1876 Major League Baseball season">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1877 Major League Baseball season">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1878 Major League Baseball season">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1879 Major League Baseball season">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1880 Major League Baseball season">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1881 Major League Baseball season">1881</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1882_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1882 Major League Baseball season">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1883 Major League Baseball season">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1884 Major League Baseball season">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1885 Major League Baseball season">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1886 Major League Baseball season">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1887 Major League Baseball season">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1888 Major League Baseball season">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1889 Major League Baseball season">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1890 Major League Baseball season">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1891 Major League Baseball season">1891</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL monopoly</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1892_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1892 Major League Baseball season">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1893 Major League Baseball season">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1894 Major League Baseball season">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1895 Major League Baseball season">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1896 Major League Baseball season">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1897 Major League Baseball season">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1898 Major League Baseball season">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1899 Major League Baseball season">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1900 Major League Baseball season">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">Dead-ball era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1901_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1901 Major League Baseball season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1902 Major League Baseball season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1903 Major League Baseball season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1904 Major League Baseball season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1905 Major League Baseball season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1906 Major League Baseball season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1907 Major League Baseball season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1908 Major League Baseball season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1909 Major League Baseball season">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1910 Major League Baseball season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1911 Major League Baseball season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1912 Major League Baseball season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1913 Major League Baseball season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1914 Major League Baseball season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1915 Major League Baseball season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1916 Major League Baseball season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1917 Major League Baseball season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1918 Major League Baseball season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1919 Major League Baseball season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1920 Major League Baseball season">1920</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Live-ball_era" title="Live-ball era">Live-ball era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1921 Major League Baseball season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1922 Major League Baseball season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1923 Major League Baseball season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1924 Major League Baseball season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1925 Major League Baseball season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1926 Major League Baseball season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1927 Major League Baseball season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1928 Major League Baseball season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1929 Major League Baseball season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1930 Major League Baseball season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1931 Major League Baseball season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1932 Major League Baseball season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1933 Major League Baseball season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1934 Major League Baseball season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1935 Major League Baseball season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1936 Major League Baseball season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1937 Major League Baseball season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1938 Major League Baseball season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1939 Major League Baseball season">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1940 Major League Baseball season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1941 Major League Baseball season">1941</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1942_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1942 Major League Baseball season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1943 Major League Baseball season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1944 Major League Baseball season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1945 Major League Baseball season">1945</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Post-war" title="Post-war">Post-war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">integration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1946 Major League Baseball season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1947 Major League Baseball season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1948 Major League Baseball season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1949 Major League Baseball season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1950 Major League Baseball season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1951 Major League Baseball season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1952 Major League Baseball season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1953 Major League Baseball season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1954 Major League Baseball season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1955 Major League Baseball season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1956 Major League Baseball season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1957 Major League Baseball season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1958 Major League Baseball season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1959 Major League Baseball season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1960 Major League Baseball season">1960</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion">First expansion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1961 Major League Baseball season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1966 Major League Baseball season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1968 Major League Baseball season">1968</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1969 Major League Baseball expansion">Birth of division play</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1970 Major League Baseball season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1971 Major League Baseball season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1972 Major League Baseball season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1979 Major League Baseball season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1980 Major League Baseball season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1981 Major League Baseball season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1985 Major League Baseball season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1986 Major League Baseball season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1987 Major League Baseball season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1988 Major League Baseball season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1990 Major League Baseball season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1991 Major League Baseball season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1992 Major League Baseball season">1992</a></li> <li><a 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season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1999 Major League Baseball season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2000 Major League Baseball season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2001 Major League Baseball season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2002 Major League Baseball season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2003 Major League Baseball season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2004 Major League Baseball season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2005 Major League Baseball season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2006 Major League Baseball season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2007 Major League Baseball 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