1965 Chicago White Sox season

1965 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
White Sox Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Al López
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)
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The 1965 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 65th season in the major leagues, and its 66th season overall. They finished with a record 95–67, good enough for second place in the American League, 7 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

• October 15, 1964: Rudy May was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Heath and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Joel Gibson (minors) to the White Sox on November 23.^[1]
• October 19, 1964: Don Mossi was released by the White Sox.^[2]
• December 1, 1964: Ray Herbert and Jeoff Long were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Danny Cater and Lee Elia.^[3]
• January 20, 1965: Cam Carreon was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians, and Jim Landis, Mike Hershberger and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics as part of a three-team trade. Tommy John, Tommie Agee and Johnny Romano were traded by the Indians to the White Sox, and Rocky Colavito was traded by the Athletics to the Indians. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Fred Talbot to the Athletics on February 10.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Minnesota Twins	102	60	.630	--
Chicago White Sox	95	67	.586	7
Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	8
Detroit Tigers	89	73	.549	13
Cleveland Indians	87	75	.537	15
New York Yankees	77	85	.475	25
California Angels	75	87	.463	27
Washington Senators	70	92	.432	32
Boston Red Sox	62	100	.383	40
Kansas City Athletics	59	103	.364	43

Record vs. opponents

1965 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA/ CAL	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	11–7	9–9	10–8	11–7	11–7	13–5	8–10	13–5	8–10
Boston	7–11	—	4–14	8–10	6–12	11–7	5–13	1–17	9–9	11–7
Chicago	9–9	14–4	—	10–8	9–9	13–5	12–6	7–11	8–10	13–5
Cleveland	8–10	10–8	8–10	—	9–9	9–9	9–9	11–7	12–6	11–7
Detroit	7–11	12–6	9–9	9–9	—	13–5	10–8	8–10	10–8	11–7
Kansas City	7–11	7–11	5–13	9–9	5–13	—	5–13	8–10	7–11	6–12
Los Angeles/California	5–13	13–5	6–12	9–9	8–10	13–5	—	9–9	6–12	6–12
Minnesota	10–8	17–1	11–7	7–11	10–8	10–8	9–9	—	13–5	15–3
New York	5–13	9–9	10–8	6–12	8–10	11–7	12–6	5–13	—	11–7
Washington	10–8	7–11	5–13	7–11	7–11	12–6	12–6	3–15	7–11	—

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

Opening Day lineup

• Don Buford, 2b
• Floyd Robinson, rf
• Johnny Romano, c
• Pete Ward, 3b
• Ron Hansen, ss
• Bill Skowron, 1b
• Danny Cater, lf
• Ken Berry, cf
• Gary Peters, p

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1965: Danny Lazar was drafted by the White Sox in the 31st round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Roster

1965 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 47 Greg Bollo 30 John Buzhardt 28 Eddie Fisher 20 Joe Horlen 19 Bruce Howard 25 Tommy John 17 Frank Lary 23 Bob Locker 43 Gary Peters 32 Juan Pizarro 31 Hoyt Wilhelm 26 Ted Wills		Catchers  2 Smoky Burgess 46 Duane Josephson 12 J. C. Martin  5 Johnny Romano 18 Jimmie Schaffer Infielders  7 Don Buford 18 Gene Freese  4 Ron Hansen 24 Tommy McCraw 14 Bill Skowron  8 Pete Ward  6 Al Weis		Outfielders  1 Tommie Agee 17,16 Ken Berry  9 Danny Cater 44 Jim Hicks 11 Dave Nicholson  3 Floyd Robinson 40 Bill Voss Other batters 34 Bill Heath 26 Dick Kenworthy 29 Marv Staehle		Manager 10 Al López Coaches 37 Ray Berres 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge 36 Charlie Metro

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Tommie Agee, CF,RF	10	19	2	3	1	0	0	3	2	6	.158	0
Ken Berry, CF	157	472	51	103	17	4	12	42	28	96	.218	4
Don Buford, 2B,3B	155	586	93	166	22	5	10	47	67	76	.283	17
Smoky Burgess, C	80	77	2	22	4	0	2	24	11	7	.286	0
Danny Cater, LF,3B	142	514	74	139	18	4	14	55	33	65	.270	3
Gene Freese, 3B	17	32	2	9	0	1	1	4	5	9	.281	0
Ron Hansen, SS	162	587	61	138	23	4	11	66	60	73	.235	1
Bill Heath, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jim Hicks, RF,LF	13	19	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	9	.263	0
Duane Josephson, C	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	0
Dick Kenworthy, PH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
J. C. Martin, C,1B	119	230	21	60	12	0	2	21	24	29	.261	2
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF	133	273	38	65	12	1	5	21	25	48	.238	12
Dave Nicholson, OF	54	85	11	13	2	1	2	12	9	40	.153	0
Floyd Robinson, RF,LF	156	577	70	153	15	6	14	66	76	51	.265	4
Johnny Romano, C,LF	122	356	39	86	11	0	18	48	59	74	.242	0
Jimmie Schaffer, C	17	31	2	6	3	1	0	1	3	4	.194	0
Bill Skowron, 1B	146	559	63	153	24	3	18	78	32	77	.274	1
Marv Staehle, PH	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.429	0
Bill Voss, RF	11	33	4	6	0	1	1	3	3	5	.182	0
Pete Ward, 3B	138	507	62	125	25	3	10	57	56	83	.247	2
Al Weis, 2B,SS,CF	103	135	29	40	4	3	1	12	12	22	.296	4

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
John Buzhardt, P	34	56	2	7	0	0	0	3	5	23	.125	0
Eddie Fisher, P	82	29	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	12	.138	0
Joe Horlen, P	34	68	0	9	1	0	0	2	5	12	.132	0
Bruce Howard, P	30	41	1	6	2	1	0	3	4	18	.146	0
Tommy John, P	39	59	4	10	1	0	1	2	3	22	.169	0
Frank Lary, P	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	0
Bob Locker, P	51	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	0
Gary Peters, P	42	72	2	13	1	0	1	6	2	15	.181	0
Juan Pizarro, P	19	34	5	8	0	0	1	4	2	10	.235	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	66	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.000	0
Ted Wills, P	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0
Team totals	162	5509	647	1354	200	38	125	587	533	916	.246	50

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Greg Bollo	0	0	3.57	15	0	0	22.2	12	11	9	5	10	16
John Buzhardt	13	8	3.01	32	30	1	188.2	167	69	63	12	65	108
Eddie Fisher	15	7	2.40	82	0	24	165.1	118	51	44	13	51	90
Joe Horlen	13	13	2.88	34	34	0	219.0	203	88	70	16	48	125
Bruce Howard	9	8	3.47	30	22	0	148.0	123	61	57	13	77	120
Tommy John	14	7	3.09	39	27	3	183.2	162	67	63	12	64	126
Frank Lary	1	0	4.05	14	1	2	26.2	23	12	12	4	9	14
Bob Locker	5	2	3.15	51	0	2	91.1	71	36	32	6	40	69
Gary Peters	10	12	3.62	33	30	0	176.1	181	76	71	19	71	95
Juan Pizarro	6	3	3.43	18	18	0	97.0	96	42	37	9	40	65
Hoyt Wilhelm	7	7	1.81	66	0	20	144.0	88	34	29	11	39	106
Ted Wills	2	0	2.84	15	0	1	19.0	17	8	6	2	16	12
Team totals	95	67	2.99	162	162	53	1481.2	1261	555	493	122	530	946

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pacific Coast League	George Noga
AA	Lynchburg White Sox	Southern League	Gordon Maltzberger
A	Tidewater Tides	Carolina League	Allen Jones
A	Sarasota Sun Sox	Florida State League	Don Bacon
A	Clinton C-Sox	Midwest League	Ira Hutchinson
Rookie	FRL White Sox	Florida Rookie League	Frank Parenti

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater^[6]

Notes

1. Rudy May page at Baseball Reference
2. Don Mossi page at Baseball Reference
3. Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
4. Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
5. Danny Lazar page at Baseball Reference
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1965 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference