# 1965 Washington Senators season

The 1965 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

## Offseason

* November 30, 1964: Tim Cullen was drafted by the Senators from the Boston Red Sox in the 1964 first-year draft.
* December 1, 1964: Chuck Hinton was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Woodie Held and Bob Chance.
* December 4, 1964: Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and $100,000 were traded by the Senators to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Frank Howard, Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 51‍–‍30 |
| Chicago White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 7 | 48‍–‍33 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 94 | 68 | .580 | 8 | 46‍–‍33 | 48‍–‍35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 73 | .549 | 13 | 47‍–‍34 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 87 | 75 | .537 | 15 | 52‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍45 |
| New York Yankees | 77 | 85 | .475 | 25 | 40‍–‍43 | 37‍–‍42 |
| Los Angeles/California Angels | 75 | 87 | .463 | 27 | 46‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍53 |
| Washington Senators | 70 | 92 | .432 | 32 | 36‍–‍45 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 40 | 34‍–‍47 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 103 | .364 | 43 | 33‍–‍48 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1965 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | 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.

### Notable transactions

* June 8, 1965: Joe Coleman was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.
* June 8, 1965: Tom Ragland was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Mike Brumley | 79 | 216 | 45 | .208 | 3 | 15 |
| 1B | Dick Nen | 69 | 246 | 64 | .260 | 6 | 31 |
| 2B | Don Blasingame | 129 | 403 | 90 | .223 | 1 | 18 |
| SS | Ed Brinkman | 154 | 444 | 82 | .185 | 5 | 35 |
| 3B | Ken McMullen | 150 | 555 | 146 | .263 | 18 | 54 |
| LF | Frank Howard | 149 | 516 | 149 | .289 | 21 | 84 |
| CF | Don Lock | 143 | 418 | 90 | .215 | 16 | 39 |
| RF | Jim King | 120 | 258 | 55 | .213 | 14 | 49 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Ken Hamlin | 117 | 362 | 99 | .273 | 4 | 22 |
| Woodie Held | 122 | 332 | 82 | .247 | 16 | 54 |
| Willie Kirkland | 123 | 312 | 72 | .231 | 14 | 54 |
| Don Zimmer | 95 | 226 | 45 | .199 | 2 | 17 |
| Joe Cunningham | 95 | 201 | 46 | .229 | 3 | 20 |
| Bob Chance | 72 | 199 | 51 | .256 | 4 | 14 |
| Doug Camilli | 75 | 193 | 37 | .192 | 3 | 18 |
| Jim French | 13 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 1 | 7 |
| Fred Valentine | 12 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe McCabe | 14 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 5 |
| Roy Sievers | 12 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Casanova | 5 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 1 |
| Brant Alyea | 8 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 2 | 6 |
| Chuck Cottier | 7 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Pete Richert | 34 | 194.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.60 | 161 |
| Phil Ortega | 35 | 179.2 | 12 | 15 | 5.11 | 88 |
| Joe Coleman | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 7 |
| Pete Craig | 3 | 14.1 | 0 | 3 | 8.16 | 2 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Buster Narum | 46 | 173.2 | 4 | 12 | 4.46 | 86 |
| Mike McCormick | 44 | 158.0 | 8 | 8 | 3.36 | 88 |
| Bennie Daniels | 33 | 116.1 | 5 | 13 | 4.72 | 42 |
| Howie Koplitz | 33 | 106.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.05 | 59 |
| Frank Kreutzer | 33 | 85.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.32 | 65 |
| Jim Duckworth | 17 | 64.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.94 | 74 |
| Jim Hannan | 4 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 | 5 |
| Dallas Green | 6 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 | 6 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ron Kline | 74 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 2.63 | 52 |
| Steve Ridzik | 63 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4.02 | 72 |
| Marshall Bridges | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 | 39 |
| Ryne Duren | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.65 | 18 |
| Nick Willhite | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 3 |
| Barry Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | George Case |
| AA | York White Roses | Eastern League | Billy Klaus |
| A | Burlington Senators | Carolina League | Owen Friend |
| A | Geneva Senators | New York–Penn League | Wayne Terwilliger |
| Rookie | Wytheville Senators | Appalachian League | Lee Anthony |