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1965 World Series (4-3): Los Angeles Dodgers (97-65) over Minnesota Twins (102-60)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1965 at Metrop. Stad (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     2 10  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  6    0  0  1    0  0  x     8 10  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Drysdale, Reed (3), Brewer (5), Perranoski (7)
              MIN - Grant

               WP - Mudcat Grant
	       LP - Don Drysdale
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Fairly
              MIN - Mincher, Versalles

  ATTENDANCE: 47,797

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1965 at Metrop. Stad (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  7  3
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  2    1  2  x     5  9  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Koufax, Perranoski (7), Miller (8)
              MIN - Kaat

               WP - Jim Kaat
	       LP - Sandy Koufax
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 48,700

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1965 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    2  1  1    0  0  x     4 10  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Pascual, Merritt (6), Klippstein (8)
              LAD - Osteen

               WP - Claude Osteen
	       LP - Camilo Pascual
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,934

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1965 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0     2  5  2
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  1  0    1  0  3    0  1  x     7 10  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Grant, Worthington (6), Pleis (8)
              LAD - Drysdale

               WP - Don Drysdale
	       LP - Mudcat Grant
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Killebrew, Oliva
              LAD - Johnson, Parker

  ATTENDANCE: 55,920

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1965 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  2    1  0  0    2  0  x     7 14  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Kaat, Boswell (3), Perry (6)
              LAD - Koufax

               WP - Sandy Koufax
	       LP - Jim Kaat
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,801

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1965 at Metrop. Stad (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  6  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    2  0  3    0  0  x     5  6  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Osteen, Reed (6), Miller (8)
              MIN - Grant

               WP - Mudcat Grant
	       LP - Claude Osteen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Fairly
              MIN - Allison, Grant

  ATTENDANCE: 49,578

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1965 at Metrop. Stad (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Koufax
              MIN - Kaat, Worthington (4), Klippstein (6), Merritt (7), Perry (9)

               WP - Sandy Koufax
	       LP - Jim Kaat
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Johnson
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,596

Series MVP - Sandy Koufax

Series Batting Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Jim Brewer          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   0  0  .000  .091   0
*Willie Crawford     2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  27   4  0  .148  .355   2
*Willie Davis        7  26  3  6  0  0  0   0  0  2  .231  .259  .231  3 | 558 133 10  .238  .609  25
 Don Drysdale        3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 | 130  39  7  .300  .839   0
*Ron Fairly          7  29  7 11  3  0  2   6  0  1  .379  .379  .690  0 | 555 152  9  .274  .738   2
#Jim Gilliam         7  28  2  6  1  0  0   2  1  0  .214  .267  .250  0 | 372 104  4  .280  .758   9
 Lou Johnson         7  27  3  8  2  0  2   4  1  3  .296  .321  .593  0 | 468 121 12  .259  .706  15
 John Kennedy        4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 105  18  1  .171  .472   1
 Sandy Koufax        3   9  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  5  .111  .200  .111  0 | 113  20  0  .177  .437   0
#Jim Lefebvre        3  10  2  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  .400  .400  .400  0 | 544 136 12  .250  .706   3
 Don LeJohn          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  78  20  0  .256  .583   0
 Bob Miller          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   0  0  .000  .059   0
*Wally Moon          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  89  18  1  .202  .574   2
*Claude Osteen       2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 |  99  12  0  .121  .288   0
#Wes Parker          7  23  3  7  0  1  1   2  3  3  .304  .407  .522  2 | 542 129  8  .238  .686  13
*Ron Perranoski      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  19   3  0  .158  .396   0
 Howie Reed          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   0  0  .000  .250   0
*Johnny Roseboro     7  21  1  6  1  0  0   3  5  3  .286  .423  .333  1 | 437 102  8  .233  .600   1
 Dick Tracewski      6  17  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  5  .118  .167  .118  0 | 186  40  1  .215  .576   2
#Maury Wills         7  30  3 11  3  0  0   3  1  3  .367  .387  .467  3 | 650 186  0  .286  .659  94
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 234 24 64 10  1  5  21 13 31  .274  .320  .389  9 |         78  .245  .643 172

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Minnesota Twins

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Bob Allison         5  16  3  2  1  0  1   2  2  9  .125  .222  .375  1 | 438 102 23  .233  .787  10
 Earl Battey         7  25  1  3  0  1  0   2  0  5  .120  .120  .200  0 | 394 117  6  .297  .784   0
 Dave Boswell        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  38  12  0  .316  .701   0
 Mudcat Grant        3   8  3  2  1  0  1   3  0  1  .250  .250  .750  0 |  97  15  0  .155  .439   0
*Jimmie Hall         2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  5  .143  .250  .143  0 | 522 149 20  .285  .811  14
*Jim Kaat            3   6  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  5  .167  .167  .167  0 |  93  23  1  .247  .588   2
 Harmon Killebrew    7  21  2  6  0  0  1   2  6  4  .286  .444  .429  0 | 401 108 25  .269  .885   0
 Johnny Klippstein   2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   8   0  0  .000  .111   0
*Jim Merritt         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  22   3  0  .136  .376   0
*Don Mincher         7  23  3  3  0  0  1   1  2  7  .130  .200  .261  0 | 346  87 22  .251  .853   1
 Joe Nossek          6  20  0  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 | 170  37  2  .218  .556   2
*Tony Oliva          7  26  2  5  1  0  1   2  1  6  .192  .222  .346  0 | 576 185 16  .321  .869  19
 Camilo Pascual      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  60  12  2  .200  .543   0
#Jim Perry           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  53   9  0  .170  .426   0
*Bill Pleis          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Frank Quilici       7  20  2  4  2  0  0   1  4  3  .200  .333  .300  0 | 149  31  0  .208  .535   1
 Rich Rollins        3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 | 469 117  5  .249  .642   4
*Sandy Valdespino    5  11  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  1  .273  .273  .364  0 | 245  64  1  .261  .641   7
 Zoilo Versalles     7  28  3  8  1  1  1   4  2  7  .286  .333  .500  1 | 666 182 19  .273  .781  27
 Al Worthington      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   1  0  .100  .350   0
 Jerry Zimmerman     2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 154  33  1  .214  .528   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 215 20 42  7  2  6  19 19 54  .195  .261  .330  2 |        150  .254  .721  92

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Sandy Koufax        3   0.38 2-1  0  2 24.0 13  1  5 29 | 26-8  336  2.04  0.86 382  2
*Claude Osteen       2   0.64 1-1  0  1 14.0  9  1  5  4 | 15-15 287  2.79  1.15 162   
 Don Drysdale        2   3.86 1-1  0  1 11.7 12  5  3 15 | 23-12 308  2.77  1.09 210  1
*Ron Perranoski      2   7.36 0-0  0  0  3.7  3  3  4  1 |  6-6  105  2.24  1.19  53 17
 Howie Reed          2   8.10 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  3  2  4 |  7-5   78  3.12  1.28  47  1
*Jim Brewer          1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  3  1  0  1 |  3-2   49  1.82  1.24  31  2
 Bob Miller          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  0  0 |  6-7  103  2.97  1.05  77  9
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.10 4-3  0  4 60.0 42 14 19 54 |            2.81 1.120   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Minnesota Twins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mudcat Grant        3   2.74 2-1  0  2 23.0 22  7  2 12 | 21-7  270  3.30  1.16 142   
*Jim Kaat            3   3.77 1-2  0  1 14.3 18  6  2  6 | 18-11 264  2.83  1.25 154  2
 Camilo Pascual      1   5.40 0-1  0  0  5.0  8  3  1  0 |  9-3  156  3.35  1.21  96   
 Jim Perry           2   4.50 0-0  0  0  4.0  5  2  2  4 | 12-7  168  2.63  1.13  88   
 Al Worthington      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  2  0  2  2 | 10-7   80  2.13  1.22  59 21
*Jim Merritt         2   2.70 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  1  0  1 |  5-4   77  3.17  1.15  61  2
 Dave Boswell        1   3.38 0-0  0  0  2.7  3  1  2  3 |  6-5  106  3.40  1.16  85   
 Johnny Klippstein   2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  2  0  2  3 |  9-3   76  2.24  1.18  59  5
*Bill Pleis          1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  0  0 |  4-4   51  2.98  1.48  33  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.15 3-4  0  3 60.0 64 21 13 31 |            3.14 1.220   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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