1965 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3)

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

1964 WS / 1966 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 6, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium (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

  Thursday, October 7, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium (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

  Saturday, October 9, 1965 at Dodger Stadium (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

  Sunday, October 10, 1965 at Dodger Stadium (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

  Monday, October 11, 1965 at Dodger Stadium (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

  Wednesday, October 13, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium (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

  Thursday, October 14, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium (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

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jim Brewer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091
Willie Crawford	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	52	27	10	4	0	0	2	.148	.355
Willie Davis	7	26	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.259	.231	.490	3	0	142	558	52	133	10	57	25	.238	.609
Don Drysdale	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	58	130	18	39	7	19	0	.300	.839
Ron Fairly	7	29	7	11	3	0	2	6	0	1	.379	.379	.690	1.069	0	0	158	555	73	152	9	70	2	.274	.738
Jim Gilliam	7	28	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	.214	.267	.250	.517	0	0	111	372	54	104	4	39	9	.280	.758
Lou Johnson	7	27	3	8	2	0	2	4	1	3	.296	.321	.593	.914	0	1	131	468	57	121	12	58	15	.259	.706
John Kennedy	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	104	105	12	18	1	5	1	.171	.472
Sandy Koufax	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0	43	113	4	20	0	7	0	.177	.437
Jim Lefebvre	3	10	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	157	544	57	136	12	69	3	.250	.706
Don LeJohn	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	78	2	20	0	7	0	.256	.583
Bob Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059
Wally Moon	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	53	89	6	18	1	11	2	.202	.574
Claude Osteen	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	42	99	6	12	0	2	0	.121	.288
Wes Parker	7	23	3	7	0	1	1	2	3	3	.304	.407	.522	.929	2	0	154	542	80	129	8	51	13	.238	.687
Ron Perranoski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	59	19	0	3	0	0	0	.158	.396
Howie Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	12	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250
John Roseboro	7	21	1	6	1	0	0	3	5	3	.286	.423	.333	.756	1	2	136	437	42	102	8	57	1	.233	.601
Dick Tracewski	6	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.118	.167	.118	.284	0	1	78	186	17	40	1	20	2	.215	.577
Maury Wills	7	30	3	11	3	0	0	3	1	3	.367	.387	.467	.854	3	2	158	650	92	186	0	33	94	.286	.660
Totals	82	234	24	64	10	1	5	21	13	31	.274	.320	.389	.709	9	6	162	5425	608	1329	78		172	.245	.647

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bob Allison	5	16	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	9	.125	.222	.375	.597	1	0	135	438	71	102	23	78	10	.233	.787
Earl Battey	7	25	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	5	.120	.120	.200	.320	0	0	131	394	36	117	6	60	0	.297	.783
Dave Boswell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	38	7	12	0	1	0	.316	.702
Mudcat Grant	3	8	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	.250	.250	.750	1.000	0	0	50	97	13	15	0	8	0	.155	.438
Jimmie Hall	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	148	522	81	149	20	86	14	.285	.810
Jim Kaat	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	56	93	6	23	1	9	2	.247	.588
Harmon Killebrew	7	21	2	6	0	0	1	2	6	4	.286	.444	.429	.873	0	0	113	401	78	108	25	75	0	.269	.885
Johnny Klippstein	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111
Jim Merritt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	16	22	1	3	0	3	0	.136	.376
Don Mincher	7	23	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	7	.130	.200	.261	.461	0	0	128	346	43	87	22	65	1	.251	.853
Joe Nossek	6	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	87	170	19	37	2	16	2	.218	.556
Tony Oliva	7	26	2	5	1	0	1	2	1	6	.192	.222	.346	.568	0	0	149	576	107	185	16	98	19	.321	.870
Camilo Pascual	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	60	7	12	2	8	0	.200	.542
Jim Perry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	53	3	9	0	3	0	.170	.426
Bill Pleis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Frank Quilici	7	20	2	4	2	0	0	1	4	3	.200	.333	.300	.633	0	1	56	149	16	31	0	7	1	.208	.536
Rich Rollins	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	140	469	59	117	5	32	4	.249	.641
Sandy Valdespino	5	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.364	.636	0	0	108	245	38	64	1	22	7	.261	.641
Zoilo Versalles	7	28	3	8	1	1	1	4	2	7	.286	.333	.500	.833	1	1	160	666	126	182	19	77	27	.273	.781
Al Worthington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	10	1	1	0	0	0	.100	.350
Jerry Zimmerman	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	83	154	8	33	1	11	0	.214	.529
Totals	82	215	20	42	7	2	6	19	19	54	.195	.261	.330	.591	2	2	162	5488	774	1396	150		92	.254	.722

Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jim Brewer	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	1.500	19	2	1.82	3	2	2	49.1	33	28	31	1.236
Don Drysdale	2	2	3.86	1	1	0	1	11.2	12	5	3	15	1.286	44	42	2.77	23	12	1	308.1	270	66	210	1.090
Sandy Koufax	3	3	0.38	2	1	0	2	24.0	13	1	5	29	0.750	43	41	2.04	26	8	2	335.2	216	71	382	0.855
Bob Miller	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0.000	61	1	2.97	6	7	9	103.0	82	26	77	1.049
Claude Osteen	2	2	0.64	1	1	0	1	14.0	9	1	5	4	1.000	40	40	2.79	15	15	0	287.0	253	78	162	1.153
Ron Perranoski	2	0	7.36	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	3	4	1	1.909	59	0	2.24	6	6	17	104.2	85	40	53	1.194
Howie Reed	2	0	8.10	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	3	2	4	1.200	38	5	3.12	7	5	1	78.0	73	27	47	1.282
Totals	14	7	2.10	4	3	0	4	60.0	42	14	19	54	1.017	162	162	2.811	97	65		1476.0	1223	425	1079	1.117

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Dave Boswell	1	0	3.38	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	2	3	1.875	27	12	3.40	6	5	0	106.0	77	46	85	1.160
Mudcat Grant	3	3	2.74	2	1	0	2	23.0	22	7	2	12	1.043	41	39	3.30	21	7	0	270.1	252	61	142	1.158
Jim Kaat	3	3	3.77	1	2	0	1	14.1	18	6	2	6	1.395	45	42	2.83	18	11	2	264.1	267	63	154	1.248
Johnny Klippstein	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	2	3	1.500	56	0	2.24	9	3	5	76.1	59	31	59	1.179
Jim Merritt	2	0	2.70	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	0	1	0.600	16	9	3.17	5	4	2	76.2	68	20	61	1.148
Camilo Pascual	1	1	5.40	0	1	0	0	5.0	8	3	1	0	1.800	27	27	3.35	9	3	0	156.0	126	63	96	1.212
Jim Perry	2	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	4	1.750	36	19	2.63	12	7	0	167.2	142	47	88	1.127
Bill Pleis	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	0	2.000	41	2	2.98	4	4	4	51.1	49	27	33	1.481
Al Worthington	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	2	1.000	62	0	2.13	10	7	21	80.1	57	41	59	1.220
Totals	17	7	3.15	3	4	0	3	60.0	64	21	13	31	1.283	162	162	3.137	102	60		1457.1	1278	503	934	1.222

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