1965 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1965 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3); Sandy Koufax, MVP
 * All-Star Game, July 13 at Metropolitan Stadium: National League, 6-5; Juan Marichal, MVP

Other champions

 * College World Series: Arizona State
 * Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4-1)
 * Little League World Series: Windsor Locks, Connecticut

Awards and honors

 * Most Valuable Player
 * Zoilo Versalles (AL)
 * Willie Mays (NL)
 * Cy Young Award
 * Sandy Koufax
 * Rookie of the Year
 * Curt Blefary (AL)
 * Jim Lefebvre (NL)

Events

 * January 31 - Pitcher Pud Galvin is chosen for Hall of Fame induction by the Special Veterans Committee.


 * July 13 - At Minnesota, Willie Mays hits a home run with two walks and two runs to pace the National League to a 6–5 All-Star Game victory over the American League. Juan Marichal pitches three scoreless innings to earn Game MVP.


 * September 9 - A duel between the Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax and Bob Hendley of the Chicago Cubs was perfect until Dodger left fielder Lou Johnson walked in the fifth inning. Following a sacrifice bunt, Johnson stole third base and scored on a throwing error by Cubs catcher Chris Krug. Johnson later had the game's only hit, a 7th-inning single. Koufax's fourth no-hitter in four years is a perfect game, just the only 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 a ML record. For Chicago pitchers, it was the second one-hitter they've threw against the Dodgers this year and lost.


 * September 13 - The San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays' hits his 500th home run off the Houston Astros' Don Nottebart, and Juan Marichal earned his 22nd victory as the Giants beat Houston 5-1 at the Astrodome. The win is the Giants' 11th straight and gives them a two and a half game lead.


 * September 26 - The Minnesota Twins gain their first American League pennant since moving from Washington in 1961, ironically by defeating the expansion Washington Senators 2-1 at Washington D.C.'s Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. Minnesota's Jim Kaat (17-11) wins the clincher.


 * October 7 - Jim Kaat gives Minnesota a 2-0 World Series lead by driving in two runs, defeating Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium. The game is remembered for Minnesota's Bob Allison sliding remarkable catch in the wet grass of Metropolitan Stadium.


 * October 14 - Working on two days rest, Sandy Koufax throws a three-hitter 2–0 shutout against the Minnesota Twins in Game Seven of the World Series, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a second World Championship in three years. He is named Series MVP.

Births

 * March 2 - Ron Gant
 * March 9 - Benito Santiago
 * March 12 - Steve Finley
 * March 14 - Kevin Brown
 * July 3 - Greg Vaughn
 * September 9 - Todd Zeile
 * October 6 - Rubén Sierra
 * November 28 - Matt Williams
 * December 11 - Jay Bell
 * December 14 - Craig Biggio

Deaths

 * January 5 - Dick Lundy, 66, All-Star shortstop and manager of the Negro Leagues
 * January 26 - Bingo DeMoss, 75, second baseman of the Negro Leagues
 * February 8 - Ray Brown, 56, All-Star pitcher for the Negro Leagues' Homestead Grays
 * March 5 - Pepper Martin, 61, 4-time All-Star with the Cardinals who led the league in steals three times
 * March 6 - Wally Schang, 75, American League catcher for 19 seasons, including three world champions
 * March 9 - Frank Graham, 71, New York sportswriter for 50 years
 * March 19 - John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, 80, shortstop of the Negro Leagues who became known as the "black Honus Wagner"
 * August 29 - Paul Waner, 62, Hall of Fame right fielder who won three batting titles and the NL's 1927 MVP award with the Pittsburgh Pirates, becoming the seventh player to make 3000 hits
 * September 22 - Biz Mackey, 68, 5-time All-Star catcher and manager of the Negro Leagues
 * October 29 - Bill McKechnie, 79, Hall of Fame manager who became the first person to lead three different teams to pennants: the Pirates (1925), Cardinals (1928), and Reds (1939-40), winning the World Series in 1925 and 1940
 * December 9 - Branch Rickey, 83, executive who revolutionized the game first by establishing the farm system of player development, and again by signing Jackie Robinson to integrate the major leagues