September 1965 – This Day In Baseball

1965 – Don Drysdale (23-12) pitches a 3-hitter and blanks the Braves 4 – 0. Los Angeles has now won 13 straight games, seven by shutouts.

ByThis Day in Baseball September 30, 1965December 30, 2021

1965 – Don Drysdale (23-12) pitches a 3-hitter and blanks the Braves 4 – 0. Los Angeles has now won 13 straight games, seven by shutouts.

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Dave Morehead takes the loss when the Angels beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 4-3. The defeat is the right-hander’s tenth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Halos, establishing a new American League record.

ByBaseball September 28, 1965

Dave Morehead takes the loss when the Angels beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 4-3. The defeat is the right-hander’s tenth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Halos, establishing a new American League record.

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1965 – Tom Haller clouts two home runs to give the Giants an 8 – 4 win over the Cards. The Dodgers keep pace by defeating the Reds, 6 – 1.

ByBaseball September 27, 1965

1965 – Tom Haller clouts two home runs to give the Giants an 8 – 4 win over the Cards. The Dodgers keep pace by defeating the Reds, 6 – 1.

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The Braves overcome Juan Marichal to beat the Giants, 3 – 2. Don Drysdale shuts out the Cards, 1 – 0, topping the 200 mark in strikeouts for a National League-record 6th straight season. The Giants and Dodgers are now deadlocked with seven games to play.

ByThis Day in Baseball September 26, 1965December 31, 2021

The Braves overcome Juan Marichal to beat the Giants, 3 – 2. Don Drysdale shuts out the Cards, 1 – 0, topping the 200 mark in strikeouts for a National League-record 6th straight season. The Giants and Dodgers are now deadlocked with seven games to play.

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Minnesota Twins clinch their first pennant since 1933

ByBaseball September 26, 1965September 12, 2021

The Twins, who moved to Minnesota in 1961, clinch their first pennant since 1933, when the franchise played in Washington. Jim Kaat goes the distance, beating the expansion Senators at D.C. Stadium, 2-1.

Lasts

Braves play their last game in Milwaukee

ByThis Day in Baseball September 25, 1965February 16, 2020

Sept. 22, 1965. The Milwaukee Braves’ last game in County Stadium. A crowd of 12,577, heartsick that the Braves would move to Atlanta, saw them lose, 7-6, to the Dodgers in 11 innings. Eddie Mathews was nearing the end, too. He hung around until 1968, when he won a second World Series ring with the…

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Sandy Koufax blanks the Cardinals, 2 – 0. He fans 12 along the way, raising his record season total to 356. His shutout of St. Louis keeps Los Angeles a game behind the Giants.

ByBaseball September 25, 1965

Sandy Koufax blanks the Cardinals, 2 – 0. He fans 12 along the way, raising his record season total to 356. His shutout of St. Louis keeps Los Angeles a game behind the Giants.

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In Houston, the Reds’ Jim Maloney allows two hits in beating Houston, 1 – 0.

ByBaseball September 25, 1965

In Houston, the Reds’ Jim Maloney allows two hits in beating Houston, 1 – 0.

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Mays also becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a season

ByBaseball September 25, 1965September 11, 2021

Willie Mays, who hit 51 round-trippers in 1955, joins Ralph Kiner as only the second National Leaguer to have more than one 50-home run season. The milestone homer, a fourth-inning two-run blast off Bob Sadowski, helps the Giants to beat Milwaukee at Candlestick Park, 7-5.

20 Wins

Mudcat Grant throws a one-hitter to beat the Senators at D.C. Stadium, 5-0, becoming the first black player in the American League to win twenty games. Don Blasingame’s third-inning double spoils the 30 year-old right-hander’s bid for a no-hitter.

ByThis Day in Baseball September 25, 1965September 11, 2021

Mudcat Grant throws a one-hitter to beat the Senators at D.C. Stadium, 5-0, becoming the first black player in the American League to win twenty games. Don Blasingame’s third-inning double spoils the 30 year-old right-hander’s bid for a no-hitter.

Month: September 1965

1965 – Don Drysdale (23-12) pitches a 3-hitter and blanks the Braves 4 – 0. Los Angeles has now won 13 straight games, seven by shutouts.

Dave Morehead takes the loss when the Angels beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 4-3. The defeat is the right-hander’s tenth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Halos, establishing a new American League record.

1965 – Tom Haller clouts two home runs to give the Giants an 8 – 4 win over the Cards. The Dodgers keep pace by defeating the Reds, 6 – 1.

The Braves overcome Juan Marichal to beat the Giants, 3 – 2. Don Drysdale shuts out the Cards, 1 – 0, topping the 200 mark in strikeouts for a National League-record 6th straight season. The Giants and Dodgers are now deadlocked with seven games to play.

Minnesota Twins clinch their first pennant since 1933

Braves play their last game in Milwaukee

Sandy Koufax blanks the Cardinals, 2 – 0. He fans 12 along the way, raising his record season total to 356. His shutout of St. Louis keeps Los Angeles a game behind the Giants.

In Houston, the Reds’ Jim Maloney allows two hits in beating Houston, 1 – 0.

Mays also becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a season

Mudcat Grant throws a one-hitter to beat the Senators at D.C. Stadium, 5-0, becoming the first black player in the American League to win twenty games. Don Blasingame’s third-inning double spoils the 30 year-old right-hander’s bid for a no-hitter.

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