Major League Baseball Season Recap 1965 World Series – Los Angeles Dodgers NL over Minnesota Twins AL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Sandy Koufax Babe Ruth Award – Sandy Koufax Awards – Major League Cy Young Award Sandy Koufax MVP Awards – NL Willie Mays AL Zoilo Versalles Major League Rookie of The Year – NL Rookie…
1965 – Detroit trades P Phil Regan to the Dodgers for IF Dick Tracewski. Regan will lead the National League in saves in 1966 while winning 14 of 15 decisions.
1965 – Eddie Stanky is named manager of the Chicago White Sox.
Jay Bell Positions: Shortstop and Second BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)Born: December 11, 1965 in Pensacola, FLDraft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gonzalez Tate HS (Pensacola, FL).High School: Gonzalez Tate HS (Pensacola, FL)Debut: September 29, 1986 (12,893rd in MLB history)vs. MIN 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 28, 2003vs. FLA 4 AB,…
1965 – The Pirates trade long-time Buc P Bob Friend to the Yankees for P Pete Mikkelsen and cash.
While giving a speech in Columbia, MO, Branch Rickey collapses and dies a few days short of his 84th birthday. Player, manager, an extraordinary judge of baseball talent, and a shrewd trader, he became perhaps the game’s most influential executive.
Cincinnati Reds trade outfielder Frank Robinson to the Baltimore Orioles
1965 – Baltimore sends OF Jackie Brandt and P Darold Knowles to the Phillies for P Jack Baldschun.
1965 – Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract with the Giants, signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000.
The Cubs trade pitcher Lindy McDaniel and outfielder Don Landrum to the Giants for catcher Randy Hundley and pitcher Bill Hands. Chicago’s new acquisitions will both play a major role in rebuilding the ‘lovable losers’ into contenders later in the decade.
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