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Major League Baseball Season Recap 1965

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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…

Jay Bell Stats & Facts

Jay Bell Stats & Facts

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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,…

History of the World Series – 1965

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History of the World Series – 1965 While Koufax, coming off a 26-8 season in which he boasted a 2.04 earned-run average and tossed a perfect game (his fourth no-hitter in four seasons), obviously had Series-opener credentials, he didn’t start Game 1 because it fell on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Drysdale got the…

Retired Air Force Lieutenant General William Eckert becomes the fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Retired Air Force Lieutenant General William Eckert becomes the fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball

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By a unanimous vote of the owners, retired Air Force Lieutenant General William Eckert becomes the fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball, succeeding the retiring Ford Frick, who served 14 years in the position. The game’s unfamiliar new leader, who hasn’t attended a game in a decade, will quickly be dubbed in the press as “the Unknown Soldier.”

 San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, who hit .312 with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named National League MVP. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who, pitching for the Dodgers, had a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games, allowed just 5.79 hits per nine innings, and struck out 382 batters.
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 San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, who hit .312 with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named National League MVP. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who, pitching for the Dodgers, had a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games, allowed just 5.79 hits per nine innings, and struck out 382 batters.

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1965 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, who hit .312 with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named National League MVP. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who, pitching for the Dodgers, had a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games, allowed just 5.79 hits per nine innings, and struck out 382 batters.

1965 – The St. Louis Cardinals trade two of their mainstays, sending 1B Bill White and SS Dick Groat to the Philadelphia Phillies for OF Alex Johnson, P Art Mahaffey and C Pat Corrales. St. Louis also throws in C Bob Uecker.

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1965 – The St. Louis Cardinals trade two of their mainstays, sending 1B Bill White and SS Dick Groat to the Philadelphia Phillies for OF Alex Johnson, P Art Mahaffey and C Pat Corrales. St. Louis also throws in C Bob Uecker.