1965 Detroit Tigers season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Detroit Tigers

| season = 1965

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Tiger Stadium

| city = Detroit, Michigan

| owners = John Fetzer

| general_managers = Jim Campbell

| managers = Chuck Dressen, Bob Swift

| television = WJBK
(George Kell, Ray Lane)

| radio = WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Gene Osborn)

|}}

The 1965 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 65th season and the 54th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 89–73, 13 games behind the Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

Prior to 1965 season: George Korince was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/koringe01.shtml George Korince] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1965 Detroit Tigers
colspan="10" style="background-color: #bd5d29; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|37\|Hank Aguirre}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Terry Fox}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Fred Gladding}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Jack Hamilton}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|John Hiller}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Vern Holtgrave}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Mickey Lolich}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Leo Marentette}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Denny McLain}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Julio Navarro}} {{MLBplayer\|27,32\|Ron Nischwitz}} {{MLBplayer\|24,28\|Orlando Peña}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Ed Rakow}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Phil Regan}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Johnnie Seale}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Larry Sherry}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Joe Sparma}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Dave Wickersham}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|11\|Bill Freehan}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Jackie Moore}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|John Sullivan}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|25\|Norm Cash}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Jerry Lumpe}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Dick McAuliffe}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Ray Oyler}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Bill Roman}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|George Smith}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Don Wert}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Jake Wood}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|26\|Gates Brown}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Don Demeter}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Willie Horton}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Al Kaline}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Jim Northrup}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Wayne Redmond}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Mickey Stanley}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|George Thomas}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Chuck Dressen}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Bob Swift}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|52\|Pat Mullin}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Stubby Overmire}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Mike Roarke}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|Frank Skaff}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Bob Swift}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1965 Detroit Tigers

colspan="10" style="background-color: #bd5d29; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Batting =

== Starters by position ==

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Bill\|Freehan}}	130	431	101	.234	10	43
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Norm\|Cash}}	142	467	124	.266	30	82
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Jerry\|Lumpe}}	145	502	129	.257	4	39
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Don\|Wert}}	162	609	159	.261	12	54
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Dick\|McAuliffe}}	113	404	105	.260	15	54
align="center" \| LF	{{sortname\|Willie\|Horton\|Willie Horton (baseball)}}	143	512	140	.273	29	104
align="center" \| CF	{{sortname\|Al\|Kaline}}	125	399	112	.281	18	72
align="center" \| RF	{{sortname\|Jim\|Northrup\|Jim Northrup (baseball)}}	80	219	45	.205	2	16

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Don\|Demeter}}	122	389	108	.278	16	58
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Gates\|Brown}}	96	227	58	.256	10	43
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ray\|Oyler}}	82	194	36	.186	5	13
align="center" \| {{sortname\|George\|Thomas\|George Thomas (baseball)}}	79	169	36	.213	3	10
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mickey\|Stanley}}	30	117	28	.239	3	13
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jake\|Wood\|Jake Wood (baseball)}}	58	104	30	.288	2	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|John\|Sullivan\|John Sullivan (1960s catcher)}}	34	86	23	.267	2	11
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jackie\|Moore\|Jackie Moore (baseball)}}	21	53	5	.094	0	2
align="center" \| {{sortname\|George\|Smith\|George Smith (second baseman)}}	32	53	5	.094	1	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Roman}}	21	27	2	.074	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Wayne\|Redmond}}	4	4	0	.000	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mickey\|Lolich}}	43	243.2	15	9	3.44	226
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Denny\|McLain}}	33	220.1	16	6	2.61	192
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hank\|Aguirre}}	32	208.1	14	10	3.59	141
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Wickersham}}	34	195.1	9	14	3.78	109
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Sparma}}	30	167.0	13	8	3.18	127

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Phil\|Regan\|Phil Regan (baseball)}}	16	51.2	1	5	5.05	37
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Hamilton\|Jack Hamilton (baseball)}}	4	4.1	1	1	14.54	3

class="wikitable sortable"

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO

align="center"

| {{sortname|Phil|Regan|Phil Regan (baseball)}}

51.2

5.05

align="center"

| {{sortname|Jack|Hamilton|Jack Hamilton (baseball)}}

4.1

14.54

== Relief pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Terry\|Fox\|Terry Fox (baseball)}}	42	6	4	10	2.78	34
align=center \| {{sortname\|Fred\|Gladding}}	46	6	2	5	2.83	43
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Larry\|Sherry}}	39	3	6	5	3.10	46
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Orlando\|Peña}}	30	4	6	4	2.51	55
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ron\|Nischwitz}}	20	1	0	1	2.78	12
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Julio\|Navarro\|Julio Navarro (baseball)}}	15	0	2	1	4.20	22
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Rakow}}	6	0	0	0	6.08	10
align="center" \| {{sortname\|John\|Hiller}}	5	0	0	1	0.00	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Johnnie\|Seale}}	4	0	0	0	12.00	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Leo\|Marentette}}	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Vern\|Holtgrave}}	1	0	0	0	6.00	2

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Syracuse Chiefs|league15=International League|manager15=Frank Carswell

|level16=AA |team16=Montgomery Rebels|league16=Southern League|manager16=Wayne Blackburn

|level17=A |team17=Rocky Mount Leafs|league17=Carolina League|manager17=Al Lakeman

|level18=A |team18=Daytona Beach Islanders|league18=Florida State League|manager18=Al Federoff

|level19=A |team19=Jamestown Tigers|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Gail Henley

|level20=A-Short Season|team20=Duluth–Superior Dukes|league20=Northern League|manager20=Doc Daugherty

}}

Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1965.shtml 1965 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference]

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