The 1965 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason November 30, 1964: Tim Cullen was drafted by the Senators from the Boston Red Sox in the 1964 first-year draft.Tim Cullen page at Baseball Reference December 1, 1964: Chuck Hinton was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Woodie Held and Bob Chance.Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference December 4, 1964: Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and $100,000 were traded by the Senators to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Frank Howard, Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.Frank Howard page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 8, 1965: Joe Coleman was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft.Joe Coleman page at Baseball Reference June 8, 1965: Tom Ragland was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

Roster 1965 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Mike Brumley 79 216 45 .208 3 15 1B Dick Nen 69 246 64 .260 6 31 2B Don Blasingame 129 403 90 .223 1 18 SS Ed Brinkman 154 444 82 .185 5 35 3B Ken McMullen 150 555 146 .263 18 54 LF 149 516 149 .289 21 84 CF Don Lock 143 418 90 .215 16 39 RF Jim King 120 258 55 .213 14 49

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Ken Hamlin 117 362 99 .273 4 22 122 332 82 .247 16 54 Willie Kirkland 123 312 72 .231 14 54 Don Zimmer 95 226 45 .199 2 17 Joe Cunningham 95 201 46 .229 3 20 72 199 51 .256 4 14 Doug Camilli 75 193 37 .192 3 18 Jim French 13 37 11 .297 1 7 12 29 7 .241 0 1 Joe McCabe 14 27 5 .185 1 5 Roy Sievers 12 21 4 .190 0 0 Paul Casanova 5 13 4 .308 0 1 Brant Alyea 8 13 3 .231 2 6 Chuck Cottier 7 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Pete Richert 34 194.0 15 12 2.60 161 Phil Ortega 35 179.2 12 15 5.11 88 2 18.0 2 0 1.50 7 3 14.1 0 3 8.16 2

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Buster Narum 46 173.2 4 12 4.46 86 Mike McCormick 44 158.0 8 8 3.36 88 Bennie Daniels 33 116.1 5 13 4.72 42 33 106.2 4 7 4.05 59 Frank Kreutzer 33 85.1 2 6 4.32 65 Jim Duckworth 17 64.0 2 2 3.94 74 Jim Hannan 4 14.2 1 1 4.91 5 Dallas Green 6 14.1 0 0 3.14 6

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Ron Kline 74 7 6 29 2.63 52 Steve Ridzik 63 6 4 8 4.02 72 40 1 2 0 2.67 39 Ryne Duren 16 1 1 0 6.65 18 Nick Willhite 5 0 0 0 7.11 3 Barry Moore 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Notes

References 1965 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference 1965 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com