1965 Cleveland Indians

87-75 • .537 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
75 Losses
.537 Win %
5th Rank
663 R 613 RA
Diff +50

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⚡ Quick Stats

663 Runs Scored
613 Runs Allowed
+50 Run Diff
962K Attendance

📈 vs. 1965 AL Average

Batting Avg .249 3% above the 1965 league average (.242)
OBP .315 1% above the 1965 league average (.311)
SLG .379 3% above the 1965 league average (.369)
Team ERA 3.30 5% better than the 1965 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 663 4% above the 1965 league average (639 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 962,727
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Avg per Game 11,740

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1965

Batting Avg

1 Vic Davalillo 0.301 2 Leon Wagner 0.294 3 Fred Whitfield 0.293 4 Rocky Colavito 0.287 5 Chuck Hinton 0.255

Home Runs

1 Leon Wagner 28 2 Rocky Colavito 26 3 Fred Whitfield 26 4 Max Alvis 21 5 Chuck Hinton 18

RBI

1 Rocky Colavito 108 2 Fred Whitfield 90 3 Leon Wagner 79 4 Max Alvis 61 5 Chuck Hinton 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Max Alvis 159 604 88 149 24 2 21 61 47 121 12 0.247
Rocky Colavito 162 592 92 170 25 2 26 108 93 63 1 0.287
Leon Wagner 144 517 91 152 18 1 28 79 60 52 12 0.294
Vic Davalillo 142 505 67 152 19 1 5 40 35 50 26 0.301
Fred Whitfield 132 468 49 137 23 1 26 90 16 42 2 0.293
Larry Brown 124 438 52 111 22 2 8 40 38 62 5 0.253
Chuck Hinton 133 431 59 110 17 6 18 54 53 65 17 0.255
Pedro Gonzalez 116 400 38 101 14 3 5 39 18 57 7 0.253
Joe Azcue 111 335 16 77 7 0 2 35 27 54 2 0.230
Dick Howser 107 307 47 72 8 2 1 6 57 25 17 0.235
Chico Salmon 79 120 20 29 8 0 3 12 5 19 7 0.242
Duke Sims 48 118 9 21 0 0 6 15 15 33 0 0.178
Sam McDowell 43 95 5 12 1 0 0 4 1 35 0 0.126
Luis Tiant 41 68 2 6 0 0 1 3 3 30 0 0.088
Sonny Siebert 40 66 2 7 1 0 1 4 0 18 0 0.106
Cam Carreon 19 52 6 12 2 1 1 7 9 6 1 0.231
Phil Roof 43 52 3 9 1 0 0 3 5 13 0 0.173
Ralph Terry 30 49 2 7 2 0 1 4 4 21 0 0.143
Al Luplow 53 45 3 6 2 0 1 4 3 14 0 0.133
Lou Clinton 12 34 2 6 1 0 1 2 3 7 0 0.176
Lee Stange 41 28 4 3 0 0 0 1 7 12 0 0.107
Billy Moran 22 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.125
Jack Kralick 30 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.143
Steve Hargan 17 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.053
Gary Bell 60 16 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0.062
Floyd Weaver 32 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.091
Bill Davis 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.300
Tom Kelley 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.222
Don McMahon 58 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.222
Ray Barker 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Dick Donovan 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
George Banks 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.200
Tony Martinez 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Spring 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Mike Hedlund 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Richie Scheinblum 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Tiefenauer 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ralph Gagliano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Stan Williams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1965

ERA

1 Sam McDowell 2.18 2 Tom Kelley 2.40 3 Sonny Siebert 2.43 4 Gary Bell 3.04 5 Don McMahon 3.28

Wins

1 Sam McDowell 17 2 Sonny Siebert 16 3 Ralph Terry 11 4 Luis Tiant 11 5 Lee Stange 8

Strikeouts

1 Sam McDowell 325 2 Sonny Siebert 191 3 Luis Tiant 152 4 Gary Bell 86 5 Ralph Terry 84
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sam McDowell 17 11 2.18 42 35 4 273.0 178 66 132 325
Luis Tiant 11 11 3.53 41 30 1 196.1 166 77 66 152
Sonny Siebert 16 8 2.43 39 27 1 188.2 139 51 46 191
Ralph Terry 11 6 3.69 30 26 0 165.2 154 68 23 84
Lee Stange 8 4 3.34 41 12 0 132.0 122 49 26 80
Gary Bell 6 5 3.04 60 0 17 103.2 86 35 50 86
Jack Kralick 5 11 4.92 30 16 0 86.0 106 47 21 34
Don McMahon 3 3 3.28 58 0 11 85.0 79 31 37 60
Floyd Weaver 2 2 5.43 32 1 1 61.1 61 37 24 37
Steve Hargan 4 3 3.43 17 8 2 60.1 55 23 28 37
Tom Kelley 2 1 2.40 4 4 0 30.0 19 8 13 31
Dick Donovan 1 3 5.96 12 3 0 22.2 32 15 6 12
Bobby Tiefenauer 0 5 4.84 15 0 4 22.1 24 12 10 13
Jack Spring 1 2 3.74 14 0 0 21.2 21 9 10 9
Mike Hedlund 0 0 5.06 6 0 0 5.1 6 3 5 4
Stan Williams 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 6 3 3 1

👥 Roster (39)

Max Alvis Joe Azcue George Banks Ray Barker Gary Bell Larry Brown Cam Carreon Lou Clinton Rocky Colavito Vic Davalillo Bill Davis Dick Donovan +27 more

39 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1965 Cleveland Indians

What was the 1965 Cleveland Indians record?
The 1965 Cleveland Indians finished 87-75 (.537 win pct).
Who led the 1965 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Leon Wagner led the 1965 Cleveland Indians with 28 home runs.
What was the 1965 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 1965 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 3.30.
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