1965 Kansas City Athletics

59-103 • .364 Win% • 10th in AL

The 1965 Kansas City Athletics went 59-103 (.364) finishing 10th in the AL. The club scored 585 runs, allowed 755, and played home games at Municipal Stadium I. Team leaders included Ken Harrelson (23 HR, 66 RBI) and Rollie Sheldon (10-8, 3.95 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
103 Losses
.364 Win %
10th Rank
585 R 755 RA
Diff -170

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585 Runs Scored
755 Runs Allowed
-170 Run Diff
523K Attendance

📈 vs. 1965 AL Average

Batting Avg .239 1% below the 1965 league average (.242)
OBP .309 1% below the 1965 league average (.311)
SLG .357 3% below the 1965 league average (.369)
Team ERA 4.24 22% worse than the 1965 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 585 8% below the 1965 league average (639 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 523,276
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Avg per Game 6,460

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1965

Batting Avg

1 Jose Tartabull 0.312 2 Bert Campaneris 0.270 3 Ed Charles 0.269 4 Wayne Causey 0.261 5 Billy Bryan 0.252

Home Runs

1 Ken Harrelson 23 2 Dick Green 15 3 Billy Bryan 14 4 Jim Gentile 10 5 Rene Lachemann 9

RBI

1 Ken Harrelson 66 2 Ed Charles 56 3 Dick Green 55 4 Billy Bryan 51 5 Mike Hershberger 48
1965 Kansas City Athletics — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bert Campaneris 144 578 67 156 23 12 6 42 41 71 51 0.270
Wayne Causey 144 513 48 134 17 8 3 34 61 48 1 0.261
Mike Hershberger 150 494 43 114 15 5 5 48 37 42 7 0.231
Ken Harrelson 150 483 61 115 17 3 23 66 66 112 9 0.238
Ed Charles 134 480 55 129 19 7 8 56 44 72 13 0.269
Dick Green 133 474 64 110 15 1 15 55 50 110 0 0.232
Jim Landis 118 364 46 87 15 1 3 36 57 84 8 0.239
Billy Bryan 108 325 36 82 11 5 14 51 29 87 0 0.252
Tommie Reynolds 90 270 34 64 11 3 1 22 36 41 9 0.237
Jose Tartabull 68 218 28 68 11 4 1 19 18 20 11 0.312
Rene Lachemann 92 216 20 49 7 1 9 29 12 57 0 0.227
Nelson Mathews 67 184 17 39 7 7 2 15 24 49 0 0.212
Johnny Blanchard 52 120 10 24 2 0 2 11 8 16 0 0.200
Jim Gentile 38 118 14 29 5 0 10 22 9 26 0 0.246
Santiago Rosario 81 85 8 20 3 0 2 8 6 16 0 0.235
Larry Stahl 28 81 9 16 2 1 4 14 5 16 1 0.198
Fred Talbot 47 70 3 14 2 1 0 11 4 28 0 0.200
John O'Donoghue 39 55 7 12 1 0 1 1 1 12 0 0.218
Rollie Sheldon 32 51 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 28 0 0.078
Diego Segui 41 47 5 9 2 0 1 2 2 23 0 0.191
Catfish Hunter 32 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 14 0 0.150
Skip Lockwood 42 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 11 0 0.121
Doc Edwards 6 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.150
Moe Drabowsky 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.091
Orlando Peña 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.111
Jack Aker 34 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Don Mossi 51 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lew Krausse 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Randy Schwartz 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.286
Wes Stock 62 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Don Buschhorn 13 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.500
Dick Joyce 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
John Wyatt 65 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Jim Dickson 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lou Clinton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Lindblad 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Satchel Paige 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Tompkins 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Harrison 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Hickman 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aurelio Monteagudo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Blue Moon Odom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1965

ERA

1 Jack Aker 3.16 2 John Wyatt 3.25 3 Jim Dickson 3.47 4 Don Mossi 3.74 5 John O'Donoghue 3.95

Wins

1 Rollie Sheldon 10 2 Fred Talbot 10 3 John O'Donoghue 9 4 Catfish Hunter 8 5 Don Mossi 5

Strikeouts

1 Diego Segui 119 2 Fred Talbot 117 3 Rollie Sheldon 105 4 Catfish Hunter 82 5 John O'Donoghue 82
1965 Kansas City Athletics — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fred Talbot 10 12 4.14 39 33 0 198.0 188 91 86 117
Rollie Sheldon 10 8 3.95 32 29 0 186.2 180 82 56 105
John O'Donoghue 9 18 3.95 34 30 0 177.2 183 78 66 82
Diego Segui 5 15 4.64 40 25 0 163.0 166 84 67 119
Catfish Hunter 8 8 4.26 32 20 0 133.0 124 63 46 82
Wes Stock 0 4 5.24 62 2 4 99.2 96 58 40 52
John Wyatt 2 6 3.25 65 0 18 88.2 78 32 53 70
Jim Dickson 3 2 3.47 68 0 0 85.2 68 33 47 54
Don Mossi 5 8 3.74 51 0 7 55.1 59 23 20 41
Jack Aker 4 3 3.16 34 0 3 51.1 45 18 18 26
Moe Drabowsky 1 5 4.42 14 5 0 38.2 44 19 18 25
Orlando Peña 0 6 6.88 12 5 0 35.1 42 27 13 24
Don Buschhorn 0 1 4.35 12 3 0 31.0 36 15 8 9
Lew Krausse 2 4 5.04 7 5 0 25.0 29 14 8 22
Jesse Hickman 0 1 5.87 12 0 0 15.1 9 10 8 16
Dick Joyce 0 1 2.77 5 3 0 13.0 12 4 4 7
Ron Tompkins 0 0 3.48 5 1 0 10.1 9 4 3 4
Paul Lindblad 0 1 11.05 4 0 0 7.1 12 9 0 12
Aurelio Monteagudo 0 0 3.86 4 0 0 7.0 5 3 4 5
Jose Santiago 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 5.0 8 5 4 8
Satchel Paige 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1
Bert Campaneris 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 2 1
Tom Harrison 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0
Blue Moon Odom 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 2 0

👥 Roster (44)

Jack Aker Johnny Blanchard Billy Bryan Don Buschhorn Bert Campaneris Wayne Causey Ed Charles Lou Clinton Jim Dickson Moe Drabowsky Doc Edwards Jim Gentile +32 more

44 players

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The 1965 Kansas City Athletics in brief

The 1965 Kansas City Athletics finished 59-103, a .364 winning percentage, placing 10th in the AL. With 585 runs scored and 755 given up, the 1965 differential was -170. Against a league average of .242, the 1965 Kansas City Athletics batted .239. Pitchers allowed 4.24 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 3.46. League clubs averaged 639 runs that year, so the Kansas City Athletics scored 8% fewer.

Attendance at Municipal Stadium I totaled 523,276 for the year. Ken Harrelson led the club in home runs with 23. The hits leader was Bert Campaneris with 156. Rollie Sheldon led the pitchers with 10 wins. Diego Segui struck out 119, the most on the club. The saves leader was John Wyatt with 18.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1965 Kansas City Athletics

What was the 1965 Kansas City Athletics record?
The 1965 Kansas City Athletics finished 59-103 (.364 win pct).
Who led the 1965 Kansas City Athletics in home runs?
Ken Harrelson led the 1965 Kansas City Athletics with 23 home runs.
What was the 1965 Kansas City Athletics team ERA?
The 1965 Kansas City Athletics posted a team ERA of 4.24.
Did the 1965 Kansas City Athletics win the World Series?
No. The 1965 Kansas City Athletics did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1965 Kansas City Athletics play?
The 1965 Kansas City Athletics played home games at Municipal Stadium I.
Who led the 1965 Kansas City Athletics in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Ken Harrelson (23 HR, 66 RBI) and Rollie Sheldon (10-8, 3.95 ERA).
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