1965 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
OwnersJoan Whitney Payson
General managersGeorge Weiss
ManagersCasey Stengel, Wes Westrum
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWHN
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
Seasons

The 1965 New York Mets season was the fourth regular season for the Mets. They went 50–112 and finished tenth and last in the National League. They were managed by Casey Stengel and Wes Westrum. They played home games at Shea Stadium, where they drew 1.77 million paying fans, third in the National League (and over 500,000 more fans than the New York Yankees).

As WOR-TV, the team' television broadcaster, began to be broadcast on cable starting that year via microwave relay thru the WWOR EMI Service throughout much of the Northeastern United States, it made the Mets the first major league team to broadcast its games via satellite to viewers outside its home city. Home and away games were aired on cable to regional viewers in this part of the country. This is the first season to feature numbers on the front of both home and away jerseys.

Offseason

Regular season

Former Yankee great Yogi Berra, fired as manager of the Bombers even after he had led them to the American League pennant and into the seventh game of the 1964 World Series, signed with the Mets as player–coach during the off-season. Before managing the 1964 Yankees, his last appearance in a game had been as a pinch hitter in Game 3 of the 1963 World Series on October 5; batting for Jim Bouton, Berra lined out to right field off Don Drysdale.[6] With the 1965 Mets, Berra appeared in only four games, with two starts at catcher, and made two hits in nine at bats. On May 9, 1965, he appeared in his final game as a player, three days shy of his 40th birthday. He then served as the Mets' first-base coach through the 1971 season and proved to be a valuable asset to the team, especially with young talent like Jerry Grote coming up.

Following the 1964 season, the Milwaukee Braves sold pitcher Warren Spahn to the Mets. Braves manager Bobby Bragan predicted, "Spahnie won't win six games with the Mets." Spahn took on the dual role of pitcher and pitching coach in New York but won only four and lost twelve.[7] Spahn was put on waivers on July 15, 1965, and released on July 22, 1965. He immediately signed with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he finished the season.

Wes Westrum had joined the Mets as a coach in 1964 and became pitching coach on July 14, 1965, after Spahn's release. When manager Casey Stengel fell and broke his hip on July 25 while celebrating his upcoming 75th birthday at Toots Shor's in Manhattan, Westrum was named interim manager, a position in which he served until Stengel formally retired on August 30, when Westrum became the Mets' official manager, the second in their four-year history.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9765 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
San Francisco Giants 9567 0.586 2 51–30 44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 9072 0.556 7 49–32 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 8 49–32 40–41
Milwaukee Braves 8676 0.531 11 44–37 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 8576 0.528 11½ 45–35 40–41
St. Louis Cardinals 8081 0.497 16½ 42–39 38–42
Chicago Cubs 7290 0.444 25 40–41 32–49
Houston Astros 6597 0.401 32 36–45 29–52
New York Mets 50112 0.309 47 29–52 21–60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League record

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —7–118–108–109–911–7–18–105–136–1210–8–1
Cincinnati 11–7—12–66–1212–611–713–58–106–1210–8
Houston 10–86–12—5–134–1414–46–128–103–159–9
Los Angeles 10–812–613–5—10–812–69–99–910–812–6
Milwaukee 9–96–1214–48–10—13–56–129–910–811–7
New York 7–11–17–114–146–125–13—7–11–14–145–135–13
Philadelphia 10–85–1312–69–912–611–7–1—8–108–1010–7
Pittsburgh 13–510–810–89–99–914–410–8—11–7–14–14
San Francisco 12–612–615–38–108–1013–510–87–11–1—10–8
St. Louis 8–10–18–109–96–127–1113–57–1014–48–10—

Notable transactions

Roster

1965 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CChris Cannizzaro1142511746.183070
1BEd Kranepool15352544133.25310531
2BChuck Hiller1002862468.2385211
3BCharley Smith13549949122.24416622
SSRoy McMillan15752844128.2421421
LFRon Swoboda1353995291.22819502
CFJim Hickman1413693287.23615403
RFJohnny Lewis14847764117.24515454

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Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Joe Christopher14843738109.2495404
Bobby Klaus1192883055.1912121
Ron Hunt571962147.2401102
Billy Cowan821561628.179393
John Stephenson62121926.2154150
Jesse Gonder53105625.238490
Danny Napoleon6897514.144070
Gary Kolb4090815.167173
Cleon Jones3074211.149191
Hawk Taylor254657.1524100
Bud Harrelson193734.108000
Jimmie Schaffer243705.135000
Greg Goossen113129.290120
Kevin Collins112334.174000
Yogi Berra4912.222000

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 BB SO
Jack Fisher43253.28243.9468116
Al Jackson37205.18204.3461120
Warren Spahn20126.04124.363556
Rob Gardner528.0023.21719
Dick Selma426.2213.71926

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
Galen Cisco35112.1484.4958
Tug McGraw3797.2273.3257
Gary Kroll3287.0664.4562
Tom Parsons3590.21104.6758
Frank Lary1457.1132.9823
Carl Willey1328.0124.1813
Dennis Musgraves516.0000.5611

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
Larry Bearnarth403514.6016
Gordie Richardson352223.7843
Larry Miller281405.0236
Jim Bethke252004.2819
Dennis Ribant191333.8213
Darrell Sutherland183102.8116
Dave Eilers111124.009
Bob Moorhead90104.405

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Sheriff Robinson and Kerby Farrell
AA Williamsport Mets Eastern League Kerby Farrell and Bunky Warren
A Auburn Mets New York–Penn League Clyde McCullough
A Greenville Mets Western Carolinas League Ken Deal
Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Pete Pavlick

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Warren Spahn page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Gordie Richardson page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ George Altman page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Yogi Berra page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ retrosheet box score (5 October 1963): "Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees 0," 1963 World Series Game 3
  7. ↑ Daley, Arthur (July 16, 1965). "Strong Minded Spahn Ignoring Sign Posts of Retirement?". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  8. 1 2 Yogi Berra page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Nolan Ryan page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Billy Cowan page at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ 1965 New York Mets page at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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