1965 Milwaukee Braves season

1965 Milwaukee Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1953)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1953)
Results
Record	86–76 (.531)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	William Bartholomay
General manager(s)	John McHale
Manager(s)	Bobby Bragan
Local television	WSB-TV (Atlanta) (Mel Allen, Ernie Johnson, Hank Morgan)
Local radio	WEMP (Merle Harmon, Blaine Walsh) WSB (Atlanta) (Mel Allen, Ernie Johnson, Hank Morgan)
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The 1965 Milwaukee Braves season was the 13th and final season for the franchise in Milwaukee before moving to Atlanta for the following season. The Braves finished the season with a record of 86–76, 11 games behind the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Having finished the season with a winning record for the 13th year in a row, the Braves never had a losing season during their time in Milwaukee. The Braves were managed by Bobby Bragan, while they played their home games at County Stadium.

Offseason

October 14, 1964: Phil Roof and Ron Piché were traded by the Braves to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Dan Osinski to the Braves on November 29.^[1]
December 22, 1964: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Braves by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]
Prior to 1965 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired from the Braves by the San Francisco Giants.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
San Francisco Giants	95	67	0.586	2	51–30	44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	72	0.556	7	49–32	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	8	49–32	40–41
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	0.531	11	44–37	42–39
Philadelphia Phillies	85	76	0.528	11½	45–35	40–41
St. Louis Cardinals	80	81	0.497	16½	42–39	38–42
Chicago Cubs	72	90	0.444	25	40–41	32–49
Houston Astros	65	97	0.401	32	36–45	29–52
New York Mets	50	112	0.309	47	29–52	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	7–11	8–10	8–10	9–9	11–7–1	8–10	5–13	6–12	10–8–1
Cincinnati	11–7	—	12–6	6–12	12–6	11–7	13–5	8–10	6–12	10–8
Houston	10–8	6–12	—	5–13	4–14	14–4	6–12	8–10	3–15	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	13–5	—	10–8	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	12–6
Milwaukee	9–9	6–12	14–4	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	9–9	10–8	11–7
New York	7–11–1	7–11	4–14	6–12	5–13	—	7–11–1	4–14	5–13	5–13
Philadelphia	10–8	5–13	12–6	9–9	12–6	11–7–1	—	8–10	8–10	10–7
Pittsburgh	13–5	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9	14–4	10–8	—	11–7–1	4–14
San Francisco	12–6	12–6	15–3	8–10	8–10	13–5	10–8	7–11–1	—	10–8
St. Louis	8–10–1	8–10	9–9	6–12	7–11	13–5	7–10	14–4	8–10	—

Notable transactions

May 23, 1965: Lee Maye was traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Ken Johnson and Jim Beauchamp.^[4]
June 8, 1965: Duffy Dyer was drafted by the Braves in the 38th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[5]
July 21, 1965: Gary Kolb was traded by the Braves to the New York Mets for Jesse Gonder.^[6]
August 5, 1965: Billy Cowan was traded by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for players to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman to the Mets on September 25.^[7]
September 1, 1965: The Braves traded a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Frank Thomas. The Braves completed the deal by sending Mickey Sinnerud (minors) to the Astros on September 11.^[8]

Roster

1965 Milwaukee Braves

Roster

Pitchers

36 Wade Blasingame

20 Clay Carroll

40 Tony Cloninger

39 Dave Eilers

34 Hank Fischer

30 Ken Johnson

22 Dick Kelley

23 Denny Lemaster

35 Phil Niekro

33 Billy O'Dell

30,38 Chi-Chi Olivo

26 Dan Osinski

37 Bob Sadowski

18 Bobby Tiefenauer

Catchers

28 Jesse Gonder

12 Gene Oliver

15 Joe Torre

Infielders

28 Tommie Aaron

16 Sandy Alomar

32 Jim Beauchamp

2 Frank Bolling

7 Mike de la Hoz

11 Lou Klimchock

41 Eddie Mathews

19 Denis Menke

39 Frank Thomas

14 Woody Woodward

Outfielders

44 Hank Aaron

29 Felipe Alou

18 Johnny Blanchard

43 Rico Carty

31 Ty Cline

27 Billy Cowan

42 Don Dillard

48 Mack Jones

27 Gary Kolb

24 Lee Maye

Manager

10 Bobby Bragan

Coaches

3 Ken Silvestri

6 Dixie Walker

4 Jo-Jo White

5 Whit Wyatt

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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
Gonder, JesseJesse Gonder	31	53	8	.151	1	5
Maye, LeeLee Maye	15	53	16	.302	2	7
Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	15	33	7	.212	0	1
Kolb, GaryGary Kolb	24	27	7	.259	0	1
Beauchamp, JimJim Beauchamp	4	3	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
Cloninger, TonyTony Cloninger	40	279	24	11	3.29	211
Blasingame, WadeWade Blasingame	38	224.2	16	10	3.77	117
Johnson, KenKen Johnson	29	179.2	13	8	3.21	123

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
Fischer, HankHank Fischer	31	122.2	8	9	3.89	79

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	L	SV	ERA	SO
Osinski, DanDan Osinski	61	3	6	2.82	54
Carroll, ClayClay Carroll	19	1	1	4.41	16
Olivo, Chi-ChiChi-Chi Olivo	8	1	0	1.38	11
Eilers, DaveDave Eilers	6	0	0	12.27	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Atlanta Crackers	International League	Bill Adair
AA	Austin Braves	Texas League	Buddy Hicks
A	West Palm Beach Braves	Florida State League	Andy Pafko
A	Yakima Braves	Northwest League	Hub Kittle
Rookie	FRL Braves	Florida Rookie League	Paul Snyder

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1965 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

1965 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1965 MLB draft 1965 All-Star Game 1965 World Series

Atlanta Braves

Formerly the Boston Red Stockings, Boston Red Caps, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Doves, Boston Rustlers, Boston Bees, Boston Braves and the Milwaukee Braves
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Spring training	St. Petersburg Athletic Park McKechnie Field Municipal Stadium Champion Stadium

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Key personnel

Owner: John C. Malone (Liberty Media)
General Manager: John Coppolella
Club President: John Schuerholz
Manager: Brian Snitker

World Series
Championships (3)

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Championships (17)

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1892

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Championships (4)

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National League East: 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2013
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Wild card berths (2)

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