1965 Major League

1965 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1965 American League 1965 National League

1965 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1965 Postseason
1965 Season as Seen Through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run) "

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): 0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)


Basic Player Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by pWOPA)
Team	Games	Wins	Losses	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
Minnesota Twins	162.0	102.0	60.0	264.0	222.0	42.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	32.4
San Francisco Giants	163.0	95.5	67.5	258.5	230.5	27.6
Chicago White Sox	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	26.9
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	94.0	68.0	256.0	230.0	25.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	163.0	90.5	72.5	253.5	235.5	17.6
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	16.3
Detroit Tigers	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.0
Cleveland Indians	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.5
Milwaukee Braves	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.8
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	85.5	76.5	247.5	238.5	8.4
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	80.5	81.5	242.5	243.5	-1.6
New York Yankees	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.2
California Angels	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-13.1
Chicago Cubs	164.0	73.0	91.0	237.0	255.0	-18.7
Washington Senators II	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-22.7
Houston Astros	162.0	65.0	97.0	227.0	259.0	-32.7
Boston Red Sox	162.0	62.0	100.0	224.0	262.0	-39.0
Kansas City Athletics	162.0	59.0	103.0	221.0	265.0	-45.2
New York Mets	164.0	51.0	113.0	215.0	277.0	-62.2

Ties count as 0.5 win and 0.5 loss. Teams in bold made the postseason. pWins equal team wins plus team games; pLosses equal team losses plus team games.


Expected Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by eWORL)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Cincinnati Reds	250.3	235.7	15.4	43.0
Chicago White Sox	250.3	235.7	14.9	42.7
Cleveland Indians	249.8	236.2	14.2	42.0
San Francisco Giants	250.8	238.2	13.9	41.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	251.1	237.9	14.0	41.4
Minnesota Twins	248.1	237.9	11.5	39.3
Milwaukee Braves	247.9	238.1	10.9	38.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	246.7	239.3	8.5	35.7
Baltimore Orioles	246.2	239.8	7.2	34.8
Philadelphia Phillies	245.0	241.0	4.9	32.6
Detroit Tigers	245.1	240.9	4.5	32.2
California Angels	242.9	243.1	-0.7	26.7
New York Yankees	241.7	244.3	-1.8	25.6
Boston Red Sox	240.7	245.3	-3.1	24.3
St. Louis Cardinals	241.0	245.0	-3.7	23.7
Chicago Cubs	240.9	251.1	-9.7	18.4
Houston Astros	238.2	247.8	-9.6	17.7
Washington Senators II	236.6	249.4	-12.4	15.7
Kansas City Athletics	235.7	250.3	-15.0	12.9
New York Mets	231.6	260.4	-28.3	-0.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	120.9	106.1	0.533	14.9
Minnesota Twins	115.2	107.0	0.518	8.2
Milwaukee Braves	115.6	107.6	0.518	8.0
Boston Red Sox	115.1	109.0	0.514	6.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	117.2	111.5	0.512	5.6
Cleveland Indians	113.2	109.2	0.509	3.9
Detroit Tigers	116.1	112.8	0.507	3.3
Chicago White Sox	112.5	109.8	0.506	2.8
Philadelphia Phillies	108.7	106.0	0.506	2.8
San Francisco Giants	114.1	111.5	0.506	2.7
Washington Senators II	107.3	107.5	0.500	-0.1
Kansas City Athletics	108.5	109.7	0.497	-1.2
St. Louis Cardinals	107.8	109.8	0.496	-1.9
Baltimore Orioles	110.7	112.9	0.495	-2.1
Chicago Cubs	110.8	113.5	0.494	-2.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	110.1	112.9	0.494	-2.8
Houston Astros	110.8	114.8	0.491	-4.0
New York Yankees	112.0	116.2	0.491	-4.2
California Angels	104.8	112.2	0.483	-7.4
New York Mets	100.3	116.4	0.463	-16.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	12.4	10.6	0.540	1.9
Chicago White Sox	12.4	10.7	0.537	1.7
Minnesota Twins	12.0	10.3	0.538	1.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	14.1	12.5	0.529	1.6
St. Louis Cardinals	12.2	11.3	0.519	0.9
Boston Red Sox	10.1	9.6	0.514	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	10.5	10.1	0.508	0.3
Milwaukee Braves	10.6	10.3	0.508	0.3
New York Yankees	8.4	8.1	0.510	0.3
Houston Astros	10.6	10.3	0.506	0.3
Baltimore Orioles	10.8	10.6	0.504	0.2
Kansas City Athletics	10.6	10.4	0.504	0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.1	11.1	0.501	0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	9.9	10.3	0.491	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	9.3	9.8	0.488	-0.5
Detroit Tigers	10.3	10.9	0.486	-0.6
San Francisco Giants	9.7	10.4	0.483	-0.7
California Angels	11.2	12.1	0.480	-0.9
Washington Senators II	7.8	8.8	0.470	-1.0
New York Mets	8.3	10.2	0.449	-1.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	82.7	72.6	0.532	10.1
Cleveland Indians	81.9	74.0	0.525	7.9
Baltimore Orioles	80.4	72.9	0.524	7.5
Chicago White Sox	79.1	71.9	0.524	7.3
California Angels	78.2	71.9	0.521	6.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	74.3	69.2	0.518	5.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	77.3	72.6	0.516	4.7
Philadelphia Phillies	78.3	75.6	0.509	2.7
Milwaukee Braves	77.0	75.8	0.504	1.2
New York Yankees	76.4	75.9	0.502	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	78.4	78.1	0.501	0.2
Detroit Tigers	76.8	77.3	0.498	-0.5
Houston Astros	71.3	72.8	0.495	-1.5
St. Louis Cardinals	75.7	77.9	0.493	-2.2
Boston Red Sox	73.9	77.3	0.489	-3.3
Minnesota Twins	75.7	79.2	0.489	-3.5
Chicago Cubs	75.9	79.9	0.487	-4.0
Washington Senators II	79.6	85.4	0.483	-5.7
Kansas City Athletics	72.9	81.4	0.473	-8.5
New York Mets	73.5	84.5	0.465	-11.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Minnesota Twins	45.3	41.2	0.524	4.1
New York Mets	51.3	47.5	0.519	3.8
Detroit Tigers	42.2	39.5	0.516	2.7
Chicago White Sox	45.9	43.7	0.513	2.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.3	42.2	0.512	2.1
New York Yankees	45.2	43.8	0.508	1.4
Baltimore Orioles	44.5	43.3	0.507	1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.8	46.8	0.506	1.1
California Angels	48.1	47.4	0.504	0.7
St. Louis Cardinals	46.0	45.3	0.503	0.6
Milwaukee Braves	44.6	44.4	0.501	0.2
Chicago Cubs	46.2	46.6	0.498	-0.4
San Francisco Giants	43.8	44.3	0.497	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	48.1	48.9	0.496	-0.8
Cleveland Indians	41.8	43.0	0.493	-1.3
Cincinnati Reds	40.0	41.9	0.489	-1.8
Kansas City Athletics	45.0	47.4	0.487	-2.4
Houston Astros	45.9	49.3	0.482	-3.4
Washington Senators II	43.1	46.5	0.481	-3.4
Boston Red Sox	42.9	48.2	0.471	-5.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1965 Major League

Ballpark Factors
Net Win Values
Positional Averages
Replacement Levels
Division of Shared Credit
Event Probabilities

^*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.

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