| 1965 Chicago White Sox | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Ballpark | White Sox Park | |||
| City | Chicago | |||
| Owners | Arthur Allyn, Jr.,John Allyn | |||
| General managers | Ed Short | |||
| Managers | Al López | |||
| Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse,Lloyd Pettit) | |||
| Radio | WCFL (Bob Elson,Milo Hamilton) | |||
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The1965Chicago White Sox season was the team's 65th season in the major leagues, and its 66th season overall. They finished with a record of 95–67, good enough for second place in theAmerican League, 7 games behind the first-placeMinnesota Twins. This would be Al Lopez's final full season as White Sox manager.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Minnesota Twins | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 51–30 | 51–30 |
| Chicago White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 7 | 48–33 | 47–34 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 94 | 68 | .580 | 8 | 46–33 | 48–35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 73 | .549 | 13 | 47–34 | 42–39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 87 | 75 | .537 | 15 | 52–30 | 35–45 |
| New York Yankees | 77 | 85 | .475 | 25 | 40–43 | 37–42 |
| Los Angeles / California Angels | 75 | 87 | .463 | 27 | 46–34 | 29–53 |
| Washington Senators | 70 | 92 | .432 | 32 | 36–45 | 34–47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 40 | 34–47 | 28–53 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 103 | .364 | 43 | 33–48 | 26–55 |
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WAS | |||
| Baltimore | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 8–10 | |||
| Boston | 7–11 | — | 4–14 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 1–17 | 9–9 | 11–7 | |||
| Chicago | 9–9 | 14–4 | — | 10–8 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 13–5 | |||
| Cleveland | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 11–7 | |||
| Detroit | 7–11 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 13–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | |||
| Kansas City | 7–11 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 6–12 | |||
| Los Angeles / California | 5–13 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 13–5 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | |||
| Minnesota | 10–8 | 17–1 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 13–5 | 15–3 | |||
| New York | 5–13 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 5–13 | — | 11–7 | |||
| Washington | 10–8 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 3–15 | 7–11 | — | |||
NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.
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| 1965 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 48–33; Away: 47–34)[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 8–4 (Home: 4–3; Away: 4–1)
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May: 19–12 (Home: 11–5; Away: 8–7)
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June: 15–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–8)
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July: 12–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–11)
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August: 22–12 (Home: 12–9; Away: 10–3)
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September: 16–10 (Home: 4–6; Away: 12–4)
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October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–0)
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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| Tommie Agee, CF, RF | 10 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .158 | 0 |
| Ken Berry, CF | 157 | 472 | 51 | 103 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 28 | 96 | .218 | 4 |
| Don Buford, 2B, 3B | 155 | 586 | 93 | 166 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 67 | 76 | .283 | 17 |
| Smoky Burgess, C | 80 | 77 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 7 | .286 | 0 |
| Danny Cater, LF, 3B | 142 | 514 | 74 | 139 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 55 | 33 | 65 | .270 | 3 |
| Gene Freese, 3B | 17 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .281 | 0 |
| Ron Hansen, SS | 162 | 587 | 61 | 138 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 60 | 73 | .235 | 1 |
| Bill Heath, PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Hicks, RF, LF | 13 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .263 | 0 |
| Duane Josephson, C | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .111 | 0 |
| Dick Kenworthy, PH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| J. C. Martin, C, 1B | 119 | 230 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 29 | .261 | 2 |
| Tommy McCraw, 1B, OF | 133 | 273 | 38 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 48 | .238 | 12 |
| Dave Nicholson, OF | 54 | 85 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 40 | .153 | 0 |
| Floyd Robinson, RF, LF | 156 | 577 | 70 | 153 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 66 | 76 | 51 | .265 | 4 |
| Johnny Romano, C, LF | 122 | 356 | 39 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 48 | 59 | 74 | .242 | 0 |
| Jimmie Schaffer, C | 17 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .194 | 0 |
| Bill Skowron, 1B | 146 | 559 | 63 | 153 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 78 | 32 | 77 | .274 | 1 |
| Marv Staehle, PH | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .429 | 0 |
| Bill Voss, RF | 11 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .182 | 0 |
| Pete Ward, 3B | 138 | 507 | 62 | 125 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 56 | 83 | .247 | 2 |
| Al Weis, 2B, SS, CF | 103 | 135 | 29 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 22 | .296 | 4 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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| John Buzhardt, P | 34 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | .125 | 0 |
| Eddie Fisher, P | 82 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .138 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 34 | 68 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | .132 | 0 |
| Bruce Howard, P | 30 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | .146 | 0 |
| Tommy John, P | 39 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | .169 | 0 |
| Frank Lary, P | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Bob Locker, P | 51 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .000 | 0 |
| Gary Peters, P | 42 | 72 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | .181 | 0 |
| Juan Pizarro, P | 19 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .235 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 66 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .000 | 0 |
| Ted Wills, P | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5509 | 647 | 1354 | 200 | 38 | 125 | 587 | 533 | 916 | .246 | 50 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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| Greg Bollo | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| John Buzhardt | 13 | 8 | 3.01 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 188.2 | 167 | 69 | 63 | 12 | 65 | 108 |
| Eddie Fisher | 15 | 7 | 2.40 | 82 | 0 | 24 | 165.1 | 118 | 51 | 44 | 13 | 51 | 90 |
| Joe Horlen | 13 | 13 | 2.88 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 219.0 | 203 | 88 | 70 | 16 | 48 | 125 |
| Bruce Howard | 9 | 8 | 3.47 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 148.0 | 123 | 61 | 57 | 13 | 77 | 120 |
| Tommy John | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 183.2 | 162 | 67 | 63 | 12 | 64 | 126 |
| Frank Lary | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 26.2 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| Bob Locker | 5 | 2 | 3.15 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 91.1 | 71 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 40 | 69 |
| Gary Peters | 10 | 12 | 3.62 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 176.1 | 181 | 76 | 71 | 19 | 71 | 95 |
| Juan Pizarro | 6 | 3 | 3.43 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 97.0 | 96 | 42 | 37 | 9 | 40 | 65 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 7 | 7 | 1.81 | 66 | 0 | 20 | 144.0 | 88 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 39 | 106 |
| Ted Wills | 2 | 0 | 2.84 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 |
Team Totals | 95 | 67 | 2.99 | 162 | 162 | 53 | 1481.2 | 1261 | 555 | 493 | 122 | 530 | 946 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater[7]