The1965 Minnesota Twins seasonwas the 5th season for theMinnesota Twins franchise in theTwin Cities ofMinnesota, their 5th season atMetropolitan Stadium and the 65th overall in theAmerican League.

The Twins won the 1965American League pennant with a 102–60 record. It was the team's firstpennant since moving to Minnesota, and the 102 wins is a team record.

On April 27, in addition to being the game's winning pitcher,Camilo Pascual hit a grand slam in the first inning – the second of his career. TheDetroit Tigers'Dizzy Trout is the only pitcher to have done that before.

The Twins spent much of the summer in a race for first with theBaltimore Orioles. On July 1, however, the Twins took first place and kept it, ultimately winning the pennant by seven games.

Six Twins made theAll-Star Game (which was played in the Twins' home park,Metropolitan Stadium).First basemanHarmon Killebrew, shortstopZoilo Versalles, outfieldersTony Oliva andJimmie Hall, catcherEarl Battey, and pitcherMudcat Grant all appeared in the game.

On September 26 atD.C. Stadium in Washington, D.C. – the city the Twins franchise called home until 1961 — the Twins beat theWashington Senators 2–1 to clinch the pennant.Jim Kaat was the winning pitcher.

Overall, 1,463,258 fans attended Twins games, the highest total in theAmerican League. During the season, the Twins played in front of their largest crowd ever (71,245 atYankee Stadium on June 20) and their smallest crowd ever (537 at home, September 20).^[1]

Versalles was namedALMost Valuable Player. He also led the team with 126runs scored, and won aGold Glove Award for his play atshortstop. Oliva led the AL with a .321batting average. Killebrew was limited to 113 games by injuries, but still hit 25 HR and 75 RBI.

Grant led the league with 21 wins, becoming the first black pitcher in the history of the American League to win 20 games in a season.^[2] Kaat won the Gold Glove for pitchers.

NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.

• June 8, 1965:1965 Major League Baseball draft
  • Del Unser was drafted by the Twins in the 2nd round, but did not sign.^[3]
  • Graig Nettles was drafted by the Twins in the 4th round.^[4]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

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

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

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

• Zoilo Versalles, Shortstop, American League MVP
• Sam Mele, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Cloud

• Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com
• Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com
• 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.

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