1965 Washington Senators season

The 1965 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

November 30, 1964: Tim Cullen was drafted by the Senators from the Boston Red Sox in the 1964 first-year draft.
December 1, 1964: Chuck Hinton was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Woodie Held and Bob Chance.
December 4, 1964: Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and $100,000 were traded by the Senators to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Frank Howard, Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert and a player to be named later. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 8, 1965: Joe Coleman was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft.
June 8, 1965: Tom Ragland was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

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
C	Mike Brumley	79	216	45	.208	3	15
1B	Dick Nen	69	246	64	.260	6	31
2B	Don Blasingame	129	403	90	.223	1	18
SS	Ed Brinkman	154	444	82	.185	5	35
3B	Ken McMullen	150	555	146	.263	18	54
LF		149	516	149	.289	21	84
CF	Don Lock	143	418	90	.215	16	39
RF	Jim King	120	258	55	.213	14	49

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
Ken Hamlin	117	362	99	.273	4	22
	122	332	82	.247	16	54
Willie Kirkland	123	312	72	.231	14	54
Don Zimmer	95	226	45	.199	2	17
Joe Cunningham	95	201	46	.229	3	20
	72	199	51	.256	4	14
Doug Camilli	75	193	37	.192	3	18
Jim French	13	37	11	.297	1	7
	12	29	7	.241	0	1
Joe McCabe	14	27	5	.185	1	5
Roy Sievers	12	21	4	.190	0	0
Paul Casanova	5	13	4	.308	0	1
Brant Alyea	8	13	3	.231	2	6
Chuck Cottier	7	1	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
Pete Richert	34	194.0	15	12	2.60	161
Phil Ortega	35	179.2	12	15	5.11	88
	2	18.0	2	0	1.50	7
	3	14.1	0	3	8.16	2

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
Buster Narum	46	173.2	4	12	4.46	86
Mike McCormick	44	158.0	8	8	3.36	88
Bennie Daniels	33	116.1	5	13	4.72	42
	33	106.2	4	7	4.05	59
Frank Kreutzer	33	85.1	2	6	4.32	65
Jim Duckworth	17	64.0	2	2	3.94	74
Jim Hannan	4	14.2	1	1	4.91	5
Dallas Green	6	14.1	0	0	3.14	6

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
Ron Kline	74	7	6	29	2.63	52
Steve Ridzik	63	6	4	8	4.02	72
	40	1	2	0	2.67	39
Ryne Duren	16	1	1	0	6.65	18
Nick Willhite	5	0	0	0	7.11	3
Barry Moore	1	0	0	0	0.00	0