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The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins .
The Dodgers have multiple periods of sustained excellence throughout their history. The franchise’s first successful period, between 1947 ( Jackie Robinson’s first season ) through 1966 ( Sandy Koufax's final season), featured four championships ( 1955 , 1959 , 1963 , 1965 ), ten World Series appearances ( 1947 , 1949 , 1952 , 1953 , 1955 ...
Single-season fielding records Statistic Player Record Season Ref Putouts: Steve Garvey: 1,606 1977 [36] Assists: Bill Russell: 560 1973 [37] Double plays: Gil Hodges: 171 1951 [38] Fielding percentage, infielder: Steve Garvey.998 1976 [36] Fielding percentage, outfielder: Brett Butler: 1.000* 1991 [39] Fielding percentage, outfielder: Brett ...
The current Dodgers and the 1965 World Series one are the only teams to have the first six games of a playoff series decided by four or more runs. But that's all they have in common.
Game 6 — Yankees 4, Dodgers 3. The Yankees won a record fifth consecutive World Series title despite being outhit by the Dodgers, .300 to .279. ... 1965: Dodgers 4, Minnesota Twins 3. Game 1 ...
The 1965 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1965 season. The 62nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins .
The 1965 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 14, 1965. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Dodgers then defeated the Twins in the World Series, four games to three.
In 1965, he was the Dodgers' only .300 hitter and tied his own National League record for pitchers with seven home runs. That year, he also won 23 games and helped the Dodgers to their third pennant in Los Angeles. [3] In 1965, Koufax declined to pitch the first game of the World Series as it fell on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish ...