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1965 Rewind: Game Three

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MINNESOTA 3, CLEVELAND 0 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Saturday, April 17.

Batting stars:  Bob Allison was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Jimmie Hall was 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Jim Kaat pitched a complete game shutout, giving up seven hits and one walk with no strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Sonny Siebert struck out three in three shutout innings of relief, allowing two hits.  Joe Azcue was 2-for-3.  Max Alvis was 2-for-4.

The game:  In the first inning, Versalles doubled, Harmon Killebrew had a two-out RBI single, and Hall followed with a triple to put the Twins up 2-0.  Allison led off the fourth with a home run to make it 3-0.  The Indians only once got a man as far as third base, in the second inning.

Of note:  Rich Rollins was 0-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4.  Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Kaat was 1-for-3.

Record:  The win made the Twins 2-1, tied for second with Boston, a half game behind Detroit.

10 thoughts on “1965 Rewind: Game Three”

  1. Two thoughts and a question:
    1. Bob Allison's a name I knew only vaguely - hot start to the '65 campaign: .500/.538/.750 through three games
    2. Same with Kaat (the hot start part). In his first three starts (this was already his 2nd of the year) he'd throw 27 innings, record 2 CG's for a 2-0 (and a no decision) record and a 1.33 ERA!
    Q. When did they start tracking pitches on B-R?

    1. A. It varies. Some early PBP people recorded every pitch very early. A notable example is the person that covered the Dodgers in the '60s. It wasn't common until the late '80s I think and wasn't universal for several more years.

  2. Allison in 1965 was coming off one of the greatest seasons in Twins history, but because Oliva won the batting title and Killebrew won the HR title, no one paid much attention. Allison finished third in the AL in OPS with a .957 behind Mickey Mantle and Boog Powell. Allison actually led the AL in OPS in 1963. His OPS+ of 163 in '64 was the fifth best full season in Twins history. For comparison, Sano's OPS+ was "only" 146.

      1. They talked about him a lot on twins radio when he was dying from ataxia and afterwards to promote the charity in his name.

  3. Looking at the featured photo, that was pretty amazing for the '60s. Says a lot about race relations on the Twins. I'm guessing that's Versalles, Battey and Killebrew?

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