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1965 Rewind: League Leaders

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Just to put a bow on the 1965 season, here are the Twins who were on the league leaderboards.  We'll look at Twins team leaders tomorrow.

WAR

  • 1. Sam McDowell, 7.9
  • 2. Zoilo Versalles, 7.2
  • 5T Tony Oliva, 5.4

AVERAGE

  • 1. Tony Oliva, .321
  • 8.  Jimmie Hall, .285

OBP

  • 1. Carl Yastrzemski, .391
  • 4. Tony Oliva, .378

SLUGGING

  • 1. Carl Yastrzemski, .536
  • 5.  Tony Oliva, .491

OPS

  • 1. Carl Yastrzemski, .932
  • 3, Tony Oliva, .870

RUNS

  • 1. Zoilo Versalles, 126
  • 2.  Tony Oliva, 107
  • 9T Jimmie Hall, 81

HITS

  • 1. Tony Oliva, 185
  • 2. Zoilo Versalles, 182

TOTAL BASES

  • 1, Zoilo Versalles, 308
  • 3. Tony Oliva, 283

DOUBLES

  • 1T. Zoilo Versalles, 45
  • 1T Carl Yastrzemski, 45
  • 3. Tony Oliva, 40
  • 8T Jimmie Hall, 25

TRIPLES

  • 1T Zoilo Versalles, 12
  • 1T Bert Campaneris, 12

HOME RUNS

  • 1. Tony Conigliaro, 32
  • 8. Harmon Killebrew, 25
  • 9T Bob Allison, 23

RBI

  • 1. Rocky Colavito, 108
  • 3. Tony Oliva, 98
  • 6. Jimmie Hall, 86

WALKS

  • 1. Rocky Colavito, 93
  • 6T Bob Allison, 73
  • 9T Harmon Killebrew, 72

STOLEN BASES

  • 1. Bert Campaneris, 51
  • 3. Zoilo Versalles, 27
  • 6. Tony Oliva, 19
  • 10. Jimmie Hall, 14

WPA

  • 1. Harmon Killebrew, 6.0
  • 2. Tony Oliva, 4.8

ERA

  • 1. Sam McDowell, 2.18
  • 9. Jim Perry, 2.63

WINS

  • 1. Mudcat Grant, 21
  • 3. Jim Kaat, 18

W-L PERCENTAGE

  • 1. Mudcat Grant, .750
  • 10. Jim Perry, .632

WHIP

  • 1. Eddie Fisher, 0.97
  • 9. Jim Perry, 1.13

SAVES

  • 1. Ron Kline, 29
  • 6T. Al Worthington, 21

INNINGS PITCHED

  • 1. Mel Stottlemyre, 291
  • 3. Mudcat Grant, 270.1
  • 4. Jim Kaat, 264.1

STARTS

  • 1. Jim Kaat, 42
  • 2. Mudcat Grant, 39

COMPLETE GAMES

  • 1. Mel Stottlemyre, 18
  • 2T. Mudcat Grant, 14

SHUTOUTS

  • 1. Mudcat Grant, 6

 

9 thoughts on “1965 Rewind: League Leaders”

  1. Seeing Sam McDowell lead in rWAR made me wonder where he finished in the voting: 17th. He finished 17-11 for Cleveland that year and lead the league in walks. Finishing 18th was Bobby Richardson and his -1.0 rWAR.

  2. Can you imagine if a manager sat Jimmie Hall now in favor of Joe Nossek? He'd get harassed so much that Ned Yost would wonder why he wasn't getting attention anymore.

    1. The disparity in batting prowess would be like if Yost had Drew Butera taking over for Eric Hosmer. Yeah, he would probably catch a bit of flak for that.

    2. It was a strange decision. Granted that Hall slumped in September, but still, I can't see any reason to think Nossek was going to be better. Even in his September slump, Hall hit .226/.305/.321. Nossek for the season hit .218/.250/.306, and in September hit .211/.250/.289. Plus, Nossek was a rookie while Hall was in his third season, and in all three of those seasons he'd posted an OPS of over .800. I'm sure Mele must have had some reason for doing it, and I'm not saying it would've changed the outcome of the series, but I really don't understand it.

  3. Looking at the roster in b-ref, it seems like the '65 Twins' main weaknesses were depth and second base. They had a few phenomenal talents and some very solid mid-range contributors, but take away one of the position player starters and Mele is suddenly pressing a guy with a career sub-75 OPS+ into regular service. The only guys to play more than 140 games were Zoilo, Tony-O, and Jimmie Hall.

    It's strange to say "What if..." about a team that won 102 games, but second base and the bench really are glaring weak spots.

    The other question is "What happened to Rich Rollins?"

    1962-1964: .291/.356/.425 (113 OPS+) in 1972 PA
    1965-1968: .246/.300/.351 (84 OPS+) in 1407 PA

  4. Yes, second base was pretty much a black hole all year. Jerry Kindall started the year as the second baseman and got the most starts there, but he hit a whopping .196 with an OPS of .563. Frank Quilici got the next most starts, but he was no better. Others to see time at second base were Bernie Allen, Rollins, Cesar Tovar, and Frank Kostro. Tovar spent most of the season at AAA Denver, where he hit .328. One wonders, given how poor the options were, why Tovar wasn't given a real chance at the job.

  5. I also wonder a little bit whether Killebrew's injury affected him in the World Series. He dislocated his elbow on August 2 and missed the next month and a half. His slash line for September was a pretty weak 184/295/447, albeit in only 44 PA.

    He hit 286/444/429 in 27 PA in the World Series, which suggests that he was just fine. But only 1 XBH (a HR in Game 4). Of course, it could just be that the Dodgers pitched him carefully (6 BBs).

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