Just to put a cherry on the sundae of the 1965 season, we take a look at the Twins' team leaders in various categories.

BATTERS

GAMES

Zoilo Versalles, 160
Tony Oliva, 149
Jimmie Hall, 148

RUNS

Versalles, 126
Oliva, 107
Hall, 81

HITS

Oliva, 185
Versalles, 182
Hall, 149

DOUBLES

Versalles, 45
Oliva, 40
Hall, 25

TRIPLES

Versalles, 12
Bob Allison, 5
Oliva, 5

HOME RUNS

Harmon Killebrew, 25
Allison, 23
Don Mincher, 22

RBI

Oliva, 98
Hall, 86
Allison, 78

STOLEN BASES

Versalles, 27
Oliva, 19
Hall, 14

WALKS

Allison, 73
Killebrew, 72
Oliva, 55

AVERAGE

Oliva, .321
Earl Battey, .297
Hall, .285

OBP

Killebrew, .384
Oliva, .378
Battey, .375

SLUGGING

Mincher, .509
Killebrew, .501
Oliva, .491

OPS

Killebrew, .885
Oliva, 870
Mincher, .853

TOTAL BASES

Versalles, 308
Oliva, 283
Hall, 242

PITCHERS

WINS

Mudcat Grant, 21
Jim Kaat, 18
Jim Perry, 12

WINNING PERCENTAGE

Grant, .750
Camilo Pascual, .750
Johnny Klippstein, .750

ERA

Al Worthington 2.13
Klippstein, 2.24
Perry, 2.63

GAMES

Worthington, 62
Klippstein, 56
Kaat, 45

STARTS

Kaat, 42
Grant, 39
Pascual, 27

COMPLETE GAMES

Grant, 14
Kaat, 7
Pascual, 5

SHUTOUTS

Grant, 6
Kaat, 2
Perry, 2

SAVES

Worthington, 21
Klippstein, 5
Dick Stigman, 4
Bill Pleis, 4

INNINGS PITCHED

Grant, 270.1
Kaat, 264.1
Perry, 167.2

STRIKEOUTS

Kaat, 154
Grant, 142
Pascual, 96

FIP

Worthington, 3.34
Kaat, 3.35
Jim Merritt, 3.57
Pleis, 3.57

WHIP

Perry, 1.13
Merritt, 1.15
Grant, 1.16

And that's it for 1965 Rewind.  Hope you enjoyed it.  God willing, next off-season we'll pick another great Twins season of the past and do a rewind on it.  But now, it's almost time for the 2016 season!  Play ball!

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

 

LOS ANGELES 2, MINNESOTA 0 IN MINNESOTA

Batting stars:  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Frank Quilici was 1-for-3 with a double.

Pitching stars: Jim Merritt retired all four batters he faced.  Johnny Klippstein struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Al Worthington pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Sandy Koufax struck out ten in a complete game shutout, allowing three hits and three walks.  Johnny Roseboro was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks.  Lou Johnson was 1-for-4 with a home run.

The game:  Both runs were scored in the fourth inning.  Johnson led off with a home run.  Ron Fairly then doubled and scored on a single by Wes Parker.  Both runs were scored off Twins started Jim Kaat, who was pulled after the Parker single.  Twins relievers pitched six shutout innings, but to no avail.  The Twins threatened in the first on two-out walks to Tony Oliva and Killebrew, but Earl Battey struck out to end the threat.  They had another threat in the fifth, when Quilici hit a one-out double and pinch-hitter Rich Rollins walked, but a pair of ground outs ended the inning.  The Twins did not get another man on until the ninth, when Killebrew hit a one-out single.  The game and the series ended with consecutive strikeouts of Battey and Bob Allison.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4.  Joe Nossek was 0-for-4.  Oliva was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Kaat pitched three innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Record:  The Twins lost the series to Los Angeles, four games to three.

Notes:  Nossek once again started in place of Jimmie Hall.  Nossek started five of the seven World Series games and hit .200/.200/.200.  It's hard to imagine that Hall would have done worse.  On the other hand, it might not have made any difference, as it's doubtful anyone was going to hit Koufax on this day...In the two games Sandy Valdespino started in place of Allison, he was 2-for-8 with a double...Both Kaat and Koufax started on two days' rest.  The difference, of course, is that Koufax had pitched a complete game in Game Five, while Kaat had pitched only 2.1 innings...For the World Series, Koufax was 2-1, 0.38, 0.75 WHIP with 29 strikeouts in 24 innings.

MINNESOTA 5, LOS ANGELES 1 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Wednesday, October 13.

Batting stars:  Bob Allison was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, a walk, and a stolen base, scoring twice.  Mudcat Grant was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer.  Earl Battey was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.

Pitching star:  Grant pitched a complete game, giving up one run on six hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Ron Fairly was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Claude Osteen pitched five innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  It was scoreless through three, with the Twins wasting a leadoff triple by Battey in the second.  Allison hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Twins on the board.  In the sixth, Allison stole second with two out.  The Dodgers then intentionally walked Frank Quilici to face Grant, who hit a three-run homer that put the Twins ahead 5-0.  The lone Dodger run came on Fairly's home run leading off the seventh.  They put only one other man on second base and did not get a hit until the fifth inning.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Joe Nossek was 0-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 2-for-4.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-4.

Record:  The win tied the series at three games apiece.

Notes:  Nossek once again started in center field in place of Jimmie Hall...Grant did not hit a home run in the regular season in 1965.  The last home run he had hit came on May 17, 1964...For all the talk of Sandy Koufax pitching on two days' rest in game seven, it somehow has gotten lost that Grant came back on two days' rest in this game...Another thing that's been lost is the great series Ron Fairly had.  After six games, he was hitting .400 with two home runs and an OPS of 1.120.  In two prior World Series, 1959 and 1963, Fairly had been a reserve and gone 0-for-4 with three walks.