1965 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 84-78
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 691
Runs Allowed: 631
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,421,491
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 8th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 9th in the National League
A: 58-79, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Tony Conigliaro 20 156 555 81 158 32 3 23 82 6 6 62 120 .285 .363 .477 .841 90.6 20.6 3.0
1B *Joe Pepitone 24 148 561 85 146 24 3 20 64 8 7 33 41 .260 .301 .421 .722 66.0 10.3 3.0
2B  Johnny Goryl 31 152 516 65 143 26 2 17 78 1 4 48 66 .277 .338 .434 .772 71.9 14.8 3.5
1B *Rusty Staub 21 148 495 67 126 23 1 14 65 4 2 56 47 .255 .330 .390 .720 60.3 10.2 3.8
2B  Lee Walls 32 128 492 56 152 21 2 8 59 6 7 37 74 .309 .357 .409 .766 66.7 13.8 4.8
CF #Mickey Mantle 33 103 355 67 104 13 2 25 72 10 1 72 79 .293 .409 .552 .961 77.6 19.6 2.9
SS  Rico Petrocelli 22 134 378 40 76 16 2 14 48 0 0 42 78 .201 .282 .365 .647 42.0 5.3 4.8
LF  Mike Hershberger 25 138 390 39 108 11 2 2 30 5 5 28 17 .277 .327 .331 .658 39.8 6.0 2.0
1B  Luis Aparicio 31 130 398 57 107 18 3 2 28 30 9 10 24 .269 .287 .344 .631 39.5 6.3 3.9
C  John Orsino 27 114 354 29 77 16 2 8 43 1 0 25 88 .218 .275 .342 .616 32.2 3.0 4.5
C *Charlie Lau 32 41 126 18 43 10 0 1 18 0 1 13 12 .341 .400 .444 .844 19.4 4.5 1.6
P  Luis Tiant 24 38 104 5 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .154 .176 .154 .330 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 34 42 99 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 25 .162 .178 .172 .350 1.6 0.0 0.0
RF  Pancho Herrera 31 69 83 15 24 6 0 1 16 3 1 11 18 .289 .368 .398 .766 11.7 2.2 0.3
P  Joe Horlen 27 36 76 3 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 16 .092 .114 .105 .219 -1.3 0.0 0.0
C  Earl Averill 33 38 63 3 12 4 0 1 6 0 0 6 16 .190 .271 .302 .573 4.4 0.0 0.7
P  Ramon Monzant 32 37 64 6 12 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 18 .188 .200 .328 .528 4.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Jim Davenport 31 34 60 6 7 0 0 3 6 0 0 5 11 .117 .194 .267 .461 3.2 0.0 0.7
SS  Dal Maxvill 26 41 55 7 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 11 .255 .333 .273 .606 6.2 0.9 0.9
3B  Rich Rollins 27 19 52 8 13 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 8 .250 .278 .423 .701 5.5 0.9 0.4
C  Jim Campbell 28 17 45 6 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 12 .244 .320 .333 .653 4.9 0.7 0.7
CF  Bob Perry 30 28 43 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .279 .326 .326 .652 3.9 0.5 0.1
CF  Gino Cimoli 35 12 42 5 12 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 6 .286 .286 .357 .643 4.0 0.5 0.3
P *Dean Stone 34 52 33 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 .061 .061 .091 .152 -1.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Bob Farley 27 33 23 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 11 4 .217 .471 .217 .688 4.2 0.7 0.1
CF *Al Pilarcik 34 17 19 3 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .368 .429 .526 .955 3.8 1.0 0.1
P *Jack Kralick 30 36 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Leo Kiely 35 63 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Cecil Butler 27 41 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 0.9 0.2 0.0
C  Bob Tillman 28 5 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .600 .667 1.000 1.667 2.2 0.9 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 31 81 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Dave Morehead 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2137 5519 691 1420 233 26 144 663 77 44 486 864 .257 .319 .387 .706 665.8 123.1 42.2
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 5 6 2 7 6 5 4 7 5 2 6 6 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Karl Spooner 34 21 12 .636 42 42 0 305.7 210 97 19 113 318 2.86 25.2
 Luis Tiant 24 17 15 .531 38 38 0 294.7 279 119 27 90 188 3.63 15.3
 Joe Horlen 27 15 12 .556 36 29 0 230.3 217 107 20 72 145 4.18 8.4
 Ramon Monzant 32 9 10 .474 37 29 2 198.7 158 72 19 67 156 3.26 14.2
*Dean Stone 34 8 8 .500 52 14 8 134.3 111 53 20 44 111 3.55 8.4
*Leo Kiely 35 2 6 .250 63 6 12 80.7 90 24 7 13 43 2.68 7.1
 Camilo Pascual 31 5 7 .417 81 0 7 77.0 80 42 13 31 45 4.91 1.5
*Jack Kralick 30 2 3 .400 35 6 5 66.3 77 38 11 24 38 5.16 0.4
 Cecil Butler 27 1 5 .167 41 3 3 45.3 41 20 7 10 26 3.97 2.3
*Bo Belinsky 28 4 0 1.000 12 0 0 13.0 5 1 1 3 12 0.69 2.9
 Dave Morehead 22 0 0 .000 6 3 0 6.3 5 0 0 1 8 0.00 1.0
*Bob Farley 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 0 1 18.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.3 84 78 .519 444 170 37 1453.3 1276 575 144 468 1091 3.56 86.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 4 7 6 2 8 6 5 1 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 34.9
J.Orsino 886.0 100 106 683 42 9 2 .988 34.5
C.Lau 309.3 35 37 230 16 2 0 .992 41.7
E.Averill 131.7 14 22 90 10 1 0 .990 40.0
J.Campbell 126.7 14 15 98 7 0 0 1.000 66.7
B.Tillman 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Rollins 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1463.2 164 181 1103 75 12 2 .990 38.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.24
R.Staub 1173.3 132 143 1299 106 6 115 .996 10.78
J.Goryl 169.7 20 20 182 15 2 18 .990 10.45
M.Mantle 124.7 13 18 155 14 1 16 .994 12.20
P.Herrera 40.7 4 10 49 2 0 6 1.000 11.28
L.Aparicio 39.7 4 10 50 3 0 3 1.000 12.03
B.Farley 21.3 2 6 33 1 0 3 1.000 14.35
A.Pilarcik 3.2 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
J.Pepitone 3.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
C.Lau 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1577.0 176 211 1778 141 9 161 .995 10.95
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.61
L.Walls 888.7 101 103 186 351 7 70 .987 5.44
L.Aparicio 173.3 19 24 31 70 2 12 .981 5.24
J.Davenport 129.0 24 24 29 54 1 11 .988 5.79
D.Maxvill 92.3 8 19 21 39 1 11 .984 5.85
J.Goryl 86.0 10 12 19 33 2 3 .963 5.44
Team Total 1369.4 162 182 286 547 13 107 .985 5.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.72
J.Goryl 995.3 112 116 61 191 13 21 .951 2.28
L.Aparicio 267.7 30 32 18 59 2 3 .975 2.59
L.Walls 183.7 22 22 12 57 1 7 .986 3.38
R.Rollins 104.0 10 14 5 28 3 2 .917 2.86
R.Petrocelli 56.0 6 9 2 6 4 2 .667 1.29
J.Davenport 8.9 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.02
D.Maxvill 4.7 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.73
C.Lau 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1621.0 182 199 100 345 23 35 .951 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.90
R.Petrocelli 948.0 112 118 127 373 13 76 .975 4.75
L.Aparicio 361.7 42 55 44 160 6 25 .971 5.08
D.Maxvill 72.3 6 18 13 28 1 4 .976 5.10
J.Davenport 13.3 1 5 2 6 0 0 1.000 5.41
J.Goryl 8.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
M.Hershberger 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Rollins 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1407.1 161 202 186 570 20 105 .974 4.84
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.87
J.Pepitone 1190.3 132 142 229 8 0 4 1.000 1.79
M.Hershberger 119.3 13 20 24 0 1 0 .960 1.81
P.Herrera 32.2 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
A.Pilarcik 19.5 5 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
L.Aparicio 11.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
B.Perry 8.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
G.Cimoli 5.8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
E.Averill 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Farley 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Walls 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1393.0 157 182 273 8 1 4 .996 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
M.Mantle 740.0 83 83 191 5 5 1 .975 2.38
M.Hershberger 536.3 61 64 130 1 5 0 .963 2.20
G.Cimoli 81.2 10 11 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
B.Perry 50.0 4 11 7 0 1 0 .875 1.26
J.Pepitone 7.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
A.Pilarcik 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1415.5 158 173 351 7 11 2 .970 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.97
T.Conigliaro 1274.3 142 152 249 7 7 4 .973 1.81
M.Hershberger 84.7 10 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
P.Herrera 62.5 7 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.44
L.Aparicio 27.0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
A.Pilarcik 16.5 4 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Perry 6.0 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00
R.Staub 2.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Cimoli 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.0 167 190 285 7 9 4 .970 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.04
K.Spooner 305.7 42 42 15 42 0 4 1.000 1.68
L.Tiant 294.7 38 38 25 58 2 4 .976 2.54
J.Horlen 230.3 29 36 18 33 1 2 .981 1.99
R.Monzant 198.7 29 37 8 30 0 1 1.000 1.72
D.Stone 134.3 14 52 8 28 1 1 .973 2.41
L.Kiely 80.7 6 63 5 15 1 3 .952 2.23
C.Pascual 77.0 0 81 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.40
J.Kralick 66.3 6 35 5 9 1 0 .933 1.90
C.Butler 45.3 3 41 2 8 0 2 1.000 1.99
B.Belinsky 13.0 0 12 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38
D.Morehead 6.3 3 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
B.Farley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 170 444 88 236 6 18 .982 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Walls .309
On-Base Pct Conigliaro .363
Slugging Pct Conigliaro .477
OPS Conigliaro .841
XR Conigliaro 90.6
Games Conigliaro 156
At-Bats Pepitone 561
Runs Pepitone 85
Hits Conigliaro 158
Total Bases Conigliaro 265
Singles Walls 121
Doubles Conigliaro 32
Triples Aparicio, Conigliaro, Pepitone 3
Homeruns Mantle 25
RBIs Conigliaro 82
Stolen Bases Aparicio 30
Caught Stealing Aparicio 9
Walks Mantle 72
Strikeouts Conigliaro 120
ERA Spooner 2.86
Wins Spooner 21
Losses Tiant 15
Winning Pct Spooner .636
Saves Kiely 12
Games Pitched Pascual 81
Games Started Spooner 42
Complete Games Tiant 12
Shutouts Horlen, Spooner 2
Innings Pitched Spooner 305.7
Hits Allowed Tiant 279
Homeruns Allowed Tiant 27
Strikeouts Spooner 318
Walks Allowed Spooner 113
Walks per 9IP Tiant 2.7
Hits per 9IP Spooner 6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 9.4
WHiP Spooner 1.06
OAVG Spooner .193
OOBP Spooner .279
OSLG Spooner .298
OOPS Spooner .577
Team All-Stars
Mickey Mantle
Karl Spooner
Lee Walls
Player Salaries
Ramon Monzant $ 9,500,000
Leo Kiely $ 6,500,000
Karl Spooner $ 6,000,111
Dean Stone $ 6,000,000
Jim Davenport $ 4,500,000
Charlie Lau $ 4,200,000
Lee Walls $ 3,500,000
Jack Kralick $ 2,371,429
Johnny Goryl $ 2,321,429
Camilo Pascual $ 2,000,000
Luis Aparicio $ 1,800,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,100,000
Pancho Herrera $ 350,000
Earl Averill $ 340,000
Billy O'Dell $ 310,000
Bo Belinsky $ 300,000
Cecil Butler $ 300,000
Jim Campbell $ 300,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 300,000
Bob Tillman $ 300,000
Bob Farley $ 300,000
Dal Maxvill $ 300,000
Joe Horlen $ 300,000
Bob Perry $ 300,000
Luis Tiant $ 300,000
Rusty Staub $ 300,000
Rico Petrocelli $ 300,000
John Orsino $ 300,000
Joe Pepitone $ 300,000
Mike Hershberger $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ron Kline Kansas City Jack Kralick
$6,300,000
3/3 Traded Mike Kekich Montreal Luis Tiant
5/1 Traded Rich Rollins
Dave Morehead
Al Pilarcik
Gino Cimoli
Rob Gardner
Tampa Bay Pancho Herrera
Leo Kiely
Lee Walls
7/31 Traded Mickey Mantle Montreal Charlie Lau
Jim Davenport