1965 New York Yankees season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = New York Yankees
season = 1965
misc = Mickey Mantle hits first HR in Astrodome

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = Yankee Stadium
y4 = 1923
city = New York City, New York
y5 = 1903
owners = CBS
managers = Johnny Keane
television = WPIX
radio = WCBS (AM)
(Joe Garagiola, Sr., Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Bob Delaney)|

The New York Yankees' 1965 season was the 63rd season for the Yankees in New York and their 65th overall. The team finished with a record of 77-85, finishing 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Johnny Keane. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

This season marked the beginning of a transition for the Yankees before a resurgence in the 1970s. This was the first season since 1925 that they had failed to finish above the .500 mark. They would bottom out in 1966.

Offseason

*October 21, 1964: Ralph Terry was sent by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians to partially complete an earlier deal (the Yankees sent players to be named later and $75,000 to the Indians for Pedro Ramos) made on September 5, 1964. The Yankees sent Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27 to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference] ]
* November 30, 1964: Ellie Rodríguez was drafted by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1964 first-year draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodriel01.shtml Ellie Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference] ]
* Early 1965: Al Closter was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clostal01.shtml Al Closter page at Baseball Reference] ]

First Game in the Astrodome

* On April 9, 1965, the Houston Colt .45s became the Houston Astros and inaugurated indoor baseball in the Astrodome with a 2-1 exhibition win over the New York Yankees on April 9. Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the history of the Astrodome.

Regular season

*On October 3, 1965, Tony Kubek hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1965.shtml 1965 New York Yankees]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1965&t=NYA 1965 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]