1965

1965 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1965.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Nankai Hawks (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nankai Hawks (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• European Cup: Simmenthal Nettuno, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: VFR Mannheim
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Haarlem Nicols
  • Serie A1: Simmenthal Nettuno

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) over the Minnesota Twins (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Minnesota Twins (Details)
    • National League: Los Angeles Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Appalachian League: Salem Rebels
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Carolina League: Portsmouth Tides
  • Eastern League: Pittsfield Red Sox
  • Florida Rookie League: FRL Astros
  • Florida State League: Fort Lauderdale Yankees
  • International League: Toronto Maple Leafs (Details)
  • Mexican Center League: San Luis Potosi Rojos
  • Mexican Southeast League: Campeche Pirates
  • Midwest League: Burlington Bees
  • New York-Penn League: Binghamton Triplets
  • Northern League: St. Cloud Rox
  • Northwest League: Tri-City Atoms
  • Pacific Coast League: Oklahoma City 89ers (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Treasure Valley Cubs
  • Southern League: Columbus Yankees / Asheville Tourists
  • Texas League: Albuquerque Dodgers
  • Western Carolinas League: Rock Hill Cardinals

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres Capitalinos

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Industriales (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Leones del Escogido in the league's finals, 5 - 0
• Winter League of Sonora: Ostioneros de Guaymas
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tiburones de La Guaira defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 1

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): Arizona State University defeated Ohio State University in the best-of-three finals, 2 - 1 (Details)
• NAIA College World Series: Carson-Newman College over the the Municipal University of Omaha, 3 - 2 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Phoenix College
• Community College League of California: Mt. San Antonio College over Allan Hancock College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Rapid Transit Dreamliners (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Senshu University defeated the Ritsumeikan University in the final, 7 - 4 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Okayama Higashi Shogyo High School (Okayama) defeat Wakayama High School (Wakayama), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Miike Kogyo High School (Fukuoka) defeat Choshi Shogyo High School (Chiba), 2 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Windsor Locks (Windsor Locks, CT) defeat Stoney Creek (Stoney Creek, ON), 3 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Colombia (Details)
  • Colombia (Gold); Mexico (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Manila, The Philippines (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• European Championship in Madrid, Spain (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Germany (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Hustler's Handbook, by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn

Births

Further information: Births in 1965

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1965

Further Reading

• John Rosengren: The Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption, The Lyons Press, Guildford, CT, 2014. ISBN 978-0762787128