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The 1965 season of the American League was the sixty-fifth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Minnesota Twins	162	102	60	0	.630	-.-	774 (4.78)	600 (3.70)	0.254	0.323	0.399	3.14	0.973
2	Chicago White Sox	162	95	67	0	.586	7.0	647 (3.99)	555 (3.43)	0.246	0.312	0.364	2.99	0.981
3	Baltimore Orioles	162	94	68	0	.580	8.0	641 (3.96)	578 (3.57)	0.238	0.306	0.363	2.98	0.980
4	Detroit Tigers	162	89	73	0	.549	13.0	680 (4.20)	602 (3.72)	0.238	0.309	0.374	3.35	0.981
5	Cleveland Indians	162	87	75	0	.537	15.0	663 (4.09)	613 (3.78)	0.250	0.313	0.379	3.30	0.981
6	New York Yankees	162	77	85	0	.475	25.0	611 (3.77)	604 (3.73)	0.235	0.298	0.364	3.28	0.978
7	California Angels	162	75	87	0	.463	27.0	527 (3.25)	569 (3.51)	0.239	0.297	0.341	3.17	0.981
8	Washington Senators	162	70	92	0	.432	32.0	591 (3.65)	721 (4.45)	0.228	0.302	0.350	3.93	0.976
9	Boston Red Sox	162	62	100	0	.383	35.0	669 (4.13)	791 (4.88)	0.251	0.326	0.400	4.24	0.974
10	Kansas City Athletics	162	59	103	0	.364	43.0	585 (3.61)	755 (4.66)	0.240	0.307	0.358	4.24	0.977

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Rocky Colavito Ron Hansen Don Wert	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers	162
At Bats	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	666
Runs Scored	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	126
Hits	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	185
Doubles	Zoilo Versalles Carl Yastrzemski	Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox	45
Triples	Bert Campaneris Zoilo Versalles	Kansas City Athletics Minnesota Twins	12
Home Runs	Tony Conigliaro	Boston Red Sox	32
Total Bases	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	308
Runs Batted In	Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	108
Stolen Bases	Bert Campaneris	Kansas City Athletics	51
Caught Stealing	Bert Campaneris	Kansas City Athletics	19
Walks	Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	93
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Don Mincher	Minnesota Twins	15
Hit by Pitch	Max Alvis Bert Campaneris	Cleveland Indians Kansas City Athletics	9
Strikeouts	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	122
Sacrifice Hits	Jim Fregosi	California Angels	15
Sacrifice Flies	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	10
Grounded into Double Plays	Jerry Adair	Baltimore Orioles	26
Batting Average	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	0.321
On-Base Percentage	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.395
Slugging Percentage	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.536
On-Base plus Slugging	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.931
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	156

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins	21
Losses	Bill Monbouquette Dave Morehead John O'Donoghue	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Kansas City Athletics	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins	0.750
Appearances	Eddie Fisher	Chicago White Sox	82
Games Started	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	42
Complete Games	Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	18
Shutouts	Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins	6
Games Finished	Eddie Fisher	Chicago White Sox	60
Saves	Ron Kline	Washington Senators	29
Innings Pitched	Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	291.0
Batters Faced	Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	1188
Hits Allowed	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	267
Home Runs Allowed	Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins	34
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	132
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Ron Kline	Washington Senators	14
Hit Batsmen	Mickey Lolich	Detroit Tigers	12
Strikeouts	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	325
Wild Pitches	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	17
Balks	Dennis Bennett George Brunet Dean Chance Phil Ortega	Boston Red Sox California Angels California Angels Washington Senators	3
Runs Allowed	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	121
Earned Runs Allowed	Phil Ortega Earl Wilson	Washington Senators Boston Red Sox	102
Earned Run Average	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	2.18
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Eddie Fisher	Chicago White Sox	0.974

All-Star Game

The American League lost the thirty-sixth midsummer classic at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN on Tuesday, July 7, 1964 by a score of 6 to 5. The league's manager was Al Lopez.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Minnesota Twins were defeated by the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Zoilo Versalles, a shortstop with the Minnesota Twins. In the award's voting, he had 275 out of a possible 280 points and 19 first place votes.

The winner of the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball irrespective of league, was Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers (NL). In the award's voting, he had 20 out of a possible 20 points and 20 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Curt Blefary, an outfielder with the Baltimore Orioles. In the award's voting, he had 12 out of a possible 20 points and 12 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by sportswriters, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins
C	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers
1B	Joe Pepitone	New York Yankees
2B	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees
3B	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
SS	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins
OF	Tom Tresh	New York Yankees
	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox
	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers

Hall of Fame Game

The twenty-third annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 26 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League by a score of 7 to 4.

Umpires

• Nestor Chylak
• Lou DiMuro
• Cal Drummond
• Red Flaherty
• Bill Haller
• Jim Honochick
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill Kinnamon
• Bill McKinley
• Larry Napp
• Jim Odom
• Joe Paparella
• John Rice
• Ed Runge
• Al Salerno
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bob Stewart
• Frank Umont
• Bill Valentine