1965 WORLD SERIES
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10/4/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 1 8 1
1965 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 1 4 0
Rifles AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Gilliam lf 5 0 0 0 .000 Howser ss 4 1 2 0 .500
Fairly rf 4 1 1 0 .250 Buford 2b 4 1 1 2 .250
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 0 .333 Mantle lf 3 0 0 0 .000
Clemente cf 4 0 2 1 .500 Colavito rf 4 0 0 0 .000
Alvis 3b 3 0 1 1 .333 Cash 1b 3 1 3 0 1.000
Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0 .000
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Howard c 3 0 0 0 .000
Rodgers c 3 0 0 0 .000 Burgess ph 1 0 0 0 .000
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0 .000 Blair cf 3 0 1 0 .333
John p 2 0 0 0 .000 Covington ph 1 1 1 2 1.000
Maris lf 1 0 1 0 1.000 Morehead p 1 0 0 0 .000
32 2 6 2 Wood ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Fisher p 0 0 0 0 .000
32 4 8 4
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
John 7.2 6 2 2 1 5 113 72 2.35
Wilhelm L 0-1 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 25 12 18.00
8.2 8 4 4 2 5 138 84
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Morehead 8.0 5 2 2 3 4 108 61 2.25
Fisher W 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 14 12 0.00
9.0 6 2 2 3 5 122 73
ALM: Gilliam moved to 3b in the 8th
Maris inserted at lf in the 8th
FRA: Wood batted for Morehead in the 8th
Burgess batted for Howard in the 9th
Covington batted for Blair in the 9th
E-Gonzalez, Howser. 2B-Fairly, McCovey. HR-Buford(1), Covington(1). K-Fairly,
McCovey, Alvis, Rodgers 2, Howser, Mantle, Blair 2, Wood. BB-McCovey, Alvis,
Rodgers, Mantle, Cash. SH-Gonzalez, John, Morehead. WP-Morehead.
GWRBI: Covington
Temperature: 62, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 9 MPH.
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10/4/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 1 8 1
1965 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 1 4 0
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Gilliam lf 1>63 7 43 8 5/f
Fairly rf 43 4>k D 8>43
McCovey 1b k 43 wp.2-3 D
W
Clemente cf 2>S 43 S.3-H;1-2 7
Alvis 3b 43.1-2 5>W S.2-H;1-3 k(23)
Wilhelm p
Gonzalez 2b 53 34/SH.1-2 46/f 9>Fisher
53
Rodgers c k 3/g.2-3 7>W k
McMillan ss 3>8 8 7 e6.B-1
John p 3/fl 6>43 23/SH.1-2
Maris lf S.1-2
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Howser ss 1>S 31 k S
Buford 2b note 1 3/g 6>3/g HR.1-H
Mantle lf 43.2-3 4>k 63 Wilhelm
W
Colavito rf 63 53 63 7
Cash 1b 2>S S 7>W 9>S
McMullen 3b 36/f 54/f 43/gdp 7
Howard c 9 5>7 3
Burgess ph 9
Blair cf k S 8>k
Covington ph HR.1-H
Morehead p 3>9 13/SH.1-2
Wood ph k
Fisher p
1: 54/f.B-2(e4/th)
Rifles IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
John A1 D2 2 Morehead A1 D5 2
Wilhelm D3 D8 2 L 0-1 Fisher D6 E1 0 W 1-0
Game 2
Oct 5, 1965 - This day dawns bright and clear, with the sun promising a great day for a ballgame, unlike yesterdays rainy wet conditions. The wind is blowing out today, which could mean a lot more long hits in Tiger Stadium. The second game promises to be another exciting ballgame for Tiger and Rifle fans. Taking the hill for the home team Tigers will be big Earl Wilson, winner of 16 ballgames during the regular season. His opponent, Camilo Pascual outdid him a couple by raking up an 18 win campaign. Both these big righthanders have wicked fastballs and their managers are hoping they will be humming this game. Don Buford, the Tigers pesky leadoff hitter for this game has other ideas, and promptly bashes one of Pascual's first pitches over the RF fence for a quick 1-0 Tiger lead. Wilson cruises through the 1st, and into the 2nd and gets the first Rifles hitter out. But then Max Alvis and Jim Gilliam tag him for back to back homers that give the Rifles a 2-1 advantage. Quickly though the Tigers roar back as big Wes Covington, getting a start today after his recent heroics of the first game, singles to start the bottom of the Tigers 2nd. Tiger hot cornerman Ken McMullen follows with yet another homer to deep LF that gives the lead back to the Frankfort faithfull, by a 3-2 margin. An error by Rifle SS Roy McMillan, again starts trouble for Pascual, but he calms down long enought to whiff the opposing pitcher Wilson, who can hit a long ball himself. But a walk to Buford brings the quick hook for Pascual from Manager Bill Linn, and lefty Billy Hoeft comes in to nip this potential rally in the bud. Tiger hurler Wilson cannot handle the Rifles at all today and in the fourth he walks Gilliam, and rookie catcher Rene Lachemann powers a deep drive into the CF seats for a 4-3 Rifle lead. Yes, it looks as though that wind is playing a factor in homer happy Tiger Stadium today, folks! In the bottom of the 6th with Don Larsen on the mound for the Rifles the Tigers tie it at 4, as McMullen blasts his 2nd homer of the game. Meanwhile Tiger relievers Jim O'Toole, Steve Ridzik, Ron Perranoski, and Jim Coates wrap up those shiny Rifles by causing their batters to shoot blanks through the 10th inning, and suddenly we have an extra inning affair! Stu Miller, King of the Junkballers, does the same for the Rifles through the 9th inning. Rookie Steve Hargan gets Mgr. Linn's call for the 10th inning, after Miller leaves for a PH. He does the job getting shortstop Wayne Causey on a grounder. Norm Cash then smashes a single through the box to give the Tigers a baserunner. The ever dangerous Rocky Colavito then hits a little roller that nearly ties up the vet McMillan. However Roy does get the slow roller just in time to nail Rocky at firstbase for the 2nd out. With Mickey Mantle advancing to the dish, and a runner in scoring position, Mgr. Linn calls for the intentional walk, electing to take his chances with rookie CF Paul Blair. With two runners on base, Blair reaches out and picks off a Hargan curve for a base hit that drops into right CF. Ron Fairly quickly gets to the ball and heaves it towards home where Cash, who was off and running with 2 outs, of course, is also closing on home plate. Ron's throw is just a little late arriving and Cash is safe at home with the winning run. Today it is Blair who's timely hit brings Frankfort the gamewinner. Coates picks up the win for Frankfort's 2nd W.S game victory. Game 3 will move to Memorial Stadium in Alma Mo, and will come after a day of travel for the teams. Of course Mgr. Linn and the Rifles are hoping for a change of fortune at their own park. Plunkitt on the other hand would love to see the Tigers continue their clutch hitting and nail down a couple more wins in Alma. If not, the Series will return to Tiger Stadium for the final games. So game 3 awaits. BE THERE!!
10/5/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 5 1
1965 Tigers 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 11 1 8 0
Rifles AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Maris lf 5 0 0 0 .167 Buford 2b 4 1 2 1 .375
Fairly rf 4 0 2 0 .375 Causey ss 5 0 0 0 .000
McCovey 1b 5 0 0 0 .125 Cash 1b 5 1 2 0 .625
Clemente cf 4 0 0 0 .250 Colavito rf 5 0 2 0 .222
Alvis 3b 4 1 1 1 .286 Mantle cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Gilliam 2b 3 2 1 1 .125 Covington lf 4 1 2 0 .600
Lachemann c 4 1 1 2 .250 Blair pr 1 0 1 1 .500
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0 .000 McMullen 3b 4 2 2 3 .250
Pascual p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bailey c 4 0 0 0 .000
Hoeft p 2 0 1 0 .500 Wilson p 1 0 0 0 .000
Larsen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Howser ph 1 0 0 0 .400
Ferrara ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 O'Toole p 0 0 0 0 .000
Geiger pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Ridzik p 0 0 0 0 .000
Miller,S p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lynch ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Griffith ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hargan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgess ph 1 0 0 0 .000
37 4 7 4 Coates p 0 0 0 0 .000
40 5 11 5
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Pascual 1.1 4 3 3 1 1 33 19 20.25
Hoeft 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 38 22 0.00
Larsen BS 1 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 24 16 5.40
Miller,S 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 37 25 0.00
Hargan L 0-1 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 17 7 13.50
9.2 11 5 5 2 5 149 89
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wilson 4.0 5 4 4 1 3 56 38 9.00
O'Toole 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 28 17 0.00
Ridzik 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00
Perranoski 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 31 22 0.00
Coates W 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12 8 0.00
10.0 7 4 4 2 5 129 86
ALM: Ferrara batted for Larsen in the 7th
Geiger ran for Ferrara in the 7th
Griffith batted for Miller,S in the 10th
FRA: Howser batted for Wilson in the 4th
Lynch batted for Ridzik in the 6th
Blair ran for Covington in the 8th
Mantle moved to lf in the 9th
Blair moved to cf in the 9th
Burgess batted for Perranoski in the 9th
E-McMillan, Buford. 2B-Fairly, Cash. HR-Alvis(1), Gilliam(1), Lachemann(1),
Buford(2), McMullen 2(2). SB-Blair(1). CS-Geiger. K-Maris 2, McCovey, Alvis,
Lachemann, Mantle, Covington, Wilson, Howser, Lynch. BB-Fairly, Gilliam,
Buford, Mantle.
GWRBI: Blair
Temperature: 64, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 12 MPH.
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10/5/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 5 1
1965 Tigers 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 11 1 8 0
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Maris lf 1>k 5 5>O'Toole 9 9
k
Fairly rf 7 S.1-2 W POCS2(136) D
8
McCovey 1b 43 9.2-3 4 8>8 k
Clemente cf 2>43 13 8 3/g
Alvis 3b HR 4>k 6>53 8
Gilliam 2b HR W 3 9>43
Lachemann c k HR.1-H e4.B-1 63
McMillan ss 53 8 Ridzik 4/L
3/fl
Pascual p
Hoeft p 3>S 8
Larsen p 7>Perranoski
Ferrara ph S
Geiger pr
Miller,S p 0>Coates
Griffith ph 4
Hargan p
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Buford 2b 1>HR W.1-2 43 7>Miller,S 3/g
S
Causey ss 3/g Hoeft 5>31 543/gdp 0>Hargan
8 43
Cash 1b 9 43 D 53 S
Colavito rf S 3>S Larsen 8>43 63.1-2
5/fl
Mantle cf 7 9 9 k IW
Covington lf 2>S 9 6>k S
Blair pr S.2-H;1-2
McMullen 3b HR.1-H 64/f HR SB2
43
Bailey c e6.B-1 4>53 8 9>53
Wilson p k
Howser ph k
O'Toole p
Ridzik p
Lynch ph k
Perranoski p
Burgess ph 8
Coates p
Rifles IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Pascual A1 B1 3 Wilson A1 B9 4
Hoeft B2 C3 0 O'Toole C1 C7 0
Larsen C4 C9 1 BS 1 Ridzik C8 C8 0
Miller,S D1 E1 0 Perranoski C9 D8 0
Hargan E2 E6 1 L 0-1 Coates D9 E3 0 W 1-0
Game 3 of the 1965 World series between the Frankfort Tigers and the Alma Rifles
moved to Alma, Missouri. The Tigers were able to win 2 close games at Frankfort
and led the series 2-0. The Rifles selected left hander, Joe Gibbon (8-5, 3.27).
The Tigers selected their own lefty Denny Lemaster (12-9, 2.94).
Gibbon worked out of the 1st inning after a Dick Howser double and two walks.
In the third inning Howser led off with a single and promptly stole second base.
Norm Cash singled Howser to 3rd and Rocky Colavito sac flied Howser home. Mickey
Mantle followed with a walk. Although Gibbon got out of the inning with only a
run surrendered, Tiger manager Bill Linn gave Gibbon the hook in favor of the
expected starter Bob Shaw (11-14, 4.37).
After pitching 3 and 2/3 scoreless innings Denny Lemaster left the game with an
injury in favor of Steve Ridzik (2-2, 4.03). Ridzik was retired 4 straight Rifles
before leaving the game in favor of Tiger reliever Eddie Fisher (9-6, 2.24). The
Rifles were able to battle for a run when Jim Gilliam scored off of Roberto Clemente’s
sacrifice fly which tied the game at 1-1. Bob Shaw was masterful for the Rifles and
pitched 3 scoreless innings before handing the ball over to the Rifles relief ace
Hoyt Wilhelm. Wilhelm promptly surrendered a home run toDon Buford, the first batter
he faced. Wilhelm then walked two more batters before settling down and retiring the
side. In the bottom of the 7th with two outs, the score 2-1 in favor of the Tigers
Roger Maris pinch hit for Chico Salmon. Maris sent the pitch over the right field wall
tying the game at 2.
Rather than lift the struggling Wilhelm, who had been touched up earlier in the series
Manager Linn decided to stick with him. This would prove to be a big mistake. Dick
Howser singled off Wilhelm and Buford followed it up with his second home run of the
game, both off Wilhelm, giving the Tigers the 4-2 lead. Stu Miller relieved and pitched
1 and 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
The Tigers handed the ball off to Ron Perranowski who retired all 6 batters he faced.
The win for the Tigers gave them a 3-0 lead over the Rifles. This game was Don Buford’s
who finished the game 2-5, with 2 HR’s and 3 RBI. The Rifles, which came back from a 8
game lead in the last month of the season, will need another miracle comeback to win this
one.
10/7/1965, FRA65-ALM65, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 8 0 13 0
1965 Rifles 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 3 0
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Rifles AB R H BI AVG
Howser ss 4 2 3 0 .556 Gilliam lf 2 1 0 0 .100
Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000 Fairly cf 3 0 1 0 .364
Buford 2b 5 2 2 3 .385 Clemente rf 3 0 0 1 .182
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 .500 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 .083
Colavito rf 2 0 1 1 .273 Alvis 3b 4 0 0 0 .182
Mantle lf 2 0 0 0 .000 Lachemann c 3 0 0 0 .143
Bowens lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller,S p 0 0 0 0 .000
McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0 .167 Salmon 2b 2 0 0 0 .000
Blair cf 3 0 1 0 .429 Maris ph 1 1 1 1 .286
Burgess ph 1 0 0 0 .000 McMillan ss 3 0 1 0 .091
Phillips cf 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibbon p 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard c 3 0 0 0 .000 Ferrara ph 1 0 0 0 .500
Bailey ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Shaw p 0 0 0 0 .000
Lemaster p 2 0 0 0 .000 Geiger ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ridzik p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000
Lynch ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Rodgers c 1 0 0 0 .000
Fisher p 0 0 0 0 .000 28 2 3 2
Causey ph 1 0 0 0 .000
34 4 8 4
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lemaster 3.2 1 0 0 0 3 34 22 0.00
Ridzik 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 11 8 0.00
Fisher BS 1, W 2-0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 32 20 6.00
Perranoski S 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 21 12 0.00
9.0 3 2 2 1 5 98 62
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gibbon 3.0 3 1 1 3 1 51 24 3.00
Shaw 3.0 2 0 0 2 0 35 20 0.00
Wilhelm L 0-2 1.2 3 3 3 2 0 37 19 16.88
Miller,S 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 26 15 0.00
9.0 8 4 4 9 1 149 78
FRA: Lynch batted for Ridzik in the 6th
Burgess batted for Blair in the 7th
Phillips inserted at cf in the 7th
Bailey batted for Howard in the 8th
Causey batted for Fisher in the 8th
Bailey moved to c in the 8th
Causey moved to ss in the 8th
Bowens inserted at lf in the 9th
ALM: Ferrara batted for Gibbon in the 3rd
Geiger batted for Shaw in the 6th
Maris batted for Salmon in the 7th
Gilliam moved to 2b in the 8th
Maris moved to lf in the 8th
Rodgers inserted at c in the 8th
2B-Howser. HR-Buford 2(4), Maris(1). SB-Howser(1). K-Howard, McCovey, Alvis,
Lachemann, Salmon, Ferrara. BB-Howser, Cash, Colavito 2, Mantle 3, McMullen,
Phillips, Gilliam. SH-Fairly. SF-Colavito, Clemente. HBP-Gilliam.
HB-Lemaster.
GWRBI: Buford
Denny Lemaster was injured for this game and 5 more days
Temperature: 71, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 13 MPH.
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10/7/1965, FRA65-ALM65, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 8 0 13 0
1965 Rifles 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 3 0
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Howser ss 1>D 3>S 5>W 43 S
Perranoski p
Buford 2b 8.2-3 SB2 54/f 7>Wilhelm HR.1-H
8 HR
Cash 1b 8 S.2-3 31.1-2 43 Miller,S
W
Colavito rf W 8/SF.3-H S.2-3 W 7
Mantle lf W.1-2 W.1-2 31 W.1-2 9>13
Bowens lf
McMullen 3b 53 31 6>W 4 8
Blair cf 2>9 4>Shaw S.1-2
7
Burgess ph 7
Phillips cf W
Howard c k 9 9.2-3
Bailey ph 8>9 54/f
Lemaster p 6 3
Ridzik p
Lynch ph 3/g.1-2
Fisher p
Causey ph 13
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Gilliam lf 1>HP 13.1-2 W 53
Fairly cf 13/SH.1-2 43 S.1-3 53
Clemente rf 1/L 4>7 note 1 9>7
McCovey 1b 7 63 63 k
Alvis 3b 2>k(23) Ridzik 7>63 43
53
Lachemann c k 5>43 8
Miller,S p
Salmon 2b 8 k
Maris ph HR
McMillan ss 3>S 8 13
Gibbon p
Ferrara ph k
Shaw p 6>Fisher
Geiger ph 7
Wilhelm p
Rodgers c 8>Perranoski
13
1: 9/SF.3-H;1-2
Tigers IN OUT ER Rifles IN OUT ER
Lemaster A1 B4 0 Gibbon A1 B6 1
Ridzik B5 B8 0 Shaw B7 D1 0
Fisher B9 C8 2 BS 1, W 2-0 Wilhelm D2 E2 3 L 0-2
Perranoski C9 D5 0 S 1 Miller,S E3 E8 0
With the Rifles trailing 3-0 Rifles manager Bill Linn was surprisingly upbeat.
“We’ve beat the odds before and we can do it again,” Linn was quoted as saying.
Linn chose starter Vern Law (11-13, 3.20) to start the improbable comeback attempt.
Tiger manager Gary Plunkett chose workhorse Wally Bunker (13-14, 4.59).
The Tigers jumped right on Law with a 1st inning home run by red hot first baseman
Norm Cash. It would be the only run the Tigers would manage. The Rifles tied the
game off of Roberto Clemente’s grounder which scored Jim Gilliam and tied the game.
The struggling Willie McCovey gave the Rifles a 2-1 lead in the 6th with a solo home
run and Ron Fairly tacked on a solo shot in the 8th.
The real story of the game was Vern Law. Law pitched a complete game, scattering 7
hits, allowed 1 walk, and forced 2 double plays in the 4th and 5th to kill innings.
When it was all over, Law had only thrown 102 pitches.
The series stands at the Tigers 3 and the Rifles 1.
10/8/1965, FRA65-ALM65, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 0
1965 Rifles 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 x 3 7 1 5 2
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Rifles AB R H BI AVG
Causey ss 4 0 1 0 .100 Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0 .143
Buford 2b 4 0 0 0 .294 Fairly rf 3 1 2 1 .429
Cash 1b 4 1 3 1 .563 McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1 .125
Colavito rf 4 0 1 0 .267 Clemente cf 3 0 0 1 .143
Covington lf 4 0 1 0 .444 Maris lf 4 0 0 0 .182
Mantle cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Alvis 3b 3 0 1 0 .214
McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0 .133 Rodgers c 3 0 1 0 .143
Lynch ph 1 0 0 0 .000 McMillan ss 3 0 0 0 .071
Bailey c 3 0 1 0 .111 Law p 3 0 1 0 .333
Bunker p 1 0 0 0 .000 30 3 7 3
Burgess ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Sheldon p 0 0 0 0 .000
O'Toole p 0 0 0 0 .000
32 1 7 1
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bunker L 0-1 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 86 51 3.00
Sheldon 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 11 8 0.00
O'Toole 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 15 9 3.00
8.0 7 3 3 2 4 112 68
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Law W 1-0 9.0 7 1 1 1 1 102 66 1.00
9.0 7 1 1 1 1 102 66
FRA: Burgess batted for Bunker in the 7th
Lynch batted for McMullen in the 9th
E-McCovey. 2B-Colavito. HR-Cash(1), Fairly(1), McCovey(1). CS-Gilliam.
K-Buford, McCovey, Maris, Rodgers, McMillan. BB-Bailey, Fairly, Clemente.
SH-Bunker. HBP-Mantle. HB-Law.
GWRBI: McCovey
Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.
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10/8/1965, FRA65-ALM65, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 0
1965 Rifles 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 x 3 7 1 5 2
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Causey ss 1>63 13 S.1-2 8>9
Buford 2b k 8 463/gdp 53
Cash 1b HR 4>2/fl 6>S S
Colavito rf 9 D 64/f note 1
Covington lf 2>31 S.2-3 16/f 7
Mantle cf 9 HP.1-2 6 9>3/g
McMullen 3b 63 643/gdp 7>63
Lynch ph 3
Bailey c 3>S 5>W 63 13
Bunker p 3/g/SH.1-2 note 2
Burgess ph 4
Sheldon p
O'Toole p
1: e3/th.1-2;B-1 2: 16/b.1X2;B-1
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Gilliam 2b 1>9 3>S 8 54/f
Fairly rf W S.1-2 53 O'Toole
CS2(26)
8>HR
McCovey 1b 9 46/f.2-3 6>HR k
Clemente cf W.1-2 63.3-H;1-2 63 8
Maris lf k 9 43 43
Alvis 3b 2>53 4>43 S
Rodgers c S 63 k
McMillan ss 53.1-2 8 7>Sheldon
k
Law p 9 5>53 S
Tigers IN OUT ER Rifles IN OUT ER
Bunker A1 C7 2 L 0-1 Law A1 D8 1 W 1-0
Sheldon C8 D1 0
O'Toole D2 D5 1
With the series standing at 3-1, the Tigers looked to game 1 starter, Dave Morehead
(18-4, 3.07 to end the series. The Rifles called upon their own game 1 starter,
Tommy John, to keep the Rifles slim hopes alive.
The Rifles were able to scrape together a run in the third after a Ron Fairly single,
a passed ball, and a base hit by Roberto Clemente. Third baseman, Max Alvis then
homered twice to give the Rifles a 3-0 lead. In the meantime, Tommy John was pitching
a shutout into the ninth. Rather than allow well rested Stu Miller to replace John in
the 9th, Manager Linn allowed John to take the mound. After retiring the first two
Tigers, Don Buford and Dick Howser, Paul Blair walked and Rocky Colavito homered, making
the score 3-2. Having seen his bullpen wilt throughout the first three series games,
Linn decided to let John try to finish it. Norm Cash sent a double down the right field
line. That was all the Rifles manager could take and the call went into crafty junkballer
Stu Miller. With right handed hitting Ken McMullen coming up, Tiger manager Plunkitt,
called on the left handed hitting veteran, Smokey Burgess. Miller struck out Burgess,
ending the game and making the series 3-2.
Can the Rifles pull out another improbable comeback? The series will return to Frankfort
with with the series standing at Tigers 3, Rifles 2.
10/9/1965, FRA65-ALM65, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 4 1
1965 Rifles 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 x 3 7 1 8 1
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Rifles AB R H BI AVG
Howser ss 4 0 0 0 .385 Gilliam lf 4 0 1 0 .167
Buford 2b 4 0 0 0 .238 Fairly rf 2 1 2 0 .500
Blair cf 3 1 0 0 .300 McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0 .158
Colavito rf 4 1 1 2 .263 Clemente cf 4 0 1 1 .167
Cash 1b 4 0 2 0 .550 Alvis 3b 3 2 2 2 .294
Phillips pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0 .000
McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0 .111 Miller,S p 0 0 0 0 .000
Burgess ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Rodgers c 3 0 0 0 .100
Harrelson lf 3 0 2 0 .667 McMillan ss 4 0 0 0 .056
Howard c 2 0 0 0 .000 John p 2 0 0 0 .000
Mantle ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Maris lf 0 0 0 0 .182
Bailey c 0 0 0 0 .111 29 3 7 3
Morehead p 2 0 0 0 .000
Ridzik p 0 0 0 0 .000
Wood ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Sheldon p 0 0 0 0 .000
32 2 5 2
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Morehead L 0-1 6.2 6 2 1 5 5 98 57 1.84
Ridzik 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
Sheldon 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 11 8 5.40
8.0 7 3 2 5 5 110 66
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
John W 1-0 8.2 5 2 2 1 6 128 83 2.20
Miller,S S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.00
9.0 5 2 2 1 7 134 87
FRA: Mantle batted for Howard in the 8th
Wood batted for Ridzik in the 8th
Bailey inserted at c in the 8th
Phillips ran for Cash in the 9th
Burgess batted for McMullen in the 9th
ALM: Gilliam moved to 2b in the 9th
Maris inserted at lf in the 9th
E-McMullen, Gonzalez. 2B-Cash. HR-Colavito(1), Alvis 2(3). K-Colavito 2,
McMullen, Morehead, Mantle, Wood, Burgess, Gilliam, McCovey, Clemente,
Gonzalez, John. BB-Blair, Fairly, McCovey, Alvis, Rodgers, John. SH-Fairly.
PB-Howard.
GWRBI: Clemente
Temperature: 84, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 1 MPH.
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10/9/1965, FRA65-ALM65, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 4 1
1965 Rifles 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 x 3 7 1 8 1
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Howser ss 1>23 4>4/L 7 9>9
Buford 2b 53 7 7>8 53
Blair cf 7 3/L 43 W
Colavito rf 2>k 5>k e4.B-1 HR.1-H
Cash 1b 31 S 63 D
Phillips pr
McMullen 3b k 143/gdp 8>2/fl Miller,S
Burgess ph k
Harrelson lf 3>9 6>S S
Howard c 8 8
Mantle ph k
Bailey c
Morehead p 9 k
Ridzik p
Wood ph k
Sheldon p
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Gilliam lf 1>S 3>9 36/f k
Fairly rf 54/SH.1-2 S W.1-2 S
McCovey 1b 9 pb.1-2 W.2-3;1-2 e5/fl
k S.1-3
Clemente cf k S.2-H 643/gdp Ridzik
43
Alvis 3b 2>W 53 6>HR 8>Sheldon
HR
Gonzalez 2b 8 4>4/L k 31
Miller,S p
Rodgers c W.1-2 53 7 8
McMillan ss 46/f.2-3 8 63 8
John p 31 5>W 7>k
Maris lf
Tigers IN OUT ER Rifles IN OUT ER
Morehead A1 D3 1 L 0-1 John A1 D5 2 W 1-0
Ridzik D4 D4 0 Miller,S D6 D6 0 S 1
Sheldon D5 D8 1
With the surging Alma Rifles hanging in there and beating the Frankfort Tigers in
game five, the World Series now moved back to Tiger Stadium for game 6. The Rifles
chose
2nd game starter Camilo Pascual ands the Tigers picked Earl Wilson for a rematch of
the game 2 pitchers. Neither did well in their original W.S. starts, and it was hoped
that a 2nd chance would see these two turn in a solid performance, as they did many
times during the 1965 SPB season.
Alas, this was not to be, as game 6 turns out to be the strangest game of the entire
1965 W.S., so far. Wilson struggled in the Rifle first, but managed to get out of a
bases loaded situation unscathed. In the bottom of the first, Stormin' Norman Cash,
who has been red hot, put the Tigers up front 1-0 with a mighty wallop into the
rightfield stands. This lead was very short lived as switch hitting catcher Bob Rodgers
led off the bottom of the first with a homer off Wilson to tie the game at 1-1. Then
the awakening bat of Willie McCovey gave the Rifles a 2-1 lead by leading off the 3rd
inning the same way off the still struggling Wilson. They then made it a 4-1 game as
both Roger Maris and Willie Mac again touched Wilson for solo homers in the 5th inning.
Pascual began having his troubles in the bottom of the 5th. when the struggling Tiger,
veteran switcher, Mickey Mantle led of by drawing a walk from the Rifle pitcher. A
fielders choice put Wayne Causey in the Micks place, and catcher Easy Ed Bailey cracked
a double to LF that gave the Tigers runners at 2nd & 3rd. PH Smoky Burgess, batting for
Wilson, made it 4-2 with a ground out that saw Causey score. Then an error by Ron Fairly
in RF, allowed Bailey to advance to 3b, while putting Tigers lead off man Don Buford on 1B.
Shortstop Dick Howser then lined a double to left, that scored Bailey, and sent Buford to 3b.
At this point manager Linn pulled his 17 game winner in favor or veteran LH Billy Hoeft, who
delived the Rifles out of the 5th inning by getting Colavito on a ground out.
But the Rifles now only had a 4-3 lead.
Plunkitt decided to bring in his ace RH reliever, Eddie Fisher early this game to try and
keep things under controll. But the usually effective Fisher ended up taking his lumps
early and often in this one. A one out single by Roy McMillan, was followed by a single
from Hoeft, and a throwing error by LF Wes Covington left these Rifle runners on 2nd & 3rd.
Maris who had homered his last at bat was walked setting up a force anywhere. This was a
very controversile move by Mgr Plunkitt, as you shall soon see. Fisher then caught Fairly
swinging and missing a famed knuckler for out number 2, but McCovey blasted the ball into
oblivion with a grandslammer that really put a hush on the hometown faitful, as the score
was now 8-3. This was Willie's 3rd homer of the game!!
The score remained the same untill the bottom of the 7th when PH Ken "Hawk" Harrelson got
a one out hit off Hoeft. PH Jake Wood sent Harrelson to 3rd with another base knock off
the vet Rifle lefty, and Buford quickly singled in the "Hawk" for a 8-4 game. Howser then
k'd for out number two. But the crafty Cash kept things going by coaxing a walk that loaded
the bases off the tiring Billy Hoeft. Linn changed pitchers bring in Hoyt Wilhelm, who had
been strangely ineffective earlier in his W.S. appearances. Colavito proved this point by
catching a 2-1 Wilhelm knuckler and blasting it deep into the left field seats for yet another
Series grand slam! This blow tied the game and the crowd went totally "ape" when Covington
followed planting Wilhelms next pitch over the RF wall. Now theTigers had taken an amazing
9-8 lead. Stu Miller then entered the game in the stead of the shellshocked Wilhelm, and
got the Rifles out of the inning.
Plunkitt then called on his lefty closer Ron Perranoski to try and deliver the Tigers an
amazing win of this game. Light hitting infielder McMillan quickly brought Rifle fans to
their feet by cracking Perranoski's 3rd pitch of the 8th inning into the LF stands to tie
the game at 9-9. McMillan received a hearty handshake from manager Linn, and most of the
Rifle players for this surprising shot! Then in the 9th, Rifles thirdbaseman Max Alvis
delivered the telling blow with another homer off Perranoski and sent a crushed bunch of
Tigers fans home wondering if this Series was going to go totally astray. Miller retired
the side in order in the bottom of the inning and hope was dimming quickly for the Tigers,
who at one time had led the Series 3 games to 0, and were now returning for the deciding
7th game, after dropping 3 straight games.
Pitching matchups for the all important game 7 will include Vern Law for the Rifles, and
Wally Bunker for the Tigers. Though both these pitchers did exceptionally well in game 3
starts, it was Law who ended up on top with a strong CG (the only one in the Series so far.)
performance against the Tigers youngster. The crafty Law is hoping to nail it down with
another strong game. Youngster Bunker is hoping to nail down the deciding game and become
a hero for the slumping Tigers.
BE THERE!!
10/11/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 1 10 13 1 6 0
1965 Tigers 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 9 10 1 4 0
Rifles AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Maris lf 4 2 1 1 .200 Buford 2b 5 1 1 1 .231
Fairly rf 4 0 1 0 .450 Howser ss 5 0 1 1 .333
McCovey 1b 4 3 3 6 .261 Cash 1b 4 2 1 1 .500
Clemente cf 5 0 1 0 .174 Colavito rf 5 1 1 4 .250
Alvis 3b 5 1 2 1 .318 Covington lf 4 1 1 1 .385
Gonzalez 2b 5 0 0 0 .000 Blair cf 0 0 0 0 .300
Rodgers c 4 1 1 1 .143 Mantle cf 3 0 2 0 .125
Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000 Causey 3b 4 1 0 0 .071
Miller,S p 1 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000
McMillan ss 4 2 2 1 .136 Bailey c 2 1 1 0 .182
Pascual p 2 0 1 0 .500 Harrelson ph 1 1 1 0 .750
Hoeft p 1 1 1 0 .667 McMullen 3b 1 0 0 0 .105
Lachemann c 1 0 0 0 .125 Wilson p 1 0 0 0 .000
40 10 13 10 Burgess ph 1 0 0 1 .000
Fisher p 0 0 0 0 .000
Wood ph 1 1 1 0 .333
Howard c 1 0 0 0 .000
38 9 10 9
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Pascual 4.2 4 3 2 1 2 68 43 7.50
Hoeft 2.0 3 4 4 1 2 38 22 7.20
Wilhelm BS 1 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 7 5 23.63
Miller,S W 1-0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 23 15 0.00
9.0 10 9 8 2 5 136 85
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wilson 5.0 8 4 4 1 2 76 51 8.00
Fisher 2.0 3 4 4 1 2 35 24 10.80
Perranoski BS 1, L 0-1 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 28 17 2.57
9.0 13 10 10 3 6 139 92
ALM: Lachemann inserted at c in the 7th
FRA: Burgess batted for Wilson in the 5th
Harrelson batted for Bailey in the 7th
Wood batted for Fisher in the 7th
McMullen inserted at 3b in the 8th
Howard inserted at c in the 8th
Blair inserted at cf in the 8th
Mantle moved to lf in the 8th
E-Fairly, Covington. 2B-Alvis, Howser, Bailey. HR-Maris(2), McCovey 3(4),
Alvis(4), Rodgers(1), McMillan(1), Cash(2), Colavito(2), Covington(2).
K-Maris, Fairly 2, McCovey, Clemente 2, Buford, Howser 2, Mantle, Wilson.
BB-Maris, Fairly, McCovey, Cash, Mantle. PB-Bailey.
GWRBI: Alvis
Temperature: 53, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 14 MPH.
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10/11/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 1 10 13 1 6 0
1965 Tigers 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 9 10 1 4 0
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Maris lf 1>k 6/L 5>HR IW 43
Fairly rf S 7 k k W
McCovey 1b pb.1-2 3>HR HR note 1 k
W
Clemente cf S.2-3;1-2 8 43 k 9>k(23)
Alvis 3b note 2 9 D 7>43 HR
Gonzalez 2b 46/f 63 9 3/g 7
Rodgers c 2>HR 4>9 6>Fisher 7
9
Wilhelm p
Miller,S p 9
McMillan ss 43 31 S 8>Perranoski
HR
Pascual p S 53
Hoeft p note 3
Lachemann c 43
1: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H 2: 32/f.2-3;1-2 3: S+e7.1-3;B-2
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Buford 2b 1>k 43 e9.2-3;B-1 S.3-H;1-2 7
Howser ss 31 9 D.3-H;1-3 k 9>k
Cash 1b HR 4>8 Hoeft W.2-3;1-2 3/g
9
Colavito rf 53 43 6>43 Wilhelm 43
note 1
Covington lf 2>31 53 43 HR
Blair cf
Mantle cf S 5>W k Miller,S
S
Causey 3b 54/f 46/f 7>8 8
Perranoski p
Bailey c 4 D.1-3
Harrelson ph S
McMullen 3b 8>63
Wilson p 3>k
Burgess ph 63.3-H
Fisher p
Wood ph S.1-3
Howard c 9
1: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H
Rifles IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Pascual A1 C2 2 Wilson A1 C6 4
Hoeft C3 D3 4 Fisher C7 D7 4
Wilhelm D4 D5 2 BS 1 Perranoski D8 E7 2 BS 1, L 0-1
Miller,S D6 E4 0 W 1-0
On October 12, 1965 the surging Alma Rifles managed by Bill "Gabby" Linn took on the
stumbling Frankfort Tigers of Gary "Casey" Plunkitt for the World Championship title
of SPB - I. On the mound for this final game is Vern Law who stymied the Tigers in
game 3, taking on Wally Bunker, who pitched well in game three, but fell a run short.
The Tigers early on looked as though they would dominate this Series by taking the
first 3 games, but then their luck changed quickly and they lost 3 straight, including a
real thriller of a game 6. So on this cool crisp clear day the final battle for THE
SERIES was to unfold.
In the bottom of the 2nd inning, veteran Tiger immortal Mickey Mantle tagged Law for a
solo HR, and gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Mantle had slumped badly during this Series,
but had been on base a lot due to many walks. Then in the bottom of the 4th, another
Tiger veteran, catcher Ellie Howard tagged Law for a 3 run shot following singles by
Mantle and Ken McMullen that made it 4-0, and with the way Bunker was pitching the game
looked almost like a sure thing.
Wally breezed along into the 7th inning and then ran into trouble when Rifle star McCovey,
who blasted 3 home runs in yesterdays dramatic game, led off with a hit. Wally then K'd
another star from yesterdays game, Max Alvis, who hit the game winning homer that gave the
Rifles their win in game 6. PH Roger Maris then walked on 4 straight pitches, and
Plunkitt, sensing that his young hurler was running out of gas quickly brought in veteran
relief man Steve Ridzik to bail out the youngster. Ridzik induced Bob Rodgers to ground
into a BIG DP that bailed the Tigers out of the tight spot.
Meanwhile relievers Joe Gibbon and Hoyt Wilhelm had been pitching effectively for the Rifles
through this same period of time, after Law had been PH for in the 5th inning.
Ridzik did not fare so well in inning 8 though as he hit leadoff man Roy McMillan, walked PH
Gary Geiger, and then induced Jim Gilliam to hit into a 1-5-3 DP when Ridzik came up with a
hot grounder, threw to McMullen who nailed McMillan at 3b, and fired to first to double up Junior. However, Chico Salmon, playing RF placed a base hit that just sneaked through the hole to put runners on first & third. Enough of Ridziks shenanigans, and lefty Jim O'Toole came in to face Ron Fairly, but Fairly ruined the strategy by lacing yet another hit that scored Geiger. This was getting way out of hand, so Plunkitt again made a switch bringing in ace LH Perranoski to face the dangerous Willie McCovey with the game gettiing a little to dangerous. Ron was not up to the task and McCovey sent a drive that nearly went out of the park for yet another huge HR for this Series!! The Tigers were totally stunned, and you literally could hear a pin drop when McCovey's drive sailed well back into the RF stands. Suddenly the game was tied, and Lady Luck had turned her back once more on the bumbling Clawed Ones. Finally the inning ended as Perranoski got Alvis swinging on a curve. But the score was 4-4 and the damage had been done!
In the bottom of the 8th, Linn selected another veteran reliever, and Don Larsen strolled
in to pitch for the Rifles. Little Don Buford, who was an early star when the Tigers were
rolling in this series, spanked Larsen for a hit, with steady hot hitting Norm Cash advancing
to the plate. Cash caught a Larsen fastball and sent it winging to deep RF. This line drive
looked like it would leave the park, but hit just off the top of the fence and came caroming
back with Salmon in hot pursuit. Buford had on the burners though, and never hesitated at 3b.
He caught home plate with a great hook slide that narrowly beat the throw from Salmon and the
Tigers had a 5-4 lead! Enter Bob Shaw in relief for the Rifles, and he quickly nailed Colavito
and Mantle with strikeouts to end the 8th inning.
In the 9th, Perranoski stayed erratic by walking Maris, and Plunkitt, taking no further
chances with the fading LH, brought in Jim Coates. Coates was "on" and retired 3 straight
to nail down the Championship for the Tigers. Perranoski fell into the win, and Larsen took
the loss in this deciding game.
Norm Cash who had a 14 for 28 series for an amazing .500 batting average was picked as the
Series MVP. He had 3 doubles and 2 homers, with 5 rbi's for the Tigers. There were many
other stars in this series, but Cash's timely hitting throughout the 7 games was by far the
most valuable contribution.
So the Frankfort Tigers nailed down their 2nd SPB - I title, after having won their first
back in 1961. The Alma Rifles almost pulled off a stunning upset in this World Series. But
finally the Tigers won that elusive 4th game despite the heroics of many including Willie
McCovey, Max Alvis, and Ron Fairly.
There were an amazing 30 homers hit in this Series including 5 by McCovey, and 4 by Alvis
for the Rifles. Little Don Buford also smacked 4 into the seats, and all these came in the
first 4 games.
Tigers Win '65 Series Over Rifles By 4-3 Margin!
10/12/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 0 5 0
1965 Tigers 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 x 5 9 0 4 4
Rifles AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Gilliam lf 4 0 1 0 .182 Causey ss 2 0 0 0 .063
Salmon rf 4 1 1 0 .167 Howser ph 2 0 0 0 .300
Fairly cf 2 1 1 1 .455 Buford 2b 4 1 1 0 .233
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 3 .296 Cash 1b 4 0 2 1 .500
Alvis 3b 4 0 0 0 .269 Colavito rf 4 0 0 0 .214
Gonzalez 2b 1 0 0 0 .000 Mantle cf 4 1 2 1 .200
Maris ph 0 0 0 0 .200 Covington lf 2 1 1 0 .400
Rodgers c 4 0 0 0 .111 Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0 .600
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0 .120 Blair cf 1 0 0 0 .273
Law p 1 0 1 0 .500 McMullen 3b 3 1 1 0 .136
Griffith ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Howard c 3 1 1 3 .083
Gibbon p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bunker p 2 0 0 0 .000
Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ridzik p 1 0 1 0 1.000
Geiger ph 0 1 0 0 .000 O'Toole p 0 0 0 0 .000
Larsen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000
Shaw p 0 0 0 0 .000 Coates p 0 0 0 0 .000
Lachemann ph 1 0 0 0 .111 33 5 9 5
29 4 6 4
Rifles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Law 4.0 6 4 4 0 2 50 36 3.46
Gibbon 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 21 12 1.93
Wilhelm 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 16 12 15.75
Larsen L 0-1 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 10 6 10.80
Shaw 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11 8 0.00
8.0 9 5 5 0 5 108 74
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bunker 6.1 3 0 0 3 7 99 62 1.46
Ridzik H 1 1.1 1 2 2 1 0 14 7 5.40
O'Toole 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 6.00
Perranoski BS 2, W 1-1 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 13 6 3.68
Coates S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 0.00
9.0 6 4 4 5 9 136 82
ALM: Griffith batted for Law in the 5th
Maris batted for Gonzalez in the 7th
Salmon moved to 2b in the 7th
Maris moved to rf in the 7th
Geiger batted for Wilhelm in the 8th
Lachemann batted for Shaw in the 9th
FRA: Howser batted for Causey in the 5th
Howser moved to ss in the 6th
Harrelson batted for Covington in the 6th
Mantle moved to lf in the 7th
Blair inserted at cf in the 7th
2B-Cash, Covington. HR-McCovey(5), Mantle(1), Howard(1). K-Salmon, Fairly,
McCovey, Alvis 4, Gonzalez, Lachemann, Colavito, Mantle, Bunker 2, Howser.
BB-Fairly 2, Maris 2, Geiger. HBP-Gonzalez, McMillan. HB-Bunker, Ridzik.
GWRBI: Cash
Derrell Griffith was injured for this game and 2 more days
Temperature: 48, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 4 MPH.
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10/12/1965, ALM65-FRA65, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1965 Rifles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 0 5 0
1965 Tigers 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 x 5 9 0 4 4
Rifles -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Gilliam lf 1>S 7 6>31 note 1
Salmon rf 63/gdp 8 k S.2-3
Fairly cf W 4>W k O'Toole
S.3-H;1-2
McCovey 1b k 643/gdp 7>S Perranoski
HR.2-H;1-H
Alvis 3b 2>k k k k
Gonzalez 2b k 5>HP
Maris ph W.1-2 9>W
Rodgers c 3/g 53.1-2 Ridzik Coates
643/gdp 16/f
McMillan ss 3>43 7.2-3 8>HP 9
Law p S
Griffith ph 43
Gibbon p
Wilhelm p
Geiger ph W.1-2
Larsen p
Shaw p
Lachemann ph k
1: 153/gdp.1-2
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Causey ss 1>53 3>53 5>Gibbon
Howser ph k 63
Buford 2b 4 3/g 8 8>Larsen
S
Cash 1b S 3/g 63 D.1-H
Colavito rf 54/f 4>43 6>13 Shaw
k
Mantle cf 2>HR S 63 k
Covington lf D 46/f
Harrelson ph Wilhelm
9
Blair cf 3
McMullen 3b 5/L S.1-2 7>9
Howard c 2/fl HR.2-H;1-H 31
Bunker p k k
Ridzik p S
O'Toole p
Perranoski p
Coates p
Rifles IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Law A1 B9 4 Bunker A1 C6 0
Gibbon C1 C5 0 Ridzik C7 D2 2 H 1
Wilhelm C6 D1 0 O'Toole D3 D3 1
Larsen D2 D3 1 L 0-1 Perranoski D4 D6 1 BS 2, W 1-1
Shaw D4 D6 0 Coates D7 D9 0 S 1
DMB team pitching -- 1965 Alma Rifles
Regular season -- from 10/4/1965 to 10/12/1965
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
Miller,S cl 0.00 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 25
Shaw sp 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 16
Gibbon* sp 1.93 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4.2 3 1 1 3 2 0 0 20
John* sp 2.20 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 16.1 11 4 4 2 11 2 2 61
Law sp 3.46 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 13.0 13 5 5 1 3 3 2 53
Hoeft* mr 7.20 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 4 1 3 0 0 21
Pascual sp 7.50 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6.0 8 6 5 2 3 3 0 30
Larsen mr 10.80 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 8
Hargan sp 13.50 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Wilhelm cl 15.75 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4.0 8 7 7 3 0 5 0 23
Total 4.19 3 4 1 7 7 1 0 62.1 58 30 29 17 29 14 5 262
DMB team pitching -- 1965 Frankfort Tigers
Regular season -- from 10/4/1965 to 10/12/1965
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
Coates mr 0.00 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
Lemaster* sp 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 13
Bunker sp 1.46 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 12.1 8 2 2 5 9 1 2 49
Morehead sp 1.84 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 14.2 11 4 3 8 9 1 1 62
Perranoski* cl 3.68 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 7.1 4 3 3 2 4 3 0 27
Sheldon sp 5.40 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 7
Ridzik mr 5.40 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 11
O'Toole* sp 6.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 12
Wilson sp 8.00 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9.0 13 8 8 2 5 7 0 42
Fisher cl 10.80 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 2 3 2 0 24
Total 3.92 4 3 2 7 7 0 0 62.0 49 28 27 21 39 16 5 254
DMB team batting -- 1965 Alma Rifles
Regular season -- from 10/4/1965 to 10/12/1965
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Ferrara lf .500 .500 .500 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fairly* rf .455 .571 .682 7 22 10 2 0 1 4 2 6 4 0 0 0 0
McCovey* 1b .296 .367 .889 7 27 8 1 0 5 6 10 3 7 0 0 0 0
Alvis 3b .269 .321 .769 7 26 7 1 0 4 4 5 2 7 0 0 0 0
Maris* rf .200 .333 .600 7 15 3 0 0 2 3 2 3 4 0 1 0 0
Gilliam# 3b .182 .280 .318 6 22 4 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
Clemente rf .174 .200 .174 6 23 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
Salmon 1b .167 .167 .167 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss .120 .154 .240 7 25 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rodgers# c .111 .200 .278 6 18 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Lachemann c .111 .111 .444 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
Geiger* cf .000 .500 .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Griffith* lf .000 .000 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b .000 .071 .000 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Pitchers .357 .400 .357 7 14 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Total .218 .292 .449 7 225 49 4 0 16 28 28 21 39 3 1 0 2
DMB team batting -- 1965 Frankfort Tigers
Regular season -- from 10/4/1965 to 10/12/1965
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Harrelson 1b .600 .600 .600 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cash* 1b .500 .548 .821 7 28 14 3 0 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Covington* lf .400 .400 .867 5 15 6 1 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wood 2b .333 .333 .333 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Howser ss .300 .333 .400 6 20 6 2 0 0 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 0
Blair cf .273 .333 .273 6 11 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
Buford# 2b .233 .258 .633 7 30 7 0 0 4 6 7 1 2 0 0 0 0
Colavito rf .214 .258 .464 7 28 6 1 0 2 2 7 2 3 0 0 0 0
Mantle# lf .200 .407 .350 7 20 4 0 0 1 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0
Bailey* c .182 .250 .273 5 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
McMullen 3b .136 .174 .409 7 22 3 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Howard c .083 .083 .333 5 12 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Causey* ss .063 .063 .063 5 16 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowens rf .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burgess* c .000 .000 .000 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Phillips cf .000 1.000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lynch* lf .000 .000 .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pitchers .091 .091 .091 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Total .241 .292 .448 7 241 58 8 0 14 30 30 17 29 1 1 2 0