1965 Season
1964 / 1966
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Top HitterWillie
Mays
Top PitcherJuan
Marichal

1965 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
29.5
8.6
32.8
22.1
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
34.2
11.2
44.1
31.1
2 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
27.7
10.5
29.0
19.5
3 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
25.1
9.0
21.7
13.6
4 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
29.5
8.6
32.8
22.1
5 Jim Bunning
PHI
SP
33.7
8.4
25.7
16.4
6 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
22.8
7.9
25.5
16.6
7 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
31.4
7.8
30.3
18.2
8 Billy Williams
CHN
RF
27.0
7.8
32.3
18.6
9 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
25.4
7.7
32.0
17.8
10 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
29.6
7.6
24.6
15.0
11 Jimmy Wynn
HOU
CF
23.3
7.4
31.5
17.8
12 Zoilo Versalles
MIN
SS
25.5
7.2
31.5
15.1
13 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
30.9
7.1
26.6
14.6
14 Don Buford
CHA
2B
28.4
7.0
30.1
15.7
15 Mel Stottlemyre
NYA
SP
23.6
6.9
22.9
13.7
16 Chris Short
PHI
SP
27.8
6.7
24.4
14.8
17 Dick Allen
PHI
3B
23.3
6.4
32.7
18.5
18 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
26.3
6.1
27.5
14.5
19 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
27.5
5.8
29.2
17.9
20 Joe Morgan*
HOU
2B
21.8
5.7
30.7
15.3
21 Pete Rose
CIN
2B
24.2
5.6
27.4
11.2
22 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
28.9
5.5
26.7
16.8
23 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
26.9
5.4
24.5
9.7
24 Felipe Alou
ML1
1B
30.1
5.4
20.6
9.7
25 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
26.9
5.4
32.6
20.2
26 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
33.7
5.4
22.1
9.4
27 Bill White
SLN
1B
31.4
5.4
22.2
11.2
28 Norm Cash
DET
1B
30.6
5.4
23.2
13.3
29 Vern Law
PIT
SP
35.3
5.3
20.1
13.2
30 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
23.2
5.3
23.8
8.1
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James