The 1965 Milwaukee Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1965 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1965 Milwaukee Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1965 Milwaukee Braves salary list, a 1965 Milwaukee Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1965 Milwaukee Braves primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"The most dangerous hitter between (Hank) Aaron and Willie Mays was Aaron." - Bob Gibson
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
36 | Wade Blasingame | 6-01 | 185 | Left | Left | 1943-11-22 |
20 | Clay Carroll | 6-01 | 200 | Right | Right | 1941-05-02 |
40 | Tony Cloninger | 6-00 | 210 | Right | Right | 1940-08-13 |
39 | Dave Eilers | 5-11 | 188 | Right | Right | 1936-12-03 |
34 | Hank Fischer | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Right | 1940-01-11 |
30 | Ken Johnson | 6-04 | 210 | Right | Right | 1933-06-16 |
22 | Dick Kelley | 6-00 | 175 | Left | Right | 1940-01-08 |
23 | Denny Lemaster | 6-01 | 185 | Left | Right | 1939-02-25 |
35 | Phil Niekro | 6-01 | 180 | Right | Right | 1939-04-01 |
33 | Billy O'Dell | 5-11 | 170 | Left | Both | 1932-02-10 |
30, 38 | Chi-Chi Olivo | 6-02 | 215 | Right | Right | 1926-03-18 |
26 | Dan Osinski | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1933-11-17 |
37 | Bob Sadowski | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1938-02-19 |
18 | Bobby Tiefenauer | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Right | 1929-10-10 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
28 | Jesse Gonder | 5-10 | 190 | Right | Left | 1936-01-20 |
12 | Gene Oliver | 6-02 | 225 | Right | Right | 1935-03-22 |
15 | Joe Torre | 6-02 | 212 | Right | Right | 1940-07-18 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
28 | Tommie Aaron | 6-01 | 200 | Right | Right | 1939-08-05 |
16 | Sandy Alomar | 5-09 | 155 | Right | Both | 1943-10-19 |
32 | Jim Beauchamp | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Right | 1939-08-21 |
2 | Frank Bolling | 6-01 | 175 | Right | Right | 1931-11-16 |
7 | Miguel de la Hoz | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 1938-10-02 |
11 | Lou Klimchock | 5-11 | 180 | Right | Left | 1939-10-15 |
41 | Eddie Mathews | 6-01 | 200 | Right | Left | 1931-10-13 |
19 | Denis Menke | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Right | 1940-07-21 |
39 | Frank Thomas | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1929-06-11 |
14 | Woody Woodward | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Right | 1942-09-23 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
44 | Hank Aaron | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Right | 1934-02-05 |
29 | Felipe Alou | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1935-05-12 |
18 | Johnny Blanchard | 6-01 | 198 | Right | Left | 1933-02-26 |
43 | Rico Carty | 6-03 | 200 | Right | Right | 1939-09-01 |
31 | Ty Cline | 6-00½ | 170 | Left | Left | 1939-06-15 |
27 | Billy Cowan | 6-00 | 170 | Right | Right | 1938-08-28 |
42 | Don Dillard | 6-01 | 200 | Right | Left | 1937-01-08 |
48 | Mack Jones | 6-01 | 180 | Right | Left | 1938-11-06 |
27 | Gary Kolb | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Left | 1940-03-13 |
24 | Lee Maye | 6-02 | 190 | Right | Left | 1934-12-11 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1965 Milwaukee Braves Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1965 Milwaukee Braves played 162 games during the regular season, won 86 games, lost 76 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at County Stadium (Park Factors: 101/100) where 555,584 fans witnessed their 1965 Braves finish the season with a .531 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1965 Milwaukee Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1965 Milwaukee Braves salary list, a 1965 Milwaukee Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1965 Milwaukee Braves primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1965 Milwaukee Braves Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?