| 1965 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 6–14 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Metropolitan Stadium (Minnesota) Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) | |||||||||
| MVP | Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Eddie Hurley (AL), Tony Venzon (NL), Red Flaherty (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Bob Stewart (AL), Ed Vargo (NL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Dodgers: Walt Alston (manager) Don Drysdale Sandy Koufax Twins: Jim Kaat Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Ray Scott and Vin Scully | |||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | By Saam and Joe Garagiola | |||||||||
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The 1965 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1965 season. The 62nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins. The Dodgers won in seven games.
The series is best remembered for the heroics of Sandy Koufax, who was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Koufax did not pitch in Game 1, as it fell on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. He pitched well but lost Game 2 before going on to toss shutouts in Games 5 and 7 (with only two days of rest in between) to win the championship.
The Twins had won their first pennant in Minnesota and the franchise’s first since 1933 when the team was known as the Washington Senators. The Dodgers won their second title in three years, and their third since moving to Los Angeles in 1958.