1965 World Series
Koufax skips Game 1 for Yom Kippur, then throws shutouts in Games 5 and 7.
The 1965 World Series matched the Los Angeles Dodgers with the Minnesota Twins, and the Dodgers won in seven games for their second title in three years.
Quick Facts
- Country
- World
- Champion
- Los Angeles Dodgers (4)
- Champion manager
- Walter Alston
- Champion games
- 97–65, 97, 65, GA: 2
- Date
- October 6–14
- Venue
- Metropolitan Stadium (Minnesota); Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)
- Television
- NBC
- Announcers
- Ray Scott and Vin Scully
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Background
Sandy Koufax did not pitch Game 1 because it fell on Yom Kippur. The Twins won the first two games at Metropolitan Stadium, beating Don Drysdale and Koufax, before Claude Osteen's 4-0 shutout began a three-game Dodgers sweep at Dodger Stadium, capped by Koufax's 7-0 shutout in Game 5. Minnesota won Game 6, and Koufax, on two days' rest, shut the Twins out 2-0 in Game 7 at Metropolitan Stadium on October 14, 1965. He was named World Series MVP.
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