1965 Knoxville Smokies Roster
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: John Davis (73-66)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 35,449, Avg. 510
The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the SL.
The Smokies plated 518 runs and yielded 565 runs. Tommy Murray paced Knoxville with 17 home runs, and Gerald Reimer walloped 15 or more, too. Gerald Reimer drove in 74 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Darrell Osteen and Thomas Frondorf led the team with 16 wins each, while Thomas Frondorf registered a 2.79 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Rogelio Álvarez, Bud Zipfel, Stan Swanson, Dave Skaugstad, Don Buddin, Ken Hunt, Don Secrist, Darrell Osteen and Clyde Mashore were all players from the 1965 Knoxville Smokies who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
John Davis served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogelio Álvarez | R | R | April 18, 1938 | 5'11" | 183 | Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio CU |
| Jerry Baker | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Don Buddin | R | R | May 5, 1934 | 5'11" | 178 | Turbeville, SC US |
| Wayne Carlander | S | L | June 5, 1941 | 6'5" | 210 | |
| Link Curtis | L | L | November 12, 1942 | 6'5" | 215 | |
| Larry Dovel | R | R | September 25, 1939 | 6'3" | 195 | |
| Andrew Dustal | R | R | July 6, 1942 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| Marvin Fodor | R | R | August 6, 1941 | 6'0" | 200 | Detroit, MI US |
| Thomas Frondorf | R | R | August 1, 1944 | 6'5" | 210 | |
| David Galligan | R | R | February 10, 1943 | 6'2" | 205 | |
| Phil Henderson | L | L | July 18, 1944 | 6'2" | 225 | |
| Ken Hunt | R | R | December 14, 1938 | 6'4" | 200 | Ogden, UT US |
| Dick Kennedy | R | R | April 9, 1936 | 5'11" | 190 | Evans City, PA US |
| Jerry Kushner | L | L | April 22, 1941 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Gary Lindholtz | R | R | August 8, 1946 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Bruce Lowell | R | R | 5'10" | 185 | ||
| Clyde Mashore | R | R | May 29, 1945 | 6'0" | 182 | Concord, CA US |
| Tommy Murray | R | R | March 22, 1942 | 6'0" | 190 | Marshall, TX US |
| Francisco Obregon | R | R | December 17, 1936 | 5'9" | 170 | Caracas, Distrito Federal VE |
| Bill Oplinger | R | R | April 26, 1943 | 5'10" | 160 | |
| Darrell Osteen | R | R | February 14, 1943 | 6'1" | 170 | Oklahoma City, OK US |
| Bob Pearson | R | R | January 21, 1943 | 5'11" | 172 | Wichita, KS US |
| Gerald Reimer | L | R | February 25, 1938 | 6'0" | 200 | |
| Don Secrist | L | L | February 26, 1944 | 6'2" | 195 | Seattle, WA US |
| Dave Skaugstad | L | L | January 10, 1940 | 6'1" | 179 | Algona, IA US |
| Billy Stinchcomb | R | R | June 16, 1944 | 6'2" | 165 | Denton, TX US |
| Stan Swanson | R | R | May 19, 1944 | 5'11" | 168 | Yuba City, CA US |
| Michael Vande Ven | L | L | May 1, 1944 | 6'3" | 195 | |
| Robert Weaver | L | R | September 2, 1943 | 5'11" | 200 | |
| James White | L | L | November 11, 1940 | 5'10" | 170 | Tampa, FL US |
| Kenneth Widman | R | R | February 29, 1944 | 6'1" | 175 | |
| Bud Zipfel | L | R | November 18, 1938 | 6'3" | 200 | Belleville, IL US |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
