1965 Major League Baseball season

In June, the first Major League Baseball draft was held in New York City.

[1] With the first pick of the 1965 MLB draft, the Kansas City Athletics took Rick Monday, an outfielder from Arizona State University.

[2] The 1965 season saw the following rule change:[3] 1 National League Triple Crown Pitching Winner In 1965, ABC provided the first-ever nationwide baseball coverage with weekly Saturday broadcasts on a regional basis.

ABC's deal[24][25] covered all of the teams except the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies[26] (who had their own television deals) and called for two regionalized games on Saturdays, Independence Day, and Labor Day.

At the end of the season, ABC declined to exercise its $6.5 million option for 1966, citing poor ratings,[29][30] especially in New York.