1965 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

The 1965 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team represented the Ohio State University in the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Marty Karow in his 15th season at Ohio State.

1965 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball
Big Ten Champions District 4 champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
CB	No. 2
Record	30–13 (11–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Marty Karow (15th season)
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

1965 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y	11	–	2		.846			30	–	13		.698
No. 15 Michigan  ‍‍‍	10	–	5		.667			10	–	5		.667
No. 21 Michigan State  ‍‍‍	9	–	6		.600			28	–	11		.718
Iowa  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			13	–	12		.520
Illinois  ‍‍‍	8	–	6		.571			8	–	6		.571
Indiana  ‍‍‍	6	–	7		.462			20	–	15		.571
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			5	–	7		.417
Purdue  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			14	–	11		.560
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			6	–	9		.400
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	1	–	14		.067			1	–	14		.067
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1965[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Buckeyes lost the College World Series, defeated by the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.

Roster

1965 Ohio State Buckeyes roster
	Pitchers 22 - Steve Arlin - Sophomore Ronald Kitchton		Catchers Chuck Brinkman - Junior Infielders 3 - Arnie Chonko - Senior Ralph Copp - Sophomore James Graham - Junior Dennis Jacobs - Sophomore Bo Rein - Sophomore		Outfielders Don Harkins - Senior Russell Nagelson - Junior Jimmie Reed - Senior 15 - Ray Shoup - Sophomore Unknown John Anderson - Junior Robert Bourne John Durant - Senior Raymond Dusenbury James Merrell - Senior Wayne Mogan - Sophomore David Singerman

Schedule and results

Legend
	Ohio State win
	Ohio State loss
	Ohio State tie

1965 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball game log
Regular season (23–11)
March (5–6) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record March 20 at Arizona State College Unknown • Flagstaff, Arizona 5–1 1–0 – March 20 at Arizona State College Unknown • Flagstaff, Arizona 12–7 2–0 – March 22 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field • Phoenix, Arizona 6–2 3–0 – March 22 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona 3–6 3–1 – March 23 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona 6–7 3–2 – March 24 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona 3–10 3–3 – March 24 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field • Phoenix, Arizona 5–1 4–3 – March 25 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 1–11 4–4 – March 26 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 3–8 4–5 – March 27 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–1 5–5 – March 27 at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 0–3 5–6 –
April (10–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record April 2 at Missouri Simmons Field • Columbia, Missouri 10–6 6–6 – April 9 Cincinnati Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 8–5 7–6 – April 10 Cincinnati Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 4–1 8–6 – April 10 Cincinnati Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 2–3 8–7 – April 13 Southern Illinois Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 9–0 9–7 – April 16 Ball State Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 6–0 10–7 – April 17 Ball State Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 5–6 10–8 – April 17 Ball State Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 9–1 11–8 – April 20 at Western Michigan Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 1–7 11–9 – April 20 at Western Michigan Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 4–1 12–9 – April 23 at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 8–2 13–9 1–0 April 24 at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 6–5 14–9 2–0 April 24 at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 0–1 14–10 2–1 April 30 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 10–2 15–10 3–1
May (8–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record May 1 at Wisconsin Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 6–2 16–10 4–1 May 1 at Wisconsin Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 3–4 17–10 5–1 May 7 Purdue Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 6–5 18–10 6–1 May 8 Illinois Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 7–5 19–10 7–1 May 8 Illinois Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 0–2 19–11 7–2 May 14 at Iowa Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa 3–0 20–11 8–2 May 21 Michigan Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 4–3 21–11 9–2 May 22 Michigan State Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 13–10 22–11 10–2 May 22 Michigan State Unknown • Columbus, Ohio 2–0 23–11 11–2
Postseason (7–2)
District 4 playoff (3–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record May 27 vs Ball State Trautwein Field • Athens, Ohio 4–0 24–11 11–2 May 28 at Ohio Trautwein Field • Athens, Ohio 4–2 25–11 11–2 May 29 vs Detroit Trautwein Field • Athens, Ohio 10–7 26–11 11–2
1965 College World Series (4–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record June 7 vs Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–1 27–11 11–2 June 8 vs Washington State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 14–1 28–11 11–2 June 9 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–9 28–12 11–2 June 10 vs Washington State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–0 29–12 11–2 June 11 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–3 30–12 11–2 June 12 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–2 30–13 11–2
Schedule Source:[3]

Awards and honors

Arnold Chonko

• All Tournament Team^[4]
• First Team All-Big Ten

Bo Rein

• All Tournament Team^[4]

Chuck Brinkman

• All Tournament Team^[4]

Steve Arlin

• All Tournament Team^[4]
• First Team All-American

Buckeyes in the 1965 MLB Draft

The following members of the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball program were drafted in the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Club
23	402	Steve Arlin	P	Detroit Tigers
23	403	Arnie Chonko	1B	Detroit Tigers