Name: 1965 MLB NL standings
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The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 1965 National League pennant race at 97-65, 2 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants. It came down to the final days: the Los Angeles Dodgers did not lead for good until September 28, 1965.

NL standings, 1965

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Los Angeles Dodgers (LA) z	97	65	.599	-	9-1	W2
San Francisco Giants (SF)	95	67	.586	2	5-5	W2
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT)	90	72	.556	7	8-2	W4
Cincinnati Reds (CIN)	89	73	.549	8	3-7	L2
Milwaukee Braves (MIL)	86	76	.531	11	5-5	L2
Philadelphia Phillies (PHI)	85	76	.528	11.5	7-3	W4
St. Louis Cardinals (STL)	80	81	.497	16.5	5-5	W2
Chicago Cubs (CHC)	72	90	.444	25	3-7	L4
Houston Astros (HOU)	65	97	.401	32	3-7	L2
New York Mets (NYM)	50	112	.309	47	2-8	L4

Final standings.

Clinch key

z: clinched the best record in the National League

Turning points

The lead changed hands 27 times.
The Los Angeles Dodgers trailed by as many as 4.5 games on September 15, 1965.
The Los Angeles Dodgers took first place for good on September 28, 1965.
The San Francisco Giants won 14 games in a row from September 4, 1965 to September 16, 1965, the longest run of the race.
The San Francisco Giants led by 4.5 games as late as September 16, 1965.
The Los Angeles Dodgers led by as many as 5 games on June 3, 1965.
The Los Angeles Dodgers went 11-0 from September 16, 1965 to September 29, 1965, turning a deficit of 4.5 games into a lead of 2 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 74 of the 171 days played.
The Los Angeles Dodgers spent 135 of the season's 175 charted days in first place.