1964 Los Angeles Angels season

1964 Los Angeles Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkChávez Ravine
CityLos Angeles
Record82–80 (.506)
League place5th
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

The 1964 Los Angeles Angels season was the 4th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 4th in Los Angeles, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Chávez Ravine. The Angels finished the season fifth in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, 17 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 63 .611 — 50‍–‍31 49‍–‍32
Chicago White Sox 98 64 .605 1 52‍–‍29 46‍–‍35
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 .599 2 49‍–‍32 48‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 85 77 .525 14 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Los Angeles Angels 82 80 .506 17 45‍–‍36 37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 79 83 .488 20 41‍–‍40 38‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins 79 83 .488 20 40‍–‍41 39‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 72 90 .444 27 45‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
Washington Senators 62 100 .383 37 31‍–‍50 31‍–‍50
Kansas City Athletics 57 105 .352 42 26‍–‍55 31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1964 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WAS
Baltimore — 11–7 10–8 8–10 11–7 13–5–1 11–7 10–8 10–8 13–5
Boston 7–11 — 4–14 9–9 5–13 12–6 9–9 5–13 9–9 12–6
Chicago 8–10 14–4 — 12–6 11–7 16–2 10–8 9–9 6–12 12–6
Cleveland 10–8 9–9 6–12 — 11–7 10–8 9–9 10–8–1 3–15–1 11–7
Detroit 7–11 13–5 7–11 7–11 — 11–7 10–8 11–7 8–10–1 11–7
Kansas City 5–13–1 6–12 2–16 8–10 7–11 — 6–12 9–9 6–12 8–10
Los Angeles 7–11 9–9 8–10 9–9 8–10 12–6 — 12–6 7–11 10–8
Minnesota 8–10 13–5 9–9 8–10–1 7–11 9–9 6–12 — 8–10 11–7
New York 8–10 9–9 12–6 15–3–1 10–8–1 12–6 11–7 10–8 — 12–6
Washington 5–13 6–12 6–12 7–11 7–11 10–8 8–10 7–11 6–12 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1964 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Buck Rodgers 148 514 125 .243 4 54
1B Joe Adcock 118 366 98 .268 21 64
2B Bobby Knoop 162 486 105 .216 7 38
3B Félix Torres 100 277 64 .231 12 28
SS Jim Fregosi 147 505 140 .277 18 72
LF Ed Kirkpatrick 75 219 53 .242 2 22
CF Bob Perry 70 221 61 .276 3 16
RF Lou Clinton 91 306 76 .248 9 38

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Willie Smith 118 359 108 .301 11 51
Albie Pearson 107 265 59 .223 2 16
Tom Satriano 108 255 51 .200 1 17
Jimmy Piersall 87 255 80 .314 2 13
Vic Power 68 221 55 .249 3 13
Billy Moran 50 198 53 .268 0 11
Lee Thomas 47 172 47 .273 2 24
Joe Koppe 54 113 29 .257 0 6
Lenny Green 39 92 23 .250 2 4
Dick Simpson 21 50 7 .140 2 4
Rick Reichardt 11 37 6 .162 0 0
Paul Schaal 17 32 4 .125 0 0
Charlie Dees 26 26 2 .077 0 1
Jack Hiatt 9 16 6 .375 0 2
Hank Foiles 4 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dean Chance 46 278.1 20* 9 1.65 207
Fred Newman 32 190.0 13 10 2.75 83
Bo Belinsky 23 135.1 9 8 2.86 91
Bob Meyer 6 18.0 1 1 5.00 13
  • Tied with Gary Peters (CWS) for League lead

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Barry Latman 40 138.0 6 10 3.85 81
Ken McBride 29 116.1 4 13 5.26 66
Don Lee 33 89.1 5 4 2.72 73
Aubrey Gatewood 15 60.1 3 3 2.24 25
George Brunet 10 42.1 2 2 3.61 36

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Lee 64 6 5 19 1.51 111
Bob Duliba 58 6 4 9 3.59 33
Dan Osinski 47 3 3 2 3.48 88
Willie Smith 15 1 4 0 2.84 20
Bill Kelso 10 2 0 0 2.28 21
Jack Spring 6 1 0 0 2.70 0
Julio Navarro 5 0 0 1 1.93 8
Art Fowler 4 0 2 1 10.29 5
Ed Sukla 2 0 1 0 6.75 3
Paul Foytack 2 0 1 0 15.43 1

Awards and honors

  • Dean Chance, Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

  • Dean Chance, Pitcher, Starter
  • Jim Fregosi, Shortstop, Starter

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Bob Lemon
A San Jose Bees California League Rocky Bridges
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Chuck Tanner
A Tri-City Angels Northwest League Tommy Heath
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League John Fitzpatrick

Notes

  1. ^ "Bill Kelso Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Jim Piersall Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Art Fowler Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.

References


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