1964 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, two games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Baltimore spent 92 days in first place during the season before relinquishing that position on September 18.

1964 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)Hank Bauer
Local televisionWJZ-TV
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Chicago White Sox 9864 0.605 1 52–29 46–35
Baltimore Orioles 9765 0.599 2 49–32 48–33
Detroit Tigers 8577 0.525 14 46–35 39–42
Los Angeles Angels 8280 0.506 17 45–36 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 20 41–40 38–43
Minnesota Twins 7983 0.488 20 40–41 39–42
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 27 45–36 27–54
Washington Senators 62100 0.383 37 31–50 31–50
Kansas City Athletics 57105 0.352 42 26–55 31–50

Record vs. opponents
1964 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–710–88–1011–713–5–111–710–810–813–5
Boston 7–11—4–149–95–1312–69–95–139–912–6
Chicago 8–1014–4—12–611–716–210–89–96–1212–6
Cleveland 10–89–96–12—11–710–89–910–8–13–15–111–7
Detroit 7–1113–57–117–11—11–710–811–78–10–111–7
Kansas City 5–13–16–122–168–107–11—6–129–96–128–10
Los Angeles 7–119–98–109–98–1012–6—12–67–1110–8
Minnesota 8–1013–59–98–10–17–119–96–12—8–1011–7
New York 8–109–912–615–3–110–8–112–611–710–8—12–6
Washington 5–136–126–127–117–1110–88–107–116–12—

Roster
1964 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDick Brown8823059.257832
1BNorm Siebern150478117.2451256
2BJerry Adair155569141.248947
3BBrooks Robinson163612194.31728118
SSLuis Aparicio146578154.2661037
LFBoog Powell134424123.2903999
CFJackie Brandt137523127.2431347
RFSam Bowens139501132.2632271

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
John Orsino8124855.222823
Bob Johnson9321052.248329
Charley Lau6215841.259114
Willie Kirkland6615030.200322
Earl Robinson3712133.273310
Russ Snyder569327.29017
Gino Cimoli38588.13803
Bob Saverine46345.14700
Joe Gaines16264.15412
Lenny Green14214.19001
Lou Jackson483.37500
Paul Blair810.00000
Lou Piniella410.00000

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
Milt Pappas37251.21672.97157
Wally Bunker292141952.6996
Robin Roberts312041372.91109
Dave McNally30159.19113.6788
Steve Barber361579133.84118

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
Stu Miller6697773.0687
Harvey Haddix4989.2552.3190
Dick Hall4587.2911.8552
Chuck Estrada1754.2325.2732
Dave Vineyard1954254.1750
Frank Bertaina626102.7718
Mike McCormick417.1025.1913

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
Wes Stock142003.9214
Sam Jones70002.616
Ken Rowe61008.314
Herm Starrette51011.645

Awards and honors
  • Hank Bauer, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Darrell Johnson
AA Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Earl Weaver
A Stockton Ports California League Harry Dunlop
A Fox Cities Foxes Midwest League Billy DeMars
A Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Cal Ripken Sr.
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Jim Frey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Elmira, Fox Cities, Aberdeen

Notes
  1. Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference
  2. Lou Jackson page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1964 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1964 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com


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