1964 Washington Senators season

1964 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkD.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record62–100 (.383)
League place9th
OwnersJames M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managersGeorge Selkirk
ManagersGil Hodges
TelevisionWTOP
RadioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
← 1963 Seasons 1965 →

The 1964 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

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


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Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Mike Brumley 136 426 104 .244 2 35
1B Bill Skowron 73 262 71 .271 13 41
2B Don Blasingame 143 506 135 .267 1 34
3B John Kennedy 148 482 111 .230 7 35
SS Ed Brinkman 132 447 100 .224 8 34
LF Chuck Hinton 138 514 141 .274 11 53
CF Don Lock 152 512 127 .248 28 80
RF Jim King 134 415 100 .241 18 56

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
Don Zimmer 121 341 84 .246 12 38
Dick Phillips 109 234 54 .231 2 23
Fred Valentine 102 212 48 .226 4 20
Chuck Cottier 73 137 23 .168 3 10
Joe Cunningham 49 126 27 .214 0 7
Don Leppert 50 122 19 .156 3 12
Willie Kirkland 32 102 22 .216 5 13
Ken Hunt 51 96 13 .135 1 4
Roy Sievers 33 58 10 .172 4 11
Ken Retzer 17 32 3 .094 0 1

Pitching

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
Claude Osteen 37 257.0 15 13 3.33 133
Buster Narum 38 199.0 9 15 4.30 121
Bennie Daniels 33 163.0 8 10 3.70 73
Don Loun 2 13.0 1 1 2.08 3

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
Alan Koch 32 114.0 3 10 4.89 67
Dave Stenhouse 26 88.0 2 7 4.81 44
Don Rudolph 28 70.1 1 3 4.09 32
Tom Cheney 15 48.2 1 3 3.70 25
Frank Kreutzer 13 45.1 2 6 4.76 27
Carl Bouldin 9 25.0 0 3 5.40 12
Howie Koplitz 6 17.0 0 0 4.76 9
Pete Craig 2 1.2 0 0 48.60 0

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
Ron Kline 61 10 7 14 2.32 40
Steve Ridzik 49 5 5 2 2.89 60
Jim Hannan 49 4 7 3 4.16 67
Jim Duckworth 30 1 6 3 4.34 56
Marshall Bridges 17 0 3 2 5.70 16
Jim Bronstad 4 0 1 0 5.14 9
Ed Roebuck 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Sparky Anderson
AA York White Roses Eastern League Jim Lemon
A Rocky Mount Senators Carolina League Owen Friend
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Wayne Terwilliger

Toronto affiliation shared with Milwaukee Braves

References