1964 Baltimore Orioles | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Memorial Stadium | |
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Record | 97–65 (.599) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart | |
General managers | Lee MacPhail | |
Managers | Hank Bauer | |
Television | WJZ-TV | |
Radio | WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer) | |
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The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 97 wins, 65 losses and one tie, [1] 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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 50–31 | 49–32 |
Chicago White Sox | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 1 | 52–29 | 46–35 |
Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | 2 | 49–32 | 48–33 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 14 | 46–35 | 39–42 |
Los Angeles Angels | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 17 | 45–36 | 37–44 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 20 | 41–40 | 38–43 |
Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 20 | 40–41 | 39–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 27 | 45–36 | 27–54 |
Washington Senators | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 37 | 31–50 | 31–50 |
Kansas City Athletics | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 42 | 26–55 | 31–50 |
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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 | — |
1964 Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||
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Infielders | Outfielders
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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 |
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C | Dick Brown | 88 | 230 | 59 | .257 | 8 | 32 |
1B | Norm Siebern | 150 | 478 | 117 | .245 | 12 | 56 |
2B | Jerry Adair | 155 | 569 | 141 | .248 | 9 | 47 |
3B | Brooks Robinson | 163 | 612 | 194 | .317 | 28 | 118 |
SS | Luis Aparicio | 146 | 578 | 154 | .266 | 10 | 37 |
LF | Boog Powell | 134 | 424 | 123 | .290 | 39 | 99 |
CF | Jackie Brandt | 137 | 523 | 127 | .243 | 13 | 47 |
RF | Sam Bowens | 139 | 501 | 132 | .263 | 22 | 71 |
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 |
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John Orsino | 81 | 248 | 55 | .222 | 8 | 23 |
Bob Johnson | 93 | 210 | 52 | .248 | 3 | 29 |
Charley Lau | 62 | 158 | 41 | .259 | 1 | 14 |
Willie Kirkland | 66 | 150 | 30 | .200 | 3 | 22 |
Earl Robinson | 37 | 121 | 33 | .273 | 3 | 10 |
Russ Snyder | 56 | 93 | 27 | .290 | 1 | 7 |
Gino Cimoli | 38 | 58 | 8 | .138 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Saverine | 46 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Gaines | 16 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 2 |
Lenny Green | 14 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
Lou Jackson | 4 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Blair | 8 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Piniella | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Milt Pappas | 37 | 251.2 | 16 | 7 | 2.97 | 157 |
Wally Bunker | 29 | 214.0 | 19 | 5 | 2.69 | 96 |
Robin Roberts | 31 | 204.0 | 13 | 7 | 2.91 | 109 |
Dave McNally | 30 | 159.1 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 | 88 |
Steve Barber | 36 | 157.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.84 | 118 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Stu Miller | 66 | 97.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.06 | 87 |
Harvey Haddix | 49 | 89.2 | 5 | 5 | 2.31 | 90 |
Dick Hall | 45 | 87.2 | 9 | 1 | 1.85 | 52 |
Chuck Estrada | 17 | 54.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.27 | 32 |
Dave Vineyard | 19 | 54.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.17 | 50 |
Frank Bertaina | 6 | 26.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 18 |
Mike McCormick | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.19 | 13 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Wes Stock | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.92 | 14 |
Sam Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 6 |
Ken Rowe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 4 |
Herm Starrette | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.64 | 5 |
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