1964 Cleveland Indians season

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1964  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Gabe Paul
General managers Gabe Paul
Managers George Strickland (acting manager through July 2); Birdie Tebbetts
Television WJW-TV
(Bob Neal, Herb Score)
Radio WERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)
  1963 Seasons 1965  

The 1964 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in a tie for sixth place in the American League with the Minnesota Twins, while winning 79 and losing 83, 20 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

In 1964, Vernon Stouffer became an investor in the Cleveland Indians due to the threat of the franchise relocating. [2]

Manager Birdie Tebbetts suffered a heart attack during the offseason. George Strickland served as the Indians' acting manager during his convalescence. Tebbetts returned to the team on July 3.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9963.61150314932
Chicago White Sox 9864.605152294635
Baltimore Orioles 9765.599249324833
Detroit Tigers 8577.5251446353942
Los Angeles Angels 8280.5061745363744
Cleveland Indians 7983.4882041403843
Minnesota Twins 7983.4882040413942
Boston Red Sox 7290.4442745362754
Washington Senators 62100.3833731503150
Kansas City Athletics 57105.3524226553150

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCALAAMINNYYWSH
Baltimore 11–710–88–1011–713–5–111–710–810–813–5
Boston 7–114–149–95–1312–69–95–139–912–6
Chicago 8–1014–412–611–716–210–89–96–1212–6
Cleveland 10–89–96–1211–710–89–910–8–13–15–111–7
Detroit 7–1113–57–117–1111–710–811–78–10–111–7
Kansas City 5–13–16–122–168–107–116–129–96–128–10
Los Angeles 7–119–98–109–98–1012–612–67–1110–8
Minnesota 8–1013–59–98–10–17–119–96–128–1011–7
New York 8–109–912–615–3–110–8–112–611–710–812–6
Washington 5–136–126–127–117–1110–88–107–116–12

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
18 Dick Howser SS
25 Vic Davalillo CF
27 Leon Wagner LF
10 Max Alvis 3B
15 Fred Whitfield 1B
24 Tito Francona RF
7 Johnny Romano C
12 Woodie Held 2B
33 Mudcat Grant P

[4]

Roster

1964 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Johnny Romano 10635285.2411947
1B Bob Chance 120390109.2791475
2B Larry Brown 11533577.2301240
3B Max Alvis 10738196.2521853
SS Dick Howser 162637163.256352
LF Leon Wagner 163641162.25331100
CF Vic Davalillo 150577156.270651
RF Tito Francona 11127067.248824

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Woodie Held 11836486.2361849
Fred Whitfield 10129379.2701029
Chico Salmon 8628387.307425
Joe Azcue 8327174.273434
Billy Moran 6915131.205110
Al Smith 6113622.16249
Jerry Kindall 23259.36022
Al Luplow 19182.11101
George Banks 9175.29423
Tony Martínez 9143.21402
Tommie Agee 13122.16700
Paul Dicken 11110.00000
Wally Post 580.00000
Duke Sims 260.00000
Vern Fuller 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Kralick 30190.21273.21119
Sam McDowell 31173.11162.70177
Dick Donovan 30158.1794.5583
Luis Tiant 19127.01042.83105

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sonny Siebert 41156.0793.23144
Pedro Ramos 36133.07105.1498
Tommy John 2594.1293.9165
Lee Stange 2391.2484.1278
Mudcat Grant 1362.0345.9543

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Don McMahon 7064162.4192
Ted Abernathy 5326114.3357
Gary Bell 568644.3389
Jerry Walker 60104.665
Tom Kelley 60005.597
Gordon Seyfried 20000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Charleston Indians Eastern League Bob Nieman
A Burlington Indians Carolina League Bill Herring
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Walt Novick

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Awards

References

  1. Dave Nelson page at Baseball Reference
  2. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-06-169031-0
  3. Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1964 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
  6. Vic Davalillo at Baseball Reference