1964 Los Angeles Angels season

1964  Los Angeles Angels
League	American League
Ballpark	Chávez Ravine
City	Los Angeles
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Fred Haney
Managers	Bill Rigney
Television	KTLA
Radio	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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The 1964 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, 17 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 2, 1963: Bill Kelso was drafted by the Angels from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 rule 5 draft. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e Sources:
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

• April 10, 1964: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels. ^[2]
• May 15, 1964: Art Fowler was released by the Los Angeles Angels. ^[3]

Roster

1964 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers 36 Bo Belinsky 43 George Brunet 31 Dean Chance 45 Bob Duliba 24 Art Fowler 20 Paul Foytack 38 Aubrey Gatewood 22 Bill Kelso 34 Barry Latman 39 Bob Lee 48 Don Lee 37 Ken McBride 41 Bob Meyer 35 Julio Navarro 17 Fred Newman 40 Dan Osinski 41 Jack Spring 33 Ed Sukla		Catchers 16 Jack Hiatt  7 Buck Rodgers Infielders  6 Joe Adcock 23 Charlie Dees 11 Jim Fregosi 29 Bobby Knoop  1 Joe Koppe 12 Billy Moran 14 Vic Power  2 Tom Satriano 42 Paul Schaal 19 Félix Torres		Outfielders 15 Lou Clinton 26 Lenny Green  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 28 Albie Pearson 25 Bob Perry  4 Jimmy Piersall 20 Rick Reichardt 10 Dick Simpson 35 Willie Smith 32 Lee Thomas Other batters 16 Hank Foiles		Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  5 Marv Grissom  3 Jack Paepke 21 Salty Parker  9 Del Rice

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

• 1964 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1964 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 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.