1964 New York Yankees season

1964  New York Yankees
American League champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	99–63 (.611)
League place	1st
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	Ralph Houk
Managers	Yogi Berra
Television	WPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
Radio	WCBS (AM) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
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The 1964 New York Yankees season was the 62nd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 99–63, winning their 29th pennant, finishing 1 game ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. It would also be their last postseason appearance until 1976.

Yogi Berra, taking over as manager from Ralph Houk, who in turn moved up to general manager, had a difficult early season, with many veterans missing games due to injury. Doubts about his ability to manage his former teammates were brought into the open with the Harmonica Incident in late August, in which he clashed with utility infielder Phil Linz on the team bus following a sweep by the Chicago White Sox that appeared to have removed the Yankees from pennant contention. The team rallied behind Berra afterwards, and won the pennant. However the incident may have convinced the team's executives to replace Berra with Johnny Keane, manager of the victorious Cardinals, after the season.

This season is considered to be the endpoint of the "Old Yankees" dynasty that had begun with the Ruppert – Huston partnership and then continued with the Topping – Webb partnership. The Yankees would soon undergo ownership changes and front office turmoil, and would not be a serious factor in the pennant chase again until the mid-1970s. For television viewers and radio listeners, the sudden removal of Mel Allen following that season marked the end of an era of Yankees television and radio broadcasts.

Offseason

• November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators. ^[1]

Regular season

On September 26, Mel Stottlemyre went 5 for 5, drove in two runs, and threw a two-hit shutout. ^{[2] [3]}

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	WAS
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

• September 5, 1964: The Yankees traded players to be named later and $75,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Pedro Ramos. The Yankees completed the trade by sending Ralph Terry to the Indians on October 21 and Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27. ^[4]

Roster

1964 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 56 Jim Bouton 28 Bud Daley 24 Al Downing 16 Whitey Ford 39 Steve Hamilton 49 Bob Meyer 51 Pete Mikkelsen 14 Pedro Ramos 18 Hal Reniff 45 Rollie Sheldon 22 Bill Stafford 30 Mel Stottlemyre 23 Ralph Terry 19 Stan Williams		Catchers 38 Johnny Blanchard 41 Jake Gibbs 32 Elston Howard Infielders  6 Clete Boyer 14 Harry Bright 42 Pedro González 12 Mike Hegan 10 Tony Kubek 34 Phil Linz 25 Joe Pepitone  1 Bobby Richardson		Outfielders 48 Elvio Jiménez 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 26 Archie Moore 43 Roger Repoz 15 Tom Tresh		Manager  8 Yogi Berra Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 16 Whitey Ford 31 Jim Gleeson 44 Jim Hegan

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Elston Howard	150	550	63	172	.313	15	84	1
1B	Joe Pepitone	160	613	71	154	.251	28	100	2
2B	Bobby Richardson	159	679	90	181	.267	4	50	11
3B	Clete Boyer	147	510	43	111	.218	8	52	6
SS	Tony Kubek	106	415	46	95	.229	8	31	4
LF	Tom Tresh	153	533	75	131	.246	16	73	13
CF	Mickey Mantle	143	465	92	141	.303	35	111	6
RF	Roger Maris	141	513	86	144	.281	26	71	3

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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
Phil Linz	112	368	92	.250	5	25
Héctor López	127	285	74	.260	10	34
Johnny Blanchard	77	161	41	.255	7	28
Pedro González	80	112	31	.277	0	5
Archie Moore	31	23	4	.174	0	1
Jake Gibbs	3	6	1	.167	0	0
Elvio Jimenez	1	6	2	.333	0	0
Harry Bright	4	5	1	.200	0	0
Mike Hegan	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Roger Repoz	11	1	0	.000	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
Jim Bouton	38	271.1	18	13	3.02	125
Whitey Ford	39	244.2	17	6	2.13	172
Al Downing	37	244.0	13	8	3.47	217
Mel Stottlemyre	13	96.0	9	3	2.06	49

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
Ralph Terry	27	114.0	7	11	4.54	77
Rollie Sheldon	19	102.1	5	2	3.61	57
Stan Williams	21	82.0	1	5	3.84	54
Bud Daley	13	35.0	3	2	4.63	16

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
Pete Mikkelsen	50	7	4	12	3.56	63
Hal Reniff	41	6	4	9	3.12	38
Bill Stafford	31	5	0	4	2.67	39
Steve Hamilton	30	7	2	3	3.28	49
Pedro Ramos	13	1	0	8	1.25	21
Bob Meyer	7	0	3	0	4.91	12

1964 World Series

Main article: 1964 World Series

With this 4–3 World Series victory, the Cardinals gained a 3–2 edge in overall Series wins over the Yankees, the first time any team had an overall edge against the Yankees since the 1920s. As of 2022, the Cardinals remain the only one of the "classic eight" National League teams to hold an edge over the Yankees.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of game
1	Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 9	October 7	Busch Stadium I	30,805	2:42
2	Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3	October 8	Busch Stadium I	30,805	2:29
3	Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 2	October 10	Yankee Stadium	67,101	2:16
4	Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3	October 11	Yankee Stadium	66,312	2:18
5	Cardinals – 5, Yankees – 2	October 12	Yankee Stadium	65,633	2:37
6	Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3	October 14	Busch Stadium I	30,805	2:37
7	Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 7	October 15	Busch Stadium I	30,346	2:40

Awards and honors

• Elston Howard, Gold Glove
• 1964 MLB All-Star Game
  • Whitey Ford, All-Star Game
  • Elston Howard, All-Star Game
  • Mickey Mantle, All-Star Game
  • Joe Pepitone, All-Star Game
  • Bobby Richardson, All-Star Game ^[6]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Virginians	International League	Preston Gómez
AA	Columbus Confederate Yankees	Southern League	Rube Walker
A	Greensboro Yankees	Carolina League	Loren Babe
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Frank Verdi
A	Shelby Yankees	Western Carolinas League	Gary Blaylock
Rookie	Johnson City Yankees	Appalachian League	Lamar North
Rookie	SRL Yankees	Sarasota Rookie League	Billy Shantz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale, Johnson City ^[7]

Notes

1. "Marshall Bridges Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Murcer, Bobby; Waggoner, Glen (2008). Yankee for Life . New York: Harper Collins. p.  63. ISBN   978-0-06-147342-5.
3. "Mel Stottlemyre's 5-hit game at retrosheet.org". retrosheet.org. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
4. "Pedro Ramos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
5. "1964 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
6. "1964 All-Star Game". Baseball Almanac.
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1964 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1964 World Series
• 1964 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com