1964 Washington Senators season

1964  Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	D.C. Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	62–100 (.383)
League place	9th
Owners	James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managers	George Selkirk
Managers	Gil Hodges
Television	WTOP
Radio	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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The 1964 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

• October 14, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was released by the Senators. ^[1]
• November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees. ^[2]
• December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers in the 1963 rule 5 draft. ^[3]
• December 6, 1963: Bill Skowron was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers. ^[4]
• December 6, 1963: Hobie Landrith was released by the Senators. ^[5]
• March 31, 1964: The Senators traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Buster Narum. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to Orioles on August 4. ^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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

• July 13, 1964: Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin were traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Frank Kreutzer to the Senators on July 28. ^[4]

Roster

1964 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Carl Bouldin 25 Marshall Bridges 37 Jim Bronstad 20 Tom Cheney 25 Pete Craig 21 Bennie Daniels 17 Jim Duckworth 19 Jim Hannan 27 Ron Kline 26 Alan Koch 16 Howie Koplitz 18 Frank Kreutzer 16 Don Loun 34 Buster Narum 24 Claude Osteen 28 Steve Ridzik 37 Ed Roebuck 33 Don Rudolph 15 Dave Stenhouse		Catchers  8 Mike Brumley 10 Don Leppert 9,20 Ken Retzer Infielders  1 Don Blasingame 11 Ed Brinkman  7 Chuck Cottier  3 Joe Cunningham  2 John Kennedy 29 Dick Phillips  9 Roy Sievers  3 Bill Skowron 23 Don Zimmer		Outfielders 32 Chuck Hinton 6,12 Ken Hunt 30 Jim King  6 Willie Kirkland  4 Don Lock  5 Fred Valentine		Manager 14 Gil Hodges Coaches 40 Sid Hudson 44 Hobie Landrith 41 Danny O'Connell 43 George Susce 42 Eddie Yost

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

1. Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
2. Marshall Bridges page at Baseball Reference
3. Howie Koplitz page at Baseball Reference
4. Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference
5. Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference
6. Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1964 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
• 1964 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com