1964 Boston Red Sox season
1964 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
League place | 8th | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Pinky Higgins | |
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Television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1964 Boston Red Sox season was the 64th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 27 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- February 4, 1964: Carmen Fanzone was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[1]
- Prior to 1964 season: Bob Smith was released by the Red Sox.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]2 | Chuck Schilling | 2B |
1 | Ed Bressoud | SS |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
7 | Dick Stuart | 1B |
6 | Lou Clinton | RF |
25 | Tony Conigliaro | CF |
10 | Bob Tillman | C |
27 | Bill Monbouquette | P |
Notable transactions
[edit]- September 6, 1964: Wilbur Wood was purchased from the Red Sox by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
Roster
[edit]1964 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Managers
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Bob Tillman | 131 | 425 | 118 | .278 | 17 | 61 |
1B | Dick Stuart | 156 | 603 | 168 | .279 | 33 | 114 |
2B | Dalton Jones | 118 | 374 | 86 | .230 | 6 | 39 |
3B | Frank Malzone | 148 | 537 | 142 | .264 | 13 | 56 |
SS | Ed Bressoud | 158 | 566 | 166 | .293 | 15 | 55 |
LF | Tony Conigliaro | 111 | 404 | 117 | .290 | 24 | 52 |
CF | Carl Yastrzemski | 151 | 567 | 164 | .289 | 15 | 67 |
RF | Lee Thomas | 107 | 401 | 103 | .257 | 13 | 42 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Felix Mantilla | 133 | 425 | 123 | .289 | 30 | 64 |
Russ Nixon | 81 | 163 | 38 | .233 | 1 | 20 |
Chuck Schilling | 47 | 163 | 32 | .196 | 0 | 7 |
Tony Horton | 36 | 126 | 28 | .222 | 1 | 8 |
Lou Clinton | 37 | 120 | 31 | .258 | 3 | 6 |
Roman Mejias | 62 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 2 | 4 |
Dick Williams | 61 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 5 | 11 |
Al Smith | 29 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 2 | 7 |
Gary Geiger | 5 | 15 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Guindon | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Ryan | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Bill Monbouquette | 36 | 234.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.04 | 120 |
Earl Wilson | 33 | 202.1 | 11 | 12 | 4.49 | 166 |
Dave Morehead | 31 | 166.2 | 8 | 15 | 4.97 | 139 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Jack Lamabe | 39 | 177.1 | 9 | 13 | 5.89 | 109 |
Bob Heffner | 55 | 158.2 | 7 | 9 | 4.08 | 112 |
Ed Connolly | 27 | 80.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.91 | 73 |
Bill Spanswick | 29 | 65.1 | 2 | 3 | 6.89 | 55 |
Pete Charton | 25 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.26 | 37 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Dick Radatz | 79 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 2.29 | 181 |
Arnold Earley | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.68 | 45 |
Jay Ritchie | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.74 | 35 |
Dave Gray | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 17 |
Wilbur Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.47 | 5 |
Farm system
[edit]Statesville affiliation shared with the Houston Colt .45s[4]
Source:[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Carmen Fanzone page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1964 Statesville Colts Statistics".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Boston Red Sox Yearbook. 1964. p. 9. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
External links
[edit]- 1964 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1964 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com