1964 Detroit Tigers season
1964 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | John Fetzer | |
General managers | Jim Campbell | |
Managers | Chuck Dressen | |
Television | WJBK | |
Radio | WKMH WWJ WJR (Ernie Harwell, Bob Scheffing) | |
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The 1964 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–77, 14 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted from the Tigers by the Washington Senators in the 1963 rule 5 draft.[1]
- December 5, 1963: Gus Triandos and Jim Bunning were traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Demeter and Jack Hamilton.[2]
- March 18, 1964: Don Mossi was purchased from the Tigers by the Chicago White Sox.[3]
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 | — |
Notable transitions
[edit]Andy Kosco was released by the Tigers on June 3, 1964.[4] On September 16, 1964, Dick Drago was signed as an amateur free agent.[5] After playing in 106 games during his fourth season with the Tigers, outfielder Bill Bruton retired.[6]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]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 | Bill Freehan | 144 | 520 | 156 | .300 | 18 | 80 |
1B | Norm Cash | 144 | 479 | 123 | .257 | 23 | 83 |
2B | Jerry Lumpe | 158 | 624 | 160 | .256 | 6 | 46 |
3B | Don Wert | 148 | 525 | 135 | .257 | 9 | 55 |
SS | Dick McAuliffe | 162 | 557 | 134 | .241 | 24 | 66 |
LF | Gates Brown | 123 | 426 | 116 | .272 | 15 | 54 |
CF | Bill Bruton | 106 | 296 | 82 | .277 | 5 | 33 |
RF | Al Kaline | 146 | 525 | 154 | .293 | 17 | 68 |
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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Don Demeter | 134 | 441 | 113 | .256 | 22 | 80 |
George Thomas | 105 | 308 | 88 | .286 | 12 | 44 |
Jake Wood | 64 | 125 | 29 | .232 | 1 | 7 |
Bubba Phillips | 46 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 3 | 6 |
Mike Roarke | 29 | 82 | 19 | .232 | 0 | 7 |
Willie Horton | 25 | 80 | 13 | .163 | 1 | 10 |
Jim Northrup | 5 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Stanley | 4 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Roman | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 1 | 1 |
George Smith | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
John Sullivan | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Dave Wickersham | 40 | 254.0 | 19 | 12 | 3.44 | 164 |
Mickey Lolich | 44 | 232.0 | 18 | 9 | 3.26 | 192 |
Hank Aguirre | 32 | 161.2 | 5 | 10 | 3.79 | 88 |
Denny McLain | 19 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.05 | 70 |
Bill Faul | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |
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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Ed Rakow | 42 | 152.1 | 8 | 9 | 3.72 | 96 |
Phil Regan | 32 | 146.2 | 5 | 10 | 5.03 | 91 |
Joe Sparma | 21 | 84.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 | 71 |
Frank Lary | 6 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 6 |
Jack Hamilton | 5 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.40 | 5 |
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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Larry Sherry | 38 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3.66 | 58 |
Fred Gladding | 42 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3.07 | 59 |
Terry Fox | 32 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.39 | 28 |
Julio Navarro | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.95 | 36 |
Dick Egan | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.46 | 21 |
Johnnie Seale | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5 |
Alan Koch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Fritz Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Howie Koplitz at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gus Triandos at Baseball Reference
- ^ Don Mossi at Baseball Reference
- ^ Andy Kosco at Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Bill Bruton at Baseball-Reference.com
References
[edit]- 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.
- 1964 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference