1964 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1964
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Memorial Stadium
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	97–65 (.599)
League Place:	3rd
Owners:	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General Managers:	Lee MacPhail
Managers:	Hank Bauer
Television:	WJZ-TV
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer)

The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 97 wins, 65 losses and one tie,^[1] two games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Baltimore spent 92 days in first place during the season before relinquishing that position on September 18.

Offseason

• November 27, 1963: Jim Gentile and $25,000 were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Norm Siebern.^[2]
• December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted by the Orioles from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.^[3]
• March 31, 1964: Buster Narum was traded by the Orioles to the Washington Senators for a player to be named later. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to the Orioles on August 4.^[4]

Regular season

Roster

1964 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		88	230	59	.257	8	32
1B		150	478	117	.245	12	56
2B		155	569	141	.248	9	47
3B		163	612	194	.317	28	118
SS		146	578	154	.266	10	37
LF		134	424	123	.290	39	99
CF		137	523	127	.243	13	47
RF		139	501	132	.263	22	71

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
	81	248	55	.222	8	23
	93	210	52	.248	3	29
	62	158	41	.259	1	14
	66	150	30	.200	3	22
	37	121	33	.273	3	10
	56	93	27	.290	1	7
	38	58	8	.138	0	3
	46	34	5	.147	0	0
	16	26	4	.154	1	2
	14	21	4	.190	0	1
	4	8	3	.375	0	0
	8	1	0	.000	0	0
	4	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	37	251.2	16	7	2.97	157
	29	214.0	19	5	2.69	96
	31	204.0	13	7	2.91	109
	30	159.1	9	11	3.67	88
	36	157.0	9	13	3.84	118

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
	66	97.0	7	7	3.06	87
	49	89.2	5	5	2.31	90
	45	87.2	9	1	1.85	52
	17	54.2	3	2	5.27	32
	19	54.0	2	5	4.17	50
	6	26.0	1	0	2.77	18
	4	17.1	0	2	5.19	13

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
	14	2	0	0	3.92	14
	7	0	0	0	2.61	6
	6	1	0	0	8.31	4
	5	1	0	1	1.64	5

Awards and honors

• Hank Bauer, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Elmira, Fox Cities, Aberdeen

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1964 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 1964 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-12-01 . Here are the stories behind seven of the wildest tie games in Major League history . 2023-07-30 . MLB.com . en.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebeno01.shtml Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jackslo01.shtml Lou Jackson page at Baseball-Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference