1964 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1964
League:	American League
Ballpark:	White Sox Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General Managers:	Ed Short
Managers:	Al López
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio:	WCFL (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)

The 1964 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 64th season in the major leagues, and its 65th season overall. They finished with a record of 98–64, good enough for second place in the American League, just one game behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 2, 1963: Rudy May was drafted by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins in the 1963 first-year draft.^[1]
• February 25, 1964: Jim Brosnan was released by the White Sox.^[2]
• March 18, 1964: Don Mossi was purchased by the White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 8, 1964: Minnie Miñoso was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[4]
• April 23, 1964: Charley Smith was traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Chico Fernández, Bobby Catton (minors), and cash.^[5]
• July 13, 1964: Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Frank Kreutzer to the Senators on July 28.^[6]
• July 17, 1964: Minnie Miñoso was released by the White Sox.^[4]

Opening Day lineup

• Jim Landis, CF
• Don Buford, 2B
• Floyd Robinson, RF
• Dave Nicholson, LF
• Joe Cunningham, 1B
• Ron Hansen, SS
• Charley Smith, 3B
• J. C. Martin, C
• Gary Peters, P

Roster

1964 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Ken Berry, CF	12	32	4	12	1	0	1	4	5	3	.375	0
Don Buford, 2B,3B	135	442	62	116	14	6	4	30	46	62	.262	12
Smoky Burgess, PH	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.200	0
Cam Carreon, C	37	95	12	26	5	0	0	4	7	13	.274	0
Joe Cunningham, 1B	40	108	13	27	7	0	0	10	14	15	.250	0
Ron Hansen, SS	158	575	85	150	25	3	20	68	73	73	.261	1
Mike Hershberger, RF,CF	141	452	55	104	15	3	2	31	48	47	.230	8
Jim Hicks, PR	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Dick Kenworthy, PH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jim Landis, CF	106	298	30	62	8	4	1	18	36	64	.208	5
Jeoff Long, LF,1B	23	35	0	5	0	0	0	5	4	15	.143	0
J. C. Martin, C	122	294	23	58	10	1	4	22	16	30	.197	0
Charlie Maxwell, PH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF	125	368	47	96	11	5	6	36	32	65	.261	15
Jerry McNertney, C	73	186	16	40	5	0	3	23	19	24	.215	0
Minnie Miñoso, LF	30	31	4	7	0	0	1	5	5	3	.226	0
Dave Nicholson, LF	97	294	40	60	6	1	13	39	52	126	.204	0
Floyd Robinson, RF,LF	141	525	83	158	17	3	11	59	70	41	.301	9
Bill Skowron, 1B	73	273	19	80	11	3	4	38	19	36	.293	0
Charley Smith, 3B	2	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.143	0
Marv Staehle, PH	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.400	1
Gene Stephens, OF	82	141	21	33	4	2	3	17	21	28	.234	1
Pete Ward, 3B	144	539	61	152	28	3	23	94	56	76	.282	1
Al Weis, 2B,SS	133	328	36	81	4	4	2	23	22	41	.247	22

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Fritz Ackley, P	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	0
Frank Baumann, P	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
John Buzhardt, P	31	54	3	11	1	1	0	6	2	22	.204	0
Eddie Fisher, P	59	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	.167	0
Ray Herbert, P	20	36	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	10	.139	0
Joe Horlen, P	32	69	2	11	0	0	0	5	2	11	.159	0
Bruce Howard, P	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Frank Kreutzer, P	17	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.125	0
Don Mossi, P	34	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	0
Gary Peters, P	54	120	9	25	7	0	4	19	2	29	.208	0
Juan Pizarro, P	33	90	6	19	1	0	3	15	1	34	.211	0
Fred Talbot, P	18	19	5	5	2	0	0	3	4	6	.263	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	73	21	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	.143	0
	162	5491	642	1356	184	40	106	586	562	902	.247	75

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Fritz Ackley	0	0	8.53	3	2	0	6.1	10	6	6	2	4	6
Frank Baumann	0	3	6.19	22	0	1	32.0	40	22	22	4	24	19
John Buzhardt	10	8	2.98	31	25	0	160.0	150	60	53	13	39	97
Eddie Fisher	6	3	3.02	59	2	9	125.0	86	43	42	13	35	74
Ray Herbert	6	7	3.47	20	19	0	111.2	117	50	43	14	19	40
Joe Horlen	13	9	1.88	32	28	0	210.2	142	54	44	11	59	138
Bruce Howard	2	1	0.81	3	3	0	22.1	10	2	2	0	9	17
Frank Kreutzer	3	1	3.35	17	2	1	40.1	37	15	15	1	21	32
Don Mossi	3	1	2.93	34	0	7	40.0	37	16	13	9	9	36
Gary Peters	20	8	2.50	37	36	0	273.2	217	89	76	20	113	205
Juan Pizarro	19	9	2.56	33	33	0	239.0	193	78	68	23	60	162
Fred Talbot	4	5	3.70	17	12	0	75.1	83	31	31	7	20	34
Hoyt Wilhelm	12	9	1.99	73	0	27	131.1	94	35	29	7	31	95
	98	64	2.72	162	162	45	1467.2	1216	501	444	124	443	955

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg^[7]

References

• 1964 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayru01.shtml Rudy May page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brosnji01.shtml Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mossido01.shtml Don Mossi page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithch04.shtml Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skowrbi.shtml Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997