1964 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1964
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Gabe Paul
General Managers:	Gabe Paul
Managers:	George Strickland (acting manager through July 2); Birdie Tebbetts
Television:	WJW-TV (Bob Neal, Herb Score)
Radio:	WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)

The 1964 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in a tie for sixth place in the American League with the Minnesota Twins, while winning 79 and losing 83, 20 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

• Prior to 1964 season: Dave Nelson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[1]

Regular season

In 1964, Vernon Stouffer became an investor in the Cleveland Indians due to the threat of the franchise relocating.^[2]

Manager Birdie Tebbetts suffered a heart attack during the offseason. George Strickland served as the Indians' acting manager during his convalescence. Tebbetts returned to the team on July 3.

Notable transactions

• September 5, 1964: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and $75,000. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Ralph Terry to the Indians on October 21 and Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27.^[3]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
18		SS
25		CF
27		LF
10		3B
15		1B
24		RF
7		C
12		2B
33		P

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Roster

1964 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager (acting)Coaches (Pitching)

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		106	352	85	.241	19	47
1B		120	390	109	.279	14	75
2B		115	335	77	.230	12	40
3B		107	381	96	.252	18	53
SS		162	637	163	.256	3	52
LF		163	641	162	.253	31	100
CF		150	577	156	.270	6	51
RF		111	270	67	.248	8	24

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
	118	364	86	.236	18	49
	101	293	79	.270	10	29
	86	283	87	.307	4	25
	83	271	74	.273	4	34
	69	151	31	.205	1	10
	61	136	22	.162	4	9
	23	25	9	.360	2	2
	19	18	2	.111	0	1
	9	17	5	.294	2	3
	9	14	3	.214	0	2
	13	12	2	.167	0	0
	11	11	0	.000	0	0
	5	8	0	.000	0	0
	2	6	0	.000	0	0
	2	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
	30	190.2	12	7	3.21	119
	31	173.1	11	6	2.70	177
	30	158.1	7	9	4.55	83
	19	127.0	10	4	2.83	105

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
	41	156.0	7	9	3.23	144
	36	133.0	7	10	5.14	98
	25	94.1	2	9	3.91	65
	23	91.2	4	8	4.12	78
	13	62.0	3	4	5.95	43

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
	70	6	4	16	2.41	92
	53	2	6	11	4.33	57
	56	8	6	4	4.33	89
	6	0	1	0	4.66	5
	6	0	0	0	5.59	7
	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball.

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Awards

• Vic Davalillo, Gold Glove Award^[6]

External links

• 1964 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsoda01.shtml Dave Nelson page at Baseball Reference
2. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010,
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE196404140.shtml 1964 Opening Day Lineup
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davalvi01.shtml Vic Davalillo at Baseball Reference