1964 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1964
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)

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

• 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

Notable transitions

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

1964 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		144	520	156	.300	18	80
1B		144	479	123	.257	23	83
2B		158	624	160	.256	6	46
3B		148	525	135	.257	9	55
SS		162	557	134	.241	24	66
LF		123	426	116	.272	15	54
CF		106	296	82	.277	5	33
RF		146	525	154	.293	17	68

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
	134	441	113	.256	22	80
	105	308	88	.286	12	44
	64	125	29	.232	1	7
	46	87	22	.253	3	6
	29	82	19	.232	0	7
	25	80	13	.163	1	10
	5	12	1	.083	0	0
	4	11	3	.273	0	1
	3	8	3	.375	1	1
	5	7	2	.286	0	2
	2	3	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
	40	254.0	19	12	3.44	164
	44	232.0	18	9	3.26	192
	32	161.2	5	10	3.79	88
	19	100.0	4	5	4.05	70
	1	5.0	0	0	10.80	1

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
	42	152.1	8	9	3.72	96
	32	146.2	5	10	5.03	91
	21	84.0	5	6	3.00	71
	6	18.0	0	2	7.00	6
	5	15.0	0	1	8.40	5

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
	38	7	5	11	3.66	58
	42	7	4	7	3.07	59
	32	4	3	5	3.39	28
	26	2	1	2	3.95	36
	23	0	0	2	4.46	21
	4	1	0	0	3.60	5
	3	0	0	0	6.75	1
	1	0	0	0	108.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kopliho01.shtml Howie Koplitz
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/triangu01.shtml Gus Triandos
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mossido01.shtml Don Mossi
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koscoan01.shtml Andy Kosco
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brutobi01.shtml Bill Bruton