1964 Los Angeles Angels season explained

Los Angeles Angels
Season:	1964
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Chávez Ravine
City:	Los Angeles
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Fred Haney
Managers:	Bill Rigney
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
Next Season:	1965 California Angels season

The 1964 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, 17 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 2, 1963: Bill Kelso was drafted by the Angels from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1964: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[2]
• May 15, 1964: Art Fowler was released by the Los Angeles Angels.^[3]

Roster

1964 Los Angeles Angels
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		148	514	125	.243	4	54
1B		118	366	98	.268	21	64
2B		162	486	105	.216	7	38
3B		100	277	64	.231	12	28
SS		147	505	140	.277	18	72
LF		75	219	53	.242	2	22
CF		70	221	61	.276	3	16
RF		91	306	76	.248	9	38

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	359	108	.301	11	51
	107	265	59	.223	2	16
	108	255	51	.200	1	17
	87	255	80	.314	2	13
	68	221	55	.249	3	13
	50	198	53	.268	0	11
	47	172	47	.273	2	24
	54	113	29	.257	0	6
	39	92	23	.250	2	4
	21	50	7	.140	2	4
	11	37	6	.162	0	0
	17	32	4	.125	0	0
	26	26	2	.077	0	1
	9	16	6	.375	0	2
	4	4	1	.250	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
	46	278.1	20	9	1.65	207
	32	190.0	13	10	2.75	83
	23	135.1	9	8	2.86	91
	6	18.0	1	1	5.00	13

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
	40	138.0	6	10	3.85	81
	29	116.1	4	13	5.26	66
	33	89.1	5	4	2.72	73
	15	60.1	3	3	2.24	25
	10	42.1	2	2	3.61	36

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
	64	6	5	19	1.51	111
	58	6	4	9	3.59	33
	47	3	3	2	3.48	88
	15	1	4	0	2.84	20
	10	2	0	0	2.28	21
	6	1	0	0	2.70	0
	5	0	0	1	1.93	8
	4	0	2	1	10.29	5
	2	0	1	0	6.75	3
	2	0	1	0	15.43	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bill Kelso Stats. Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Jim Piersall Stats. Baseball-Reference.com.
3. Web site: Art Fowler Stats. Baseball-Reference.com.