1964 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1964
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Chub Feeney
Managers:	Alvin Dark
Television:	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Radio:	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)

The 1964 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 82nd year in Major League Baseball, their seventh year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fifth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place, as a result of their 90–72 record, placing them three games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

October 1, 1963: Jimmie Coker was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken MacKenzie.^[1]
October 10, 1963: Jack Fisher was drafted from the Giants by the New York Mets in a 1963 special draft.^[2]
March 29, 1964: Joey Amalfitano was purchased from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs.^[3]
April 14, 1964: Duke Snider was purchased by the Giants from the New York Mets

Spring training

The Giants held spring training games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, which opened in 1964. In the first game at Phoenix Muni on March 8, 1964, the Giants beat Cleveland, 6 to 2. Willie Mays hit the first home run at the park, in front of a crowd of 8,582. In attendance for the dedication ceremonies were Commissioner Ford Frick, National League President Warren Giles, and Giants owner Horace Stoneham.^[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Roster

1964 San Francisco Giants
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	117	388	98	.253	16	48
1B	142	529	161	.304	31	97
2B	98	383	105	.274	2	28
3B	153	566	162	.286	31	81
SS	134	367	82	.223	1	28
LF	130	364	80	.220	18	54
CF	157	578	171	.296	47	111
RF	115	376	103	.274	3	28

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
111	351	92	.262	4	22
116	297	70	.236	2	26
110	250	66	.264	1	14
80	205	37	.180	1	17
69	195	45	.231	3	11
91	167	35	.210	4	17
66	74	15	.203	1	8
14	25	2	.080	0	1
20	15	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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	269.0	21	8	2.48	206
30	163.1	10	11	3.64	104
18	106.1	5	7	3.30	64
6	41.2	1	2	3.02	23

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
44	206.1	12	11	2.75	155
38	174.2	6	9	3.25	146
40	161.0	9	9	3.07	98
36	85.0	8	7	5.40	54

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
61	7	6	11	3.76	57
35	5	1	3	2.92	55
34	3	0	4	2.20	29
13	2	0	0	4.91	8
10	0	0	1	5.00	3
9	1	0	1	1.80	15
6	0	1	0	4.35	6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Orlando Cepeda, first base, starter
Juan Marichal, reserve
Willie Mays, outfield, starter^[6]

Farm system

References

1964 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1964 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cokerji01.shtml Jimmie Coker
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fisheja01.shtml Jack Fisher
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amalfjo01.shtml Joey Amalfitano
News: Willie Mays pokes one over center wall as Giants get win . . 7 . March 9, 1964 . August 28, 2009 .
Web site: 1964 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac.
Web site: 1964 All-Star Game.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007