1964 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1964
League:	American League
Ballpark:	D.C. Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Record:	62–100 (.383)
League Place:	9th
Owners:	James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General Managers:	George Selkirk
Managers:	Gil Hodges
Television:	WTOP
Radio:	WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
Season List:	List of Texas Rangers seasons

The 1964 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

October 14, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was released by the Senators.^[1]
November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees.^[2]
December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.^[3]
December 6, 1963: Bill Skowron was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[4]
December 6, 1963: Hobie Landrith was released by the Senators.^[5]
March 31, 1964: The Senators traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Buster Narum. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to Orioles on August 4.^[6]

July 13, 1964: Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin were traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Frank Kreutzer to the Senators on July 28.^[4]

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	136	426	104	.244	2	35
1B	73	262	71	.271	13	41
2B	143	506	135	.267	1	34
3B	148	482	111	.230	7	35
SS	132	447	100	.224	8	34
LF	138	514	141	.274	11	53
CF	152	512	127	.248	28	80
RF	134	415	100	.241	18	56

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
121	341	84	.246	12	38
109	234	54	.231	2	23
102	212	48	.226	4	20
73	137	23	.168	3	10
49	126	27	.214	0	7
50	122	19	.156	3	12
32	102	22	.216	5	13
51	96	13	.135	1	4
33	58	10	.172	4	11
17	32	3	.094	0	1

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	257.0	15	13	3.33	133
38	199.0	9	15	4.30	121
33	163.0	8	10	3.70	73
2	13.0	1	1	2.08	3

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	114.0	3	10	4.89	67
26	88.0	2	7	4.81	44
28	70.1	1	3	4.09	32
15	48.2	1	3	3.70	25
13	45.1	2	6	4.76	27
9	25.0	0	3	5.40	12
6	17.0	0	0	4.76	9
2	1.2	0	0	48.60	0

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
61	10	7	14	2.32	40
49	5	5	2	2.89	60
49	4	7	3	4.16	67
30	1	6	3	4.34	56
17	0	3	2	5.70	16
4	0	1	0	5.14	9
2	0	0	0	9.00	0