1964 Cleveland Indians season

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.

1964 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersGabe Paul
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersGeorge Strickland (acting manager through July 2); Birdie Tebbetts
Local televisionWJW-TV
(Bob Neal, Herb Score)
Local radioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Harry Jones)
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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.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Chicago White Sox 9864 0.605 1 52–29 46–35
Baltimore Orioles 9765 0.599 2 49–32 48–33
Detroit Tigers 8577 0.525 14 46–35 39–42
Los Angeles Angels 8280 0.506 17 45–36 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 20 41–40 38–43
Minnesota Twins 7983 0.488 20 40–41 39–42
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 27 45–36 27–54
Washington Senators 62100 0.383 37 31–50 31–50
Kansas City Athletics 57105 0.352 42 26–55 31–50

Record vs. opponents
1964 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–710–88–1011–713–5–111–710–810–813–5
Boston 7–11—4–149–95–1312–69–95–139–912–6
Chicago 8–1014–4—12–611–716–210–89–96–1212–6
Cleveland 10–89–96–12—11–710–89–910–8–13–15–111–7
Detroit 7–1113–57–117–11—11–710–811–78–10–111–7
Kansas City 5–13–16–122–168–107–11—6–129–96–128–10
Los Angeles 7–119–98–109–98–1012–6—12–67–1110–8
Minnesota 8–1013–59–98–10–17–119–96–12—8–1011–7
New York 8–109–912–615–3–110–8–112–611–710–8—12–6
Washington 5–136–126–127–117–1110–88–107–116–12—

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
#NamePosition
18Dick HowserSS
25Vic DavalilloCF
27Leon WagnerLF
10Max Alvis3B
15Fred Whitfield1B
24Tito FranconaRF
7Johnny RomanoC
12Woodie Held2B
33Mudcat GrantP

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Roster
1964 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJohnny Romano10635285.2411947
1BBob Chance120390109.2791475
2BLarry Brown11533577.2301240
3BMax Alvis10738196.2521853
SSDick Howser162637163.256352
LFLeon Wagner163641162.25331100
CFVic Davalillo150577156.270651
RFTito Francona11127067.248824

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
Woodie Held11836486.2361849
Fred Whitfield10129379.2701029
Chico Salmon8628387.307425
Joe Azcue8327174.273434
Billy Moran6915131.205110
Al Smith6113622.16249
Jerry Kindall23259.36022
Al Luplow19182.11101
George Banks9175.29423
Tony Martínez9143.21402
Tommie Agee13122.16700
Paul Dicken11110.00000
Wally Post580.00000
Duke Sims260.00000
Vern Fuller210.00000

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
Jack Kralick30190.21273.21119
Sam McDowell31173.11162.70177
Dick Donovan30158.1794.5583
Luis Tiant19127.01042.83105

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
Sonny Siebert41156.0793.23144
Pedro Ramos36133.07105.1498
Tommy John2594.1293.9165
Lee Stange2391.2484.1278
Mudcat Grant1362.0345.9543

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
Don McMahon7064162.4192
Ted Abernathy5326114.3357
Gary Bell568644.3389
Jerry Walker60104.665
Tom Kelley60005.597
Gordon Seyfried20000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Charleston Indians Eastern League Bob Nieman
A Burlington Indians Carolina League Bill Herring
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Walt Novick

[5]

Awards

References
  1. Dave Nelson page at Baseball Reference
  2. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  3. Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1964 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
  6. Vic Davalillo at Baseball Reference
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