1964 Los Angeles 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.
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Owners | Gene Autry |
General managers | Fred Haney |
Managers | Bill Rigney |
Local television | KTLA |
Local radio | KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) |
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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
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 50–31 | 49–32 |
Chicago White Sox | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 1 | 52–29 | 46–35 |
Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | 2 | 49–32 | 48–33 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 14 | 46–35 | 39–42 |
Los Angeles Angels | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 17 | 45–36 | 37–44 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 20 | 41–40 | 38–43 |
Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 20 | 40–41 | 39–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 27 | 45–36 | 27–54 |
Washington Senators | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 37 | 31–50 | 31–50 |
Kansas City Athletics | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 42 | 26–55 | 31–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 13–5–1 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 13–5 | |||
Boston | 7–11 | — | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 12–6 | |||
Chicago | 8–10 | 14–4 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 16–2 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 12–6 | |||
Cleveland | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8–1 | 3–15–1 | 11–7 | |||
Detroit | 7–11 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–10–1 | 11–7 | |||
Kansas City | 5–13–1 | 6–12 | 2–16 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 8–10 | |||
Los Angeles | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 12–6 | — | 12–6 | 7–11 | 10–8 | |||
Minnesota | 8–10 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 8–10–1 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||
New York | 8–10 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 15–3–1 | 10–8–1 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | — | 12–6 | |||
Washington | 5–13 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — |
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
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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 |
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C | Buck Rodgers | 148 | 514 | 125 | .243 | 4 | 54 |
1B | Joe Adcock | 118 | 366 | 98 | .268 | 21 | 64 |
2B | Bobby Knoop | 162 | 486 | 105 | .216 | 7 | 38 |
3B | Félix Torres | 100 | 277 | 64 | .231 | 12 | 28 |
SS | Jim Fregosi | 147 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 18 | 72 |
LF | Ed Kirkpatrick | 75 | 219 | 53 | .242 | 2 | 22 |
CF | Bob Perry | 70 | 221 | 61 | .276 | 3 | 16 |
RF | Lou Clinton | 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 |
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Willie Smith | 118 | 359 | 108 | .301 | 11 | 51 |
Albie Pearson | 107 | 265 | 59 | .223 | 2 | 16 |
Tom Satriano | 108 | 255 | 51 | .200 | 1 | 17 |
Jimmy Piersall | 87 | 255 | 80 | .314 | 2 | 13 |
Vic Power | 68 | 221 | 55 | .249 | 3 | 13 |
Billy Moran | 50 | 198 | 53 | .268 | 0 | 11 |
Lee Thomas | 47 | 172 | 47 | .273 | 2 | 24 |
Joe Koppe | 54 | 113 | 29 | .257 | 0 | 6 |
Lenny Green | 39 | 92 | 23 | .250 | 2 | 4 |
Dick Simpson | 21 | 50 | 7 | .140 | 2 | 4 |
Rick Reichardt | 11 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Schaal | 17 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Dees | 26 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Hiatt | 9 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 2 |
Hank Foiles | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Dean Chance | 46 | 278.1 | 20 | 9 | 1.65 | 207 |
Fred Newman | 32 | 190.0 | 13 | 10 | 2.75 | 83 |
Bo Belinsky | 23 | 135.1 | 9 | 8 | 2.86 | 91 |
Bob Meyer | 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 |
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Barry Latman | 40 | 138.0 | 6 | 10 | 3.85 | 81 |
Ken McBride | 29 | 116.1 | 4 | 13 | 5.26 | 66 |
Don Lee | 33 | 89.1 | 5 | 4 | 2.72 | 73 |
Aubrey Gatewood | 15 | 60.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.24 | 25 |
George Brunet | 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 |
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Bob Lee | 64 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 1.51 | 111 |
Bob Duliba | 58 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3.59 | 33 |
Dan Osinski | 47 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.48 | 88 |
Willie Smith | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.84 | 20 |
Bill Kelso | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.28 | 21 |
Jack Spring | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 |
Julio Navarro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.93 | 8 |
Art Fowler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10.29 | 5 |
Ed Sukla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Paul Foytack | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
Farm system
Notes
- "Bill Kelso Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- "Jim Piersall Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- "Art Fowler Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
References
- 1964 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference
- 1964 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.