1964 Baltimore Orioles season

1964 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	97–65 (.599)
League place	3rd
Owners	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General managers	Lee MacPhail
Managers	Hank Bauer
Television	WJZ-TV
Radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer)
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The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 97 wins, 65 losses and one tie,^[1] two games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Baltimore spent 92 days in first place during the season before relinquishing that position on September 18.

Offseason

• November 27, 1963: Jim Gentile and $25,000 were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Norm Siebern.^[2]
• December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted by the Orioles from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.^[3]
• March 31, 1964: Buster Narum was traded by the Orioles to the Washington Senators for a player to be named later. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to the Orioles on August 4.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1964 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

Roster

1964 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 13 Steve Barber 18 Frank Bertaina 27 Wally Bunker 23 Chuck Estrada 30 Harvey Haddix 29 Dick Hall 35 Sam Jones 40 Mike McCormick 19 Dave McNally 37 Stu Miller 32 Milt Pappas 38 Robin Roberts 17 Ken Rowe 24 Herm Starrette 18 Wes Stock 20 Dave Vineyard		Catchers 10 Dick Brown 44 Charley Lau 12 John Orsino Infielders  7 Jerry Adair 11 Luis Aparicio  2 Bob Johnson  5 Brooks Robinson  1 Bob Saverine  4 Norm Siebern		Outfielders 33 Paul Blair 16 Sam Bowens 25 Jackie Brandt 20 Gino Cimoli  6 Joe Gaines  6 Lenny Green 44 Lou Jackson  3 Willie Kirkland 8,26 Boog Powell 34 Earl Robinson  9 Russ Snyder Other batters 24 Lou Piniella		Manager 42 Hank Bauer Coaches 31 Harry Brecheen 55 Billy Hunter 41 Sherm Lollar 14 Gene Woodling

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	Dick Brown	88	230	59	.257	8	32
1B	Norm Siebern	150	478	117	.245	12	56
2B	Jerry Adair	155	569	141	.248	9	47
3B	Brooks Robinson	163	612	194	.317	28	118
SS	Luis Aparicio	146	578	154	.266	10	37
LF	Boog Powell	134	424	123	.290	39	99
CF	Jackie Brandt	137	523	127	.243	13	47
RF	Sam Bowens	139	501	132	.263	22	71

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
John Orsino	81	248	55	.222	8	23
Bob Johnson	93	210	52	.248	3	29
Charley Lau	62	158	41	.259	1	14
Willie Kirkland	66	150	30	.200	3	22
Earl Robinson	37	121	33	.273	3	10
Russ Snyder	56	93	27	.290	1	7
Gino Cimoli	38	58	8	.138	0	3
Bob Saverine	46	34	5	.147	0	0
Joe Gaines	16	26	4	.154	1	2
Lenny Green	14	21	4	.190	0	1
Lou Jackson	4	8	3	.375	0	0
Paul Blair	8	1	0	.000	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Milt Pappas	37	251.2	16	7	2.97	157
Wally Bunker	29	214.0	19	5	2.69	96
Robin Roberts	31	204.0	13	7	2.91	109
Dave McNally	30	159.1	9	11	3.67	88
Steve Barber	36	157.0	9	13	3.84	118

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
Stu Miller	66	97.0	7	7	3.06	87
Harvey Haddix	49	89.2	5	5	2.31	90
Dick Hall	45	87.2	9	1	1.85	52
Chuck Estrada	17	54.2	3	2	5.27	32
Dave Vineyard	19	54.0	2	5	4.17	50
Frank Bertaina	6	26.0	1	0	2.77	18
Mike McCormick	4	17.1	0	2	5.19	13

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
Wes Stock	14	2	0	0	3.92	14
Sam Jones	7	0	0	0	2.61	6
Ken Rowe	6	1	0	0	8.31	4
Herm Starrette	5	1	0	1	1.64	5

Awards and honors

• Hank Bauer, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Darrell Johnson
AA	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Earl Weaver
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Harry Dunlop
A	Fox Cities Foxes	Midwest League	Billy DeMars
A	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Cal Ripken Sr.
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Jim Frey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Elmira, Fox Cities, Aberdeen

Notes

References

• 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.
• 1964 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 1964 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com