1964 Boston Red Sox season

The 1964 Boston Red Sox season was the 64th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 27 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

1964 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Pinky Higgins
Manager(s)Johnny Pesky (W-70; L-90) and Billy Herman (W-2; L-0)
Local televisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
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Offseason
  • February 4, 1964: Carmen Fanzone was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[1]
  • Prior to 1964 season: Bob Smith was released by the Red Sox.[2]

Regular season

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 Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC 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—

Opening Day lineup
  2Chuck Schilling2B
  1Eddie BressoudSS
  8Carl Yastrzemski    LF
11Frank Malzone3B
  7Dick Stuart1B
  6Lou ClintonRF
25Tony ConigliaroCF
10Bob TillmanC
27Bill Monbouquette    P

Notable transactions

Roster
1964 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 26 Earl Wilson
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CBob Tillman131425118.2781761
1BDick Stuart156603168.27933114
2BDalton Jones11837486.230639
3BFrank Malzone148537142.2641356
SSEddie Bressoud158566166.2931555
LFTony Conigliaro111404117.2902452
CFCarl Yastrzemski151567164.2891567
RFLee Thomas107401103.2571342

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
Felix Mantilla133425123.2893064
Russ Nixon8116338.233120
Chuck Schilling4716332.19607
Tony Horton3612628.22218
Lou Clinton3712031.25836
Roman Mejias6210124.23824
Dick Williams616911.159511
Al Smith295111.21627
Gary Geiger5155.38501
Bobby Guindon581.12500
Mike Ryan131.33302

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
Bill Monbouquette36234.013144.04120
Earl Wilson33202.111124.49166
Jack Lamabe39177.19135.89109
Dave Morehead31166.28154.97139
Ed Connolly2780.24114.9173

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
Jay Ritchie2146.0112.7435
Dave Gray913.0009.0017
Wilbur Wood45.20017.475

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
Dick Radatz79169292.29181
Bob Heffner557954.08112
Bill Spanswick292306.8955
Pete Charton250205.2637
Arnold Earley251112.6845

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Seattle Rainiers Pacific Coast League Edo Vanni
AA Reading Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Matt Sczesny
A Wellsville Red Sox New York–Penn League Larry Lee Thomas
A Statesville Colts Western Carolinas League Dave Philley and Rudy York

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem

Statesville affiliation shared with Houston Colt .45s

Notes
  1. Carmen Fanzone page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
  3. Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference

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 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1964 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com


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