1964 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1964 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a tie for second place in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies. Both teams finished at 92–70, one game behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds' home games were played at Crosley Field.

1964 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bill DeWitt
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Fred Hutchinson, Dick Sisler
Local televisionWLWT
(Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
Local radioWCKY
(Waite Hoyt, Claude Sullivan)
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The Reds began the season with Fred Hutchinson as manager, but he had to give way to acting manager Dick Sisler in August due to health issues with a record of 60–49. Sisler finished the season, guiding the team to a record of 32–21. Hutchinson, after formally resigning as manager in October, died of lung cancer on November 12, 1964, at the age of 45. Hutchinson was the first Reds member to have his number retired.

The 1964 season will long be remembered as one of the most exciting in MLB history, as both the National League and the American League saw multiple teams have chances to win the pennant in the last two weeks. The National League had three teams: the Cardinals, the Reds, and the Phillies, within a single game down the stretch, while the fourth-place Giants (3 games) and the fifth-place Braves (5) were within striking distance in the last month. The Phillies had double-digit lead with a month to go, but suffered a major collapse. But Philadelphia regained some momentum late by winning two games from the then first-place Reds including the last game of the year, to open the door for the Cardinals to win the pennant by one game over the Reds and the Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 — 48–33 45–36
Philadelphia Phillies 9270 0.568 1 46–35 46–35
Cincinnati Reds 9270 0.568 1 47–34 45–36
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 3 44–37 46–35
Milwaukee Braves 8874 0.543 5 45–36 43–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 13 42–39 38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers 8082 0.494 13 41–40 39–42
Chicago Cubs 7686 0.469 17 40–41 36–45
Houston Colt .45s 6696 0.407 27 41–40 25–56
New York Mets 53109 0.327 40 33–48 20–61

Record vs. opponents
1964 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —6–1211–710–88–1011–76–129–99–96–12
Cincinnati 12–6—12–614–4–19–911–79–98–107–1110–8
Houston 7–116–12—7–1112–69–95–135–137–118–10
Los Angeles 8–104–14–111–7—8–1015–3–18–1010–86–1210–8
Milwaukee 10–89–96–1210–8—14–410–812–69–98–10
New York 7–117–119–93–15–14–14—3–156–127–117–11
Philadelphia 12-69–913–510–88–1015–3—10–810–85–13
Pittsburgh 9–910–813–58–106–1212–68–10—8–106–12
San Francisco 9–911–711–712–69–911–78–1010–8—9–9
St. Louis 12–68–1010–88–1010–811–713–512–69–9—

Notable transactions
  • August 23, 1964: Jimmie Coker was purchased by the Reds from the Milwaukee Braves for $35,000.[1]

Roster
1964 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers
  • 34 Chet Nichols
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CJohnny Edwards126423119.281755
1BDeron Johnson140477130.2732179
2BPete Rose136516139.269434
3BSteve Boros11737095.257231
SSLeo Cárdenas163597150.251969
LFTommy Harper10231777.243422
CFVada Pinson156625166.2662384
RFFrank Robinson156568174.3062996

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
Chico Ruiz7731176.244216
Marty Keough10927671.257928
Gordy Coleman8919848.242527
Don Pavletich349122.242511
Bobby Klaus409317.18326
Mel Queen489519.200212
Hal Smith32668.12103
Bob Skinner255913.22035
Jimmie Coker113210.31314
Tony Pérez12252.08001
Johnny Temple630.00000
Tommy Helms210.00000

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
Jim O'Toole302201772.66145
Jim Maloney3121615102.71214
Bob Purkey34195.21193.0478

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
Joey Jay3418311113.39134
John Tsitouris37175.19133.80146
Joe Nuxhall32154.2984.07111

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
Sammy Ellis52103142.57125
Billy McCool406572.4287
Bill Henry372260.8728
Ryne Duren260212.8939
Al Worthington610010.296
Jim Dickson41007.206
Chet Nichols30006.003

Awards and honors

Gold Glove Award

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Dave Bristol
AA Macon Peaches Southern League Red Davis
A Peninsula Grays Carolina League Jack Cassini
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Pinky May
A Cedar Rapids Red Raiders Midwest League Rollie Hemsley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Diego[3]

References
  1. Jimmie Coker page at Baseball Reference
  2. 1964 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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