1964 Baltimore Orioles season

1964 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Memorial Stadium (Since 1954) Baltimore, Maryland (Since 1954)
1964 Information
Owner(s)	Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)	Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)	Hank Bauer
Local television	WJZ-TV
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer)
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The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, two games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

[edit] Offseason

November 27, 1963: Jim Gentile and $25,000 were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Norm Siebern.^[1]
December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted by the Orioles from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.^[2]
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.^[3]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	63	.611	--
Chicago White Sox	98	64	.605	1
Baltimore Orioles	97	65	.599	2
Detroit Tigers	85	77	.525	14
Los Angeles Angels	82	80	.506	17
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	20
Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	20
Boston Red Sox	72	90	.444	27
Washington Senators	62	100	.383	37
Kansas City Athletics	57	105	.352	42

[edit] Notable transactions

[edit] Roster

1964 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

24 Lou Piniella

Manager

42 Hank Bauer

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

[edit] 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	Brown, DickDick Brown	88	230	59	.257	8	32
1B	Siebern, NormNorm Siebern	150	478	117	.245	12	56
2B	Adair, JerryJerry Adair	155	569	141	.248	9	47
3B	Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson	163	612	194	.317	28	118
SS	Aparicio, LuisLuis Aparicio	146	578	154	.266	10	37
LF	Powell, BoogBoog Powell	134	424	123	.290	39	99
CF	Brandt, JackieJackie Brandt	137	523	127	.243	13	47
RF	Bowens, SamSam Bowens	139	501	132	.263	22	71

[edit] 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
Jackson, LouLou Jackson	4	8	3	.375	0	0
Piniella, LouLou Piniella	4	1	0	.000	0	0

[edit] Pitching

[edit] 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
Pappas, MiltMilt Pappas	37	251.2	16	7	2.97	157
Bunker, WallyWally Bunker	29	214	19	5	2.69	96
Roberts, RobinRobin Roberts	31	204	13	7	2.91	109
McNally, DaveDave McNally	30	159.1	9	11	3.67	88
Barber, SteveSteve Barber	36	157	9	13	3.84	118

[edit] 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
Estrada, ChuckChuck Estrada	17	54.2	3	2	5.27	32
Bertaina, FrankFrank Bertaina	6	26	1	0	2.77	18

[edit] 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
Jones, SamSam Jones	7	0	0	0	2.61	6

[edit] Awards and honors

Hank Bauer, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

[edit] 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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1964 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1964 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

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American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1964 All-Star Game 1964 World Series

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (8)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
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Broadcasting

Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

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