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
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record72–90 (.444)
League place8th (27 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersPinky Higgins
Managers
TelevisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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 record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA 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
  1Ed 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
  • 15 Pete Charton
  • 29 Ed Connolly
  • 21 Arnold Earley
  • 24 Dave Gray
  • 20 Bob Heffner
  • 36 Jack Lamabe
  • 27 Bill Monbouquette
  • 23 Dave Morehead
  • 17 Dick Radatz
  • 19 Jay Ritchie
  • 14 Bill Spanswick
  • 26 Earl Wilson
  • 19 Wilbur Wood
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
SSEd 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

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
Dave Morehead31166.28154.97139

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
Jack Lamabe39177.19135.89109
Bob Heffner55158.2794.08112
Ed Connolly2780.24114.9173
Bill Spanswick2965.1236.8955
Pete Charton2565.0025.2637

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
Arnold Earley251112.6845
Jay Ritchie211102.7435
Dave Gray90009.0017
Wilbur Wood400017.475

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

Statesville affiliation shared with the Houston Colt .45s[4]
Source:[5][6]

References
  1. Carmen Fanzone page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
  3. Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference
  4. "1964 Statesville Colts Statistics".
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. Boston Red Sox Yearbook. 1964. p. 9. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.


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