1964 Detroit Tigers season

The 1964 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–77, 14 games behind the New York Yankees.

1964 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersJim Campbell
ManagersChuck Dressen
Local televisionWJBK
Local radioWKMH
WWJ
WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Bob Scheffing)
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Offseason

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—

Notable transitions

Andy Kosco was released by the Tigers on June 3, 1964.[4] On September 16, 1964, Dick Drago was signed as an amateur free agent.[5] After playing in 106 games during his fourth season with the Tigers, outfielder Bill Bruton retired.[6]

Roster
1964 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBill Freehan144520156.3001880
1BNorm Cash144479123.2572383
2BJerry Lumpe158624160.256646
3BDon Wert148525135.257955
SSDick McAuliffe162557134.2412466
LFGates Brown123426116.2721554
CFBill Bruton10629682.277533
RFAl Kaline146525154.2931768

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
Don Demeter134441113.2562280
George Thomas10530888.2861244
Jake Wood6412529.23217
Bubba Phillips468722.25336
Mike Roarke298219.23207
Willie Horton258013.163110
Jim Northrup5121.08300
Mickey Stanley4113.27301
Bill Roman383.37511
George Smith572.28602
John Sullivan230.00000

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
Dave Wickersham40254.019123.44164
Mickey Lolich44232.01893.26192
Hank Aguirre32161.25103.7988
Denny McLain19100.0454.0570
Bill Faul15.00010.801

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
Ed Rakow42152.1893.7296
Phil Regan32146.25105.0391
Joe Sparma2184.0563.0071
Frank Lary618.0027.006
Jack Hamilton515.0018.405

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
Larry Sherry3875113.6658
Fred Gladding427473.0759
Terry Fox324353.3928
Julio Navarro262123.9536
Dick Egan230024.4621
Johnnie Seale41003.605
Alan Koch30006.751
Fritz Fisher1000108.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Carswell
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Bob Mavis
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Al Federoff
A Jamestown Tigers New York–Penn League Jack Phillips
A Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Gail Henley
Rookie Cocoa Tigers Cocoa Rookie League Doc Daugherty

Notes
  1. Howie Koplitz at Baseball Reference
  2. Gus Triandos at Baseball Reference
  3. Don Mossi at Baseball Reference
  4. Andy Kosco at Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Bill Bruton at Baseball-Reference.com

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 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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