The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 97 wins, 65 losses and one tie, two games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Baltimore spent 92 days in first place during the season before relinquishing that position on September 18.
Offseason November 27, 1963: Jim Gentile and $25,000 were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Norm Siebern.Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted by the Orioles from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.Lou Jackson page at Baseball-Reference 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.Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Roster 1964 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers 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 C 88 230 59 .257 8 32 1B 150 478 117 .245 12 56 2B 155 569 141 .248 9 47 3B 163 612 194 .317 28 118 SS 146 578 154 .266 10 37 LF 134 424 123 .290 39 99 CF 137 523 127 .243 13 47 RF 139 501 132 .263 22 71
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 81 248 55 .222 8 23 93 210 52 .248 3 29 62 158 41 .259 1 14 66 150 30 .200 3 22 37 121 33 .273 3 10 56 93 27 .290 1 7 38 58 8 .138 0 3 46 34 5 .147 0 0 16 26 4 .154 1 2 14 21 4 .190 0 1 4 8 3 .375 0 0 8 1 0 .000 0 0 4 1 0 .000 0 0
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 37 251.2 16 7 2.97 157 29 214.0 19 5 2.69 96 31 204.0 13 7 2.91 109 30 159.1 9 11 3.67 88 36 157.0 9 13 3.84 118
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 66 97.0 7 7 3.06 87 49 89.2 5 5 2.31 90 45 87.2 9 1 1.85 52 17 54.2 3 2 5.27 32 19 54.0 2 5 4.17 50 6 26.0 1 0 2.77 18 4 17.1 0 2 5.19 13
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 14 2 0 0 3.92 14 7 0 0 0 2.61 6 6 1 0 0 8.31 4 5 1 0 1 1.64 5
Awards and honors Hank Bauer, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Elmira, Fox Cities, Aberdeen
Notes
References
1964 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1964 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com