The 1964 Los Angeles Angels season was the 4th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 4th in Los Angeles, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Chávez Ravine. The Angels finished the season fifth in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, 17 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason December 2, 1963: Bill Kelso was drafted by the Angels from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 10, 1964: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels. May 15, 1964: Art Fowler was released by the Los Angeles Angels.

Roster 1964 Los Angeles Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 148 514 125 .243 4 54 1B 118 366 98 .268 21 64 2B 162 486 105 .216 7 38 3B 100 277 64 .231 12 28 SS 147 505 140 .277 18 72 LF 75 219 53 .242 2 22 CF 70 221 61 .276 3 16 RF 91 306 76 .248 9 38

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 118 359 108 .301 11 51 107 265 59 .223 2 16 Tom Satriano 108 255 51 .200 1 17 87 255 80 .314 2 13 68 221 55 .249 3 13 Billy Moran 50 198 53 .268 0 11 Lee Thomas 47 172 47 .273 2 24 Joe Koppe 54 113 29 .257 0 6 Lenny Green 39 92 23 .250 2 4 Dick Simpson 21 50 7 .140 2 4 Rick Reichardt 11 37 6 .162 0 0 Paul Schaal 17 32 4 .125 0 0 Charlie Dees 26 26 2 .077 0 1 Jack Hiatt 9 16 6 .375 0 2 Hank Foiles 4 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 46 278.1 20* 9 1.65 207 32 190.0 13 10 2.75 83 23 135.1 9 8 2.86 91 Bob Meyer 6 18.0 1 1 5.00 13 Tied with Gary Peters (CWS) for League lead

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 40 138.0 6 10 3.85 81 29 116.1 4 13 5.26 66 Don Lee 33 89.1 5 4 2.72 73 Aubrey Gatewood 15 60.1 3 3 2.24 25 10 42.1 2 2 3.61 36

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 64 6 5 19 1.51 111 58 6 4 9 3.59 33 Dan Osinski 47 3 3 2 3.48 88 Willie Smith 15 1 4 0 2.84 20 10 2 0 0 2.28 21 Jack Spring 6 1 0 0 2.70 0 Julio Navarro 5 0 0 1 1.93 8 4 0 2 1 10.29 5 Ed Sukla 2 0 1 0 6.75 3 2 0 1 0 15.43 1

Awards and honors Dean Chance, Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

Dean Chance, Pitcher, Starter Jim Fregosi, Shortstop, Starter

Farm system

Notes

References 1964 Los Angeles Angels team page at Baseball Reference 1964 Los Angeles Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com