The 1964 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason October 14, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was released by the Senators.Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees.Marshall Bridges page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.Howie Koplitz page at Baseball Reference December 6, 1963: Bill Skowron was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference December 6, 1963: Hobie Landrith was released by the Senators.Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1964: The Senators traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Buster Narum. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to Orioles on August 4.Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions July 13, 1964: Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin were traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Frank Kreutzer to the Senators on July 28.

Roster 1964 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 136 426 104 .244 2 35 1B 73 262 71 .271 13 41 2B 143 506 135 .267 1 34 3B 148 482 111 .230 7 35 SS 132 447 100 .224 8 34 LF 138 514 141 .274 11 53 CF 152 512 127 .248 28 80 RF 134 415 100 .241 18 56

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 Zimmer 121 341 84 .246 12 38 Dick Phillips 109 234 54 .231 2 23 102 212 48 .226 4 20 Chuck Cottier 73 137 23 .168 3 10 49 126 27 .214 0 7 Don Leppert 50 122 19 .156 3 12 Willie Kirkland 32 102 22 .216 5 13 51 96 13 .135 1 4 Roy Sievers 33 58 10 .172 4 11 Ken Retzer 17 32 3 .094 0 1

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 37 257.0 15 13 3.33 133 38 199.0 9 15 4.30 121 Bennie Daniels 33 163.0 8 10 3.70 73 Don Loun 2 13.0 1 1 2.08 3

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 Alan Koch 32 114.0 3 10 4.89 67 Dave Stenhouse 26 88.0 2 7 4.81 44 Don Rudolph 28 70.1 1 3 4.09 32 15 48.2 1 3 3.70 25 Frank Kreutzer 13 45.1 2 6 4.76 27 9 25.0 0 3 5.40 12 6 17.0 0 0 4.76 9 Pete Craig 2 1.2 0 0 48.60 0

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 Ron Kline 61 10 7 14 2.32 40 Steve Ridzik 49 5 5 2 2.89 60 Jim Hannan 49 4 7 3 4.16 67 Jim Duckworth 30 1 6 3 4.34 56 17 0 3 2 5.70 16 4 0 1 0 5.14 9 Ed Roebuck 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

Toronto affiliation shared with Milwaukee Braves

References

External links 1964 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference 1964 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com