The 1964 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 64th season and the 53rd season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–77, 14 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted from the Tigers by the Washington Senators in the 1963 rule 5 draft.Howie Koplitz at Baseball Reference December 5, 1963: Gus Triandos and Jim Bunning were traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Demeter and Jack Hamilton.Gus Triandos at Baseball Reference March 18, 1964: Don Mossi was purchased from the Tigers by the Chicago White Sox.Don Mossi at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transitions Andy Kosco was released by the Tigers on June 3, 1964.Andy Kosco at Baseball-Reference.com On September 16, 1964, Dick Drago was signed as an amateur free agent.Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference.com After playing in 106 games during his fourth season with the Tigers, outfielder Bill Bruton retired.Bill Bruton at Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1964 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 144 520 156 .300 18 80 1B 144 479 123 .257 23 83 2B 158 624 160 .256 6 46 3B 148 525 135 .257 9 55 SS 162 557 134 .241 24 66 LF 123 426 116 .272 15 54 CF 106 296 82 .277 5 33 RF 146 525 154 .293 17 68
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 134 441 113 .256 22 80 George Thomas 105 308 88 .286 12 44 Jake Wood 64 125 29 .232 1 7 Bubba Phillips 46 87 22 .253 3 6 Mike Roarke 29 82 19 .232 0 7 Willie Horton 25 80 13 .163 1 10 Jim Northrup 5 12 1 .083 0 0 Mickey Stanley 4 11 3 .273 0 1 Bill Roman 3 8 3 .375 1 1 George Smith 5 7 2 .286 0 2 2 3 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 Dave Wickersham 40 254.0 19 12 3.44 164 Mickey Lolich 44 232.0 18 9 3.26 192 32 161.2 5 10 3.79 88 Denny McLain 19 100.0 4 5 4.05 70 1 5.0 0 0 10.80 1
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 Rakow 42 152.1 8 9 3.72 96 Phil Regan 32 146.2 5 10 5.03 91 Joe Sparma 21 84.0 5 6 3.00 71 6 18.0 0 2 7.00 6 5 15.0 0 1 8.40 5
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 Sherry 38 7 5 11 3.66 58 Fred Gladding 42 7 4 7 3.07 59 Terry Fox 32 4 3 5 3.39 28 Julio Navarro 26 2 1 2 3.95 36 23 0 0 2 4.46 21 4 1 0 0 3.60 5 Alan Koch 3 0 0 0 6.75 1 Fritz Fisher 1 0 0 0 108.00 1
Farm system
Notes
References
1964 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference