1964 Boston Red Sox season

The 1964 Boston Red Sox season was the 64th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 27 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

1964 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record72–90 (.444)
League place8th (27 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersPinky Higgins
Managers
TelevisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
← 1963 Seasons 1965 →

Offseason edit

  • February 4, 1964: Carmen Fanzone was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[1]
  • Prior to 1964 season: Bob Smith was released by the Red Sox.[2]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 63 0.611 50–31 49–32
Chicago White Sox 98 64 0.605 1 52–29 46–35
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 0.599 2 49–32 48–33
Detroit Tigers 85 77 0.525 14 46–35 39–42
Los Angeles Angels 82 80 0.506 17 45–36 37–44
Cleveland Indians 79 83 0.488 20 41–40 38–43
Minnesota Twins 79 83 0.488 20 40–41 39–42
Boston Red Sox 72 90 0.444 27 45–36 27–54
Washington Senators 62 100 0.383 37 31–50 31–50
Kansas City Athletics 57 105 0.352 42 26–55 31–50

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore 11–7 10–8 8–10 11–7 13–5–1 11–7 10–8 10–8 13–5
Boston 7–11 4–14 9–9 5–13 12–6 9–9 5–13 9–9 12–6
Chicago 8–10 14–4 12–6 11–7 16–2 10–8 9–9 6–12 12–6
Cleveland 10–8 9–9 6–12 11–7 10–8 9–9 10–8–1 3–15–1 11–7
Detroit 7–11 13–5 7–11 7–11 11–7 10–8 11–7 8–10–1 11–7
Kansas City 5–13–1 6–12 2–16 8–10 7–11 6–12 9–9 6–12 8–10
Los Angeles 7–11 9–9 8–10 9–9 8–10 12–6 12–6 7–11 10–8
Minnesota 8–10 13–5 9–9 8–10–1 7–11 9–9 6–12 8–10 11–7
New York 8–10 9–9 12–6 15–3–1 10–8–1 12–6 11–7 10–8 12–6
Washington 5–13 6–12 6–12 7–11 7–11 10–8 8–10 7–11 6–12


Opening Day lineup edit

  2 Chuck Schilling 2B
  1 Ed Bressoud SS
  8 Carl Yastrzemski     LF
11 Frank Malzone 3B
  7 Dick Stuart 1B
  6 Lou Clinton RF
25 Tony Conigliaro CF
10 Bob Tillman C
27 Bill Monbouquette     P

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1964 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Player stats edit

= Indicates team leader

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Bob Tillman 131 425 118 .278 17 61
1B Dick Stuart 156 603 168 .279 33 114
2B Dalton Jones 118 374 86 .230 6 39
3B Frank Malzone 148 537 142 .264 13 56
SS Ed Bressoud 158 566 166 .293 15 55
LF Tony Conigliaro 111 404 117 .290 24 52
CF Carl Yastrzemski 151 567 164 .289 15 67
RF Lee Thomas 107 401 103 .257 13 42

Other batters edit

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
Felix Mantilla 133 425 123 .289 30 64
Russ Nixon 81 163 38 .233 1 20
Chuck Schilling 47 163 32 .196 0 7
Tony Horton 36 126 28 .222 1 8
Lou Clinton 37 120 31 .258 3 6
Roman Mejias 62 101 24 .238 2 4
Dick Williams 61 69 11 .159 5 11
Al Smith 29 51 11 .216 2 7
Gary Geiger 5 15 5 .385 0 1
Bobby Guindon 5 8 1 .125 0 0
Mike Ryan 1 3 1 .333 0 2

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Monbouquette 36 234.0 13 14 4.04 120
Earl Wilson 33 202.1 11 12 4.49 166
Dave Morehead 31 166.2 8 15 4.97 139

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Lamabe 39 177.1 9 13 5.89 109
Bob Heffner 55 158.2 7 9 4.08 112
Ed Connolly 27 80.2 4 11 4.91 73
Bill Spanswick 29 65.1 2 3 6.89 55
Pete Charton 25 65.0 0 2 5.26 37

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dick Radatz 79 16 9 29 2.29 181
Arnold Earley 25 1 1 1 2.68 45
Jay Ritchie 21 1 1 0 2.74 35
Dave Gray 9 0 0 0 9.00 17
Wilbur Wood 4 0 0 0 17.47 5

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Seattle Rainiers Pacific Coast League Edo Vanni
AA Reading Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Matt Sczesny
A Wellsville Red Sox New York–Penn League Larry Lee Thomas
A Statesville Colts Western Carolinas League Dave Philley and Rudy York

Statesville affiliation shared with the Houston Colt .45s[4]
Source:[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ Carmen Fanzone page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "1964 Statesville Colts Statistics".
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ^ Boston Red Sox Yearbook. 1964. p. 9. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

External links edit