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1964 Minnesota Twins season

After winning 91 games the previous two seasons, the 1964 Minnesota Twins slumped to 79–83, a disappointing tie for sixth with the Cleveland Indians in the American League, 20 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.

1964 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium
CityBloomington, Minnesota
OwnersCalvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersSam Mele
TelevisionWTCN-TV
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Ray Scott, Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall)
← 1963 Seasons 1965 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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On May 2, in Kansas City, Missouri, Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew hit consecutive 11th-inning home runs, to tie a major league record first set by the Milwaukee Braves in 1961 and duplicated by the Cleveland Indians in 1963. The Twins finished the year with 221 homers, their second-best total ever.

On July 15, new Twin Mudcat Grant allowed thirteen singles and a walk in facing the Washington Senators. None would score, and Grant pitches a shutout, 6–0.

Five Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Bob Allison, outfielders Harmon Killebrew, Jimmie Hall and Tony Oliva and pitcher Camilo Pascual.

Tony Oliva became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Rookie of the Year award.[2] He led the major leagues in hits (217), extra base hits and total bases. He led the American League in batting average (.323), runs scored (109) and doubles.

Six Twins hit 20 or more home runs: Harmon Killebrew (49 HR, 111 RBI), Tony Oliva (32 HR, 96 RBI, 109 runs), Bob Allison (32 HR, 86 RBI), Jimmie Hall (25 HR, 75 RBI), Don Mincher (23 HR, 56 RBI), and Zoilo Versalles (20 HR, 94 runs).

Jim Kaat led the Twins with 17 wins and won his third Gold Glove; Camilo Pascual again led the Twins in strikeouts with 213.[3]

1,207,514 fans attended Twins games, the third highest total in the American League.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 63 .611 — 50‍–‍31 49‍–‍32
Chicago White Sox 98 64 .605 1 52‍–‍29 46‍–‍35
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 .599 2 49‍–‍32 48‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 85 77 .525 14 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Los Angeles Angels 82 80 .506 17 45‍–‍36 37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 79 83 .488 20 41‍–‍40 38‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins 79 83 .488 20 40‍–‍41 39‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 72 90 .444 27 45‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
Washington Senators 62 100 .383 37 31‍–‍50 31‍–‍50
Kansas City Athletics 57 105 .352 42 26‍–‍55 31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

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1964 American League record

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 —


Notable transactions

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  • June 6, 1964: Andy Kosco was signed as a free agent by the Twins.[4]
  • June 24, 1964: Rod Carew was signed as an amateur free agent by the Twins.[5]

Roster

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1964 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Earl Battey 131 405 110 .272 12 52
1B Bob Allison 149 492 141 .287 32 86
2B Bernie Allen 74 243 52 .214 6 20
3B Rich Rollins 148 596 161 .270 12 68
SS Zoilo Versalles 160 659 171 .259 20 64
LF Harmon Killebrew 158 577 156 .270 49 111
CF Jimmie Hall 149 510 144 .282 25 75
RF Tony Oliva 161 672 217 .323 32 94

Other batters

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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 Mincher 120 287 68 .237 23 56
Jerry Kindall 62 128 19 .148 1 6
Jerry Zimmerman 63 120 24 .200 0 12
Johnny Goryl 58 114 16 .140 0 1
Frank Kostro 59 103 28 .272 3 12
Jim Snyder 26 71 11 .155 1 9
Vic Power 19 45 10 .222 0 1
Ron Henry 22 41 5 .122 2 5
Jay Ward 12 31 7 .226 0 2
Bill Bethea 10 30 5 .167 0 2
Joe McCabe 14 19 3 .158 0 2
Lenny Green 26 15 0 .000 0 0
Bud Bloomfield 7 7 1 .143 0 0
Rich Reese 10 7 0 .000 0 0
Joe Nossek 7 1 0 .000 0 0
George Banks 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Camilo Pascual 36 267.1 15 12 3.30 213
Jim Kaat 36 243.0 17 11 3.22 171
Dick Stigman 32 190.0 6 15 4.03 159
Mudcat Grant 26 166.0 11 9 2.82 75
Lee Stange 14 79.2 3 6 4.74 54
Dave Boswell 4 23.1 2 0 4.24 25

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gerry Arrigo 41 105.2 7 4 3.84 96
Jim Roland 30 94.1 2 6 4.10 63

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Al Worthington 41 5 6 14 1.37 59
Bill Pleis 47 4 1 4 3.91 42
Jim Perry 42 6 3 2 3.44 55
Johnny Klippstein 33 0 4 2 1.97 39
Bill Dailey 14 1 2 0 8.22 6
Garland Shifflett 10 0 2 1 4.58 8
Dwight Siebler 9 0 0 0 4.91 10
Bill Fischer 9 0 1 0 7.36 2
Jerry Fosnow 7 0 1 0 10.97 9
Bill Whitby 4 0 0 0 8.53 2
Gary Dotter 3 0 0 0 2.08 6
Chuck Nieson 2 0 0 0 4.50 5

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Atlanta Crackers International League Jack McKeon and Pete Appleton
AA Charlotte Hornets Southern League Al Evans
A Wilson Tobs Carolina League Ralph Rowe
A Orlando Twins Florida State League Harry Warner
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Joe Christian
A Bismarck-Mandan Pards Northern League Vern Morgan
Rookie Melbourne Twins Cocoa Rookie League Fred Waters

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Melbourne

References

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  1. ^ "Rudy May". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Nemec, David; Flatow, Scott (2008). Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts. SIGNET. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-45-122363-0.
  3. ^ "1964 Minnesota Twins Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Andy Kosco". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Rod Carew". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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