1964 Los Angeles Angels season

1964 Los Angeles Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Location
Chávez Ravine (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Fred Haney
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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The 1964 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing 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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	63	.611	--
Chicago White Sox	98	64	.605	1
Baltimore Orioles	97	65	.599	2
Detroit Tigers	85	77	.525	14
Los Angeles Angels	82	80	.506	17
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	20
Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	20
Boston Red Sox	72	90	.444	27
Washington Senators	62	100	.383	37
Kansas City Athletics	57	105	.352	42

Record vs. opponents

1964 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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

• April 10, 1964: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[2]
• May 15, 1964: Art Fowler was released by the Los Angeles Angels.^[3]

Roster

1964 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers 36 Bo Belinsky 43 George Brunet 31 Dean Chance 45 Bob Duliba 24 Art Fowler 20 Paul Foytack 38 Aubrey Gatewood 22 Bill Kelso 34 Barry Latman 39 Bob Lee 48 Don Lee 37 Ken McBride 41 Bob Meyer 35 Julio Navarro 17 Fred Newman 40 Dan Osinski 41 Jack Spring 33 Ed Sukla		Catchers 16 Jack Hiatt  7 Buck Rodgers Infielders  6 Joe Adcock 23 Charlie Dees 11 Jim Fregosi 29 Bobby Knoop  1 Joe Koppe 12 Billy Moran 14 Vic Power  2 Tom Satriano 42 Paul Schaal 19 Félix Torres		Outfielders 15 Lou Clinton 26 Lenny Green  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 28 Albie Pearson 25 Bob Perry  4 Jimmy Piersall 20 Rick Reichardt 10 Dick Simpson 35 Willie Smith 32 Lee Thomas Other batters 16 Hank Foiles		Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  5 Marv Grissom  3 Jack Paepke 21 Salty Parker  9 Del Rice

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	Rodgers, BuckBuck Rodgers	148	514	125	.243	4	54
1B	Adcock, JoeJoe Adcock	118	366	98	.268	21	64
2B	Knoop, BobbyBobby Knoop	162	486	105	.216	7	38
3B	Torres, FélixFélix Torres	100	277	64	.231	12	28
SS	Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	147	505	140	.277	18	72
LF	Kirkpatrick, EdEd Kirkpatrick	75	219	53	.242	2	22
CF	Perry, BobBob Perry	70	221	61	.276	3	16
RF	Clinton, LouLou Clinton	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
Smith, WillieWillie Smith	118	359	108	.301	11	51
Pearson, AlbieAlbie Pearson	107	265	59	.223	2	16
Piersall, JimmyJimmy Piersall	87	255	80	.314	2	13
Power, VicVic Power	68	221	55	.249	3	13

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
Chance, DeanDean Chance	46	278.1	20	9	1.65	207
Newman, FredFred Newman	32	190	13	10	2.75	83
Belinsky, BoBo Belinsky	23	135.1	9	8	2.86	91

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
Latman, BarryBarry Latman	40	138	6	10	3.85	81
McBride, KenKen McBride	29	116.1	4	13	5.26	66
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	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
Lee, BobBob Lee	64	6	5	19	1.51	111
Duliba, BobBob Duliba	58	6	4	9	3.59	33
Kelso, BillBill Kelso	10	2	0	0	2.28	21
Fowler, ArtArt Fowler	4	0	2	1	10.29	5
Foytack, PaulPaul Foytack	2	0	1	0	15.43	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Bob Lemon
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Rocky Bridges
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Chuck Tanner
A	Tri-City Angels	Northwest League	Tommy Heath
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	John Fitzpatrick

Notes

1. Bill Kelso page at Baseball-Reference
2. Jim Piersall page at Baseball Reference
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml

References

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