1964 Boston Red Sox season

1964 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	72–90 (.444)
League place	8th (27 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Pinky Higgins
Manager(s)	Johnny Pesky (70–90) Billy Herman (2–0)
Local television	WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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.

Offseason[]

• 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[]

Season standings[]

v t 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[]

1964 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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	—

Opening Day lineup[]

2	Chuck Schilling	2B
1	Eddie 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[]

• September 6, 1964: Wilbur Wood was purchased from the Red Sox by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]

Roster[]

1964 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 15 Pete Charton 29 Ed Connolly 21 Arnold Earley 24 Dave Gray 20 Bob Heffner 36 Jack Lamabe 27 Bill Monbouquette 23 Dave Morehead 17 Dick Radatz 19 Jay Ritchie 14 Bill Spanswick 26 Earl Wilson 19 Wilbur Wood		Catchers  5 Russ Nixon 40 Mike Ryan 10 Bob Tillman Infielders  1 Eddie Bressoud 51 Bobby Guindon 39 Dalton Jones 11 Frank Malzone  2 Chuck Schilling 28 Al Smith  7 Dick Stuart 16 Dick Williams		Outfielders  6 Lou Clinton 25 Tony Conigliaro  3 Gary Geiger 30 Tony Horton 12 Félix Mantilla  4 Román Mejías  6 Lee Thomas  8 Carl Yastrzemski		Managers 35 Billy Herman 22 Johnny Pesky Coaches 35 Billy Herman (Third base) 33 Al Lakeman (Bullpen) 32 Harry Malmberg (First base) 34 Bob Turley (Pitching)

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	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	Eddie 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[]

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[]

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
Bill Monbouquette	36	234.0	13	14	4.04	120
Earl Wilson	33	202.1	11	12	4.49	166
Jack Lamabe	39	177.1	9	13	5.89	109
Dave Morehead	31	166.2	8	15	4.97	139
Ed Connolly	27	80.2	4	11	4.91	73

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
Jay Ritchie	21	46.0	1	1	2.74	35
Dave Gray	9	13.0	0	0	9.00	17
Wilbur Wood	4	5.2	0	0	17.47	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
Dick Radatz	79	16	9	29	2.29	181
Bob Heffner	55	7	9	5	4.08	112
Bill Spanswick	29	2	3	0	6.89	55
Pete Charton	25	0	2	0	5.26	37
Arnold Earley	25	1	1	1	2.68	45

Farm system[]

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[]

External links[]

• 1964 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1964 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com