1964 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | White Sox Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn | |
General managers | Ed Short | |
Managers | Al López | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |
Radio | WCFL (Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton) | |
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The 1964 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 64th season in the major leagues, and its 65th season overall. They finished with a record of 98–64, good enough for second place in the American League, just one game behind the first-place New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- December 2, 1963: Rudy May was drafted by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins in the 1963 first-year draft.[1]
- February 25, 1964: Jim Brosnan was released by the White Sox.[2]
- March 18, 1964: Don Mossi was purchased by the White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Notable transactions
[edit]- April 8, 1964: Minnie Miñoso was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[4]
- April 23, 1964: Charley Smith was traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Chico Fernández, Bobby Catton (minors), and cash.[5]
- July 13, 1964: Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Frank Kreutzer to the Senators on July 28.[6]
- July 17, 1964: Minnie Miñoso was released by the White Sox.[4]
Opening Day lineup
[edit]- Jim Landis, CF
- Don Buford, 2B
- Floyd Robinson, RF
- Dave Nicholson, LF
- Joe Cunningham, 1B
- Ron Hansen, SS
- Charley Smith, 3B
- J. C. Martin, C
- Gary Peters, P
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
[edit]1964 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Ken Berry, CF | 12 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .375 | 0 |
Don Buford, 2B,3B | 135 | 442 | 62 | 116 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 46 | 62 | .262 | 12 |
Smoky Burgess, PH | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
Cam Carreon, C | 37 | 95 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | .274 | 0 |
Joe Cunningham, 1B | 40 | 108 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 15 | .250 | 0 |
Ron Hansen, SS | 158 | 575 | 85 | 150 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 68 | 73 | 73 | .261 | 1 |
Mike Hershberger, RF,CF | 141 | 452 | 55 | 104 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 48 | 47 | .230 | 8 |
Jim Hicks, PR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Dick Kenworthy, PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Jim Landis, CF | 106 | 298 | 30 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 64 | .208 | 5 |
Jeoff Long, LF,1B | 23 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | .143 | 0 |
J. C. Martin, C | 122 | 294 | 23 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 30 | .197 | 0 |
Charlie Maxwell, PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF | 125 | 368 | 47 | 96 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 65 | .261 | 15 |
Jerry McNertney, C | 73 | 186 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 24 | .215 | 0 |
Minnie Miñoso, LF | 30 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .226 | 0 |
Dave Nicholson, LF | 97 | 294 | 40 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 126 | .204 | 0 |
Floyd Robinson, RF,LF | 141 | 525 | 83 | 158 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 59 | 70 | 41 | .301 | 9 |
Bill Skowron, 1B | 73 | 273 | 19 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 36 | .293 | 0 |
Charley Smith, 3B | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | 0 |
Marv Staehle, PH | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | 1 |
Gene Stephens, OF | 82 | 141 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 28 | .234 | 1 |
Pete Ward, 3B | 144 | 539 | 61 | 152 | 28 | 3 | 23 | 94 | 56 | 76 | .282 | 1 |
Al Weis, 2B,SS | 133 | 328 | 36 | 81 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 41 | .247 | 22 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Fritz Ackley, P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
Frank Baumann, P | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
John Buzhardt, P | 31 | 54 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | .204 | 0 |
Eddie Fisher, P | 59 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .167 | 0 |
Ray Herbert, P | 20 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .139 | 0 |
Joe Horlen, P | 32 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .159 | 0 |
Bruce Howard, P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
Frank Kreutzer, P | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .125 | 0 |
Don Mossi, P | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | 0 |
Gary Peters, P | 54 | 120 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 29 | .208 | 0 |
Juan Pizarro, P | 33 | 90 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 34 | .211 | 0 |
Fred Talbot, P | 18 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .263 | 0 |
Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 73 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 |
Team Totals
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162 | 5491 | 642 | 1356 | 184 | 40 | 106 | 586 | 562 | 902 | .247 | 75 |
Pitching
[edit]Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Fritz Ackley | 0 | 0 | 8.53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Frank Baumann | 0 | 3 | 6.19 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 40 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 24 | 19 |
John Buzhardt | 10 | 8 | 2.98 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 160.0 | 150 | 60 | 53 | 13 | 39 | 97 |
Eddie Fisher | 6 | 3 | 3.02 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 125.0 | 86 | 43 | 42 | 13 | 35 | 74 |
Ray Herbert | 6 | 7 | 3.47 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 111.2 | 117 | 50 | 43 | 14 | 19 | 40 |
Joe Horlen | 13 | 9 | 1.88 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 210.2 | 142 | 54 | 44 | 11 | 59 | 138 |
Bruce Howard | 2 | 1 | 0.81 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22.1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
Frank Kreutzer | 3 | 1 | 3.35 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 40.1 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 32 |
Don Mossi | 3 | 1 | 2.93 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 40.0 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
Gary Peters | 20 | 8 | 2.50 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 273.2 | 217 | 89 | 76 | 20 | 113 | 205 |
Juan Pizarro | 19 | 9 | 2.56 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 239.0 | 193 | 78 | 68 | 23 | 60 | 162 |
Fred Talbot | 4 | 5 | 3.70 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 75.1 | 83 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 20 | 34 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 12 | 9 | 1.99 | 73 | 0 | 27 | 131.1 | 94 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 31 | 95 |
Team Totals
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98 | 64 | 2.72 | 162 | 162 | 45 | 1467.2 | 1216 | 501 | 444 | 124 | 443 | 955 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Rudy May page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Don Mossi page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference[permanent dead link]
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997