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1964 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín
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The 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers finished with a record of 80–82, 13 games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, tied for sixth place with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason[edit]

October 14, 1963: Mike Brumley was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[1]
December 6, 1963: Bill Skowron was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[2]
December 13, 1963: Dick Scott was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Brewer and Cuno Barragan,^[3]
Prior to 1964 season: Mike Kekich was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[4]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	--	.574
Cincinnati Reds	92	70	1	.568
Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	1	.568
San Francisco Giants	90	72	3	.556
Milwaukee Braves	88	74	5	.543
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	13	.494
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	13	.494
Chicago Cubs	76	86	17	.469
Houston Colt .45s	66	96	27	.407
New York Mets	53	109	40	.327

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1964 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	6–12	11–7	10–8	8–10	11–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	6–12
Cincinnati	12–6	—	12–6	14–4–1	9–9	11–7	9–9	8–10	7–11	10–8
Houston	7–11	6–12	—	7–11	12–6	9–9	5–13	5–13	7–11	8–10
Los Angeles	8–10	4–14–1	11–7	—	8–10	15–3–1	8–10	10–8	6–12	10–8
Milwaukee	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–8	—	14–4	10–8	12–6	9–9	8–10
New York	7–11	7–11	9–9	3–15–1	4–14	—	3–15	6–12	7–11	7–11
Philadelphia	12-6	9–9	13–5	10–8	8–10	15–3	—	10–8	10–8	5–13
Pittsburgh	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	6–12	12–6	8–10	—	8–10	6–12
San Francisco	9–9	11–7	11–7	12–6	9–9	11–7	8–10	10–8	—	9–9
St. Louis	12–6	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	11–7	13–5	12–6	9–9	—

Opening Day lineup[edit]

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Jim Gilliam	Second baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
Ron Fairly	First baseman
Frank Howard	Right fielder
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Johnny Werhas	Third baseman
Sandy Koufax	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions[edit]

April 9, 1964: Larry Sherry was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lou Johnson and cash.^[5]
September 10, 1964: Ken Rowe was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles.^[6]

Roster[edit]

1964 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

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	Roseboro, JohnnyJohnny Roseboro	134	414	119	.287	3	45
1B	Fairly, RonRon Fairly	150	454	116	.256	10	74
2B	Oliver, NateNate Oliver	99	321	78	.243	0	21
3B	Gilliam, JimJim Gilliam	116	334	76	.228	2	27
SS	Wills, MauryMaury Wills	158	630	173	.275	2	34
LF	Davis, TommyTommy Davis	152	592	163	.275	14	86
CF	Davis, WillieWillie Davis	157	613	180	.294	12	77
RF	Howard, FrankFrank Howard	134	433	98	.226	24	69

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
Werhas, JohnnyJohnny Werhas	29	83	16	.193	0	8

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
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale	40	321.1	18	16	2.18	237
Koufax, SandySandy Koufax	29	223	19	5	1.74	223

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
Brewer, JimJim Brewer	34	93	4	3	3.00	63

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

Awards and honors[edit]

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Don Drysdale starter
- Sandy Koufax reserve
TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
- Sandy Koufax
TSN National League All-Star
- Sandy Koufax

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Danny Ozark
AA	Albuquerque Dukes	Texas League	Clay Bryant
A	Grand Forks Dodgers	Northern League	James B. Williams
A	Salem Dodgers	Northwest League	Stan Wasiak
A	Salisbury Dodgers	Western Carolinas League	George Scherger
A	Santa Barbara Dodgers	California League	Al Ronning
A	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	Roy Hartsfield
Rookie	Pocatello Chiefs	Pioneer League	Ernie Rodriguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem, Salisbury

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

1964 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1964 All-Star Game 1964 World Series

Los Angeles Dodgers

Formerly the Brooklyn Robins and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Based in Los Angeles, California

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Key Personnel

Owner: Guggenheim Baseball Management
President: Stan Kasten
President of Baseball Operations: Andrew Friedman
General Manager: Farhan Zaidi
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World Series
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League Pennants (22)

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Seasons (134)

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1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

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1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

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source: https://web.archive.org/web/20151106191957/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season

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