1964 Detroit Tigers season

1964 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Tiger Stadium
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	John Fetzer
General managers	Jim Campbell
Managers	Chuck Dressen
Television	WJBK
Radio	WKMH WWJ WJR (Ernie Harwell, Bob Scheffing)
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The 1964 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–77, 14 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted from the Tigers by the Washington Senators in the 1963 rule 5 draft.^[1]
• December 5, 1963: Gus Triandos and Jim Bunning were traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Demeter and Jack Hamilton.^[2]
• March 18, 1964: Don Mossi was purchased from the Tigers by the Chicago White Sox.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 record v t e 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 transitions

Andy Kosco was released by the Tigers on June 3, 1964.^[4] On September 16, 1964, Dick Drago was signed as an amateur free agent.^[5] After playing in 106 games during his fourth season with the Tigers, outfielder Bill Bruton retired.^[6]

Roster

1964 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 21,37 Hank Aguirre 41 Dick Egan 13 Bill Faul 44 Fritz Fisher 18 Terry Fox 20 Fred Gladding 48 Jack Hamilton 42 Alan Koch 17 Frank Lary 29 Mickey Lolich 17 Denny McLain 33,42 Julio Navarro 19 Ed Rakow 16 Phil Regan 39 Johnnie Seale 15 Larry Sherry 21 Joe Sparma 14 Dave Wickersham		Catchers 11 Bill Freehan 12 Mike Roarke 36 John Sullivan Infielders 25 Norm Cash  9 Jerry Lumpe  3 Dick McAuliffe  1 Bubba Phillips 37 Bill Roman 40 George Smith  8 Don Wert  2 Jake Wood		Outfielders 26 Gates Brown 38 Bill Bruton  4 Don Demeter 23 Willie Horton  6 Al Kaline 45 Jim Northrup 49 Mickey Stanley 24 George Thomas		Manager  7 Chuck Dressen Coaches 54 Wayne Blackburn 52 Pat Mullin 53 Stubby Overmire 51 Bob Swift

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	Bill Freehan	144	520	156	.300	18	80
1B	Norm Cash	144	479	123	.257	23	83
2B	Jerry Lumpe	158	624	160	.256	6	46
3B	Don Wert	148	525	135	.257	9	55
SS	Dick McAuliffe	162	557	134	.241	24	66
LF	Gates Brown	123	426	116	.272	15	54
CF	Bill Bruton	106	296	82	.277	5	33
RF	Al Kaline	146	525	154	.293	17	68

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
Don Demeter	134	441	113	.256	22	80
George Thomas	105	308	88	.286	12	44
Jake Wood	64	125	29	.232	1	7
Bubba Phillips	46	87	22	.253	3	6
Mike Roarke	29	82	19	.232	0	7
Willie Horton	25	80	13	.163	1	10
Jim Northrup	5	12	1	.083	0	0
Mickey Stanley	4	11	3	.273	0	1
Bill Roman	3	8	3	.375	1	1
George Smith	5	7	2	.286	0	2
John Sullivan	2	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Dave Wickersham	40	254.0	19	12	3.44	164
Mickey Lolich	44	232.0	18	9	3.26	192
Hank Aguirre	32	161.2	5	10	3.79	88
Denny McLain	19	100.0	4	5	4.05	70
Bill Faul	1	5.0	0	0	10.80	1

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
Ed Rakow	42	152.1	8	9	3.72	96
Phil Regan	32	146.2	5	10	5.03	91
Joe Sparma	21	84.0	5	6	3.00	71
Frank Lary	6	18.0	0	2	7.00	6
Jack Hamilton	5	15.0	0	1	8.40	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
Larry Sherry	38	7	5	11	3.66	58
Fred Gladding	42	7	4	7	3.07	59
Terry Fox	32	4	3	5	3.39	28
Julio Navarro	26	2	1	2	3.95	36
Dick Egan	23	0	0	2	4.46	21
Johnnie Seale	4	1	0	0	3.60	5
Alan Koch	3	0	0	0	6.75	1
Fritz Fisher	1	0	0	0	108.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Frank Carswell
AA	Knoxville Smokies	Southern League	Bob Mavis
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Al Federoff
A	Jamestown Tigers	New York–Penn League	Jack Phillips
A	Duluth–Superior Dukes	Northern League	Gail Henley
Rookie	Cocoa Tigers	Cocoa Rookie League	Doc Daugherty

Notes

References

• 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.
• 1964 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference