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1964 Kansas City Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City, Missouri |
Owners | Charles O. Finley |
General managers | Pat Friday |
Managers | Ed Lopat, Mel McGaha |
Television | KCMO |
Radio | KCMO (AM) (Monte Moore, George Bryson, Betty Caywood) |
The 1964 Kansas City Athletics season was the tenth for the franchise in Kansas City and the 64th overall. It involved the A's finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 57 wins, 105 losses and one tie, 42 games behind the American League Champion New York Yankees.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
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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 |
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C | Doc Edwards | 97 | 294 | 66 | .224 | 5 | 28 |
1B | Jim Gentile | 136 | 439 | 110 | .251 | 28 | 71 |
2B | Dick Green | 130 | 435 | 115 | .264 | 11 | 37 |
3B | Ed Charles | 150 | 557 | 134 | .241 | 16 | 63 |
SS | Wayne Causey | 157 | 604 | 170 | .281 | 8 | 49 |
LF | Manny Jiménez | 95 | 204 | 46 | .225 | 12 | 38 |
CF | Nelson Mathews | 157 | 573 | 137 | .239 | 14 | 60 |
RF | Rocky Colavito | 160 | 588 | 161 | .274 | 34 | 102 |
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 |
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Bert Campaneris | 67 | 269 | 69 | .257 | 4 | 22 |
Billy Bryan | 93 | 220 | 53 | .241 | 13 | 36 |
George Alusik | 102 | 204 | 49 | .240 | 3 | 19 |
Ken Harrelson | 49 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 7 | 12 |
Charley Lau | 43 | 118 | 32 | .271 | 2 | 9 |
José Tartabull | 104 | 100 | 20 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Tommie Reynolds | 31 | 94 | 19 | .202 | 2 | 9 |
George Williams | 37 | 91 | 19 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
Rick Joseph | 17 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Duncan | 25 | 53 | 9 | .170 | 1 | 5 |
Charlie Shoemaker | 16 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
Larry Stahl | 15 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 3 | 6 |
John Wojcik | 6 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0 |
Gino Cimoli | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Orlando Peña | 40 | 219.1 | 12 | 14 | 4.43 | 184 |
Diego Seguí | 40 | 217.0 | 8 | 17 | 4.56 | 155 |
John O'Donohue | 39 | 173.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.92 | 79 |
Bob Meyer | 9 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.86 | 30 |
Blue Moon Odom | 5 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 10.06 | 10 |
Lew Krausse Jr. | 5 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.36 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Moe Drabowski | 53 | 168.1 | 5 | 13 | 5.29 | 119 |
Ted Bowsfield | 50 | 118.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.10 | 45 |
José Santiago | 34 | 83.2 | 0 | 6 | 4.73 | 64 |
Aurelio Monteagudo | 11 | 31.1 | 0 | 4 | 8.90 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Wyatt | 81 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 3.59 | 74 |
Wes Stock | 50 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1.94 | 101 |
Ken Sanders | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.67 | 18 |
Joe Grzenda | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 17 |
Dan Pfister | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6.53 | 21 |
Vern Handrahan | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.06 | 18 |
Jack Aker | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.82 | 7 |
Tom Sturdivant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 1 |