1964 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1964 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place6th
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín

The 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 75th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 7th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The 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

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 .574 — 48‍–‍33 45‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 92 70 .568 1 46‍–‍35 46‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds 92 70 .568 1 47‍–‍34 45‍–‍36
San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 3 44‍–‍37 46‍–‍35
Milwaukee Braves 88 74 .543 5 45‍–‍36 43‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 82 .494 13 42‍–‍39 38‍–‍43
Los Angeles Dodgers 80 82 .494 13 41‍–‍40 39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs 76 86 .469 17 40‍–‍41 36‍–‍45
Houston Colt .45s 66 96 .407 27 41‍–‍40 25‍–‍56
New York Mets 53 109 .327 40 33‍–‍48 20‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

1964 National League record

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

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
John Roseboro Catcher
Johnny Werhas Third baseman
Sandy Koufax Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1964 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 GP AB H Avg. HR RBI
C John Roseboro 134 414 119 .287 3 45
1B Ron Fairly 150 454 116 .256 10 74
2B Nate Oliver 99 321 78 .243 0 21
3B Jim Gilliam 116 334 76 .228 2 27
SS Maury Wills 158 630 173 .275 2 34
LF Tommy Davis 152 592 163 .275 14 86
CF Willie Davis 157 613 180 .294 12 77
RF Frank Howard 134 433 98 .226 24 69

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
Dick Tracewski 106 304 75 .247 1 26
Derrell Griffith 78 238 69 .290 4 23
Wes Parker 124 214 55 .257 3 10
Doug Camilli 50 123 22 .179 0 10
Wally Moon 68 118 26 .220 2 9
Johnny Werhas 29 83 16 .193 0 8
Ken McMullen 24 67 14 .209 1 2
Bart Shirley 18 62 17 .274 0 7
Jeff Torborg 28 43 10 .233 0 4
Lee Walls 37 28 5 .179 0 3
Willie Crawford 10 16 5 .313 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
Don Drysdale 40 321.1 18 16 2.18 237
Sandy Koufax 29 223.0 19 5 1.74 223
Phil Ortega 34 157.1 7 9 4.00 107
Joe Moeller 27 145.1 7 13 4.21 97
Larry Miller 16 79.2 4 8 4.18 50
Bill Singer 2 14.0 0 1 3.21 3
Johnny Podres 2 2.2 0 2 16.88 0

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
Jim Brewer 34 93.0 4 3 3.00 63
Howie Reed 26 90.0 3 4 3.20 52
Nick Willhite 10 43.2 2 4 3.71 24
Pete Richert 8 34.2 2 3 4.15 25
John Purdin 3 16.0 2 0 0.56 8

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
Ron Perranoski 72 5 7 14 3.09 79
Bob Miller 74 7 7 9 2.62 94

Awards and honors

Farm system

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

  1. ^ Mike Brumley page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Dick Scott page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Larry Sherry page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Ken Rowe page at Baseball Reference

References

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