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1964 BOSTON RED SOX ...
1964 was the year Johnny Pesky lost control of the Red Sox. The constant battles with Dick Stuart took it's toll on him and the team floundered around, finishing in eighth place and trying not to lose 100 games. With three days left in the season, Pesky was fired and replaced by Billy Herman. Dick Radatz received his second "Fireman of the Year" award for his league-leading 29 saves with a 16-9 record and a 2.29 ERA in 79 games. Again, he was selected as an All-Star. He fanned 181 batters in 157 innings, setting a record that still stands for most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a single season. On a team that had no starting pitcher with a winning percentage over .500, Bill Monbouquette had a 13-14 record, with a 4.04 ERA. He allowed 258 base hits, again leading the league. The Red Sox record for home runs allowed was 31, and Monbo would have set the new record, giving up 34 homers, except that Earl Wilson gave up 37. Wilson compiled a 11–12 record with a 4.49 ERA. Dave Morehead’s numbers slipped in 1964. He was 8-15 with a 4.97 ERA. The fourth starter, Jack Lamabe, was 9-13 with a 5.89 ERA.
Then there was the local sports hero from Swampscott, MA, "our boy", Tony Conigliaro. Along with Conigliaro was Tony Horton, a firstbaseman, infielder Dalton Jones and pitchers Dave Gray, Pete Charlton, Bill Spanswick and Ed Connolly. Horton was the best hitting prospect and Pesky was hoping that he would prove good enough to replace Dick Stuart. It was true that the Sox were taking a chance on relatively-untested players, but the 1964 Sox, frankly, didn't have a great deal of talent.
Tony C.
was 19 years old, only in his second year of
organized ball, but he, Jones and Horton all made the big league club. was batting seventh in the order, facing Joe Horlen of the White Sox. He swung at Horlen's first pitch and hit it over the net in his first major league at bat.
Also, in that game, his first, Dalton Jones slammed his first major-league hit, an RBI triple. It was to be an acceptable debut year. Jones was hitting over .300 late in May but then saw his average drop to as low as .218 in early August, before settling at .230 for the year. He scored 37 runs and batted in 39 in 118 games
Conigliaro didn't have a complete year however. He crowded the plate, was often hit by pitches and spent a number of days on the DL. But when he was in the lineup, he was pounding out homers. He hit his 20th in the first game of the July 26th doubleheader against Cleveland. In the second game, he got hit for the fifth time in the season and broke his arm. He missed a month but finished the season with 24 homers and a .290 average. The injuries cost Tony C. a shot at several rookie awards. The rest of the Red Sox did more than their share with the bat. As a team, they lead the American League with a .258 BA and 253 doubles. Their 186 homers was a franchise record. Dick Stuart did well in 1964, with 33 homers and 114 RBIs to go with his .279 average. He also cut his errors to 24 but still led the American League. Frank Malzone hit .264 and drove in, what was at that point, a career-low 56 runs. He did make the All-Star squad again, for the last time. Eddie Bressoud batted .293, the best of his career, and the highest on the team. His 86 runs scored also led the team and stands as his personal career-best.
Felix Mantilla delivered a home run barrage. By mid-August he had 20 home runs. He finished the season with 30 home runs in 425 at-bats, an amazing performance considering that he had clubbed only 35 home runs in his previous eight seasons in the majors. He drove in 64 runs, batted .294, and was honored by the Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association, as the "Comeback Player of the Year".
The Sox opened the season in New York on April 16th. A 461 ft triple by Bob Tillman and a wild pitch by Whitey Ford gave the Sox a 4-to-3, 11th inning win. The next day was Opening Day at Fenway, the next day, April 17th. Everybody who was anybody was there. The Mayor, the Governor and the Senator, the U.S. Attorney General, Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, Stan Musial, Carol Channing and 20,213 fans were all there to see The game was tied at 1-1 in the second inning when "our boy" stepped to the plate for the first time. The White Sox' Joel Horlen delivered the first pitch and it hung over the plate. Tony C. swung, there was a boom, and the ball became a speck in the sky and sailed over the monster onto Lansdowne Street. The tie was broken and Jack Lamabe held it, for a 4-to-1 victory. Dick Stuart swung a magic bat for the Red Sox, who defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 6 to 4 in 11 innings, on April 28th. The Sox were two runs behind in the last of the ninth inning. With Yaz and Eddie Bressoud on base, Stuart doubled off the center field fence to drive in the tying run. Then in the 11th inning, the Sox were two runs behind again and had loaded the bases. Stuart slammed a walk-off grandslam homer into the net and the Sox walked away 6 to 4 winners.
The score was tied at 7-7 in the last of the fifth inning on May 3rd. The lead had gone back and forth between the Sox and the Tigers, five times. But now the bases were loaded and Carl Yastrzemski was at the plate. Yaz had never homered with the bases full in his career. On the second pitch, Yaz lined a ball against the wind, that landed in the Tigers' bullpen, putting the Sox back in front to stay 11 to 7. Dave Morehead picked up his first win of the year by shutting out the Cleveland Indians, 4-0 on May 5th. He struck out 10 batters. In Detroit, the next day, Dalton Jones knocked out four straight hits and Eddie Bressoud got on base safely five consecutive times, but the Sox lost 6 to 3, because the two got little help from the others. But in the next game on May 7th, the Sox came from behind to beat the Tigers, 7 to 3. Tony C. blasted a homer into the right field upper deck. In 18 games, the Sox had 13 homers and Conigliaro had five of them. The Sox beat the Senators the next game, 9-3, and Eddie Bressoud set a Sox team record for consecutive games with a base hit at the start of a season. The record was 17, set by Elmer Smith in 1922, and Bressoud lined a single to left in his third time up, to hit safely in his 18th straight game. Bressoud streak was stopped at 20 games on May 10th. Dom DiMaggio hit in 27 straight games in 1951, for the Sox' overall club record for longest consecutive hit streak. The Sox were in Cleveland for the next game, and they were down 11-1 with two down in the ninth inning. They rallied and scored six runs to fall just short, losing 11 to 7. The next game was a bad one for Dick Stuart. In the first inning he made a throw to second base when there was nobody there, and gave the Indians two runs. At bat, he left seven base runners stranded, six of them when the score was tied or with his team down by a run. The Sox were leading 5-4 in the ninth and lost the game, 6-5. As things became worse, Johnny Pesky became more nervous. Players didn't respond to him and he had to repeat his signs to base-runners and batters. He was second-guessed and criticized by his players and they didn't try to hide it. The Sox were tied for last place, five games behind after 25 games played. The Sox returned home and Bill Monbouquette (1-5) lost his fifth straight game, 1-0 to the Twins. The only run was unearned as a result of an error by Frank Malzone in the eighth inning. Dick Radatz's bat, as well as his arm, led the Sox to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings on May 16th. It was a thriller in which the Red Sox out-homered the Twins, three to two, and almost out-hit them two to one. The last hit came with two outs and a bases loaded single, by Radatz himself. The Sox were behind 3-0 with two outs in the ninth inning on May 19th against the Angels. Bo Belinsky was having his way with the Red Sox batters, making them hit the ball on the ground all game. But the Sox rallied with four runs and walked away with a 4 to 3, walk-off win. A triple by Yaz that scored Dalton Jones, gave the Sox an 8 to 7 win and a three game sweep of the Angels. One run behind in the last of the ninth inning and there was one out, with Roman Mejias on first base on May 23rd. Felix Mantilla came up the plate to face the Athletics' ace reliever, pitcher John Wyatt. Their meeting didn't last long because Mantilla took a fast ball and lined it into the nets in left, to give the Sox a 5 to 4 win. It was a thriller, and the eighth game of the nine game home-stand, that was settled by one run.
Dick Stuart hadn't hit a home run in three weeks nor hit much of anything else, and was getting cat-calls from the fans. He was batting .170 for the month of May. In the field he was still a hazard. He dropped a throw and made no effort to catch a foul pop up in the game, but Pesky kept him in the lineup. Two days later he let a ground ball go through his legs and helped blow a five-run lead. But on May 24th, Stuart stepped to the plate with the score tied at 2-all with the Kansas City A's. With two men on, he clubbed the ball into the centerfield grandstand to give the Sox a 6 to 2 win. But that was the first game of a doubleheader. In the fourth inning of the second game, Stuart boomed a two-run homer onto Lansdowne Street, that put the Sox up 3 to 1 and a doubleheader sweep. With the Senators in town on May 26th and Earl Wilson and Dalton Jones on base, in a 2-2 game, Eddie Bressoud lined a single to center in the ninth inning, for a 3 to 2 Sox win. It was the Sox (20-19) fifth straight win and gave them a 10-4 record on the homestand. They were in sixth place, four games out of first.
Stuart slammed another homer in Los Angeles to give the Sox a come-from-behind 4 to 3 win over the Angels on June 1st. On June 3rd the Red Sox traded Lou Clinton to the Angels for Lee Thomas. He homered and singled in his first two at-bats for the Sox, in a 14-7 win in Kansas City on June 5th. Thomas homered again in the next game, along with Stuart and Tony C. The Sox beat the A's again, 8 to 6. On the final day, the Sox split a doubleheader. In the first game, Bill Monbouquette won his first game in almost seven weeks, 9 to 5. Homers by Conigliaro helped his effort. The Sox finished their road trip winning five and losing six. The Red Sox attempted two blazing finishes against the Yankees on June 10th. One worked while the other fell short. They were one run behind in the last of the 10th inning in the first game. Tony Conigliaro homered to tie the score and Dick Williams blasted another homer into the left field net, giving the Sox a 7 to 6 win. The homers gave the Sox their fourth consecutive victory over the Yankees this season. But in the night game, the Sox couldn't hold on and lost 10 to 6. Dave Morehead turned in his finest performance of the season, beating the Orioles, 7 to 3. He struck out 12 batters and six of the first nine he faced. Earl Wilson kept it going the next night, striking out 10 Orioles and winning 6 to 2. The Sox (32-36) only won 3 of the 10 games they played in New York, Baltimore and Chicago, limping back to Fenway Park, 10 1/2 games behind the first place Orioles. Dick Radatz had been a work-horse appearing in 36 of the Sox 68 games, striking out 83 batters in 69 innings. His career record was 389 strikeouts in 324 innings thus far. On June 26th, Russ Nixon came through in the last of the ninth inning to give the Sox a walk-off win over the Cleveland Indians. With two outs and Felix Mantilla on first base, the Red Sox were trailing 2 to 1, and Nixon took Tommy John deep into the right field grandstand for the game winner, 3 to 2.
Mantilla hit two home runs in the first game and Frank Malzone hit two homers in the second game of a June 28th doubleheader. The Sox beat the Indians 8-5 and 4-3, winning three games of their four game series. Radatz saved both ends of the twin bill. In the next game, Radatz did his job splendidly. He pitched 2 1/3 innings, getting the Sox out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh inning, and allowing just two hits and shutting out the Athletics during the last two innings.
Tony Conigliaro, who had been out for two weeks after crashing into a wall, trying to make a catch, belted an eighth inning, two-run homer that tied the score against the Angels. But Joe Adcock and Lou Clinton homered off Radatz in the 10th inning, to give the Angels a 5-3 triumph.
On July 4th, the Sox shelled the Angels, 13 to 5. The big bang came in the first inning when the Sox exploded for nine runs and was highlighted by a grandslam homer off the bat of Lee Thomas. Earl Wilson pitched the full game, striking out 11 batters. The Sox beat the Angels again the next day, 9-6. Carl Yastrzemski had four hits in five at bats and Tony C. (.293 BA) slugged his 15th homer. The Sox (38-41) entered the All Star break in 6th place, 11 1/2 games out of first. The pitching had been atrocious but the Sox were leading the league with a .264 BA. The only team that had given up more runs than the Sox was the Senators. The 35th All Star game was played at Shea Stadium. Johnny Callison's three-run walk-off homer off Dick Radatz in the 9th inning, gave the National League a 7 to 4 victory. Frank Malzone and Eddie Bressoud had made the AL All Star team, but didn't play. The Sox were off to Detroit after the break where on July 11th, they split a doubleheader. In the first game Dalton Jones pinch-hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Sox a 7-6 win. But in the second game, Dick Stuart permitted an easy grounder to get through his legs and it opened the floodgates for four unearned runs against Dave Morehead and sent the Sox to an 8-3 defeat. In Washington, the Sox split another doubleheader on July 12th. Radatz made his 44th appearance in the 84th Sox game to save the first game, 5-3. In the next game Bill Monbouquette (4-8) mowed down the Nats, winning 7 to 0. He allowed only four scattered hits, retiring 16 straight at one point. At home on July 15th, Stuart carried the Sox to an 11 to 2 victory over the White Sox. He cracked a pair of three-run homers. Then two nights later, Stuart did it once again. He belted two more homers, both with a man on, to lead the Sox to a 5-0 win over the Senators. It was his 21st and 22nd homers and had belted six homers in his last five games and boosting his league leading RBI total to 77. Tony C. was 4-for-4 in this game, including his 16th homer. Monbouquette pitched his second consecutive shutout, giving him 19 consecutive scoreless innings. He gave up four scattered singles and did not walk a batter for two straight games. Earl Wilson led the Sox to a 12 to 6 victory in the next game against Washington. He had nine strikeouts and cracked a two-run homer 10 rows into the centerfield bleachers. Bob Tillman had a homer also. It was a grandslam, the fifth for the Sox this season. In the first game of a doubleheader against the Senators on July 19th, the Sox knocked out five homers. In the first three games of the series, they had blasted 12 home runs. Felix Mantilla (15 HRs), who had been averaging a home run in every ten at-bats, had a game winning home run against the Tigers on July 23rd. He led off the sixth inning with his 15th homer, his fourth during the homestand. The Sox ended the homestand winning six of the eleven games and were in 7th place, 13 games behind the first place Orioles. The Indians beat the Sox, 6 to 1 in Cleveland, behind the excellent pitching of a rookie named Luis Tiant on July 24h. Mantilla homered again to give the Sox a 1-0 lead, but that was it. Against
Tiant, the Sox struck out six times and had six hits, but only two baserunners made it to third base after Mantilla's home run.
In the next game, Eddie Bressoud's ninth inning homer broke a 3-3 tie and gave Radatz his ninth win, 4-3. Dick Stuart also blasted his 25th and 26th homers. The Sox swept a costly doubleheader the next day, on July 26th.
In the first game, which the Sox won, 6-1, slammed his 21st homer. His next time up, Tony C. had his arm broken by an inside fastball from Pedro Ramos. Earl Wilson won the game, allowing only five batters to reach first base and striking out eleven. Rookie Ed Connolly after a shaky start, won the nite cap, 3-1. Radatz pitched the final three innings and Stuart ran a hitting streak to 16 games. In Kansas City, on July 29th, Carl Yastrzemski homered to beak a 2-2 tie and Radatz won his 10th game, facing only ten hitters over the last three innings. To finish the month, Bill Monbouquette won his fourth straight game, 4-3 in Los Angeles. Radatz shut out the Angels over the last two innings to preserve the win. The Sox reached the .500 mark with a 52-52 record, to finish the month of July.
Tony Horton made his Red Sox debut, filling in for and hit safely in nine of his first ten games but it didn't help Red Sox. They started the month of August by losing seven straight games. Since the All Star break, Dalton Jones had only 11 hits in 83 trips, for a .113 BA and Frank Malzone had just seven hits in 48 at bats for a .166 BA. Monbouquette stopped the losing streak by beating the White Sox, 6-3, in the first game of a doubleheader on August 9th. Monbo banged out a triple to drive in the eventual winning run, then Dick Stuart bombed a two-run homer to ice it. Then the Sox lost four more games to finish their road trip and fell 19 1/2 games behind the first place Orioles. After losing 12 of their last 13 games, the Sox beat the White Sox at Fenway, 5 to 2, on August 15th. Felix Mantilla's 20th homer, with two men on, gave his team the win. Mantilla had three hits and knocked in three runners.
A rookie named Jay Ritchie was in the Sox bullpen alongside Dick Radatz. After replacing Monbouquette on August 18th and blanking the Orioles for two innings, Ritchie's ERA was 0.00. He had yet to give up an earned run in 31 1/3 innings. On August 19th, Tony Horton's double to left in the last of the 10th inning, scored Carl Yastrzemski all the way around from first base, to give the Red Sox a 4 to 3 walk-off win over the first place Baltimore Orioles. The Sox won four straight and split a doubleheader with the Yankees on August 22nd. In the first game, the Sox came from behind and won 5-3, thanks to Lee Thomas' dramatic two-run homer in the 8th inning. It gave Radatz his 12th victory. But then they lost the final two games to the Yankees and three straight to the Tigers, before heading on the road. The Sox beat the Yankees again, in New York, on August 28th. The Yanks had a 3-1 lead in the 7th inning. With two men on base via walks, Mantilla homered into the left field grandstand to put the Sox ahead. Dick Stuart's homer gave them some insurance and they won, 5 to 3. But August was a disaster for the Red Sox. They won only seven of the twenty nine games played and were 21 games out of first. Malzone batted .184 for the month and Stuart batted .198 and Tony C. had been gone with the broken arm.
The Sox took two of three in Kansas City to start September. Felix Mantilla's bat remained hot as he slammed two home runs in a 7 to 5 win on September 3rd. Mantilla slugged his 25th homer to start a series with the Twins in Minnesota, but the Sox were buried 14 to 3 and lost all three games. The bad luck that plagued the team was personified in the series finale. The Twins beat Monbouquette 2 to 1 on September 6th. Monbo pitched a one-hitter and lost the game. Rich Rollins reached on an error and Zoilo Versalles slugged a homer into the left field seats.
Tony C., in his first game back, hurt his arm making a throw from right field and was out again. Pesky's battle with Stuart continued. Stuart had also been benched for the first two games in Kansas City after batting under .200 in August. Then
Pesky benched him for not running out a pop fly, with two men on base, in a game with Minnesota. In Los Angeles, in a Labor Day doubleheader, the Sox just couldn't win a game they should have. In the first game, three Sox pitchers had a no-hit game going until there was one down in the eighth inning, yet ever since the third inning, they were losing to the Angels. Dave Morehead walked seven batters in two innings, without giving up a hit, and the Sox were down 2-0. The Sox lost 4 to 1 and Joe Adcock broke up the no-hitter against Radatz. In the second game, the Sox were leading 3-0 through seven innings, but Radatz couldn't hold the lead and the Sox lost again, 4 to 3. In two successive games Sox pitchers gave up a total of three hits and they lost both games.
Stuart was benched in favor of Tony Horton in the first game, but played in the second game. He had three hits but dropped a foul pop fly.
Carl Yastrzemski next blasted a two-run homer in Cleveland that carried the Sox to a 6-5 win on September 9th. In the next game, Tony Conigliaro jumped off the bench and pinch-hit a two run homer in the eighth inning, but it was not enough to rescue the Sox as they lost 5 to 4. The Sox lost 10 of the 15 games on the road trip and were 23 1/2 games back. But back home, an existing rift also between Pesky and now Carl Yastrzemski widened. Pesky benched Yaz for loafing and not running out a ground ball. Yaz had been critical for the past two seasons about not feeling Pesky was doing a good job managing the Red Sox and being too easy on his teammates. A pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning by Dalton Jones, scored Eddie Bressoud to give Dick Radatz his 15th win in relief against the Angels on September 13th.
Rookie Ed Connolly struck out 12 Kansas City A's batters en route to an 8 to 0 shutout on September 15th. Sox batters, led by Felix Mantilla, who knocked out his 26th home run, beat on four K.C. pitchers. The Sox clobbered the A's again the next day by a 10-1 score. Tony Conigliaro's (23 HRs) two home runs led the Sox batters and Dick Stuart homered and knocked in another run, to tie him for the American League lead with 106 RBIs. Against the Minnesota Twins on September 18th, Mantilla opened the Sox first inning with another home run. Then in the fourth inning he knocked out another. The Sox won the game, 7 to 6 and Radatz earned his 24th save. Mantilla homered again, his 29th of the season, the next night and the Sox won, 7 to 2. In Washington, Bill Monbouquette pitched a 3-0 shutout on September 22nd, his second in his last three starts. He allowed just five hits and in his last four games gave up only two earned runs. It would be the last win for the Sox in September, as they lost the next six games.
Johnny Pesky was finally fired on October 1st. Not only had he fallen out with Carl Yastrzemski and Dick Stuart, but also annoyed his coaching staff. Pesky was considered not to be tough enough on his players and also VP Mike Higgins didn't appreciate the fact that he was never consulted on baseball matters, causing a schism between
Pesky and his boss.
Stuart, considered a selfish ball player by Pesky and his teammates, had never been criticized by Higgins because he was an attraction for the fans by slugging home runs and that was more important to Sox management. Third base coach, Billy Herman who was in solidly with Higgins, was named as Sox manager, and would hold the position next year. Under Herman, the Sox won their last three games. Individual accomplishments were all the Sox had left. Dick Radatz established a new record for pitching appearances, with 75, eclipsing Jim Konstanty of the pennant winning Phillies in 1950. Stuart was also battling Harmon Killebrew and Brooks Robinson for the RBI lead. On October 1st, in front of only 306 fans, the smallest crowd in Fenway Park history, the Sox beat the Indians, 4 to 2. Stuart knocked in two runs. The Sox final two games were against the Senators at Fenway. In the first game, Stuart got five hits and Monbouquette pitched his fourth consecutive shutout, winning 7-0. The Sox season finale was a 14-8 win over Washington. Stuart drove in two more runs to finish with 114 RBIs, finishing second to Brooks Robinson, who had 118 RBIs.
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| GAME LOG | ||||||||||
| DATE | RECORD | PLACE | GB/GF | OPPONENT | SCORE | PITCHER | W/L | |||
| 04/16/1964 | 1-0 | 3rd | -1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 4-3 | Dick Radatz | 1-0 | ||
| 04/17/1964 | 2-0 | 2nd | -1/2 | Chicago White Sox | W | 4-1 | Jack Lamabe | 1-0 | ||
| 04/18/1964 | 2-1 | 3rd | -1 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 10-5 | Earl Wilson | 0-1 | ||
| 04/19/1964 | 2-2 | 4th | -1 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 6-0 | Ed Connolly | 0-1 | ||
| 04/20/1964 | 2-2 | 4th | -1 1/2 | New York Yankees | pp | |||||
| 3-2 | 3rd | -1 | W | 4-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 1-0 | ||||
| 04/21/1964 | 3-2 | 5th | -1 | |||||||
| 04/22/1964 | 3-2 | 4th | -1 | at Baltimore Orioles | pp | |||||
| 04/23/1964 | 4-2 | 4th | -1 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 3-1 | Jack Lamabe | 2-0 | ||
| 4-3 | 4th | -1 | L | 1-0 | Dave Morehead | 0-1 | ||||
| 04/24/1964 | 4-4 | 5th | -1 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 6-1 | Bill Monbouquette | 1-1 | ||
| 04/25/1964 | 4-5 | 6th | -2 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 4-2 | Ed Connolly | 0-2 | ||
| 04/26/1964 | 4-6 | 8th | -2 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 2-1 | Bill Spanswick | 0-1 | ||
| 04/27/1964 | 4-6 | 8th | -2 1/2 | |||||||
| 04/28/1964 | 5-6 | 7th | -1 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 6-4 | Bob Heffner | 1-0 | ||
| 04/29/1964 | 5-7 | 8th | -2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 4-2 | Dave Morehead | 0-2 | ||
| 04/30/1964 | 5-7 | 9th | -2 1/2 | |||||||
| 05/01/1964 | 5-7 | 8th | -2 1/2 | |||||||
| 05/02/1964 | 5-8 | 9th | -3 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | L | 4-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 1-2 | ||
| 05/03/1964 | 6-8 | 7th | -3 | Detroit Tigers | W | 11-7 | Dick Radatz | 2-0 | ||
| 05/04/1964 | 6-9 | 8th | -4 | Cleveland Indians | L | 7-5 | Bill Spanswick | 0-2 | ||
| 05/05/1964 | 7-9 | 7th | -3 | Cleveland Indians | W | 4-0 | Dave Morehead | 1-2 | ||
| 05/06/1964 | 7-10 | 8th | -4 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 6-3 | Bill Monbouquette | 1-3 | ||
| 05/07/1964 | 8-10 | 7th | -4 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 7-3 | Jack Lamabe | 3-0 | ||
| 05/08/1964 | 9-10 | 5th | -3 1/2 | at Washington Senators | W | 9-3 | Bill Spanswick | 1-2 | ||
| 05/09/1964 | 9-11 | 6th | -3 1/2 | at Washington Senators | L | 5-4 | Bob Heffner | 1-1 | ||
| 05/10/1964 | 9-12 | 6th | -3 1/2 | at Washington Senators | L | 13-4 | Bill Monbouquette | 1-4 | ||
| 10-12 | 6th | -4 | W | 9-4 | Earl Wilson | 1-1 | ||||
| 05/11/1964 | 10-13 | 7th | -4 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 11-7 | Jack Lamabe | 3-1 | ||
| 05/12/1964 | 10-14 | 8th | -4 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 6-5 | Dick Radatz | 2-1 | ||
| 05/13/1964 | 10-15 | 8th | -5 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 3-0 | Dave Morehead | 1-3 | ||
| 05/14/1964 | 10-15 | 9th | -5 | |||||||
| 05/15/1964 | 10-16 | 10th | -6 | Minnesota Twins | L | 1-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 1-5 | ||
| 05/16/1964 | 11-16 | 8th | -6 | Minnesota Twins | W | 6-5 | Dick Radatz | 3-1 | ||
| 05/17/1964 | 12-16 | 7th | -6 | Minnesota Twins | W | 6-2 | Dave Morehead | 2-3 | ||
| 12-17 | 7th | -5 1/2 | L | 6-5 | Dick Radatz | 3-2 | ||||
| 05/18/1964 | 12-17 | 7th | -5 1/2 | |||||||
| 05/19/1964 | 13-17 | 7th | -5 1/2 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 4-3 | Bob Heffner | 2-1 | ||
| 05/20/1964 | 14-17 | 7th | -5 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 4-3 | Jack Lamabe | 4-1 | ||
| 05/21/1964 | 15-17 | 6th | -5 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 8-7 | Bob Heffner | 3-1 | ||
| 05/22/1964 | 15-18 | 6th | -6 | Kansas City Athletics | L | 4-3 | Earl Wilson | 1-2 | ||
| 05/23/1964 | 16-18 | 6th | -5 1/2 | Kansas City Athletics | W | 5-4 | Dick Radatz | 4-2 | ||
| 05/24/1964 | 17-18 | 6th | -5 1/2 | Kansas City Athletics | W | 6-2 | Jack Lamabe | 5-1 | ||
| 18-18 | 6th | -5 | W | 3-1 | Ed Connolly | 3-1 | ||||
| 05/25/1964 | 19-18 | 6th | -4 1/2 | Washington Senators | W | 6-5 | Dave Morehead | 3-3 | ||
| 05/26/1964 | 20-18 | 6th | -4 | Washington Senators | W | 3-2 | Earl Wilson | 2-2 | ||
| 05/27/1964 | 20-19 | 6th | -4 1/2 | Washington Senators | L | 9-8 | Dick Radatz | 4-3 | ||
| 05/28/1964 | 20-19 | 6th | -4 | |||||||
| 05/29/1964 | 20-20 | 6th | -5 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 3-2 | Jack Lamabe | 5-2 | ||
| 05/30/1964 | 20-21 | 6th | -6 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 7-3 | Dave Morehead | 3-4 | ||
| 05/31/1964 | 21-21 | 6th | -6 1/2 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 4-3 | Earl Wilson | 3-2 | ||
| 06/01/1964 | 22-21 | 6th | -6 | at Los Angeles Angels | W | 4-3 | Bob Heffner | 4-1 | ||
| 06/02/1964 | 22-22 | 6th | -7 | at Los Angeles Angels | L | 1-0 | Jack Lamabe | 5-3 | ||
| 06/03/1964 | 22-23 | 6th | -8 | at Los Angeles Angels | L | 2-0 | Dave Morehead | 3-5 | ||
| 22-24 | 6th | -8 1/2 | L | 9-8 | Ed Connolly | 3-2 | ||||
| 06/04/1964 | 22-24 | 6th | -8 1/2 | |||||||
| 06/05/1964 | 23-24 | 6th | -7 1/2 | at Kansas City Athletics | W | 14-7 | Earl Wilson | 4-2 | ||
| 06/06/1964 | 24-24 | 6th | -7 1/2 | at Kansas City Athletics | W | 8-6 | Jack Lamabe | 6-3 | ||
| 06/07/1964 | 25-24 | 6th | -7 1/2 | at Kansas City Athletics | W | 9-5 | Bill Monbouquette | 2-5 | ||
| 25-25 | 6th | -7 1/2 | L | 8-6 | Dave Morehead | 3-6 | ||||
| 06/08/1964 | 25-25 | 6th | -7 1/2 | |||||||
| 06/09/1964 | 26-25 | 6th | -7 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 5-2 | Earl Wilson | 5-2 | ||
| 06/10/1964 | 27-25 | 6th | -8 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 7-6 | Bob Heffner | 5-1 | ||
| 27-26 | 6th | -8 | L | 10-6 | Bob Heffner | 5-2 | ||||
| 06/11/1964 | 27-27 | 6th | -8 | New York Yankees | L | 8-4 | Bill Monbouquette | 2-6 | ||
| 06/12/1964 | 28-27 | 6th | -6 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 7-3 | Dave Morehead | 4-6 | ||
| 06/13/1964 | 29-27 | 5th | -5 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 6-2 | Earl Wilson | 6-2 | ||
| 06/14/1964 | 29-28 | 5th | -6 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 10-1 | Jack Lamabe | 6-4 | ||
| 29-29 | 5th | -6 1/2 | L | 8-1 | Ed Connolly | 1-4 | ||||
| 06/15/1964 | 29-29 | 5th | -6 | |||||||
| 06/16/1964 | 30-29 | 6th | -5 | at New York Yankees | W | 6-5 | Dave Morehead | 5-6 | ||
| 30-30 | 6th | -6 | L | 7-5 | Bill Monbouquette | 2-7 | ||||
| 06/17/1964 | 31-30 | 6th | -6 | at New York Yankees | W | 4-3 | Dick Radatz | 5-3 | ||
| 06/18/1964 | 31-31 | 6th | -6 | at New York Yankees | L | 6-3 | Jack Lamabe | 6-5 | ||
| 06/19/1964 | 31-32 | 6th | -8 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 2-1 | Ed Connolly | 1-5 | ||
| 31-33 | 6th | -8 | L | 6-5 | Bill Spanswick | 1-3 | ||||
| 06/20/1964 | 31-34 | 6th | -9 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 11-5 | Dave Morehead | 5-7 | ||
| 06/21/1964 | 32-34 | 6th | -8 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 9-6 | Earl Wilson | 7-2 | ||
| 06/22/1964 | 32-34 | 6th | -8 1/2 | |||||||
| 06/23/1964 | 32-35 | 6th | -9 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 2-0 | Jack Lamabe | 6-6 | ||
| 06/24/1964 | 32-36 | 6th | -10 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 8-1 | Ed Connolly | 1-6 | ||
| 06/25/1964 | 32-36 | 6th | -10 1/2 | |||||||
| 06/26/1964 | 33-36 | 7th | -10 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 3-2 | Dick Radatz | 6-3 | ||
| 06/27/1964 | 33-37 | 7th | -11 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 4-2 | Earl Wilson | 7-3 | ||
| 06/28/1964 | 34-37 | 5th | -11 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 8-5 | Bill Spanswick | 2-3 | ||
| 35-37 | 5th | -11 | W | 4-3 | Bill Monbouquette | 3-7 | ||||
| 06/29/1964 | 36-37 | 5th | -11 | Kansas City Athletics | W | 4-3 | Earl Wilson | 8-3 | ||
| 06/30/1964 | 36-38 | 5th | -11 | Kansas City Athletics | L | 2-1 | Dave Morehead | 5-8 | ||
| 07/01/1964 | 36-39 | 5th | -12 | Minnesota Twins | L | 14-3 | Ed Connolly | 1-7 | ||
| 07/02/1964 | 36-40 | 5th | -12 | Minnesota Twins | L | 15-9 | Jack Lamabe | 6-7 | ||
| 07/03/1964 | 36-41 | 6th | -13 | Los Angeles Angels | L | 5-3 | Dick Radatz | 6-4 | ||
| 07/04/1964 | 37-41 | 6th | -12 1/2 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 13-5 | Earl Wilson | 9-3 | ||
| 07/05/1964 | 38-41 | 6th | -11 1/2 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 9-6 | Dick Radatz | 7-4 | ||
| 07/06/1964 | All Star Game Break | |||||||||
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| 07/09/1964 | 38-42 | 6th | -13 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 5-4 | Bill Monbouquette | 3-8 | ||
| 07/10/1964 | 39-42 | 6th | -13 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 7-6 | Dick Radatz | 8-4 | ||
| 39-43 | 6th | -12 1/2 | L | 8-3 | Dave Morehead | 5-9 | ||||
| 07/11/1964 | 39-44 | 6th | -13 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 8-1 | Arnold Early | 0-1 | ||
| 07/12/1964 | 40-44 | 6th | -13 1/2 | at Washington Senators | W | 5-3 | Jack Lamabe | 7-7 | ||
| 40-45 | 6th | -13 1/2 | L | 10-3 | Dave Morehead | 5-10 | ||||
| 07/13/1964 | 41-45 | 6th | -12 1/2 | at Washington Senators | W | 7-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 4-8 | ||
| 07/14/1964 | 41-46 | 6th | -12 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 4-2 | Earl Wilson | 9-4 | ||
| 07/15/1964 | 42-46 | 6th | -12 | Chicago White Sox | W | 11-2 | Arnold Early | 1-1 | ||
| 07/16/1964 | 42-47 | 7th | -12 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 9-3 | Jack Lamabe | 7-8 | ||
| 07/17/1964 | 43-47 | 7th | -12 1/2 | Washington Senators | W | 5-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 5-8 | ||
| 07/18/1964 | 44-47 | 7th | -12 | Washington Senators | W | 12-6 | Earl Wilson | 10-4 | ||
| 07/19/1964 | 45-47 | 7th | -12 | Washington Senators | W | 11-10 | Jack Lamabe | 8-8 | ||
| 45-48 | 7th | -12 1/2 | L | 5-4 | Jack Lamabe | 8-9 | ||||
| 07/20/1964 | 45-49 | 7th | -13 | Detroit Tigers | L | 7-5 | Bob Heffner | 5-3 | ||
| 07/21/1964 | 46-49 | 7th | -11 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 7-5 | Bill Monbouquette | 6-8 | ||
| 07/22/1964 | 46-50 | 7th | -12 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | L | 8-6 | Earl Wilson | 10-5 | ||
| 07/23/1964 | 47-50 | 7th | -11 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 4-3 | Dave Morehead | 6-10 | ||
| 07/24/1964 | 47-51 | 7th | -13 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 6-1 | Bob Heffner | 5-4 | ||
| 07/25/1964 | 48-51 | 7th | -13 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 4-3 | Dick Radatz | 9-4 | ||
| 07/26/1964 | 49-51 | 7th | -12 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 6-1 | Earl Wilson | 11-5 | ||
| 50-51 | 5th | -12 | W | 3-1 | Ed Connolly | 2-7 | ||||
| 07/27/1964 | 50-51 | 5th | -12 1/2 | |||||||
| 07/28/1964 | 50-52 | 5th | -12 1/2 | at Kansas City Athletics | L | 2-1 | Dave Morehead | 6-11 | ||
| 07/29/1964 | 51-52 | 5th | -12 1/2 | at Kansas City Athletics | W | 3-2 | Dick Radatz | 10-4 | ||
| 07/30/1964 | 51-52 | 5th | -12 1/2 | |||||||
| 07/31/1964 | 52-52 | 5th | -11 1/2 | at Los Angeles Angels | W | 4-3 | Bill Monbouquette | 7-8 | ||
| 08/01/1964 | 52-53 | 5th | -12 1/2 | at Los Angeles Angels | L | 4-1 | Earl Wilson | 11-6 | ||
| 08/02/1964 | 52-54 | 5th | -13 1/2 | at Los Angeles Angels | L | 2-1 | Dick Radatz | 10-5 | ||
| 08/03/1964 | 52-54 | 5th | -14 | |||||||
| 08/04/1964 | 52-55 | 5th | -14 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 12-4 | Bill Monbouquette | 7-9 | ||
| 08/05/1964 | 52-56 | 6th | -14 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 6-1 | Earl Wilson | 11-7 | ||
| 08/06/1964 | 52-57 | 7th | -14 1/2 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 6-5 | Dick Radatz | 10-6 | ||
| 08/07/1964 | 52-58 | 7th | -15 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 2-0 | Ed Connolly | 2-8 | ||
| 08/08/1964 | 52-59 | 7th | -16 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 9-2 | Dave Morehead | 6-12 | ||
| 08/09/1964 | 53-59 | 7th | -16 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 6-3 | Bill Monbouquette | 8-9 | ||
| 53-60 | 7th | -16 1/2 | L | 4-1 | Earl Wilson | 11-8 | ||||
| 08/10/1964 | 53-60 | 7th | -16 1/2 | |||||||
| 08/11/1964 | 53-61 | 8th | -17 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 8-7 | Dick Radatz | 10-7 | ||
| 08/12/1964 | 53-62 | 8th | -18 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 7-0 | Ed Connolly | 2-9 | ||
| 08/13/1964 | 53-63 | 8th | -19 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 7-1 | Bill Monbouquette | 8-10 | ||
| 08/14/1964 | 53-64 | 8th | -20 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 11-1 | Earl Wilson | 11-9 | ||
| 08/15/1964 | 54-64 | 8th | -19 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | W | 5-2 | Dave Morehead | 7-12 | ||
| 08/16/1964 | 54-65 | 8th | -19 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 2-1 | Ed Connolly | 2-10 | ||
| 08/17/1964 | 54-65 | 8th | -19 1/2 | |||||||
| 08/18/1964 | 54-66 | 8th | -20 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 5-2 | Bill Monbouquette | 8-11 | ||
| 08/19/1964 | 55-66 | 8th | -19 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 4-3 | Dick Radatz | 11-7 | ||
| 08/20/1964 | 56-66 | 7th | -19 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 4-3 | Dave Morehead | 8-12 | ||
| 08/21/1964 | 57-66 | 7th | -18 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 7-0 | Bob Heffner | 6-4 | ||
| 08/22/1964 | 58-66 | 7th | -18 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 5-3 | Dick Radatz | 12-7 | ||
| 58-67 | 8th | -19 | L | 8-0 | Jack Lamabe | 8-10 | ||||
| 08/23/1964 | 58-68 | 8th | -19 1/2 | New York Yankees | L | 4-3 | Earl Wilson | 11-10 | ||
| 08/24/1964 | 58-68 | 8th | -19 1/2 | |||||||
| 08/25/1964 | 58-69 | 8th | -19 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | L | 11-6 | Jay Ritchie | 0-1 | ||
| 08/26/1964 | 58-70 | 8th | -19 1/2 | Detroit Tigers | L | 4-1 | Bob Heffner | 6-5 | ||
| 08/27/1964 | 58-71 | 8th | -20 | Detroit Tigers | L | 5-4 | Dick Radatz | 12-8 | ||
| 08/28/1964 | 59-71 | 8th | -19 1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 5-3 | Bill Monbouquette | 9-11 | ||
| 08/29/1964 | 59-72 | 8th | -20 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 10-2 | Earl Wilson | 11-11 | ||
| 59-73 | 8th | -21 | L | 6-1 | Dave Morehead | 8-13 | ||||
| 08/30/1964 | 59-74 | 8th | -21 | at New York Yankees | L | 9-3 | Bob Heffner | 6-6 | ||
| 08/31/1964 | 59-74 | 8th | -21 | |||||||
| 09/01/1964 | 60-74 | 8th | -20 | at Kansas City Athletics | W | 3-2 | Jack Lamabe | 9-10 | ||
| 09/02/1964 | 60-75 | 8th | -21 | at Kansas City Athletics | L | 9-5 | Bill Monbouquette | 9-12 | ||
| 09/03/1964 | 61-75 | 8th | -21 | at Kansas City Athletics | W | 7-5 | Dick Radatz | 13-8 | ||
| 09/04/1964 | 61-76 | 8th | -21 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 14-3 | Bob Heffner | 6-7 | ||
| 09/05/1964 | 61-77 | 8th | -22 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 10-4 | Jack Lamabe | 9-11 | ||
| 09/06/1964 | 61-78 | 8th | -22 1/2 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 2-1 | Bill Monbouquette | 9-13 | ||
| 09/07/1964 | 61-79 | 8th | -22 1/2 | at Los Angeles Angels | L | 4-1 | Dave Morehead | 8-14 | ||
| 61-80 | 8th | -23 | L | 4-3 | Bob Heffner | 6-8 | ||||
| 09/08/1964 | 61-80 | 8th | -23 | |||||||
| 09/09/1964 | 62-80 | 8th | -23 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 4-3 | Dick Radatz | 14-8 | ||
| 09/10/1964 | 62-81 | 8th | -23 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 5-4 | Jack Lamabe | 9-12 | ||
| 09/11/1964 | 63-81 | 8th | -23 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 3-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 10-13 | ||
| 09/12/1964 | 63-82 | 8th | -24 | Los Angeles Angels | L | 3-2 | Bob Heffner | 6-9 | ||
| 09/13/1964 | 64-82 | 8th | -23 | Los Angeles Angels | W | 4-3 | Dick Radatz | 15-8 | ||
| 09/14/1964 | 64-83 | 8th | -24 | Kansas City Athletics | L | 7-6 | Jack Lamabe | 9-13 | ||
| 09/15/1964 | 65-83 | 8th | -23 | Kansas City Athletics | W | 8-0 | Ed Connolly | 3-10 | ||
| 09/16/1964 | 66-83 | 8th | -22 | Kansas City Athletics | W | 10-1 | Bill Monbouquette | 11-13 | ||
| 09/17/1964 | 66-83 | 8th | -22 | |||||||
| 09/18/1964 | 67-83 | 8th | -22 | Minnesota Twins | W | 7-6 | Jay Ritchie | 1-1 | ||
| 09/19/1964 | 68-83 | 8th | -22 | Minnesota Twins | W | 7-2 | Bob Heffner | 7-9 | ||
| 09/20/1964 | 68-84 | 8th | -23 | Minnesota Twins | L | 12-4 | Ed Connolly | 3-11 | ||
| 09/21/1964 | 68-84 | 8th | -23 | |||||||
| 09/22/1964 | 69-84 | 8th | -23 1/2 | at Washington Senators | W | 3-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 12-13 | ||
| 09/23/1964 | 69-85 | 8th | -25 | at Washington Senators | L | 1-0 | Pete Charton | 0-1 | ||
| 09/24/1964 | 69-85 | 8th | -25 | |||||||
| 09/25/1964 | 69-86 | 8th | -26 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 3-2 | Earl Wilson | 11-12 | ||
| 09/26/1964 | 69-87 | 8th | -27 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 8-6 | Dick Radatz | 15-9 | ||
| 09/27/1964 | 69-88 | 8th | -27 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 3-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 12-14 | ||
| 09/28/1964 | 69-88 | 8th | -27 | |||||||
| 09/29/1964 | 69-88 | 8th | -27 | Cleveland Indians | pp | |||||
| 09/30/1964 | 69-89 | 8th | -28 | Cleveland Indians | L | 5-0 | Pete Charton | 0-2 | ||
| 69-90 | 8th | -29 | L | 3-0 | Dave Morehead | 8-15 | ||||
| 10/01/1964 | 70-90 | 8th | -27 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 4-2 | Ed Connolly | 4-11 | ||
| 10/02/1964 | 70-90 | 8th | -28 | |||||||
| 10/03/1964 | 71-90 | 8th | -28 | Washington Senators | W | 7-0 | Bill Monbouquette | 13-14 | ||
| 10/04/1964 | 72-90 | 8th | -27 | Washington Senators | W | 14-8 | Dick Radatz | 16-9 | ||
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