# 1964 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1964 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 97 wins, 65 losses and one tie, two games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Baltimore spent 92 days in first place during the season before relinquishing that position on September 18.

## Offseason

* November 27, 1963: Jim Gentile and $25,000 were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Norm Siebern.
* December 2, 1963: Lou Jackson was drafted by the Orioles from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.
* March 31, 1964: Buster Narum was traded by the Orioles to the Washington Senators for a player to be named later. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to the Orioles on August 4.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 49‍–‍32 |
| Chicago White Sox | 98 | 64 | .605 | 1 | 52‍–‍29 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 65 | .599 | 2 | 49‍–‍32 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14 | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 82 | 80 | .506 | 17 | 45‍–‍36 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 79 | 83 | .488 | 20 | 41‍–‍40 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | .488 | 20 | 40‍–‍41 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 27 | 45‍–‍36 | 27‍–‍54 |
| Washington Senators | 62 | 100 | .383 | 37 | 31‍–‍50 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 57 | 105 | .352 | 42 | 26‍–‍55 | 31‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1964 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Dick Brown | 88 | 230 | 59 | .257 | 8 | 32 |
| 1B | Norm Siebern | 150 | 478 | 117 | .245 | 12 | 56 |
| 2B | Jerry Adair | 155 | 569 | 141 | .248 | 9 | 47 |
| 3B | Brooks Robinson | 163 | 612 | 194 | .317 | 28 | 118 |
| SS | Luis Aparicio | 146 | 578 | 154 | .266 | 10 | 37 |
| LF | Boog Powell | 134 | 424 | 123 | .290 | 39 | 99 |
| CF | Jackie Brandt | 137 | 523 | 127 | .243 | 13 | 47 |
| RF | Sam Bowens | 139 | 501 | 132 | .263 | 22 | 71 |

#### 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 |
| John Orsino | 81 | 248 | 55 | .222 | 8 | 23 |
| Bob Johnson | 93 | 210 | 52 | .248 | 3 | 29 |
| Charley Lau | 62 | 158 | 41 | .259 | 1 | 14 |
| Willie Kirkland | 66 | 150 | 30 | .200 | 3 | 22 |
| Earl Robinson | 37 | 121 | 33 | .273 | 3 | 10 |
| Russ Snyder | 56 | 93 | 27 | .290 | 1 | 7 |
| Gino Cimoli | 38 | 58 | 8 | .138 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Saverine | 46 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gaines | 16 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 2 |
| Lenny Green | 14 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Jackson | 4 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Blair | 8 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Piniella | 4 | 1 | 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 |
| Milt Pappas | 37 | 251.2 | 16 | 7 | 2.97 | 157 |
| Wally Bunker | 29 | 214.0 | 19 | 5 | 2.69 | 96 |
| Robin Roberts | 31 | 204.0 | 13 | 7 | 2.91 | 109 |
| Dave McNally | 30 | 159.1 | 9 | 11 | 3.67 | 88 |
| Steve Barber | 36 | 157.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.84 | 118 |

#### 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 |
| Stu Miller | 66 | 97.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.06 | 87 |
| Harvey Haddix | 49 | 89.2 | 5 | 5 | 2.31 | 90 |
| Dick Hall | 45 | 87.2 | 9 | 1 | 1.85 | 52 |
| Chuck Estrada | 17 | 54.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.27 | 32 |
| Dave Vineyard | 19 | 54.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.17 | 50 |
| Frank Bertaina | 6 | 26.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 18 |
| Mike McCormick | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.19 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Wes Stock | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.92 | 14 |
| Sam Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 6 |
| Ken Rowe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 4 |
| Herm Starrette | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.64 | 5 |

## Awards and honors

* Hank Bauer, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Darrell Johnson |
| AA | Elmira Pioneers | Eastern League | Earl Weaver |
| A | Stockton Ports | California League | Harry Dunlop |
| A | Fox Cities Foxes | Midwest League | Billy DeMars |
| A | Aberdeen Pheasants | Northern League | Cal Ripken Sr. |
| Rookie | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Jim Frey |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Elmira, Fox Cities, Aberdeen