# 1964 Los Angeles Angels season

The 1964 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, 17 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* December 2, 1963: Bill Kelso was drafted by the Angels from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 10, 1964: Jimmy Piersall was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* May 15, 1964: Art Fowler was released by the Los Angeles Angels.

### 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 | Buck Rodgers | 148 | 514 | 125 | .243 | 4 | 54 |
| 1B | Joe Adcock | 118 | 366 | 98 | .268 | 21 | 64 |
| 2B | Bobby Knoop | 162 | 486 | 105 | .216 | 7 | 38 |
| 3B | Félix Torres | 100 | 277 | 64 | .231 | 12 | 28 |
| SS | Jim Fregosi | 147 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 18 | 72 |
| LF | Ed Kirkpatrick | 75 | 219 | 53 | .242 | 2 | 22 |
| CF | Bob Perry | 70 | 221 | 61 | .276 | 3 | 16 |
| RF | Lou Clinton | 91 | 306 | 76 | .248 | 9 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Smith | 118 | 359 | 108 | .301 | 11 | 51 |
| Albie Pearson | 107 | 265 | 59 | .223 | 2 | 16 |
| Tom Satriano | 108 | 255 | 51 | .200 | 1 | 17 |
| Jimmy Piersall | 87 | 255 | 80 | .314 | 2 | 13 |
| Vic Power | 68 | 221 | 55 | .249 | 3 | 13 |
| Billy Moran | 50 | 198 | 53 | .268 | 0 | 11 |
| Lee Thomas | 47 | 172 | 47 | .273 | 2 | 24 |
| Joe Koppe | 54 | 113 | 29 | .257 | 0 | 6 |
| Lenny Green | 39 | 92 | 23 | .250 | 2 | 4 |
| Dick Simpson | 21 | 50 | 7 | .140 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Reichardt | 11 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Schaal | 17 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Dees | 26 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Hiatt | 9 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 2 |
| Hank Foiles | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Dean Chance | 46 | 278.1 | 20 | 9 | 1.65 | 207 |
| Fred Newman | 32 | 190.0 | 13 | 10 | 2.75 | 83 |
| Bo Belinsky | 23 | 135.1 | 9 | 8 | 2.86 | 91 |
| Bob Meyer | 6 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.00 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Barry Latman | 40 | 138.0 | 6 | 10 | 3.85 | 81 |
| Ken McBride | 29 | 116.1 | 4 | 13 | 5.26 | 66 |
| Don Lee | 33 | 89.1 | 5 | 4 | 2.72 | 73 |
| Aubrey Gatewood | 15 | 60.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.24 | 25 |
| George Brunet | 10 | 42.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.61 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Lee | 64 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 1.51 | 111 |
| Bob Duliba | 58 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3.59 | 33 |
| Dan Osinski | 47 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.48 | 88 |
| Willie Smith | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.84 | 20 |
| Bill Kelso | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.28 | 21 |
| Jack Spring | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 |
| Julio Navarro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.93 | 8 |
| Art Fowler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10.29 | 5 |
| Ed Sukla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
| Paul Foytack | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Bob Lemon |
| A | San Jose Bees | California League | Rocky Bridges |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Chuck Tanner |
| A | Tri-City Angels | Northwest League | Tommy Heath |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Angels | Pioneer League | John Fitzpatrick |