# 1964 Washington Senators season

The 1964 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing ninth in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

## Offseason

* October 14, 1963: Minnie Miñoso was released by the Senators.
* November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees.
* December 2, 1963: Howie Koplitz was drafted by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.
* December 6, 1963: Bill Skowron was purchased by the Senators from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
* December 6, 1963: Hobie Landrith was released by the Senators.
* March 31, 1964: The Senators traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Buster Narum. The Senators completed the deal by sending Lou Piniella to 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 13, 1964: Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin were traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Cunningham and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Frank Kreutzer to the Senators on July 28.

### 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 | Mike Brumley | 136 | 426 | 104 | .244 | 2 | 35 |
| 1B | Bill Skowron | 73 | 262 | 71 | .271 | 13 | 41 |
| 2B | Don Blasingame | 143 | 506 | 135 | .267 | 1 | 34 |
| 3B | John Kennedy | 148 | 482 | 111 | .230 | 7 | 35 |
| SS | Ed Brinkman | 132 | 447 | 100 | .224 | 8 | 34 |
| LF | Chuck Hinton | 138 | 514 | 141 | .274 | 11 | 53 |
| CF | Don Lock | 152 | 512 | 127 | .248 | 28 | 80 |
| RF | Jim King | 134 | 415 | 100 | .241 | 18 | 56 |

#### 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 |
| Don Zimmer | 121 | 341 | 84 | .246 | 12 | 38 |
| Dick Phillips | 109 | 234 | 54 | .231 | 2 | 23 |
| Fred Valentine | 102 | 212 | 48 | .226 | 4 | 20 |
| Chuck Cottier | 73 | 137 | 23 | .168 | 3 | 10 |
| Joe Cunningham | 49 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 0 | 7 |
| Don Leppert | 50 | 122 | 19 | .156 | 3 | 12 |
| Willie Kirkland | 32 | 102 | 22 | .216 | 5 | 13 |
| Ken Hunt | 51 | 96 | 13 | .135 | 1 | 4 |
| Roy Sievers | 33 | 58 | 10 | .172 | 4 | 11 |
| Ken Retzer | 17 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Claude Osteen | 37 | 257.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.33 | 133 |
| Buster Narum | 38 | 199.0 | 9 | 15 | 4.30 | 121 |
| Bennie Daniels | 33 | 163.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.70 | 73 |
| Don Loun | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.08 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Alan Koch | 32 | 114.0 | 3 | 10 | 4.89 | 67 |
| Dave Stenhouse | 26 | 88.0 | 2 | 7 | 4.81 | 44 |
| Don Rudolph | 28 | 70.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.09 | 32 |
| Tom Cheney | 15 | 48.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.70 | 25 |
| Frank Kreutzer | 13 | 45.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.76 | 27 |
| Carl Bouldin | 9 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 12 |
| Howie Koplitz | 6 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 9 |
| Pete Craig | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 48.60 | 0 |

#### 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 Kline | 61 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2.32 | 40 |
| Steve Ridzik | 49 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2.89 | 60 |
| Jim Hannan | 49 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4.16 | 67 |
| Jim Duckworth | 30 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4.34 | 56 |
| Marshall Bridges | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.70 | 16 |
| Jim Bronstad | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 9 |
| Ed Roebuck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Sparky Anderson |
| AA | York White Roses | Eastern League | Jim Lemon |
| A | Rocky Mount Senators | Carolina League | Owen Friend |
| A | Geneva Senators | New York–Penn League | Wayne Terwilliger |
Toronto affiliation shared with Milwaukee Braves