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1964 New York Yankees season

The 1964 New York Yankees season was the 62nd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 99–63, winning their 29th pennant, finishing 1 game ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. It would also be their last postseason appearance until 1976.

1964 New York Yankees
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersDan Topping and Del Webb
General managersRalph Houk
ManagersYogi Berra
TelevisionWPIX
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
RadioWCBS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
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Yogi Berra, taking over as manager from Ralph Houk, who in turn moved up to general manager, had a difficult early season, with many veterans missing games due to injury. Doubts about his ability to manage his former teammates were brought into the open with the Harmonica Incident in late August, in which he clashed with utility infielder Phil Linz on the team bus following a sweep by the Chicago White Sox that appeared to have removed the Yankees from pennant contention. The team rallied behind Berra afterwards, and won the pennant. However the incident may have convinced the team's executives to replace Berra with Johnny Keane, manager of the victorious Cardinals, after the season.

This season is considered to be the endpoint of the "Old Yankees" dynasty that had begun with the Ruppert–Huston partnership and then continued with the Topping–Webb partnership. The Yankees would soon undergo ownership changes and front office turmoil, and would not be a serious factor in the pennant chase again until the mid-1970s. For television viewers and radio listeners, the sudden removal of Mel Allen following that season marked the end of an era of Yankees television and radio broadcasts.

Offseason

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Regular season

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On September 26, Mel Stottlemyre went 5 for 5, drove in two runs, and threw a two-hit shutout.[2][3]

Season standings

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American 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

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1964 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

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Roster

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1964 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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Legend
  Yankees win
  Yankees loss
  Yankees tie
  Postponement
  Clinched pennant
Bold Yankees team member
1964 regular season game log: 99–63–2 (Home: 50–31; Away: 49–32–2)[5]
April: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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May: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
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June: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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July: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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August: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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September: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
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October: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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Postseason Game log

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Legend
  Yankees win
  Yankees loss
Bold Yankees team member
1964 Postseason game log: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)
World Series: vs. St. Louis Cardinals 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)[6]
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Elston Howard 150 550 172 .313 15 84
1B Joe Pepitone 160 613 154 .251 28 100
2B Bobby Richardson 159 679 181 .267 4 50
3B Clete Boyer 147 510 111 .218 8 52
SS Tony Kubek 106 415 95 .229 8 31
LF Tom Tresh 153 533 131 .246 16 73
CF Mickey Mantle 143 465 141 .303 35 111
RF Roger Maris 141 513 144 .281 26 71

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Other batters

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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
Phil Linz 112 368 92 .250 5 25
Héctor López 127 285 74 .260 10 34
Johnny Blanchard 77 161 41 .255 7 28
Pedro González 80 112 31 .277 0 5
Archie Moore 31 23 4 .174 0 1
Jake Gibbs 3 6 1 .167 0 0
Elvio Jimenez 1 6 2 .333 0 0
Harry Bright 4 5 1 .200 0 0
Mike Hegan 5 5 0 .000 0 0
Roger Repoz 11 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Bouton 38 271.1 18 13 3.02 125
Whitey Ford 39 244.2 17 6 2.13 172
Al Downing 37 244.0 13 8 3.47 217
Mel Stottlemyre 13 96.0 9 3 2.06 49

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ralph Terry 27 114.0 7 11 4.54 77
Rollie Sheldon 19 102.1 5 2 3.61 57
Stan Williams 21 82.0 1 5 3.84 54
Bud Daley 13 35.0 3 2 4.63 16

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Pete Mikkelsen 50 7 4 12 3.56 63
Hal Reniff 41 6 4 9 3.12 38
Bill Stafford 31 5 0 4 2.67 39
Steve Hamilton 30 7 2 3 3.28 49
Pedro Ramos 13 1 0 8 1.25 21
Bob Meyer 7 0 3 0 4.91 12

1964 World Series

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Main article: 1964 World Series

With this 4–3 World Series victory, the Cardinals gained a 3–2 edge in overall Series wins over the Yankees, the first time any team had an overall edge against the Yankees since the 1920s. As of 2022, the Cardinals remain the only one of the "classic eight" National League teams to hold an edge over the Yankees.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of game
1 Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 9 October 7 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:42
2 Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3 October 8 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:29
3 Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 2 October 10 Yankee Stadium 67,101 2:16
4 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3 October 11 Yankee Stadium 66,312 2:18
5 Cardinals – 5, Yankees – 2 October 12 Yankee Stadium 65,633 2:37
6 Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3 October 14 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:37
7 Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 7 October 15 Busch Stadium I 30,346 2:40

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Virginians International League Preston Gómez
AA Columbus Confederate Yankees Southern League Rube Walker
A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Loren Babe
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Frank Verdi
A Shelby Yankees Western Carolinas League Gary Blaylock
Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Lamar North
Rookie SRL Yankees Sarasota Rookie League Billy Shantz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale, Johnson City[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Marshall Bridges Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ Murcer, Bobby; Waggoner, Glen (2008). Yankee for Life. New York: Harper Collins. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5.
  3. ^ "Mel Stottlemyre's 5-hit game at retrosheet.org". retrosheet.org. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Pedro Ramos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "1964 New York Yankees Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "1964 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "1964 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "1964 All-Star Game". Baseball Almanac.
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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