1964 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkWhite Sox Park
CityChicago
OwnersArthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managersEd Short
ManagersAl López
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWCFL
(Bob Elson, Milo Hamilton)
← 1963 Seasons 1965 →

The 1964 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 64th season in the major leagues, and its 65th season overall. They finished with a record of 98–64, good enough for second place in the American League, just one game behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 63 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Chicago White Sox 98 64 0.605 1 52–29 46–35
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 0.599 2 49–32 48–33
Detroit Tigers 85 77 0.525 14 46–35 39–42
Los Angeles Angels 82 80 0.506 17 45–36 37–44
Cleveland Indians 79 83 0.488 20 41–40 38–43
Minnesota Twins 79 83 0.488 20 40–41 39–42
Boston Red Sox 72 90 0.444 27 45–36 27–54
Washington Senators 62 100 0.383 37 31–50 31–50
Kansas City Athletics 57 105 0.352 42 26–55 31–50

Record vs. opponents

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 —


Roster

1964 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Ken Berry, CF 12 32 4 12 1 0 1 4 5 3 .375 0
Don Buford, 2B,3B 135 442 62 116 14 6 4 30 46 62 .262 12
Smoky Burgess, PH 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 .200 0
Cam Carreon, C 37 95 12 26 5 0 0 4 7 13 .274 0
Joe Cunningham, 1B 40 108 13 27 7 0 0 10 14 15 .250 0
Ron Hansen, SS 158 575 85 150 25 3 20 68 73 73 .261 1
Mike Hershberger, RF,CF 141 452 55 104 15 3 2 31 48 47 .230 8
Jim Hicks, PR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Dick Kenworthy, PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Jim Landis, CF 106 298 30 62 8 4 1 18 36 64 .208 5
Jeoff Long, LF,1B 23 35 0 5 0 0 0 5 4 15 .143 0
J. C. Martin, C 122 294 23 58 10 1 4 22 16 30 .197 0
Charlie Maxwell, PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF 125 368 47 96 11 5 6 36 32 65 .261 15
Jerry McNertney, C 73 186 16 40 5 0 3 23 19 24 .215 0
Minnie Miñoso, LF 30 31 4 7 0 0 1 5 5 3 .226 0
Dave Nicholson, LF 97 294 40 60 6 1 13 39 52 126 .204 0
Floyd Robinson, RF,LF 141 525 83 158 17 3 11 59 70 41 .301 9
Bill Skowron, 1B 73 273 19 80 11 3 4 38 19 36 .293 0
Charley Smith, 3B 2 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 0
Marv Staehle, PH 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 1
Gene Stephens, OF 82 141 21 33 4 2 3 17 21 28 .234 1
Pete Ward, 3B 144 539 61 152 28 3 23 94 56 76 .282 1
Al Weis, 2B,SS 133 328 36 81 4 4 2 23 22 41 .247 22
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Fritz Ackley, P 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 0
Frank Baumann, P 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0
John Buzhardt, P 31 54 3 11 1 1 0 6 2 22 .204 0
Eddie Fisher, P 59 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 .167 0
Ray Herbert, P 20 36 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 10 .139 0
Joe Horlen, P 32 69 2 11 0 0 0 5 2 11 .159 0
Bruce Howard, P 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0
Frank Kreutzer, P 17 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 .125 0
Don Mossi, P 34 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 0
Gary Peters, P 54 120 9 25 7 0 4 19 2 29 .208 0
Juan Pizarro, P 33 90 6 19 1 0 3 15 1 34 .211 0
Fred Talbot, P 18 19 5 5 2 0 0 3 4 6 .263 0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P 73 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 7 .143 0
Team Totals
 162 5491 642 1356 184 40 106 586 562 902 .247 75

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Fritz Ackley 0 0 8.53 3 2 0 6.1 10 6 6 2 4 6
Frank Baumann 0 3 6.19 22 0 1 32.0 40 22 22 4 24 19
John Buzhardt 10 8 2.98 31 25 0 160.0 150 60 53 13 39 97
Eddie Fisher 6 3 3.02 59 2 9 125.0 86 43 42 13 35 74
Ray Herbert 6 7 3.47 20 19 0 111.2 117 50 43 14 19 40
Joe Horlen 13 9 1.88 32 28 0 210.2 142 54 44 11 59 138
Bruce Howard 2 1 0.81 3 3 0 22.1 10 2 2 0 9 17
Frank Kreutzer 3 1 3.35 17 2 1 40.1 37 15 15 1 21 32
Don Mossi 3 1 2.93 34 0 7 40.0 37 16 13 9 9 36
Gary Peters 20 8 2.50 37 36 0 273.2 217 89 76 20 113 205
Juan Pizarro 19 9 2.56 33 33 0 239.0 193 78 68 23 60 162
Fred Talbot 4 5 3.70 17 12 0 75.1 83 31 31 7 20 34
Hoyt Wilhelm 12 9 1.99 73 0 27 131.1 94 35 29 7 31 95
Team Totals
 98 64 2.72 162 162 45 1467.2 1216 501 444 124 443 955

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians Pacific Coast League Les Moss
AA Lynchburg White Sox Southern League George Noga
A Tidewater Tides Carolina League Allen Jones
A Sarasota Sun Sox Florida State League Ira Hutchinson
A Clinton C-Sox Midwest League Don Bacon and Hugh Mulcahy
Rookie SRL White Sox Sarasota Rookie League Frank Parenti

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Rudy May page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Don Mossi page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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