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1964 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1964
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	72–90 (.444)
league_place	8th
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Pinky Higgins
managers	{{ubl
television	WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
radio	WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

|Johnny Pesky (70–90) |Billy Herman (2–0) (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) The 1964 Boston Red Sox season was the 64th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished eighth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 27 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. The Red Sox attracted 883,276 fans to Fenway Park, fifth in the Junior Circuit and 11th in MLB, reflecting a six percent turnstile decline from .

Former Boston infielder Johnny Pesky, in his second season as manager, led the team to a 70–90 mark before he was dismissed on October 1. Third-base coach Billy Herman, 55, succeeded Pesky; he signed a two-year contract and directed the Red Sox to two victories in the season's final two games.

Offseason

October 14, 1963: The Red Sox release veteran right-hander Bob Turley and appoint him their pitching coach for 1964, replacing Harry Dorish. Earlier in October, the Red Sox had released infielder Billy Gardner (October 2) and left-hander Chet Nichols Jr. (October 4).
February 4, 1964: Third baseman Carmen Fanzone is signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.
Prior to 1964 season: Outfielder Bobby Gene Smith is released by the Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

27	Bill Monbouquette	P

Notable transactions

April 21, 1964: The Red Sox release veteran right-handed starting pitcher Gene Conley, 33.
June 4, 1964: The Red Sox trade outfielder Lou Clinton, 26, to the Los Angeles Angels for outfielder/first baseman Lee Thomas, 28.
August 5, 1964: The Red Sox sign free-agent outfielder Al Smith, 36, released today by the Cleveland Indians.
September 6, 1964: Left-hander Wilbur Wood, 22, is purchased from the Red Sox by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Roster

1964 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	131	425	118	.278	17	61
1B	156	603	168	.279	33	114
2B	118	374	86	.230	6	39
3B	148	537	142	.264	13	56
SS	158	566	166	.293	15	55
LF	111	404	117	.290	24	52
CF	151	567	164	.289	15	67
RF	107	401	103	.257	13	42

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
133	425	123	.289	30	64
81	163	38	.233	1	20
47	163	32	.196	0	7
36	126	28	.222	1	8
37	120	31	.258	3	6
62	101	24	.238	2	4
61	69	11	.159	5	11
29	51	11	.216	2	7
5	15	5	.385	0	1
5	8	1	.125	0	0
1	3	1	.333	0	2

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	234.0	13	14	4.04	120
33	202.1	11	12	4.49	166
31	166.2	8	15	4.97	139

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	177.1	9	13	5.89	109
55	158.2	7	9	4.08	112
27	80.2	4	11	4.91	73
29	65.1	2	3	6.89	55
25	65.0	0	2	5.26	37

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
79	16	9	29	2.29	181
25	1	1	1	2.68	45
21	1	1	0	2.74	35
9	0	0	0	9.00	17
4	0	0	0	17.47	5

Farm system

Statesville affiliation shared with the Houston Colt .45s Source:

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1964-misc.shtml "1964 Major League Attendance & Team Age." Baseball Reference]
[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/TBOS01964.htm "1964 Boston Red Sox." Retrosheet]
[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/TM_BOS1963.htm "Transactions for 1963 Boston Red Sox"]. [[Retrosheet]]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fanzoca01.shtml Carmen Fanzone page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bobby Gene Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/TM_BOS1964.htm "Transactions for 1964 Boston Red Sox"]. [[Retrosheet]]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/woodwi01.shtml Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference]
"1964 Statesville Colts Statistics".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
(1964). "Boston Red Sox Yearbook".

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