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)
Seasons

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.

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

Regular season

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

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Chicago White Sox 9864 0.605 1 52–29 46–35
Baltimore Orioles 9765 0.599 2 49–32 48–33
Detroit Tigers 8577 0.525 14 46–35 39–42
Los Angeles Angels 8280 0.506 17 45–36 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7983 0.488 20 41–40 38–43
Minnesota Twins 7983 0.488 20 40–41 39–42
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 27 45–36 27–54
Washington Senators 62100 0.383 37 31–50 31–50
Kansas City Athletics 57105 0.352 42 26–55 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1964 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–710–88–1011–713–5–111–710–810–813–5
Boston 7–11—4–149–95–1312–69–95–139–912–6
Chicago 8–1014–4—12–611–716–210–89–96–1212–6
Cleveland 10–89–96–12—11–710–89–910–8–13–15–111–7
Detroit 7–1113–57–117–11—11–710–811–78–10–111–7
Kansas City 5–13–16–122–168–107–11—6–129–96–128–10
Los Angeles 7–119–98–109–98–1012–6—12–67–1110–8
Minnesota 8–1013–59–98–10–17–119–96–12—8–1011–7
New York 8–109–912–615–3–110–8–112–611–710–8—12–6
Washington 5–136–126–127–117–1110–88–107–116–12—

Notable transactions

Roster

1964 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CElston Howard150550172.3131584
1BJoe Pepitone160613154.25128100
2BBobby Richardson159679181.267450
3BClete Boyer147510111.218852
SSTony Kubek10641595.229831
LFTom Tresh153533131.2461673
CFMickey Mantle143465141.30335111
RFRoger Maris141513144.2812671

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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
Phil Linz11236892.250525
Héctor López12728574.2601034
Johnny Blanchard7716141.255728
Pedro González8011231.27705
Archie Moore31234.17401
Jake Gibbs361.16700
Elvio Jimenez162.33300
Harry Bright451.20000
Mike Hegan550.00000
Roger Repoz1110.00000

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
Jim Bouton38271.118133.02125
Whitey Ford39244.21762.13172
Al Downing37244.01383.47217
Mel Stottlemyre1396.0932.0649

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
Ralph Terry27114.07114.5477
Rollie Sheldon19102.1523.6157
Stan Williams2182.0153.8454
Bud Daley1335.0324.6316

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
Pete Mikkelsen5074123.5663
Hal Reniff416493.1238
Bill Stafford315042.6739
Steve Hamilton307233.2849
Pedro Ramos131081.2521
Bob Meyer70304.9112

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
1Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 9October 7Busch Stadium I30,8052:42
2Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3October 8Busch Stadium I30,8052:29
3Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 2October 10Yankee Stadium67,1012:16
4Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3October 11Yankee Stadium66,3122:18
5Cardinals – 5, Yankees – 2October 12Yankee Stadium65,6332:37
6Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3October 14Busch Stadium I30,8052:37
7Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 7October 15Busch Stadium I30,3462:40

Awards and honors

Farm system

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[7]

Notes

  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 Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ "1964 All-Star Game". Baseball Almanac.
  7. ↑ 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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