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1964 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Field	Value
name	Los Angeles Dodgers
season	1964
league	National League
ballpark	Dodger Stadium
city	Los Angeles
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
president	Walter O'Malley
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Walter Alston
television	KTTV (11)
radio	KFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín

Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín |}}

The 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 75th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 7th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers finished with a record of 80–82, 13 games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, tied for sixth place with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

October 14, 1963: Mike Brumley was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.
December 6, 1963: Bill Skowron was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.
December 13, 1963: Dick Scott was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Brewer and Cuno Barragan,
Prior to 1964 season: Mike Kekich was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters	Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Jim Gilliam	Second baseman
Willie Davis	Center fielder
Tommy Davis	Left fielder
Ron Fairly	First baseman
Frank Howard	Right fielder
John Roseboro	Catcher
Johnny Werhas	Third baseman
Sandy Koufax	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

April 9, 1964: Larry Sherry was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lou Johnson and cash.
September 10, 1964: Ken Rowe was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster

1964 Los Angeles Dodgers
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	GP	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	134	414	119	.287	3	45
1B	150	454	116	.256	10	74
2B	99	321	78	.243	0	21
3B	116	334	76	.228	2	27
SS	158	630	173	.275	2	34
LF	152	592	163	.275	14	86
CF	157	613	180	.294	12	77
RF	134	433	98	.226	24	69

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
Dick Tracewski	106	304	75	.247	1	26
Derrell Griffith	78	238	69	.290	4	23
Wes Parker	124	214	55	.257	3	10
Doug Camilli	50	123	22	.179	0	10
Wally Moon	68	118	26	.220	2	9
	29	83	16	.193	0	8
Ken McMullen	24	67	14	.209	1	2
Bart Shirley	18	62	17	.274	0	7
Jeff Torborg	28	43	10	.233	0	4
Lee Walls	37	28	5	.179	0	3
Willie Crawford	10	16	5	.313	0	0

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
	40	321.1	18	16	2.18	237
	29	223.0	19	5	1.74	223
Phil Ortega	34	157.1	7	9	4.00	107
Joe Moeller	27	145.1	7	13	4.21	97
Larry Miller	16	79.2	4	8	4.18	50
Bill Singer	2	14.0	0	1	3.21	3
Johnny Podres	2	2.2	0	2	16.88	0

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
Jim Brewer	34	93.0	4	3	3.00	63
Howie Reed	26	90.0	3	4	3.20	52
Nick Willhite	10	43.2	2	4	3.71	24
Pete Richert	8	34.2	2	3	4.15	25
John Purdin	3	16.0	2	0	0.56	8

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 Perranoski	72	5	7	14	3.09	79
Bob Miller	74	7	7	9	2.62	94

Awards and honors

1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Don Drysdale starter
- Sandy Koufax reserve
TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
- Sandy Koufax
TSN National League All-Star
- Sandy Koufax

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem, Salisbury

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brumlmi01.shtml Mike Brumley page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skowrbi01.shtml Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scottdi02.shtml Dick Scott page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kekicmi01.shtml Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sherrla01.shtml Larry Sherry page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roweke01.shtml Ken Rowe page at Baseball Reference]

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