1964 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 1964 American League Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington, Minnesota 79 83 y 6th Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Sam Mele WTCN-TV 830 WCCO AM(Ray Scott, Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall) The 1964 Minnesota Twins season was the 4th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 4th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 64th overall in the American League. They failed to improve from the previous two seasons both with 91 wins, and fell to 79–83, a tie for sixth with the Cleveland Indians in the American League, 20 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees. Offseason December 2, 1963: Rudy May was drafted from the Twins by the Chicago White Sox in the 1963 first-year draft.Rudy May https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayru01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season On May 2, in Kansas City, Missouri, Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew hit consecutive 11th-inning home runs, to tie a major league record first set by the Milwaukee Braves in 1961 and duplicated by the Cleveland Indians in 1963. The Twins finished the year with 221 homers, their second-best total ever. On July 15, new Twin Mudcat Grant allowed thirteen singles and a walk in facing the Washington Senators. None would score, and Grant pitches a shutout, 6–0. Five Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Bob Allison, outfielders Harmon Killebrew, Jimmie Hall and Tony Oliva and pitcher Camilo Pascual. Tony Oliva became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the AL Rookie of the Year award.Nemec David Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts Flatow Scott SIGNET 2008 978-0-45-122363-0 199 He led the major leagues in hits (217), extra base hits and total bases. He led the American League in batting average (.323), runs scored (109) and doubles. Six Twins hit 20 or more home runs: Harmon Killebrew (49 HR, 111 RBI), Tony Oliva (32 HR, 96 RBI, 109 runs), Bob Allison (32 HR, 86 RBI), Jimmie Hall (25 HR, 75 RBI), Don Mincher (23 HR, 56 RBI), and Zoilo Versalles (20 HR, 94 runs). Jim Kaat led the Twins with 17 wins and won his third Gold Glove; Camilo Pascual again led the Twins in strikeouts with 213.1964 Minnesota Twins Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1964.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en 1,207,514 fans attended Twins games, the third highest total in the American League. Season standings Minnesota Twins Record vs. opponents MIN Notable transactions June 6, 1964: Andy Kosco was signed as a free agent by the Twins.Andy Kosco https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/koscoan01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en June 24, 1964: Rod Carew was signed as an amateur free agent by the Twins.Rod Carew https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1964 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 35 Gerry Arrigo 23 Dave Boswell 15 Bill Dailey 21 Gary Dotter 21 Bill Fischer 26 Jerry Fosnow 33 Mudcat Grant 36 Jim Kaat 27 Johnny Klippstein 29 Chuck Nieson 17 Camilo Pascual 31 Jim Perry 19 Bill Pleis 25,44 Jim Roland 21 Garland Shifflett 34 Dwight Siebler 20 Lee Stange 18 Dick Stigman 58 Bill Whitby 15 Al Worthington Catchers 10 Earl Battey 12 Ron Henry 12,48 Joe McCabe 22 Jerry Zimmerman Infielders  1 Bernie Allen  4 Bob Allison 20 Bill Bethea 26,49 Bud Bloomfield  8 Johnny Goryl 16 Jerry Kindall 11 Frank Kostro  5 Don Mincher 28 Vic Power 13 Rich Reese  9 Rich Rollins 21 Jim Snyder  2 Zoilo Versalles 30 Jay Ward Outfielders  7 Lenny Green 30,7 Jimmie Hall  3 Harmon Killebrew 16 Joe Nossek 37,6 Tony Oliva Other batters  7 George Banks Manager 14 Sam Mele Coaches 53 Floyd Baker 52 Ed Fitz Gerald 54 Gordon Maltzberger 51 Hal Naragon 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Earl Battey 131 405 110 .272 12 52 1B Bob Allison 149 492 141 .287 32 86 2B Bernie Allen 74 243 52 .214 6 20 3B Rich Rollins 148 596 161 .270 12 68 SS Zoilo Versalles 160 659 171 .259 20 64 LF Harmon Killebrew 158 577 156 .270 49 111 CF Jimmie Hall 149 510 144 .282 25 75 RF Tony Oliva 161 672 217 .323 32 94 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 Don Mincher 120 287 68 .237 23 56 Jerry Kindall 62 128 19 .148 1 6 Jerry Zimmerman 63 120 24 .200 0 12 Johnny Goryl 58 114 16 .140 0 1 Frank Kostro 59 103 28 .272 3 12 Jim Snyder Jim Snyder (second baseman) 26 71 11 .155 1 9 Vic Power Victor Pellot 19 45 10 .222 0 1 Ron Henry 22 41 5 .122 2 5 Jay Ward 12 31 7 .226 0 2 Bill Bethea 10 30 5 .167 0 2 Joe McCabe 14 19 3 .158 0 2 Lenny Green 26 15 0 .000 0 0 Bud Bloomfield 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Rich Reese 10 7 0 .000 0 0 Joe Nossek 7 1 0 .000 0 0 George Banks 1 1 0 .000 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 Camilo Pascual 36 267.1 15 12 3.30 213 Jim Kaat 36 243.0 17 11 3.22 171 Dick Stigman 32 190.0 6 15 4.03 159 Mudcat Grant 26 166.0 11 9 2.82 75 Lee Stange 14 79.2 3 6 4.74 54 Dave Boswell Dave Boswell (baseball player) 4 23.1 2 0 4.24 25 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 Gerry Arrigo 41 105.2 7 4 3.84 96 Jim Roland 30 94.1 2 6 4.10 63 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 Al Worthington 41 5 6 14 1.37 59 Bill Pleis 47 4 1 4 3.91 42 Jim Perry 42 6 3 2 3.44 55 Johnny Klippstein 33 0 4 2 1.97 39 Bill Dailey 14 1 2 0 8.22 6 Garland Shifflett 10 0 2 1 4.58 8 Dwight Siebler 9 0 0 0 4.91 10 Bill Fischer Bill Fischer (baseball) 9 0 1 0 7.36 2 Jerry Fosnow 7 0 1 0 10.97 9 Bill Whitby 4 0 0 0 8.53 2 Gary Dotter 3 0 0 0 2.08 6 Chuck Nieson 2 0 0 0 4.50 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Atlanta Crackers International League Jack McKeon and Pete Appleton AA Charlotte Hornets Southern League Al Evans A Wilson Tobs Carolina League Ralph Rowe A Orlando Twins Florida State League Harry Warner A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Joe Christian A Bismarck-Mandan Pards Northern League Vern Morgan Rookie Melbourne Twins Cocoa Rookie League Fred Waters LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Melbourne References 2Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 External links Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins season Minnesota Twins