1964 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1964 American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 99 63 y 1st Dan Topping and Del Webb Ralph Houk Yogi Berra WPIX(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) WCBS (AM)(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) 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 November 30, 1963: Marshall Bridges was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bridgma01.shtml Marshall Bridges Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com Regular season On September 26, Mel Stottlemyre went 5 for 5, drove in two runs, and threw a two-hit shutout.Yankee for Life https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061473418 registration Bobby Murcer Glen Waggoner 63 Harper Collins 2008 New York 978-0-06-147342-5 Bobby Murcerhttps://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B09260WS21964.htm Mel Stottlemyre's 5-hit game at retrosheet.org retrosheet.org September 29, 2022 Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions September 5, 1964: The Yankees traded players to be named later and $75,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Pedro Ramos. The Yankees completed the trade by sending Ralph Terry to the Indians on October 21 and Bud Daley to the Indians on November 27.https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com Roster 1964 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 56 Jim Bouton 28 Bud Daley 24 Al Downing 16 Whitey Ford 39 Steve Hamilton 49 Bob Meyer 51 Pete Mikkelsen 14 Pedro Ramos 18 Hal Reniff 45 Rollie Sheldon 22 Bill Stafford 30 Mel Stottlemyre 23 Ralph Terry 19 Stan Williams Catchers 38 Johnny Blanchard 41 Jake Gibbs 32 Elston Howard Infielders  6 Clete Boyer 14 Harry Bright 42 Pedro González 12 Mike Hegan 10 Tony Kubek 34 Phil Linz 25 Joe Pepitone  1 Bobby Richardson Outfielders 48 Elvio Jiménez 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 26 Archie Moore 43 Roger Repoz 15 Tom Tresh Manager  8 Yogi Berra Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 16 Whitey Ford 31 Jim Gleeson 44 Jim Hegan Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Elston Howard 150 55063 172 .313 15 841 1B Joe Pepitone 160 613 71 154 .251 28 1002 2B Bobby Richardson 159 679 90181 .267 4 5011 3B Clete Boyer 147 51043 111 .218 8 526 SS Tony Kubek 106 415 46 95 .229 8 314 LF Tom Tresh 153 533 75 131 .246 16 7313 CF Mickey Mantle 143 465 92 141 .303 35 1116 RF Roger Maris 141 513 86 144 .281 26 713https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1964.shtml 1964 New York Yankees Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com 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 Linz 112 368 92 .250 5 25 Héctor López 127 285 74 .260 10 34 Johnny Blanchard 77 161 41 .255 7 28 Pedro González Pedro Gonzalez (baseball) 80 112 31 .277 0 5 Archie Moore Archie Moore (baseball) 31 23 4 .174 0 1 Jake Gibbs 3 6 1 .167 0 0 Elvio Jimenez 1 6 2 .333 0 0 Harry Bright 4 5 1 .200 0 0 Mike Hegan 5 5 0 .000 0 0 Roger Repoz 11 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Bouton 38 271.1 18 13 3.02 125 Whitey Ford 39 244.2 17 6 2.13 172 Al Downing Al Downing (baseball) 37 244.0 13 8 3.47 217 Mel Stottlemyre 13 96.0 9 3 2.06 49 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 Terry 27 114.0 7 11 4.54 77 Rollie Sheldon 19 102.1 5 2 3.61 57 Stan Williams Stan Williams (baseball) 21 82.0 1 5 3.84 54 Bud Daley 13 35.0 3 2 4.63 16 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 Mikkelsen 50 7 4 12 3.56 63 Hal Reniff 41 6 4 9 3.12 38 Bill Stafford 31 5 0 4 2.67 39 Steve Hamilton sportsman, born 1934 30 7 2 3 3.28 49 Pedro Ramos 13 1 0 8 1.25 21 Bob Meyer 7 0 3 0 4.91 12 1964 World Series 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 today, 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 1 Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 9 October 7 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:42 2 Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3 October 8 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:29 3 Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 2 October 10 Yankee Stadium 67,101 2:16 4 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3 October 11 Yankee Stadium 66,312 2:18 5 Cardinals – 5, Yankees – 2 October 12 Yankee Stadium 65,633 2:37 6 Yankees – 8, Cardinals – 3 October 14 Busch Stadium I 30,805 2:37 7 Yankees – 5, Cardinals – 7 October 15 Busch Stadium I 30,346 2:40 Awards and honors Elston Howard, Gold Glove 1964 MLB All-Star Game Whitey Ford, All-Star Game Elston Howard, All-Star Game Mickey Mantle, All-Star Game Joe Pepitone, All-Star Game Bobby Richardson, All-Star Game http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1964as.shtml 1964 All-Star Game Baseball Almanac Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 CityJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1964 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1964 World Series 1964 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1960s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons