1964 New York Yankees season

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1964 New York Yankees
1964 AL Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1964 Information
Owner(s) Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s) Yogi Berra
Local television WPIX
Local radio WCBS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Bob Delaney)

The New York Yankees' 1964 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.

That Series win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 edge in overall Series play, the first time any team had an overall edge against the Yankees since the 1920s. As of 2007, the Cardinals remain the only one of the "classic eight" National League teams to hold an edge over the Yankees.

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 early 1970s.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 99 63 .611 --
Chicago White Sox 98 64 .605 1
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 .599 2
Detroit Tigers 85 77 .525 14
Los Angeles Angels 82 80 .506 17
Cleveland Indians 79 83 .488 20
Minnesota Twins 79 83 .488 20
Boston Red Sox 72 90 .444 27
Washington Senators 62 100 .383 37
Kansas City Athletics 57 105 .352 42

[edit] Roster

1964 New York Yankees roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1964 World Series

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

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Roger Maris 141 513 144 .281 26 71

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

[edit] External links

Preceded by
New York Yankees
1963
American League Champions
1964
Succeeded by
Minnesota Twins
1965